User:Masel/Builds/Dragonhunter

Longbow / Greatsword  Dragonhunter

Build Rating (Subjective)

Criterion	Rating
Burst Damage	5/5
Sustained Damage	4/5
Utility Options	3/5
Survivability	3/5
Difficulty	2/5

Power  Dragonhunter is a very strong build for instanced content. It's also a great pick for solo gameplay, as it has a very high range with Longbow and exceptionally good burst damage. It has good access to all important defensive boons, e.g.  Stability,  Aegis,  Resolution and  Protection.

Link to the Build on the Editor

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Virtues
Greatsword Skills
Longbow Skills
Utility

  Spear of Justice Management

• With  Big Game Hunter, we need to maintain the tether from this skills to enemies to gain 20% damage against them. That's why this skill is priority #1 to maintain.
• You will always have a small downtime on this, since the cooldown (~14 seconds with  Alacrity) is longer than the duration (12s).

Rotation Concept

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.
Damage log

Rotation Flow

Section	Notes
General Stuff	Careful:This build scales with the number of Boons on yourself and  Crippled on the enemy. For guidance on setting up the training area, see my guide for it The rotation consists of two sections: Longbow & Greatsword. Always use   Procession of Blades,   Light's Judgment and   Dragon's Maw on cooldown to maintain Relic of the Dragonhunter!
Opener	Start on Longbow and use the following skills:   Hunter's Ward (Careful, this is easy to cancel!)   Spear of Justice   Procession of Blades   Symbol of Energy   Dragon's Maw   True Shot Swap to Greatsword
Section 1: Greatsword	On Greatsword, always open and end with   Symbol of Resolution. In between, use the following skills and fill with auto attacks:   Whirling Wrath x 2: This skill does a lot more damage when used inside the enemy's hitbox, as all Projectiles will hit. This is the reason why this build does more damage against larger hitboxes.   Binding Blade x 1: only use the fist cast of this, it will deal damage over time. The second cast can be used for Breakbar damage. Optional:   Leap of Faith is a damage gain when used, but can also yeet you into places where you don't want to stand. For starters, I recommend skipping this and only using it as a gap closer for movement on demand.
Section 2: Longbow	On Longbow, always open and end with   Symbol of Energy. In between, use the following skills and fill with auto attacks:   Hunter's Ward x 1: this is a stationary skill, meaning that you cannot move during the cast. Don't cancel this!   True Shot x 3: another stationary skill, meaning that you cannot move during the cast. Don't cancel this! Optional:   Deflecting Shot x 2: this is a Daze, so save this for Breakbars if needed.
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Pull   Deflecting Shot   Bane Signet   Hunter's Verdict   Light's Judgment

Utility Skills (DPS)

Default Skill	Notes
Litany of Wrath	Immortality button once every 20 seconds, as it will heal you based on your damage dealt.
Light's Judgment	Daze, small damage and  Vulnerability. Mainly there to provide a great uptime on Relic of the Dragonhunter since it triggers the relic once per second for 8 seconds.
Procession of Blades	Strong Damage and partial uptime on  Fury as well as Relic of the Dragonhunter.
Bane Signet	Just there for the additional  Power. Can be replaced by any other utility skill you might need.
Dragon's Maw	Strong Damage and pertial uptime on  Might.

Gear & Traits

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. At least 75% Critical Chance:  Fury gives the remaining 25%.
2. Maximize Ferocity
3. Maximize Power

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Shoulders	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Chest	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Gloves	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Legs	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Boots	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Assassin's
Ring 1	Assassin's
Ring 2	Assassin's
Accessory 1	Assassin's
Accessory 2	Berserker's
Backpack	Assassin's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Greatsword	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Longbow	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters with Zesty Sauce
Damage	Utility	Potent Superior Sharpening Stone
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Dragonhunter
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Zakiros
Roaming	Relic	Relic of the Cavalier

Traits

Virtues
Zeal
Dragonhunter

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces of Berserker's with a mix of rare/exotic Berserker's & Assassin's.

Open World Build

You can find my most recent open world build showcase here.

Link to the OW Build

For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

Increasing General Survivability

• Through the native synergies with Longbow, the easiest way to increase survivability is to stay on Longbow and kite dangerous attacks.
• Swap out  Zeal for  Radiance:

Radiance

• That will cover a great  Resolution uptime and increase your damage compared to  Zeal when you're alone.
•  Zeal is great for  Vulnerability coverage in general, but is made obsolete by   Spear of Justice,  Renewed Justice,   Sword of Justice and  Big Game Hunter.
•  Renewed Justice will keep recharging your   Spear of Justice, allowing you to put it on every enemy and benefit from 20% increased damage and  Vulnerability on every hit.
• Use the Survivability Food and Utility item listed above.
• On top of that, we'll change gear to the following:

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Shoulders	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Chest	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Gloves	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Legs	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Boots	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Eagle
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Diviner's
Ring 1	Diviner's
Ring 2	Diviner's
Accessory 1	Diviner's
Accessory 2	Diviner's
Backpack	Assassin's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Hammer	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Celerity Superior Sigil of Rage
Longbow	Berserker's	Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Survivability	Relic	Relic of Zakiros

• Exotic Diviner's trinkets are relatively cheap, they cost around … each, totaling up to … for an Amulet, 2 Rings and 2 Accessories.
• Change your utility skills as follows:

Utility Skills (Open World)

Default Skill	Notes
Litany of Wrath	Immortality button once every 20 seconds, as it will heal you based on your damage dealt.
Sword of Justice	Strong Damage, full range and  Vulnerability.
Procession of Blades	Great for covering  Fury.
Signet of Judgment	Just there for the passive survivability and Stun break. Can be replaced by any other utility skill you might need.
"Feel My Wrath!"	Provides a bit of  Quickness and  Fury, also spreads them to allies.

Boon Coverage

• Your damage is strongly tied to having  Resolution via  Retribution and  Righteous Instincts.  Virtue of Resolution and  Healer's Resolution will cover it as long as you keep using   Spear of Justice and   Litany of Wrath on cooldown.
•  Might and  Fury are covered by  Righteous Instincts,   "Feel My Wrath!",  Inspired Virtue and   Procession of Blades.
• The standard dps build on Dragonhunter has no reliable source of  Quickness and does not fully cover  Protection. That's why we're using the Hammer, as the auto attack chain places   Symbol of Protection on the final hit, applying pulsing  Protection in an area. For quickness coverage, we'll put a Superior Sigil of Celerity and Superior Sigil of Rage on it, which will cover  Quickness for the time you're on hammer.   "Feel My Wrath!" adds some area  Quickness on top.
• Using   Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge and   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge will massively increase damage and survivability in solo gameplay.
• These give for 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution on entering combat. T They will cover  Quickness  Alacrity and  Protection in general roaming, where you enter and exit combat frequently!
• In case you don't want the hassle of reapplying jade protocols, you can abuse the synergy between Relic of the Cavalier and   Blast from the Skyscale to apply lots of  Aegis,  Resistance,  Might and  Quickness to yourself. It has a 1 second an internal cooldown and applies the boons on every hit of   Blast.

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects

• With  Resolution up all the time, incoming conditions are less of a threat to you compared to other builds.
•  Absolute Resolve makes   Wings of Resolve cleanse 5 conditions in total.
• You have two sources of  Stability:   Shield of Courage.
•  Indomitable Courage makes   Shield of Courage a Stun break with additional  Stability.