Build:Dragonhunter - Power Dragonhunter

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on August 08, 2025 and is up to date for the August 19, 2025 patch.

Overview

Power dragonhunter offers very high burst damage from melee range in a small AoE, high vulnerability application, and decent mobility. Although it has low health, it has access to several defensive options and decent sustain. Moreover, it can opt to bring Longbow if ranged damage is required.

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Skill Bar

Standard

Greatsword

Spear

Utility

Weapon Variants

If you don't have access to land spear with Janthir Wilds, use Longbow instead.

• Longbow - provides high burst damage from range, but lacks the much-needed Resolution generation of spear and has slightly lower damage.

Skill Variants

Heal Skills

We default to Litany of Wrath as it provides insane sustain, making you almost immortal for its duration. If needed, it can be replaced by:

• Signet of Resolve can be considered as a more defensive option.
• Purification provides more damage thanks to Relic of the Dragonhunter.

Utility Skills

We recommend:
Procession of Blades for its damage, Fury, and uptime of Relic of the Dragonhunter. Never replace it.
Sword of Justice for its damage and vulnerability application. Can be replaced if needed.
Bane Signet as a passive damage increase. Can easily be replaced if needed.
If you want or need to run other skills, here are some suggestions:

• Test of Faith - defense + offense; replaces Procession of Blades against moving targets and grants Protection.
• "Hold the Line!" - defensive; grants area Protection to yourself and nearby allies
• Wall of Reflection - defensive; reflects projectiles
• "Advance!" - defense; provides area Aegis and Swiftness
• "Stand Your Ground!" - defense; area Stability and personal stunbreak.
• Merciful Intervention - mobility
• Sanctuary - projectile block and extreme CC, though it has a long cooldown

Elite Skills

We default to Dragon's Maw for its good damage and uptime of Relic of the Dragonhunter. If really needed, it can be replaced by:

• Renewed Focus - defensive option.
• "Feel My Wrath!" - area Quickness and Fury.

Specializations

Variants

• Heavy Light - can be considered for long fights vs. defiant enemies such as bosses. It has slightly lower burst but higher sustained damage. When using this trait, do not use Spear of Justice, as it will reduce your uptime of Zealot's Aggression for no gain.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Standard Equipment

This set uses gear that is generally applicable in all of PVE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Spear
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Devona" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Impaler" spear, "Ebonblade" greatsword, "Eir's Longbow" longbow. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.

• Consider Relic of Zakiros to trade damage for high sustain. If you lack access to Dragonhunter and Zakiros, consider Relic of the Thief.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food or skills if required.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Spear of Justice

Spear of Justice is the dragonhunter's first profession skill. Thanks to Big Game Hunter, your Spear of Justice allows you to deal massive burst damage to your target and also activates Inspiring Virtue.

Always mark your target with Spear of Justice before bursting it down.

Resolution

This build greatly benefits from Resolution to activate a few traits, most notably Righteous Instincts.

Your sources of Resolution are Healer's Resolution, Zealot's Resolution, Symbol of Resolution, and Helio Rush when Illuminated.

Damage

• Mark the target with Spear of Justice before unleashing your combo.
• Make sure to use Symbol of Luminance first to empower your other spear skills with Illuminated.
• Use Procession of Blades off cooldown for damage, Fury, and uptime of Relic of the Dragonhunter.
• Use Sword of Justice at the start to apply vulnerability, and then periodically throughout the fight instead of autoattacks.

Opener

1. Procession of Blades
2. Spear of Justice
3. Sword of Justice
4. Symbol of Luminance
5. Helio Rush
6. Gleaming Disc
7. Solar Storm
8. weapon swap
9. Dragon's Maw
10. Symbol of Resolution
11. Whirling Wrath
12. Binding Blade
13. Leap of Faith

Notes and tips

• Space out the usage of Procession of Blades and Dragon's Maw (and Purification if using it) for higher uptime on Relic of the Dragonhunter.
• Remember that Resolution is a huge damage increase due to your traits. Get Resolution before bursting enemies down.
• Make sure to hit enemies with your symbols to gain stacks of Symbolic Avenger and inflict vulnerability from Symbolic Exposure.
• Maintain uptime on Inspiring Virtue with Spear of Justice, Wings of Resolve, and Shield of Courage.
• Turn off "Melee Attack Assist" in Options. This allows you to use Whirling Wrath inside an enemy's hitbox so that all projectiles hit your target.

Defense

• Your passive Aegis will block attacks periodically.
• Chain Shield of Courage and Litany of Wrath to cover your opening rotation.
• Use Wings of Resolve to heal and cleanse conditions.
• Use Leap of Faith and Gleaming Disk to Blind enemies.
• Review the defensive skill variants above for more defensive options.

Crowd Control

• Pull
• Dragon's Maw
• Symbol of Luminance
• Bane Signet (as a last resort)