The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage, Mobility and Control
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on March 28, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
A high damage, glass-cannon Power Dragonhunter build for WvW roaming. DH works just as well in melee with Traps as it does at range with a Longbow. The damage is quite high but the sustain heavily depends on CDs, which means the build favors shorter fights.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Heal
决心纹章 - better defense against conditions. The signet can also be more convenient in some matchups (especially against ranged targets) because it doesn't rely on enemies triggering a trap for you to get healed.
Elite
巨龙之咽 - it's a CC that could secure kills for you especially when combined with 
利刃狂舞. Most builds however have an answer to this skill and 
专注复苏 lets you stay in the fight longer which makes Dragon's Maw the less popular option. On the other hand time doesn't favor you when facing tanky Cele builds, so sometimes your best option is to go all in with the traps and hope for a quick kill.
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Equipment
Relics
防御者古物 - defensive option that could be useful in longer fights, providing plenty of extra healing thanks to the many 
圣盾 sources in the build.
Runes
If you don't care about the mobility provided by Surging, other viable options include:
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超级学者符文 - better burst damage. -
超级猎龙者符文 - it's very close to Scholar in terms of damage, use whichever is cheaper if you're trying to save gold. -
超级耐久符文 - defensive and beginner-friendly option but lowers your damage.
Sigils
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超级敏捷法印 on Longbow - the brief 
急速 is just enough to speed up 
精准射击 right after swapping to Longbow. Could replace either sigils depending on the tradeoff you want: replacing Vision makes your burst combo less consistent when you don't have both 
决心 and 
激怒, while replacing Air gives up a strong damage proc. -
超级嗜血法印 over Cleansing - further increases your damage if you don't mind putting some extra effort into building stacks and giving up some defense against conditions.
Consumables
Food
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黑胡椒粉真空烹调肉排 - considered to be the optimal food, strong mix of sustain and damage but requires a cooking skill of 500 to craft. -
巨龙甜甜圈片 or 
怪异莓幽灵 - extra precision with an armor ignoring damage proc that also heals you. -
煎扇贝三明治 - defensive option. -
碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤 - offensive option.
Utility
Usage
General
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Try to stay in range, keep your distance whenever possible.
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信仰试炼 is an excellent defensive skill because it's an instant source of 
保护 that can also be used while CC'd. -
偏转射击 is unblockable and may even be used to interrupt blocking skills. -
决心之翼 removes conditions and provides a substantial amount of healing for you and your teammates. It's also an excellent mobility tool in combat and a good way of repositioning yourself. -
勇气之盾 breaks stun and blocks all attacks in front of you, use it to relieve pressure from yourself and your team - for example, you can stand facing foes attempting to cleave downed teammates while you or your team is reviving them. -
Try to burn through all of your virtues before resorting to
专注复苏. RF is a great panic button when you're being focused by the enemy team and you don't have any CDs left, but Dragonhunter virtues have cast times so any virtues you didn't use before RF will go to waste.
Damage
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The ring created by
信仰试炼 deals more damage than the initial trigger, and a significant portion of your burst damage comes from pulling/pushing foes through it. -
You deal extra damage to enemies affected by , so consider using it before hard hitting skills like
精准射击. -
There's a delay on
猎人结界, the final strike doesn't go off immediately after you finish channeling the skill. You could even pull targets in with 
猎人裁决 to make sure they get it and can't dodge or move out right before rings appear. The final strike of this skill does heavy damage.- Tip: when facing another DH it's very important to dodge the final strike of 猎人结界. If you do that the cages won't spawn and you avoid most of the damage.
- Tip: when facing another DH it's very important to dodge the final strike of
Burst combo examples
Hunter's Ward + traps from range
- Place 利刃狂舞
- the target.
- 猎人结界 on your position.
- Immediately pull in the target with 猎人裁决. The goal is to drag them into melee where they'll be hit and caged by the last strike of Hunter's Ward, while preventing them from dodging it. The cage will then force them to tank Procession of Blades and any other AoE skills you decide to throw into the mix.
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能量符印
- Weapon swap, follow up with
利刃符印 and 
狂徒防御.
Test of Faith push/pull
- Cast on your target, we'll need its chain skill later. If the spear misses you might want to skip this combo for now, especially if the target was outside melee range.
- Drop 信仰试炼 preferably at your target's feet so that they spring it immediately, as ideally CC should be used to make them cross the already active trap, not to activate the trap. Consider jumping in with 利刃符印 if they are far away before dropping ToF.
- Use either 偏转射击 or
吸收护盾 to push them out of the ring. - Pull them back in with 猎人裁决 (chain skill of ).
- If possible, swap weapons and use the remaining knockback skill too that you didn't use at step 3.
- Note: if you couldn't start this combo in melee range that's still fine, but you'll only be able to proc ToF once. In that case simply drop ToF, pull them in, push them out and end the chain with True Shot if you can.
Ranged burst
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猎人结界
- immediately (should land before the cages spawn) and keep it attached for extra damage, don't pull the target.
- 精准射击 - your target should be trapped inside a cage from Hunter's Ward by now.
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能量符印
Sword/Shield
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This is the defensive set of the build, but still has some hard hitting skills.
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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.
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Use
裁决盾击 when you or an ally is about to be focused by the enemy, or if you're already pressured. It also applies boons in a cone, try to aim it at as many allies as possible. -
As mentioned above,
吸收护盾 is mainly a combo tool, but you can also use it for general CC or to defend against some ranged attacks. It forms a dome around you for a couple of seconds, blocking projectiles. You can choose to detonate the dome with its chain skill, which will cause a bit of AoE healing.
Related Builds
- Dragonhunter - Turbo Trapper - Conquest PvP version of the build.