Guild Wars 2

So I have been playing around with DH in PvP and found a high damage trap build that covers most of the inherent trapper build weak spots.

Longbow/Mace,Shield
Valor 2 1 3
Honor 1 2 2
Dragonhunter 1 1 1
Full traps minus Lights Judgement
Marauder Ammy and Dragonhunter runes.
Sigils of air and fire on bow, blood and generosity on mace,shield.

20 stacks of might is super easy. Good amount of fury, protection and stability. A stun break, an auto stun break, lots of blocks, some blinds, high toughness uptime (especially with mace shield combo) loads of vigor, and a whole lot of healing. There is even a decent amount of trickle condi clear, though multiple burst condi is still tough to handle.

Damage is not quite as high as some burst builds can go, but it is more than enough to crack open most bunkers.

Always preset traps if you can. All of them. I like to place a dummy trap up front and then combo the rest behind it. This can cause the enemy to blow there defenses too soon. Once traps are preset and enemy arrives, kite for a while with bow. As soon as they start to trigger traps close in with mace and reset more traps in your enemies face.

If you need some space drop Fragments of Faith and leap out with Wings of Resolve. Swap to bow and repeat.

Use shield/Spear of Justice to push/pull enemies into traps or to rake them across Test of Faith. Symbols are large and offer good healing and and lots of damage. Pick up fragments if you are in a close quarters fight and need some quick healing. Every block gives you more healing power and toughness, and clears a condition on top of negating damage.

People will curse you and call you a no skill noob. Its great.

Looks fun will try it. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting build. I prefer sword/focus and I take virtues, not valor but otherwise it’s similar.

I kinda feel like one slot needs to be Contemplation of Purity for the condi cleanse though.

I haven’t fount condi to be too much of a problem. With Smiters Boon, Purification is a cleans. With Hunters Fortification you also cleans a condi with Protectors Strike, Shield of Judgement, Shield of Courage, several with Fragments of Faith, several more when you get cc’d with Hunters Determination, and 1 more at 50% health with Valorous Defense. You also transfer one off of you every 10-12 seconds or so with Sigil of Generosity.

And don’t forget most of those blocks will heal you a decent amount with Purity. And give you extra toughness. And healing power if you swap to mace.

The trick is to determine what your foe is attempting to use against you. If its a burst class, burst them back. If its power attrition, don’t blow all your traps at once. If its condi, try to space out your blocks so you don’t hit the cool down on Hunters Fortification.

I have played with taking focus and swapping Smiters Boon with Focus Mastery, and Stalwart Defender with Strength in Numbers. It seams just about as effective but I like the shield push too much to want to trade.

I generally like sword, but mace just works so well with all the traits here I cant pass it up. Symbol of Faith is like a mini Healing Signet that also hits enemies for 500-1200 damage a tick. And its almost the size of your average node.

I’ll give your exact build a shot. But with the amount of chill Reapers, condi Scrappers out there I have been getting condition pressured a LOT. More than pre-HoT for sure.