Build:Druid - Power Daze Druid Roamer

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Strike damage and Mobility

Designed for: WvW Roaming

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This build was last updated on February 12, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A CC-focused Power Druid build for WvW roaming. The build's all about keeping targets Dazed and Stunned for as long as possible while triggering Moment of Clarity procs to boost hard hitting abilities such as Maul.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Greatsword

Utility

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Equipment

Head
Dragon

Shoulders
Dragon

Chest
Dragon

Hands
Dragon

Legs
Dragon

Feet
Dragon

Backpiece
Dragon

Accessory
Dragon

Accessory
Dragon

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Ring
Dragon

Hammer
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Relics

• Relic of Isgarren - damage boost if you don't mind losing out on mobility.

Consumables

Food

• We suggest taking health regen food like (defense) or (offense) to build Astral Force faster, which is very important for the build.

Utility

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Usage

Elite specialization basics

• Rangers with the Druid specialization gain access to Celestial Avatar (CA) which uses a resource called Astral Force (AF).

• You build AF mostly through healing yourself and allies. The amount healed doesn't matter. Consistent sources of healing like Regeneration and Protection via Rugged Growth are great at building Astral Force.

General

• Celestial Avatar skill #5 Natural Convergence is a channeled ability that has Stability on it. When you're trying to heal under pressure you should interrupt Natural Convergence right away by moving or by weapon stowing, that way you get to use the Stability to cover other skills.

• Smokescale's F2 ability is Smoke Cloud which could be used to combo Stealth with skills like Swoop, Thump (untamed), Lunar Impact or even pet swapping to proc Clarion Bond.
  • Clarion Bond has the benefit of being instant. Since you're able to swap pets even while stunned, you could use this to stealth yourself even while CC'd.

Damage

• There are 2 things which play a key role in burst combos: CC and/or Fury application.

• With the combination of Remorseless and Precise Strike, gaining Fury refreshes Opening Strike and Opening Strike has a 100% crit chance as well as a 25% damage bonus.

• Whenever you disable an enemy with Daze or any other form of hard-CC you gain Fury from Two-Handed Training and a Moment of Clarity proc, which further increases your damage.

• Aside from using CC skills you can also obtain Fury instantly by swapping pets. This also gives you Quickness to help with landing your burst.

• The best burst skill in the build is Maul.

• Hilt Bash resets the cooldown on Maul while also being a perfect setup for it.

• Glyph of Equality is often used offensively as an instant trigger for MoC, even in the middle of casting other skills.

• Hammer is much more about sustained damage. Your goal here is to keep the target CC'd with Thump (untamed) and Overbearing Smash while smacking them mostly with autoattacks boosted by Quickness while they are knocked down or dazed.
  • Overbearing Smash basically sets itself up, dazing targets and then following up with a 2nd attack that deals extra damage via trait synergy. It's also the hardest hitting skill on Hammer.

• CC effects don't stack on duration and Daze durations are quite long in the build, try not to override already applied dazes with other control effects.

• Celestial Avatar is mostly defensive, but if you want to use it to deal damage then cast Lunar Impact for the daze and immob followed by Natural Convergence.
  • Drop a Seed of Life too as soon as you can since it's instant and applies Poison for healing reduction via Eclipse.
  • Enemies being in range Natural Convergence when it ends are immobilized, you could use this as a setup for Hammer and Greatsword burst combos.

Burst combo examples

Greatsword

1. Pet swap for Quickness and Fury, or use Glyph of Equality. You could even do both for maximum effectiveness but that burns more CDs.
2. Maul
3. Hilt Bash to stun the target and refresh Maul
4. Maul again

Hammer

1. Thump (untamed)
2. Wild Swing
3. Savage Shock Wave
4. Overbearing Smash
5. Spam autoattacks, pet swap for Quickness if you're running out of it

Sustain

• Seed of Life in Celestial Avatar (somewhat spammable instant skill) and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Cleansing provide a steady stream of condi removal, use these to keep conditions at bay.
  • If you drop Seed of Life halfway through casting Lunar Impact you can combo an extra condition removal.

• Glyph of the Stars is an answer to just about any situation - heals, removes conditions, protects against CC, and you can combo extra healing with leap/blast finishers.

• Entering Celestial Avatar dazes nearby enemies. This is an instant way of lifting some pressure off of you that could be done even while you're stunned.

• Lunar Impact should be the first skill you use while in CA, ideally try to get 2 casts of this skill off before leaving the avatar form.

• Counterattack is a powerful blocking skill you can fall back on when you're taking heavy damage. Blocking an attack with it also unlocks Counterattack Kick to CC enemies with, which can quickly turn things around my giving you a Moment of Clarity proc so you can immediately Maul them.

• Signet of Renewal should be kept for its passive for as long as possible. While it doesn't heal much on this build it's A) still better than nothing and B) instrumental for Astral Force generation which fuels Celesital Avatar. Use it only if you're out of options and need to break stun or do a mass cleanse.
  • Note: your pet must be within 600 range for the condition transfer to happen. The damage from the transfer itself can actually kill the pet rather quickly so you might want to swap pets shortly after using this signet.

• You're free to use "Protect Me!" for simple damage mitigation while the other utilities are not on CD, but if those are recharging then hold onto this in case you need to break a stun in the future.