Dragonhunter - Aegishunter - MetaBattle

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Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty: Normal

This build was last updated on March 29, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A survivable PvP Dragonhunter build made to deal high AoE burst damage to win teamfights and +1 your duelists while getting value from blocking and 圣盾. This build is very versatile and can sidenode 1vX quite well, but it really shines in teamfights where it can hit multiple enemies at once and share 圣盾 with allies.

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Utility

Skill Variants

Heal

庇护治疗 - Works better as a panic heal due to the instant cast and does proc some of your block rewards, but overall provides less value unless you time it just before some massive burst.

Utility

信仰试炼 - can be used for damage combos with push/pull or to get cheap burst on careless foes. Must either cut your source of move speed ("前进！") or your best stunbreak (信仰碎片), both of which can also grant 圣盾 to allies. Consider taking 猎手决心 to give yourself an out from CC+burst combos.

Weapons

Offhand Shield - more defensive team support and an additional 圣盾 proc.
Offhand Sword - higher damage and mobility, less survivability and ally support.

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Specializations

Variants

暴怒聚集 can be better when dueling or against ranged enemies.

Variants

猎手决心 can be taken if replacing 信仰碎片 with 信仰试炼.

Equipment

Greatsword

Empty slot

Sigil

Sword

Focus

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Sigils

Other damage sigils like 剥削法印, 机遇法印, 战斗法印, etc., can replace 停滞法印.
洁净法印 can be taken in condition-heavy matchups, but it should not usually be needed.

Usage

General

To succeed with this build, play very aggressively and always be thinking of where you want your next mobility skill to put you - most of the time, that should be right on top of your enemy or away from danger. Kite in and out as you would with a Willbender or similar builds, unless you know your auto attacks will be more valuable than whatever your enemy can do to you.
This build makes excellent use of the 圣盾 boon, which blocks the next incoming enemy attack. Try to grant it to as many allies as possible for value in teamfights. Your sources of 圣盾 are:
- 勇气之盾 (both the passive and active)
- "前进！" (this is also one of your main mobility tools)
- 净化陷阱 (thanks to 猎人感应)
- 信仰碎片 (which grants one when cast and when triggered spreads fragments on the ground that grant one stack to any ally that touches it if they don't already have one. Use this strategically when dueling on node to block multiple attacks.)
- 裁决盾击 (if using Shield - granted to yourself and allies in front of you, in addition to granting 保护 and damaging enemies.)
Your non- 圣盾 blocks are:
- 勇气之盾 (active)
- 狂徒防御 (blocks projectiles)
- 愤怒护盾 (if taking Focus - blocks up to 3 attacks or explodes for AoE burst damage. Instant cast and can be used while disabled.)
Additionally, you have a source of invulnerability:
- 专注复苏 (not technically a block, but recharges your Virtues, including 勇气之盾)
When you block an attack (including from 圣盾), the following are triggered:
- 防御信条 - your next attack triggers Justice and the cooldown on is reduced by 1 second.
- 猎人工事 - cleanse 1 condition.
- 防御者古物 - heal for 1% - 5% of your maximum health (224 - 1,122).
Additionally, when 圣盾 blocks an attack it also triggers the following:
- 愤怒精神 - grant 4 seconds of 决心 and 激怒. This trait is essential for maintaining your 83.1% (93.1% vs. burning targets) critical strike chance, +10% strike damage, and of course reducing the condition damage you receive by 33%.
- 迸裂圣盾 - deals damage to up to 5 nearby enemies (240 radius). It does not critically strike, but usually deals anywhere from 500 to over 1000 damage depending on the armor and strike damage reductions of the enemy player. This triggers from 圣盾 you grant to allies as well, making skills like "前进！" into a big counterpressure swing in addition to breaking enemy 圣盾, etc.

Your job is to roam the map and pressure vulnerable enemies as hard as possible, sticking to them for high burst and kiting away from counterpressure. Use your pulls to keep them from fleeing or to bring them into your symbols for extra damage. Your mobility is not as high as roamers like Daredevil, so decapping is not your role unless necessary. You can hold node 1v1 or 1v2 if needed so full capping is acceptable to give your team an advantage, however you are at your best helping your team win fights and pick off out of position enemies while they rotate. Unlike other similar Dragonhunter and Willbender builds you are very survivable and can kite under pressure for quite a while.

Damage

Fight in melee range as often as possible to maximize the damage from 迸裂圣盾.
Your symbols are a lot of your damage so try to place them on stationary targets like downed enemies (especially if being resurrected) or objectives like the bell on Capricorn. If enemies stay in them too long, they will take heavy damage while your allies will gain 决心 or 激怒.

Crowd Control

Unlike some Guardian builds, you do have some CC. Try to save them for when you can follow up with big burst or need to prevent an escape:
- - time it wisely (such as on blocking opponents or to hit multiple enemies that are stacked).
- 束缚之刃 - short range but can hit enemies all around you.
- 吸收护盾 - instant cast knockback which also destroys projectiles (doesn't count as blocking).
Additionally, you will inflict Cripple Cripple on nearby foes when you weapon swap or on foes you hit with Justice and . You deal more damage to crippled enemies thanks to 侵略狂热.

Mobility and Survival

Space out your 圣盾 procs maximize the value you get from them. Use your mobility skills to kite, chase, and rotate:
- "前进！" - use to maintain 迅捷 but do not waste it, as it is powerful in teamfights.
- 决心之翼 - great for kiting but can be used for chasing or simply rotating more quickly.
- 信仰之跃 - the most versatile skill in your kit, it does everything.
- 利刃符印 - great vertical mobility and conditionally for kiting. Spam while chasing to keep the pressure on.

Greatsword

This is the more aggressive/high burst set of the build, but it still has some nice defensive utility.
愤怒回旋 is one of the most notoriously high burst-damage skills in the game and can be used while moving. Try to set this skill up by executing one of your pulls or closing the gap on a slow/stationary target first. It is also a Whirl finisher - use it inside your symbols for extra cleanse.
信仰之跃 is both a high burst damage skill and a great mobility tool. You can cross gaps or skip obstacles with it if you know how. Sometimes it is worthwhile to weapon swap just before the end of the leap to gain some extra distance. It inflicts 目盲 and heals you while dealing great damage, but it can be unreliable to land (such as on uneven terrain).

Sword/x

This is the more defensive set of the build, but still has some hard hitting skills.
The main source of burst damage here comes from 狂徒防御. Note that the projectiles can be very unreliable in anything but melee range.
利刃符印 has many uses: vertical mobility via teleportation, symbol for cleaving, or a combo field which can be used for AoE cleansing by executing a blast finisher in it.

Fighting an Aegishunter

They have 2 stun breaks with long cooldowns: 勇气之盾 and 信仰碎片. The latter grants 稳固 only when triggered. Try to bait the stunbreaks and avoid triggering the trap or just wait out the 稳固 before CC chaining.
They cannot cleanse very many conditions at once, so overwhelming them with conditions can be very effective.
24px 中毒 is very effective, as much of their sustain comes from self-healing.
迟缓, 冰冻 and quick CC are quite effective, as many of their skills have long cast times and cooldowns already.
Despite them having some gap closers, they are fully melee and can still be kited.
Unblockable effects excel against them, as much of their defense comes from passive blocks.