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Power Dragonhunter

Guild Wars 2 Power Dragonhunter - Greatsword / Spear Meta build for open-world: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

守护者 (Guardian)dragonhunterpower damage

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Power Dragonhunter is a burst-heavy Open World build that uses traps and strong ranged damage for quick kills, offering high DPS and reliable sustain for solo PvE.

Overview

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Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Strong bursts
  • Defensive options
  • Lots of cleave
  • Relies on specific boon
  • Easy to cancel skills
  • Requires enemy target
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Equipment

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

愤怒祷词 图标愤怒祷词 can be replaced when needed:

"冲着我来!" 图标"冲着我来!" can be replaced when needed:

"怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!" can be replaced when needed:

  • 专注复苏 图标专注复苏 will make you Invulnerable for three seconds and will Recharge your Virtues
  • 巨龙之咽 图标巨龙之咽 provides mediocre Damage, Pulls in enemies and inflicts Slow.

侵略狂热 图标侵略狂热 can be replaced with 巨型壁垒 图标巨型壁垒 for a bigger and longer-lasting 勇气之盾 图标勇气之盾.

毁灭高翔 图标毁灭高翔 can be replaced with 猎人感应 图标猎人感应 for more Aegis uptime.

Longbow or Sword and Focus can be taken instead of Spear if you do not have access to Janthir Wilds (JW).

  • Longbow provides good Ranged Damage but lacks on Resolution generation
  • Sword and Focus provides boons, mobility and defense skills.

猎龙者古物 图标猎龙者古物 can be replaced when needed:

Janthir Wilds Relics:

Secrets of the Obscure Relics:

Core Game Relics:

  • 雄鹰古物 图标雄鹰古物 flat 10% Damage to enemies under 50% Health
  • 潜行者古物 图标潜行者古物 is an easy to maintain Damage buff.
  • 防御者古物 图标防御者古物 for a Heal every time you Block
  • 骁骑兵古物 图标骁骑兵古物 grants Condition Removal when you use a shout.
  • 流水古物 图标流水古物 grants Condition Removal when you use your Heal skill.
  • 骑兵古物 图标骑兵古物 grants you Aegis, Quickness, Swiftness, Resistance and Might when you hit an enemy with your mount engage skill. (Hint: the Skyscale engage skill will leave a pulsing field that will give boons on every strike!).

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

greatly increases your Damage; try to use your Cooldowns only while this skill is active on your target.

Resolution greatly increases your Damage; try to maintain 100% uptime of this boon. The following traits are effected by it:

Keep high uptime on your Symbols to activate traits from Zeal:

Dealing Damage

Use and 利刃狂舞 图标利刃狂舞 off Cooldown. If you're taking 信仰试炼 图标信仰试炼, keep in mind that it only triggers when enemies cross into or out its Radius.

Use "冲着我来!" 图标"冲着我来!" and "怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!" at the start of combat so you begin with plenty of boons.

Follow this skill priority on your Spear:

Follow this skill priority on your Greatsword:

Follow this skill priority on your Longbow:

Use 日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭, 决心之翼 图标决心之翼, and 信仰之跃 图标信仰之跃 for mobility.

Remember that you generate Vulnerability by fighting enemies inside your Symbols due to 揭露符印 图标揭露符印.

Burst Rotation

Use "冲着我来!" 图标"冲着我来!" and "怒气冲天!" 图标"怒气冲天!" at the start of combat so you begin with plenty of boons.

  1. 利刃狂舞 图标利刃狂舞
  2. 正义之剑 图标正义之剑
  3. F1
  4. 光照符印 图标光照符印 5
  5. 日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭 2
  6. 闪耀圆转 图标闪耀圆转 3
  7. 太阳风暴 图标太阳风暴 4
  8. Weapon Swap
  9. 决心符印 图标决心符印
  10. 愤怒回旋 图标愤怒回旋

Illuminated is a buff that enhances your next 日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭, 闪耀圆转 图标闪耀圆转 or 太阳风暴 图标太阳风暴.

All skills gain Illuminated while 光照符印 图标光照符印 is active.

If you are not Illuminated, you will gain the buff after using 日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭, 闪耀圆转 图标闪耀圆转 or 太阳风暴 图标太阳风暴.

Resolution

Try to maintain Resolution at all times. See a list of sources below:

SkillSource
日光奔袭 图标日光奔袭Spear (while Illuminated and not full health)
决心符印 图标决心符印Greatsword
"冲着我来!" 图标"冲着我来!"Utility
愤怒祷词 图标愤怒祷词 (via 医者决心 图标医者决心)Heal

In addition to the active sources above, Light Aura passively grants Resolution when you are hit.

You can Combo with 信仰之跃 图标信仰之跃 or 决心之翼 图标决心之翼 inside:

Or any Combo Field: Light to gain more Light Aura.

Defense

Resolution and Protection reduce all incoming damage by 33%. Try to maintain them both. You can gain Protection via:

愤怒祷词 图标愤怒祷词 essentially functions as an Invulnerability window, use this to your advantage.

You have a couple of movement oriented Heal skills:

Use 勇气之盾 图标勇气之盾 to gain Aegis and Block attacks for three seconds.

  • Attacks made behind or to the side of your character will not be Blocked.
  • Attacks made against allies near your character will also be Blocked.
  • You can still use all your other skills while 勇气之盾 图标勇气之盾 is active.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
光照符印 图标光照符印150Spear
束缚之刃 图标束缚之刃利刃拉拽 图标利刃拉拽150Greatsword
猎人结界 图标猎人结界 (On Last Strike)200Longbow
偏转射击 图标偏转射击150Longbow
猎人结界 图标猎人结界 (When Crossing a Ward)150Longbow
怨毒纹章 图标怨毒纹章300Utility
猎人裁决 图标猎人裁决150Profession Mechanic
庇护之地 图标庇护之地150 x 7 for a total of 1050Alternate Utility
智慧之锤 图标智慧之锤200Alternate Utility