Difference between revisions of "Dragonhunter - Power Dragonhunter"

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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

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Spear
Berserker

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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Defense

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

Procession of Blades
Spear of Justice
Sword of Justice
Symbol of Luminance
Helio Rush
Gleaming Disc
Solar Storm
weapon swap
Dragon's Maw
Symbol of Resolution
Whirling Wrath
Binding Blade
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)

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 | rating = great
 | xpac = hot
-| difficulty = 2
+| difficulty = 1
 }}
 ==Overview==
-Power dragonhunter offers very high burst damage from melee range in a small AoE, high vulnerability application, and has decent mobility. Although it has low health, it has access to several defensive options and decent sustain. Moreover, it can opt to bring {{Tooltip|Longbow}} if ranged damage is required.
+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 {{Tooltip|Longbow}} if ranged damage is required.
-<!--An alternative version of this build exists which focuses on {{Tooltip|Radiance}}'s {{Trait|Righteous Instincts}}, {{Trait|Retribution}}, and {{Trait|Radiant Power}} and deals slightly higher damage, but it relies on {{Tooltip|Resolution}} uptime which is hard to maintain when soloing, and requires a unique gear set. For this reason, we instead the {{Tooltip|Virtues}} variant which sacrifices a minor amount of damage for some extra defense and uses the same gear set as power willbender.-->
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 ===Weapon Variants===
-Usage of {{Tooltip|Spear}} requires the Janthir Wilds expansion.
+If you don't have access to [https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lowland_Spear_Training land spear] with Janthir Wilds, use Longbow instead.
 * {{Tooltip|Longbow}} - provides high burst damage from range, but lacks the much-needed {{Tooltip|Resolution}} generation of spear and has slightly lower damage.
-* {{Tooltip|Sword|Mainhand Sword}} + {{Tooltip|Focus}} - default set for players without Spear.
 ===Skill Variants===
 ====Heal Skills====
-We default to {{Skill|Litany of Wrath}} as it provides insane sustain, making you almost immmortal for its duration. If needed, it can be replaced by:
+We default to {{Skill|Litany of Wrath}} as it provides insane sustain, making you almost immortal for its duration. If needed, it can be replaced by:
 * {{Skill|Signet of Resolve}} can be considered as a more defensive option.
 * {{Skill|Purification}} provides more damage thanks to {{Relic|Relic of the Dragonhunter}}.
 ====Utility Skills====
 We recommend:<br>
-{{Skill|Procession of Blades}} for its damage, {{Tooltip|Fury}}, and uptime of {{Relic|Relic of the Dragonhunter}},  never replace it.<br>
+{{Skill|Procession of Blades}} for its damage, {{Tooltip|Fury}}, and uptime of {{Relic|Relic of the Dragonhunter}}. Never replace it.<br>
 {{Skill|Sword of Justice}} for its damage and vulnerability application. Can be replaced if needed.<br>
 {{Skill|Bane Signet}} as a passive damage increase. Can easily be replaced if needed.<br>
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 * {{Skill|Sanctuary}} - projectile block and extreme CC, though it has a long cooldown
 ====Elite Skills====
-We default to {{Skill|Dragon's Maw}}for its good damage and uptime of {{Relic|Relic of the Dragonhunter}}. If really needed, it can be replaced by:
+We default to {{Skill|Dragon's Maw}} for its good damage and uptime of {{Relic|Relic of the Dragonhunter}}. If really needed, it can be replaced by:
 * {{Skill|Renewed Focus}} - defensive option.
 * {{Skill|"Feel My Wrath!"}} - area {{Tooltip|Quickness}} and {{Tooltip|Fury}}.
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 ==Specializations==
 {{Specialization|Radiance|bot|bot|bot}}
-{{Specialization|Zeal|bot|mid|bot}}
+{{Specialization|Zeal|mid|mid|bot}}
 {{Specialization|Dragonhunter|bot|mid|bot}}
 ;Variants
-* {{Trait|Fiery Wrath}} - take this if allies are providing you {{Tooltip|Might}}.
+* {{Trait|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 {{Skill|Spear of Justice}}, as it will reduce your uptime of {{Trait|Zealot's Aggression}} for no gain.
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 | sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
 | sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Impact
-| weapon3 = Sword
+| weapon3 = Spear
-| weapon4 = Focus
+| weapon4 =
 | sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
 | sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Impact
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 | ring2 = Dragon
 }}
+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|Relic of Zakiros}} to trade damage for high sustain. If you lack access to Dragonhunter and Zakiros, consider {{Relic|Relic of the Thief}}.
-* For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use {{Tooltip|Knight}} trinkets.
+* For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food or skills if required.
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 * Make sure to hit enemies with your symbols to gain stacks of {{Trait|Symbolic Avenger}} and inflict vulnerability from {{Trait|Symbolic Exposure}}.
 * Maintain uptime on {{Trait|Inspiring Virtue}} with {{Skill|Spear of Justice}}, {{Skill|Wings of Resolve}}, and {{Skill|Shield of Courage}}.
-* Turn off "Melee Attack Assist" in Options. This allows you to use {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}} and {{Skill|Binding Blade}} inside an enemy's hitbox so that all projectiles hit your target.
+* Turn off "Melee Attack Assist" in Options. This allows you to use {{Skill|Whirling Wrath}} inside an enemy's hitbox so that all projectiles hit your target.
 ===Defense===
+* Your passive {{Tooltip|Aegis}} will block attacks periodically.
 * Chain {{Skill|Shield of Courage}} and {{Skill|Litany of Wrath}} to cover your opening rotation.
-* {{Trait|Indomitable Courage}} turns {{Skill|Shield of Courage}} into a stunbreak.
 * Use {{Skill|Wings of Resolve}} to heal and cleanse conditions.
 * Use {{Skill|Leap of Faith}} and {{Skill|Gleaming Disk}} to {{Tooltip|Blind}} enemies.

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