Build:Dragonhunter - Meditrapper Roamer

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Focused on: Strike damage and Control

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

A Power Dragonhunter build for WvW roaming that mixes Meditations and Traps.

Skill Bar

Longbow

Sword/Shield

Utility

Skill Bar Variants

Utility

• Contemplation of Purity over Smite Condition - if mass cleansing or more stun breakers are needed.

• Contemplation of Purity over Judge's Intervention - if you want to have 2 cleanses on your bar.

Weapons

• Axe over Sword - Blazing Edge adds another CC to the build that could be used in the Test of Faith push/pull combos, but Axe has long CDs and less damage/mobility than Sword. It's also less defensive than Sword, but the CC could compensate for that in some cases.

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Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Longbow
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Marauder

Shield
Marauder

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Sigils

Sword/Shield

• If you don't want to bother with Bloodlust stacks or need more sustain, take Sigil of Superior Sigil of Cleansing.

Runes

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar or Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter - better burst damage.

Relics

• Relic of the Dragonhunter - while this relic could potentially give you higher uptime of 10% extra damage than Brawler, you need to be in melee to proc this rune which makes Brawler more ideal for ranged bursts. Dragonhunter relic works really well with the Test of Faith + pull/knockback combos while Brawler is perfect for Spear of Justice + Longbow bursts as SoJ gives Resolution via Virtue of Resolution.

Consumables

Food

• - considered to be the optimal food by man, strong mix of sustain and damage.

• - non-ascended defensive option.

• - non-ascended offensive option.

• - cheap extra precision with an armor ignoring damage proc that also heals you.

Utility

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Usage

General

• The ring created by a triggered Test of Faith deals more damage than the initial trigger, and a significant portion of your burst damage comes from pulling/pushing foes through it.

1. Drop the trap preferably at your target's feet so that they spring it immediately and not after you already blew a CC. Consider jumping in with Judge's Intervention if they were far away.
2. Push them outside the ring with either Deflecting Shot or Shield of Absorption.
3. Pull them back in with Hunter's Verdict (secondary skill of Spear of Justice).
4. If possible, swap weapons and use the other knockback skill too that you didn't 2 steps before.

• Test of Faith can also be used defensively as it's an instant cast skill that's also usable while stunned and grants Protection.

• Deflecting Shot is unblockable and can be used to interrupt blocking skills.

• Wings of Resolve removes a total of 5 conditions and gives a substantial heal to you and your teammates, use it often. It's also an excellent mobility tool in combat.

• Shield of Courage breaks stun and blocks all attacks in front of you, use it to relive pressure from you and your team - for example, you can stand facing foes attempting to cleave downed teammates while you or your team is reviving them. If you are not getting focused hard you should try to keep it for situations where your team need to rez or stomp.

• Try to burn through all of your virtues before resorting to Renewed Focus. RF is a great skill to use if you're being focused by the enemy team and you don't have any CDs left. Just keep in mind that this skill makes you lose capture point contribution for its duration.

Sword/Shield

• This is the defensive set of the build, but still has some hard hitting skills.

• The main source of burst damage here comes from Zealot's Defense. Note that the projectiles can be very unreliable in anything but melee range.

• Symbol of Blades has many uses: vertical mobility via teleportation, symbol for cleaving, or a combo field which can be used for AoE cleansing by executing a blast finisher in it.

• Use Shield of Judgment when you or an ally is about to be focused by the enemy, or if you're already pressured. It also applies boons in a cone, try to aim it at as many allies as possible.

• As mentioned above, Shield of Absorption is mainly a combo tool, but you can also use it for general CC (even neutralizing enemy points) or to defend against some ranged attacks. It forms a dome around you for a couple of seconds, blocking projectiles. You can choose to detonate the dome with its chain skill, which will cause a bit of AoE healing.

Related Builds

Stealth Trapper DH - a more trap focused roaming build with lower sustain but higher burst damage.