User:Masel/Builds/Dragonhunter

Juggernaut Longbow / Hammer  Dragonhunter

Dragonhunter Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~40,2k
Sustained Damage	~37k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	221
Actions Per Minute (APM)	37
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	12%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	1
# of Skills Used	11
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Dragonhunter Build Stats (Skipping Hammer 2 & 4)

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~37,5k
Sustained Damage	~35,3k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	205
Actions Per Minute (APM)	18
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	3%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	1
# of Skills Used	9
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

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.

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Virtues
Hammer 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 25% 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).
• If you want an easier option with lower damage, you can also use  Heavy Light. This will give you a really good uptime on  Stability too!

Rotation Concept

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.

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, where one is just used on the opener: Longbow & Hammer. 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 (Optional, this is also easy to cancel!)) Swap to Hammer
Section 1: Hammer	On Hammer, prioritize your auto attack chain with   Symbol of Protection on the final hit. Practice this a little bit on the golem, it's a good way to train yourself to pay attention to auto attacks. In between, use the following skills:   Mighty Blow: This is a leap skill, so be careful to not yeet yourself into danger.   Banish resets   Mighty Blow, so wait until another   Mighty Blow is ready and refresh it right after.
Section 2: Longbow	Longbow is your ranged weapon on demand, and the opener should be used to create burst damage every time when entering combat or pauses: For a general rotation flow with 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. Swap back to hammer once you can be in melee range again.
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Banish   Ring of Warding   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.

DPS - Power Hammer Dragonhunter (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
Opener
Weapon swap

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 Scholar
Shoulders	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Chest	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Gloves	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Legs	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
Boots	Berserker's	Superior Rune of the Scholar
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
Hammer	Assassin's	Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Longbow	Assassin's	Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Plate of Coq Au Vin with Salsa
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Plate of Truffle Steak
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

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.
• Your main sources of healing are   Litany of Wrath and Relic of Zakiros. These heal you based on your damage dealt, so keep pumping!
• You will cover a full uptime on  Resolution and  Protection on yourself, reducing all incoming damage noticeably.
• You can use the Survivability Food and Utility item listed above for a decent strike damage reduction.
• Swap out  Zeal for  Radiance:

Radiance
Virtues
Roaming
Dragonhunter
Bosses
Dragonhunter

• That will cover a great  Resolution uptime and increase your damage compared to  Zeal when you're alone.
•  Renewed Justice will keep recharging your   Spear of Justice, allowing you to put it on every enemy as well as resetting it when you kill adds around bosses to benefit more consistently from 25% increased damage and  Vulnerability on every hit.
• For soloing harder content and group gameplay, the frequent  Stability from  Heavy Light can really make a difference, so I'd recommend running that in those cases.
•  Radiance gives you 35% Critical chance, allowing us to trade gear for more  Concentration, increasing coverage of defensive and offensive Boons.

Boon &  Vulnerability Coverage

• Since you can't always rely on other people covering boons for you, it can make sense to adjust your build to provide them for yourself, at least the important ones.
• And let's face it: playing a build without  Quickness feels horrible.
• To do so, change your utility skills as follows:

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Diviner's
Ring 1	Diviner's
Ring 2	Diviner's
Accessory 1	Diviner's
Accessory 2	Diviner's
Backpack	Diviner's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Hammer	Diviner's	Superior Sigil of Force Superior Sigil of Rage
Longbow	Diviner's	Superior Sigil of Celerity Major Sigil of Celerity
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.

• Also, change you utility skills to the following:

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.
"Save Yourselves!"	Great for covering a more than 50% uptime on a lot of Boons. In groups, this transfers conditions to you from allies, so make sure to cleanse them off quickly.
Option 1:   "Hold the Line!" Option 2:   Bane Signet Option 3:   Signet of Judgment	Covers  Protection and  Regeneration Damage Emergency Stun break and Defense
"Feel My Wrath!"	Provides a bit of  Quickness and  Fury, also spreads them to allies.

Boon &  Vulnerability Coverage

Boon	Sources / Notes
General Notes	Using the Diviner's Weapons and Trinkets grants ~50% Boon Duration, allowing you to maintain all essential boons on yourself.
Might	Righteous Instincts provides passive  Might and  Inspired Virtue when using   Spear of Justice. You won't cover 25 stacks on yourself, but it will mean that your damage will increase noticeably when it is provided externally.
Fury	"Feel My Wrath!" and   "Save Yourselves!" provide a full uptime on it when used on cooldown
Quickness	The standard dps build on Dragonhunter has no reliable source of  Quickness. That's why we'll put a Superior Sigil of Celerity and Major Sigil of Celerity on the Longbow and a Superior Sigil of Rage on the second hammer, which will cover  Quickness. Those paired with   "Feel My Wrath!" will do the trick, with some area  Quickness on top.
Alacrity	None.
Protection	"Hold the Line!" and   "Save Yourselves!" provide a full uptime on it when used on cooldown.   Shield of Courage can be saved for emergencies, but provides additional uptime.
Resolution	Your damage is strongly tied to having  Resolution via  Retribution and  Righteous Instincts.   Litany of Wrath and   "Save Yourselves!" provide a full uptime on it when used on cooldown.
Vulnerability	Big Game Hunter and   Sword of Justice provide a lot of stacks.  Big Game Hunter applies a stack every time you hit a tethered enemy!
Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge	Jade Protocols give for 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution for 10 seconds on entering combat, once every 30 seconds. They make covering boons on yourself a lot easier!

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects

Dealing with CC and Conditions (Open World)

Default Skill	Notes
Control effects	You have two possible sources of  Stability:   Shield of Courage and  Heavy Light! Note that  Heavy Light reduces your damage against regular mobs quite a bit, so I only recommend using it in boss fights.  Indomitable Courage makes   Shield of Courage a Stun break with additional  Stability at a very low damage trade-off.   Signet of Judgment gives you a passive 10 % incoming damage reduction and another Stun break.
Condition cleanses	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.   Symbol of Protection,  Symbol of Energy and   Ring of Warding are Light Fields, which you can use with Combo Finishers to cleanse conditions.