Druid - Power CC Druid - MetaBattle

Elite specialization basics

Rangers with the Druid specialization gain access to 天界化身 (CA) which uses a resource called Astral Force (AF).
You build AF mostly through healing yourself and allies. The amount healed doesn't matter. Consistent sources of healing like 再生 and 新生纹章 are great at building Astral Force.

General

Celestial Avatar skill #5 自然汇流 is a channeled ability that has 稳固 on it. When you're trying to heal under pressure you should interrupt Natural Convergence right away by moving or by weapon stowing, that way you get to use the Stability to cover other skills.
Smokescale's F2 ability is 障目烟云 which could be used to combo 潜行 with skills like 橡木棍打, 碎地重击 (Hammer variant), Sword 2-3, 月色引力 or even pet swapping to proc 野性号角.
- 野性号角 has the benefit of being instant. Since you're able to swap pets even while stunned, you could use this to stealth yourself even while CC'd.
Mobility: Sky-Chak Striker's F2 is also a combo field, this one can be blasted for 迅捷! That's the only reliable source of Swiftness in the build, so you should make your pet use 魔径能量脉冲 and blast it with 橡木棍打 + 碎地重击 (in this order, as Thump covers a larger distance and should be taking you towards your destination when used) when you're ready to leave a capture point. With Sword/Warhorn the order is 荒野召唤 ⇒ 橡木棍打.
群星雕文 (your elite skill) can be used to rez allies when used in Celestial Avatar, this is a major group support tool you have. Drop the elite underneath the downed ally to begin reviving them, then either start rezing them manually too to make things faster or try to peel for them with CC while the elite does its thing.
- You could spam 生命种子 for cleansing/Blind while rezing allies inside the Glyph's AoE field or choose to drop out of CA after using the elite - dropping out of CA will allies, making it harder for enemies to damage them or interrupt you. Applying stealth at the right moment could even save the downed ally from a stomp attempt.

Damage

Mace/Mace is much more spammy than Hammer, you can use your skills in almost no particular order and still do fine.
There are 2 things which play a key role in boosting your damage, especially on Sword and Hammer: CC and/or application. Your goal is the reapply before using harder hitting skills.
Whenever you disable an enemy with or any other form of hard-CC you gain from and a proc, which further increases your damage.
With the combination of and , gaining refreshes and Opening Strike has a 100% crit chance as well as a 25% damage bonus.
In summary: you do a CC, it gives you , and your next hit will deal higher damage. Always follow up CCs with hard hitting skills!
Aside from using CC skills you can also obtain instantly by swapping pets.
can be used offensively as an instant trigger for MoC, even in the middle of casting other skills.
basically sets itself up, dazing targets and then following up with a 2nd attack that deals extra damage via trait synergy. It's also the hardest hitting skill on Hammer.
On Sword/Warhorn both and hit hard. Be careful with on this set though, while it's a good skill and the vulnerability stacking could increase your damage, the rapid attacks could quickly eat the damage modifiers you get from CC skills like . You might want to hold off on using Hunter's Call a bit if you intend to boost the skill 2-3 damage with dazes.
CC effects don't stack in duration and durations are quite long in the build, try not to override already applied dazes with other control effects.
is mostly defensive, but if you want to use it to deal damage then cast for the daze and immob followed by .
- Drop a too as soon as you can since it's instant and applies for healing reduction via .

Burst combo examples

Mace into Sword

for CC and to buff your next attack.
for damage and Immob.
BEFORE Pounce hits.

Hammer

for CC and a gap closer.
for damage, capitalizing on the damage modifiers applied by the CC.
to root the target in place as the CC from Thump is running out.
for daze and strong followup damage while they're d.

Celestial Avatar rotation

The standard opener is to do ⇒ - start casting Lunar Impact for CC and a blast finisher, and drop Seed of Life on the ground towards the end of the cast time of LI. Blast finisher + light field = condi cleansing, meanwhile you apply and , creating some breathing room for yourself.
- Try to hit as many enemies and allies as possible with both skills. They each have positive and negative effects.
If you need healing more than you need cleansing, use first, followed by and then . RT creates a pulsing water field around you, and you can use other skills while it's active in order to blast it. The light field from SoL will be gone by the time LI lands.
Once you've used up skills 2-4, you can do skill #5 . This is mainly for the damage and roots you in place for quite some time - if you're heavily pressured, consider cancelling this skill after the initial cast with a weapon stow. That way you still get the portion of it and you can use that to protect other casts.
Both weapon sets have combo tools to be used in , so dropping out of Celestial Avatar after an RT cast might also be a good idea. You could still grab the from NT, but you're losing time on RT if you do that.
If you're using CA offensively, skip and instead go ⇒ ⇒ , hoping to enemies straight into Natural Convergence.
Spam whenever it's available and doesn't interfere with your other desired combo fields.

Sustain

Both your healing skill and your elite are Water fields. Try to use blast/leap finishers in them for extra healing whenever possible.
in Celestial Avatar (somewhat spammable instant skill) and provide a steady stream of condi removal, use these to keep conditions at bay.
- If you drop halfway through casting you can combo an extra condition removal.
is an answer to just about any situation - heals, removes conditions, protects against CC, and you can combo extra healing with leap/blast finishers.
Entering dazes nearby enemies. This is an instant way of lifting some pressure off of you that could be done even while you're stunned.
Exiting Celestial Avatar gives you and nearby allies and . This is a powerful escape tool, if you're being focused by the enemy team sometimes it's best to just enter CA, do ⇒ and then exit the form. This provides a decent amount of healing/cleansing while also creating some breathing room for you before bailing from a fight.
Mobility in general can be quite important for your survival. Hammer and Sword/Warhorn could help you disengage from fights.
should be the first skill you use while in CA, ideally try to get 2 casts of this skill off before leaving the avatar form.
should be kept for its passive for as long as possible. While it doesn't heal much on this build it's A) still better than nothing and B) helps with Astral Force generation, although with 20s CD on Celestial Avatar it's less important in this gamemode. Use it only if you're out of options and need to break stun or do a mass cleanse.
- Note: your pet must be within 600 range for the condition transfer to happen. The damage from the transfer itself can actually kill the pet rather quickly so you might want to swap pets shortly after using this signet.
You're free to use for simple damage mitigation while the other utilities are not on CD, but if those are recharging then hold onto this in case you need to break a stun in the future.