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Dragonhunter - Power DH

The community gave this build a rating ratings , making it top-tier: Great Focused on: Strike damage https://metabattle.com/wiki/Category:Strike damage builds and Dps https://metab

守护者 (Guardian)dragonhunterstrike damagedps

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.

Skill Bar

Variants

Weapons

  • GreatswordLongbow - Less damage, but the range makes it far easier to use and 猎人结界 图标猎人结界 is a strong CC

Template Code

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Specializations

Variants

Equipment

Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder
Accessory
Dragon
Accessory
Marauder
Amulet
Dragon
Ring
Marauder

Variants

Sigils

Consumables

Usage

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 图标勇气之盾
  • Spike by combining as many ground AoEs as possible
Ground AoE Skill List

Surviving

  • This build has moderate passive defense
  • This build has moderate mobility skill access
  • This build has high active defenses
Defensive Skill List

Priorities

High

Moderate

  • Damage

Detailed Explanations

Burst Damage

  • Your ideal burst combo is:
  1. 利刃狂舞 图标利刃狂舞
  2. 信仰试炼 图标信仰试炼
  3. 光照符印 图标光照符印
  4. 太阳风暴 图标太阳风暴
  5. 闪耀圆转 图标闪耀圆转
  6. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap
  7. 决心符印 图标决心符印
  8. 愤怒回旋 图标愤怒回旋
  • 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 图标决心之翼 at any point if you need to gap close
  • 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 图标利刃狂舞 early instead of waiting for 信仰试炼 图标信仰试炼
  • Make sure you are in range of 超级水能法印 图标超级水能法印 when swapping to your Greatsword set

Shield of Courage

  • 勇气之盾 图标勇气之盾 blocks all attacks for 5 allies inside the cone of the shield animation in front of you
    • 勇气之盾 图标勇气之盾 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

Skill priority