Dragonhunter - Power DH

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

Focused on: Strike damage and Dps

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on February 20, 2025 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.

Overview

A build designed for massive AoE DPS, with great access to spike damage and ground AoE.

Skill Bar

Spear

Greatsword

Utility

Template Code

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Specializations

Variants

• Zealot's Aggression

Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Dragon

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Dragon

Ring
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Spear
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Dragon

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Variants

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Hydromancy

Consumables

• Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
  • Fried Oyster Sandwich
    personal food option
• Superior Sharpening Stone

Usage

Priorities

High

• Traps
• Shield of Courage

Moderate

• Damage

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
  • Use
    Wings of Resolve
    if you're separated from your group and can't safely move back
    • Beware of ground CCs (
      Line of Warding
      ) that will interrupt your movement
• This build has high active defenses
  • Shield of Courage
    will only block attacks from the front
    • To block ground AoE face the player that cast it
  • Do not use
    Renewed Focus
    until
    Shield of Courage
    is on cooldown, unless you will die without it

Active defense priority

• Wings of Resolve
  - for Immobilize
• Dodge
• Shield of Courage
• Wings of Resolve
  - general use
• Renewed Focus

Detailed Explanations

Traps

• Use
  Procession of Blades
  and
  Test of Faith
  when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
• Don't try to predict the enemy group far in advance or precast traps, wait until you have an opportunity to get immediate value
• Don't put yourself in a position where you could die trying to get better traps off
• Combine your
  and
  Solar Storm
  with your traps for even more burst damage

Shield of Courage

• Shield of Courage
  blocks for allies inside the cone of the shield animation in front of you
  • Shield of Courage
    blocks damage coming from enemy players you are facing
    • This means the center of an AoE can be behind you, but if you're facing the player that cast it the damage will be blocked

Damage

• In Greatsword use
  Symbol of Resolution
  ⇒
  Whirling Wrath
  immediately then repeat both skills before swapping back to Spear
• In Spear use
  ⇒
  Gleaming Disc
  ⇒
  Solar Storm
  then Auto Attack filling with
  Helio Rush
  if you see an opportunity to use it safely
  • You can cast
    Solar Storm
    before using
    Gleaming Disc
    , but make sure you're Illuminated for the cast of
    Solar Storm
• Use
  Wings of Resolve
  when out of range of other skills to gap close and apply Immobilize