Build:Dragonhunter - Burn Trapper DH

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Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: PvP Conquest

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

A PvP Burn Dragonhunter build that bursts enemy team from stealth. Where Spirit Burn DH utilized Sword of Justice and Eternal Armory for dispersed Burn application, the low damage is now supplemented by Amplified Wrath and a more concentrated burst.

Skill Bar

Sword/Focus

Scepter/Torch

Utility

Skill Bar Variants

Weapons

Off-hand options

• Focus - extra damage + blocks, Sword/Focus allows easier combo for cleansing or teleporting into safe stomps.
• Shield - for sustain and team support, especially against enemy ranged damage.
• Torch - for mobile burst Template:Gw2wiki, condition cleanses and synergy with Radiant Fire. Counteracts many of this builds weaknesses.

Utility

• Test of Faith over Fragments of Faith - lower CD provides more frequent Template:Gw2wiki and Template:Gw2wiki, but the build lacks any stun breaks.
• Contemplation of Purity - for mass condition cleanse and StunBreak.
• Judge's Intervention - more mobility and Stunbreak, can be used mid Dragon's Maw cast for instant CC from range.
• "Stand Your Ground!" - can make up for the lack of StunBreaks with Template:Gw2wiki stacks.

Elite

• Renewed Focus - alternative playstyle, take Torch as it does not require CC setup.

Template Code

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Specializations

Variants

• Right-Hand Strength - use this if you go Sword/Torch so you can camp Sword for longer than two rotations of its abilities. Otherwise Sword CD and weapon swap will nearly overlap anyways.

Variants

• Glacial Heart is also a viable option, provides cover conditions and a powerful Template:Gw2wiki. Optional if taking Shield.
• Resolute Subconscious if you decide to drop Purging Flames, definitely take Torch in that case.

Variants

• Hunter's Determination can be taken for 2v2/3v3 arenas where despite its long CD is reset every round, also triggers Rune of Superior Rune of the Trapper.

Equipment

Sword

Focus

Sigil

Sigil

Scepter

Torch

Sigil

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Equipment Changes

Sigils

• Template:Gw2sigil - for some cover conditions and Template:Gw2wiki against heals. On Sword for cleaving downed targets while preventing rez.
• Template:Gw2sigil - setup for burst with Template:Gw2wiki application. Scepter/Torch is your main burst set, pair with Template:Gw2sigil.
• Template:Gw2sigil - on Torch to proc Radiant Fire stacking Zealot's Flame for Template:Gw2wiki and Zealot's Fire x2 which has high base power for crits.
• Template:Gw2sigil - on Scepter to strip Template:Gw2wiki allowing CC.
• Template:Gw2sigil/Template:Gw2sigil - add either if you need extra condi cleanse or to kite/dodge key abilities.

Runes

• Template:Gw2rune - for alternative Burn DH, allows freedom to swap out traps.

Usage

General

• Your role is to burst the enemy team and can typically takedown groups in seconds.
• The build relies on CC to pin the enemy down, through Dragon's Maw/Chains of Light, followed by Purging Flames/Procession of Blades/Symbol of Punishment/Symbol of Blades to stack Template:Gw2wiki through Permeating Wrath.
• Being a condition build you want to avoid using Spear of Justice to maintain Permeating Wrath. However, the spear pull can be used to pull onto Dragon's Maw and combo with Purging Flames as it does not rely on Permeating Wrath for damage, or to ensure kills since Renewed Justice will refresh Spear of Justice.
• With many AOE abilities and Permeating Wrath this build scales with team fights.
• This build excels if your own team has CC and boon strip to lock the enemy down.

Damage

• You have 2 main CC's Dragon's Maw/Chains of Light and 6 sources of damage through Symbol of Punishment/Symbol of Blades/Zealot's Defense/Ray of Judgment/Procession of Blades/Purging Flames. Use them in any combination, to poke from a distance or all in. Layer AOEs to maximize Template:Gw2wiki stacks. Purging Flames is the strongest source of Template:Gw2wiki so make sure enemies cannot escape its ring.

Strong Burst:

1. Dragon's Maw
2. Procession of Blades
3. Purging Flames

• Pull or push enemies onto traps/AOEs with Hunter's Verdict/Shield of Absorption.
• Wait for CDs with autos and weapon skills. Camp scepter to make use of Template:Gw2sigil while burn is applied for more damage.

For an opener:

1. Purification and/or Fragments of Faith to stealth up from Rune of Superior Rune of the Trapper
2. Run up undetected to enemy team.
3. Dragon's Maw from stealth while standing under enemies to guarantee pulling and CCing groups.
4. Kite to your previously laid traps, as Purification majority heal comes from triggering trap and fragments from Fragments of Faith can be picked up for 5 Template:Gw2wiki which can cleanse 5 conditions if timed right.

• Pre-cast Shield of Wrath if needed for extra damage or blocking incoming attacks, or save for blast combo (cleanse, Template:Gw2wiki, Template:Gw2wiki).
• You can delay your Chains of Light to Template:Gw2skill anyone that has escaped Dragon's Maw and to layer the CC.
• Enter the fight late to ensure stabilities (Guardian Support "Stand Your Ground!") and ports have been used so enemies cannot escape.
• If you miss or the enemy avoid the burst or survive (or revived), you will have to wait for your cooldowns.
• Pre-cast all your traps on a point if your team has secured a node, creating a death trap for the next engaging team fight. Mix up stacked trap locations to be less predictable.
• For mobility between points:
  • Purification
  • Fragments of Faith
  • Procession of Blades
  • Symbol of Blades
  • Wings of Resolve
• Template:Gw2wiki will prevent capture/decap of nodes which can delay pre-trapping. It is possible to set traps without Rune of Superior Rune of the Trapper triggering by dodge-jumping during the animation without canceling the trap (needs testing!).

Sustain

• This DH build only has one StunBreak from Fragments of Faith (provides decent Template:Gw2wiki) and few defensive skills with Wings of Resolve and Shield of Courage and shield weapon abilities.
• The ring created by Purging Flames also functions as a condition cleanser to help against conditions. Additionally, Hunter's Fortification provides cleansing every block (1s CD) making Shield of Courage, Fragments of Faith shards, Shield of Wrath and Shield of Absorption function as condition cleanses. The light fields can also be used for condition cleanse combos.
• Power damage is mitigated mainly through Template:Gw2wiki and blocks. Lich Form in particular can be countered with Shield of Absorption.
• Otherwise, you will rely on Template:Gw2wiki and Template:Gw2wiki from Rune of Superior Rune of the Trapper to kite and evade damage.

Weaknesses

• Template:Gw2wiki lets enemies walk through your traps and CC unaffected and the build doesn't have any boon strip. You can try using Template:Gw2sigil on scepter to boon strip stability and reapply Template:Gw2skill. However, regular StunBreaks will not break out of Dragon's Maw unless it is an evading ability.
• Condition cleanses and transfers - the build lacks cover conditions for Template:Gw2wiki and can hit hard if the conditions are transferred back onto you. Use line of sight after burst to avoid condition transfers.
• Minionmancer, pets, and clones can trigger your traps and waste them entirely, as well as prevent Template:Gw2wiki. Instead, drop the traps when you need them rather than predictively. Create distance before Template:Gw2wiki so traps don't damage and Template:Gw2wiki. On the other hand, more enemies mean more Permeating Wrath procs so use it to your advantage.
• Heavy CC
• Torch can counteract these weaknesses:
  • mobile Template:Gw2wiki pressure against Template:Gw2wiki
  • reapply Template:Gw2wiki + condi cleanse against cleanses/transfer (doesn't need cover conditions)