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Focused on: Direct damage
Designed for: Raids and Fractals
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Janthir Wilds builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on January 24, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
Dragonhunter is a heavy burst damage power DPS that excels in short fights (such as fractals) and raid encounters with short damage windows. It has strong CC and good mobility, and provides 
易伤. In addition, it brings very high defensive support for a DPS class, with a party wide block in 
勇气之盾, a strong burst heal in 
决心之翼, and the ability to bring Guardian utilities such as 
反射之墙 and 
神圣之地.
Dragonhunter is reliant on either 
圣盾 or 
决心 for maximum damage. The Radiance build provides ~45% uptime of 决心 itself, but ideally will be supported by other Guardians, or Renegades with 
灵魂增益.
Skill Bar
Weapon Variants
- Longbow adds ranged damage and higher long-term DPS than Spear, while also being the best option for players that don't own Janthir Wilds. It has lower burst than Spear though, which is where Dragonhunter typically excels.
Skill Variants
Healing
愤怒祷词 provides a huge amount of healing if you're able to keep attacking during its duration, allowing you to survive almost anything that doesn't one-shot you.
庇护治疗 can be used to help nullify niche mechanics, such as Slothasor's shake attack or Deimos' Mind Crush.
Utility
"坚守阵地！" provides more 决心 as well as a stun break and 
稳固.- 神圣之地 can be used for more 决心 and 稳固.
"前进！" can be used to 圣盾 big hits for your group like the knockback from Gorseval, the timed bombs from Matthias or the shockwave from Deimos.
智慧之锤 provides additional CC if needed.- 反射之墙 or
复仇之盾 if projectile defense is needed.
Elite
- Use
"怒气冲天！" to help slacking supports keep up 
急速. It can also be nice at bosses where the group is split, such as Sabetha when doing cannons or Matthias in general. 
勇气纹章 can be used for great passive healing for your team.
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- As you throw the spear as soon as it comes off cooldown,
愤怒侵染 adds only a tiny amount of extra damage, so 
不屈勇气 offers some nice utility as well as more reliable 圣盾 uptime. If the stunbreak won't be useful, you could provide a small amount of healing to allies with 
战斗灵气. - The extra 圣盾 uptime from
猎人感应 is very helpful when running Virtues. Otherwise, 
毁灭高翔 offers more utility. - If running Radiance
重击之光 may be attractive to newer players as the playstyle is slightly simpler. It is a moderate DPS loss compared to 
巨兽猎杀 as 
暴怒聚集 encourages actively using .
Specialization Variant
Virtues can be swapped out for Radiance. This is mostly useful for new players who wish to run 重击之光, but it can also pull ahead if you're unable to stay above 90% health or maintain good 圣盾 uptime for 
无伤斗魂.
- You will need to adjust gear as you have much higher crit chance (see below).
Equipment
Equipment Variants
- The recommended setup takes 2317 precision to reach 99.71% crit chance.
- You can get the exact same damage using
超级猎龙者符文, but it requires more Assassin stats Assassin stats pieces. - If you want to benefit from
超级冲击法印, replace the 
超级武勇法印.
Radiance Variant
- Dragon stats Dragon stats gear is a very minor increase in damage over Berserker stats Berserker stats, so running full Berserker stats Berserker stats is totally fine. The optimal balance of Dragon/Berserker will also depend on your buffs so a gear optimiser will be needed to know exactly what you'll need.
- Swap 超级武勇法印 for slaying sigils or
超级夜幕法印 where applicable in fractals.
Consumables
Food
Utility
Usage
Simplified Rotation
Newer players may wish to run the 重击之光 grandmaster along with the Radiance build. This trades the temporary 25% modifier from 巨兽猎杀 for a permanent 15% modifier. The rotation is very similar, but you no longer use and can cast the skills named in the Spear of Justice Burst section off cooldown instead.
Spear Rotation
Spear's unique mechanic is the Illuminated effect. When under the Illuminated effect, skills 2-4 have enhanced effects:
日光奔袭 gains increased healing and applies 决心 to allies you pass through, as well as dealing more damage and applying 
虚弱 to enemies.
闪耀圆转 deals more damage, applies Blindness Blindness to enemies, and grants 
威能 and 
激怒 to allies.
太阳风暴 hits two additional times and heals allies that it removes conditions from.
In addition, each of these skills itself applies the Illuminated effect for five seconds. Finally, while 
光照符印 gains no extra benefit from Illuminated, it causes all skills to be Illuminated for as long as the symbol is active, regardless of where it is in relation to you.
Given that all your main skills on spear apply Illuminated, practically speaking all you need to ensure is that you use at least one of your 2-4 skills every five seconds when 光照符印 is not active. The easiest way to maintain it is via 日光奔袭 as it an ammunition skill with low cooldown.
The most important skill to Illuminate is 太阳风暴.
The following rotation assumes the Radiance traitline with 巨兽猎杀 is used (if using 重击之光 just ignore references to ). It gives a basic structure for each section, but your utility skills will change place each loop:
利刃狂舞 and should be used off cooldown as high priority as they provide damage buffs.
正义之剑 should be not be allowed to reach max stacks. As an ammo skill, you can be flexible with when you use it, but try to line it up with the buffs from or 
猎龙者古物.
巨龙之咽 and 
净化陷阱 are best used to extend the buff from 猎龙者古物. Try to use them at the end of the autoattacking section on each weapon if 利刃狂舞 is not used. Use 巨龙之咽 as a preference as it deals good damage. Either can be saved for utility if desired though.
Opener
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正义之剑
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利刃狂舞
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光照符印
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日光奔袭
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闪耀圆转
- 太阳风暴 - this skill hits the area randomly, so try to make sure your target is in the centre.
- Weapon Swap Weapon Swap
Greatsword Section
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决心符印
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愤怒回旋
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信仰之跃
束缚之刃 - this can be delayed if you can hit it under the effect of or 猎龙者古物- Autoattack until Whirling Wrath is off cooldown - try to finish your auto chains if you get further than the first skill
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愤怒回旋
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决心符印
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信仰之跃
- Weapon Swap Weapon Swap
Spear Section
You only get one use of 太阳风暴 and 光照符印 each loop, so the position is flexible and you should aim to use them both while under the effects of both 巨兽猎杀 and 猎龙者古物
- 闪耀圆转 - you want to use this first so you can immediately weapon swap after the second use.
- 日光奔袭 - this is a targeted movement skill. If you hover your cursor over your UI, you will charge in place and minimise the animation time
- Autoattack and use 日光奔袭, 太阳风暴 and 光照符印 when you will be under the effects of both your key buffs (prioritise 日光奔袭 as we want to use it again before weapon swapping).
- Autoattack until Gleaming Disc is nearly off cooldown
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日光奔袭
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闪耀圆转
- Weapon Swap Weapon Swap
- Return to start of Greatsword section
Longbow Rotation
While the rotation may seem complicated, the general structure of each weapon section is the same each time and you generally just use off cooldown. The buff from 巨兽猎杀 lasts long enough that you'll be able to fit in all your high-damage skills without issue so it's more important not to delay your rotation.
Opener
Start on Longbow.
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正义之剑
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利刃狂舞
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能量符印
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精准射击
猎人结界 - any other skill will interrupt this, so leaving it until last is safest.- Weapon swap Weapon swap
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决心符印
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愤怒回旋
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信仰之跃
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束缚之刃
普通打击 ⇒ 
复仇打击 ⇒ 
愤怒打击-
正义之剑
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巨龙之咽
- 普通打击 ⇒ 复仇打击 ⇒ 愤怒打击
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愤怒回旋
- 普通打击 - there is time for a single auto here if you're fast enough
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决心符印
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信仰之跃
- Weapon swap Weapon swap
- Proceed to the Longbow Section
Longbow Section
You should always open this section with the first two skills, but later skills can be delayed slightly if is about to come off cooldown.
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能量符印
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精准射击
- Autoattack and use 精准射击,
偏转射击 and 猎人结界 as they come off cooldown (remember you can delay these if is about to come off cooldown if you need the CC). -
偏转射击
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能量符印
- Weapon swap Weapon swap
Greatsword Section
Similar to longbow, it's important to cast the first three skills immediately, but those afterwards can be delayed somewhat.
- 决心符印 - this has an aftercast that can be cancelled by weapon stowing or moving shortly after casting.
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愤怒回旋
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信仰之跃
- 束缚之刃 - this has an aftercast that can be cancelled by weapon stowing shortly after casting. This skill can be delayed if is available.
- Auto-Attack until Whirling Wrath is off cooldown. Always finish your attack chains.
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愤怒回旋
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决心符印
- 信仰之跃 - if you're slow enough that weapon swap is off cooldown already, you can skip this step.
- Weapon swap Weapon swap
Spear of Justice Burst
- 利刃狂舞, 正义之剑 and 巨龙之咽 should only be used in combination with the buff from 巨兽猎杀.
- Fit them in whenever available after the opening skills on each weapon.
- Try to use 正义之剑 twice in each of the first two bursts, then once for subsequent bursts.
General Tips
- In the Virtues build, 利刃狂舞 and should be cast together. The cooldown of 利刃狂舞 is shorter, so delay using it until just before is ready - the activation delay should ensure that all hits land under the effect of the 巨兽猎杀 buff.
- In the radiance build, the cooldowns don't line up as neatly, so just use both 利刃狂舞 and whenever they come off cooldown.
- Try not to interrupt your greatsword autoattack chain.
- Use 愤怒回旋 and 束缚之刃 (especially if the boss has adds) inside the boss's hitbox.
- Use 正义之剑 when you both of the buffs from and 猎龙者古物.
正义复兴 (in Radiance) will recharge your . This allows you to have a higher 巨兽猎杀 uptime when there are adds around. Always try to keep up as much as possible if it's being recharged with this interaction.
Breakbar
怨毒纹章 is your strongest hard CC, but it should only be used in emergencies since it's a considerable DPS loss.- The pulls from and 束缚之刃 can be used for CC if needed. However, you will lose the uptime on 巨兽猎杀.
- 猎人感应 adds
迟缓 to all your traps, dealing 100 more breakbar damage with each second. - 巨龙之咽 pulls and applies 迟缓 on your target.
- 偏转射击 deals 150 breakbar damage and knocks back enemies.
Encounter-Specific Tips
Spirit Vale
Vale Guardian
Gorseval the Multifarious
- Consider playing the virtues variant here because it is possible to maintain 100% aegis uptime when dodging his knockbacks and pulling in the adds quickly.
- You can use 勇气之盾 to share aegis for his knockback attack.
- 利刃狂舞 can hit you quite hard due to 24px Retaliation from Gorseval. To negate that you can use 愤怒祷词, which allows you to output DPS in the CC phase without losing health.
Sabetha the Saboteur
- Use your 决心之翼 to jump on the launchpads fast if you want to go up to a cannon.
- Try to use 圣盾 for cannon shots or kicks from adds that people might not be able to dodge.
- Time your burst for when Knuckles is stunned.
- If you use your burst for it you can one-shot Karde's turrets in the last phase. However, this is not advised unless turrets are overrunning the platform. Simply dropping your
惩戒符印 on turrets should make a significant impact without ruining your positioning.
Salvation Pass
Slothasor
- 束缚之刃 can be used inside of Slothasor's hitbox while slublings are nearby for bonus damage.
- 勇气之盾 can block everything at Slothasor which is especially useful when he does his shake attack, as many have trouble dodging it. It can also block the fear that Slothasor applies after the CC phase which is valuable, especially for the last CC phase at 10%.
- If needed, you can pull slublings with your . Keep in mind that it pierces, so multiple slublings can be pulled with it if used optimally.
龙息小面包 potentially stronger and cheaper than 
碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤 as killing slublings occurs frequently.
Bandit Trio
- Run "坚守阵地！" for this fight to mitigate all the annoying CC.
- Since you are somewhat tanky and have a lot of useful CC in the form of 怨毒纹章, ,
吸收护盾, and traps, it is a good choice for you to deal with the mortars, as you are able to solo the snipers on the bridge that respawn between mortar #2 and #3 really quickly and reliably.
Matthias Gabrel
- You can take the role of the main reflect in this fight; however, you have to keep in mind that the cooldown of 反射之墙 is 30 seconds-the same as Matthias' invulnerability bubble. Thus, you need decent Alacrity uptime and must cleanse chill as fast as possible if it is applied to you.
- A way to always have 反射之墙 up in time without having to rely on Alacrity is replacing Radiance with Virtues and using
奉献大师. You will lose quite a bit of DPS in doing so though. - On a sidenote, all of Matthias' attacks in abomination phase have longer cooldowns. Accordingly, you don't have to worry about not having 反射之墙 up in time.
- A way to always have
- In the phase from 40% until the end blocks become very valuable. A well-timed Aegis can block the undodgeable timed bombs. The same principle applies to the damage from the ghosts, which is blockable but not dodgeable.
- "坚守阵地！" can be brought for 10 player stability, which can help greatly during abomination and rain phases.
Stronghold of the Faithful
Escort
- Since almost all the mobs have some kind of annoying CC it is definitely recommended to bring "坚守阵地！".
- If you need help with capturing the towers, a Shield is useful for knocking mobs out of the capture circle or away from each other.
- Use your immobilizes and cripples to slow down the wargs engaging from the front.
Keep Construct
- You can assist in pushing the orb into the rifts by pulling them with . Be careful with it though, as the impact of the spear hitting the orb will push it away from you a tiny bit before you can pull it in.
- You can use everything you have including 怨毒纹章 for CC without any drawback since after each CC phase,there will be some DPS downtime.
- You can share aegis with 勇气之盾 to help your team when the room is filled with small AoEs before the last burn phase.
Xera
- You can deal with Xera's adds extremely effectively by pulling them in and/or bursting them down with the Greatsword.
- Try to perform your rotation in a rhythm that allows you to be on Greatsword when Xera is spawning adds and on Scepter when she is the only target.
- Your pretty decent ranged damage with Scepter allows you to assist with clearing shards and standing on the buttons surrounding the big shards that you have to destroy both before the fight and when you get teleported to the other platform.
Bastion of the Penitent
Mursaat Overseer
- Consider playing the virtues variant here as keeping up aegis on this fight is very easy.
- You can use 勇气之盾 to block the explosions from adds.
Samarog
Deimos
- You can share aegis to block Deimos's pizza attack or Mind Crush.