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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Difficulty:

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This build was last updated on March 29, 2024 and is up to date for the March 11, 2025 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, but as a double melee build sticking to targets is extremely important which is why we recommend Relic of Speed.

Consumables

Food

• We suggest taking health regen food like
  Holographic Super Cake
  (defense) or
  Soy-Sesame Sous-Vide Steak
  (offense) to build Astral Force faster, which is very important for the build.

Utility

• Superior Sharpening Stone
  or
  Tin of Fruitcake
  .

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
  Signet of Renewal
  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
  ,
  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.

• "We Heal As One!"
  ,
  "Protect Me!"
  and pet swapping are your main sources of Swiftness here. This boon is extremely important for the build because with
  Relic of Speed
  you'll have a much easier time sticking to targets or even kiting enemies when you're in trouble.

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 the 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
  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 in 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. Pre-cast
   Maul
   . Do the next step before Maul lands, while the animation's playing.
2. Pet swap for Quickness and Fury, or use
   Glyph of Equality
   . You could even do both for maximum effectiveness but that burns more CDs.
3. Hilt Bash
   to stun the target and refresh Maul.
4. Maul
   again.

Hammer

1. Thump
   for CC, gap closer and to proc Quickness from
   Superior Sigil of Celerity
   .
2. Wild Swing
   for damage.
3. Savage Shock Wave
   to root the target in place as the CC from Thump is running out.
4. Overbearing Smash
   for CC while they're Immobilized.
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
  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.