GW2. WvW Build. Power Trapper Dragonhunter WvW Roaming Build. Guardian WvW. Small Scale WvW Build.
Role: Assassin 
The Power Dragonhunter is a guardian WvW roaming build that uses CC combos to trigger its traps for burst damage. Performing these combos is important to landing your damage, or you won’t have enough to finish off targets. Don’t just spam your Test of Faith off cooldown, because you need enemies to cross through it to take damage, but you can force them to cross it using your combo.
Pushing and pulling enemies through the Test of Faith can be done using Longbow 3, Shield 5, or F1 Spear of Justice Tether. This is 2 pushes and 1 pull, so to get the most damage you’ll want to open with a push and not a pull, meaning you want your enemies to be inside your Test of Faith when you begin the combo. So after you land your F1, you want to port towards them using Sword 2 or Judge’s Intervention so you can place the Test of Faith on top of them and begin the combo.
Test of Faith Combo: F1 > Sword 2/Judge’s Intervention > Test of Faith > Shield 5 > Swap to Longbow > F1 Pull > Longbow 3 > Longbow 2
Another combo involves trapping your enemy inside your Longbow 5 ward so you can pulse multiple symbols on them while they can’t move. Since the Longbow 5 has a bit of a delay before the final attack that creates the ward, you can precast it on yourself before pulling enemies on top of you with your F1 Spear of Justice tether.
Longbow Combo: F1 > Procession of Blades > Longbow 5 (on self) > F1 Pull > Longbow 4 > 2 > Swap > Sword 2 > 3
If your F1 does not land, these combos can’t be done, so try to bait cooldowns and dodges before attempting to land your F1, or using Judge’s Intervention to hide the animation. Once you do land the tether you want to go for one of these combos. Otherwise, kite and use defensive cooldowns, conserving your damage cooldowns for the burst combos.
| Item | Stat | Rune / Sigil |
|---|---|---|
| Helm Dragon | ||
| Shoulders Dragon | ||
| Coat Dragon | ||
| Gloves Dragon | ||
| Leggings Dragon | ||
| Boots Dragon |
| Longbow Dragon |
|
| Sword Dragon | ||
| Shield Dragon |
Alternatives
- Sigil: instead of Energy
| Longbow | Heal / Utility / Elite |
| Sword / Shield | |
Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)
[&DQEQPy45Gzk4AQMBRwFHAf4SBAGKEngBNwGJEgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]Updated Gameplay:
Alternative Gameplay:
25 Comments
does it make much difference if I have inverted the stats of the trinkets by the armor?
Not the optimal but it works
is this build still a strong pick?
Hi Jen, was wondering what runes in the armor to use for budget, for the valor variant of this build.. Instead of the fireworks?
Traveler runes, you need the movement speed
Hi Jen. Is there a way to buy trapper runes? Or the only way to get them is to craft them?
Btw, awesome content, it has been very helpful :). Thx!
Yes only craft
is it me or you cant choose dragon stats on the mist band ring
You cannot, but they added new “Jade” Mist trinkets that you can buy in WvW
thank you
Heya, noticed that spacing is a big thing with radiance variant. How’d you go against hyper mobile builds such as thieves and willbenders. They seem to keep getting in my face and dodging out of my traps.
Trapper Runes stealth allows you to disengage and bait
Hello, thanks for the build!
I’ve read a lot about Celestial runes on DH/Guard builds, does Celestial makes sense instead of Marauder?
Thanks!
Not for the dragonhunter, check willbender instead
on celestial builds, not on power builds
Dear Jen, are there any actual builds not based on traps? I liked the build from the respected Vallun with the Meditation trait.
Traps are too strong but if you prefer you can run this with full marauder [&DQENKi45GzsmDwAARwEAADYBAAAEAQAANwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=]
If I understand you correctly , the Shield needs to be replaced with a Focus ? Approximately in this build I played
You can use focus or shield both can be good, you don’t have test of faith to combo with shield but its still good for projectiles, and try the rune you prefer can be scholar, pack or fireworks but you have the movement speed from the trait so maybe fireworks not needed but your call
I have half a set of Marauder and half a Dragon? Is this normal?
You will need more marauder or then you need to take Radiance traits for the extra precision
any update? cuz they removed stealth
Dear Jen, please update the build on DH, advise Relic
hi, how u stack +25 power?
Replace Sigil of Force with Sigil of Bloodlust