The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage and Dps
Designed for: WvW Zerg
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds End of Dragons builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on March 11, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A build designed for massive AoE DPS, with great access to spike damage and ground AoE.
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Weapons
- Greatsword ⇒ Longbow - Less damage, but the range makes it far easier to use and
猎人结界 is a strong CC
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Quick Guide
- Dragonhunter is a melee range high spike DPS that excels in stacking ground AoEs and brings unique group utility in
勇气之盾 - Spike by combining as many ground AoEs as possible
- Follow up by using other damage skills like
愤怒回旋 or 
闪耀圆转 to increase your spike - Block enemy spikes by covering your groups frontline with 勇气之盾
Surviving
- This build has moderate passive defense
- This build has moderate mobility skill access
- This build has high active defenses
Defensive Skill List
庇护治疗 - Block
决心之翼 - Movement, removes Immobilize Immobilize- 勇气之盾 - Block
专注复苏 - Invulnerability
日光奔袭 - Movement
信仰之跃 - Movement
- Make sure to drop your target if using 日光奔袭 or 信仰之跃 defensively
- 勇气之盾 will only block attacks from the front
- To block ground AoE face the player that cast it
- Do not use 专注复苏 until 勇气之盾 is on cooldown, unless you will die without it
Priorities
High
- Burst Damage
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勇气之盾
Moderate
- Damage
Detailed Explanations
Burst Damage
- Your ideal burst combo is:
- The goal of this combo is to put the enemy group in as many ground AoEs as possible while efficiently using all of your strongest weapon skills
- If you can't land a short range skill skip it
- If you can't land most of your skills, wait for a better time to burst
- Sometimes you won't have enough melee uptime to use your Greatsword skills, it is fine to delay them
- Use your spike when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
- You can add 决心之翼 at any point if you need to gap close
毁灭高翔 procs Immobilize Immobilize which makes 决心之翼 a good opener
- 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
- Save your traps and at least one set of weapon skills for burst. It is rarely worth using
利刃狂舞 early instead of waiting for 
信仰试炼 - Make sure you are in range of
超级水能法印 when swapping to your Greatsword set
Shield of Courage
- 勇气之盾 blocks all attacks for 5 allies inside the cone of the shield animation in front of you
- 勇气之盾 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
决心符印 ⇒ 愤怒回旋 immediately then repeat both skills if you're still in melee. Swap back to Spear when you're done casting them or your Weapon Swap Weapon Swap is ready if you can't - In Spear use
光照符印 ⇒ 闪耀圆转 ⇒ 
太阳风暴 then Auto Attack filling with 日光奔袭 if you see an opportunity to use it safely
- Use 决心之翼 when out of range of other skills to gap close and apply Immobilize Immobilize
- 信仰之跃 is worth using for damage, but target enemies on the side of their group to avoid moving yourself into the middle of the enemy stack
正义复兴 will refresh 
正义之矛 every time you get a kill. Combine this with 
暴怒聚集 to add extra symbols as often as possible