Druid - Support Druid

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Healing, Condition cleanse and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on October 18, 2025 and is up to date for the August 19, 2025 patch.

Overview

Channel the power of the celestial bodies above and the earth below to swing fights in your allies' favor! Druid brings high burst healing and cleanse as well as Immobilize, Stealth and Superspeed

Skill Bar

Staff

Mace/Warhorn

Utility

Variants

Pet

• Siege Turtle ⇒ Polar Bear - for Beast Mastery
• Brown Bear ⇒ Smokescale - for smoke blasting
• Brown Bear ⇒ Krytan Drakehound - for Immobilize
• Brown Bear ⇒ Warclaw - for superspeed

Utility

• If you don't need a stunbreak, swap "Protect Me!"
• Stone Spirit
• "Guard!"

Elite

• Glyph of the Stars

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Specializations

Variants

• Spirited Arrival
• Protective Ward

• Grace of the Land

Variants

• Swap Skirmishing, make sure to swap pets to bears only.

Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Staff
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Mace
Minstrel

Warhorn
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Variants

Relic

• Relic of Antitoxin
• Relic of the Monk - non-SotO option

Sigils

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy ⇒ Sigil of Superior Sigil of Renewal

Usage

Quick Guide

• Druid is a high range healer with utility via Spirit of Nature
• Watch for allies going down and use Spirit of Nature to get them back up
• Heal allies with Celestial Avatar

Celestial Avatar Priority

1. Seed of Life
2. Lunar Impact
3. Rejuvenating Tides
4. Cosmic Ray

• Use your weapon skills to regain Astral Force as fast as possible to regain access to Celestial Avatar

General

• Quick Draw activates when swapping in/out of Celestial Avatar
  • Use Ancestral Grace/Vine Surge first in Staff and Lunar Impact in Celestial Avatar
• Make sure to set your pet to Avoid Combat
  • When blasting stealth stow your pet
• Try to swap your pet as often as possible during combat

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
• This build has low active defenses

Defensive Skill List

• "Protect Me!" - Stunbreak
• Ancestral Grace - Movement
• Celestial Shadow - Stealth

Overall Priorities

High

• Spirit of Nature
• Healing

Moderate

• Cleansing
• Celestial Shadow

Low

• Immobilize

Detailed Explanations

Spirit of Nature

• Spirit of Nature rezzes up to 5 allies in its radius 0.5 seconds after the initial cast finishes and the spirit slams down
  • Nature's Vengeance will retrigger the slam and rez 3 seconds after the first cast finishes
• Watch for low allied health bars to enable precasting (Using the skill before an ally is downed so that it finishes casting on them as soon as they do go down)
• If you don't have Quickness proc Quick Draw if it is available before starting the Spirit of Nature cast
• If your group is using voice comms it is helpful to communicate that you are casting a rez so that nobody else overlaps your cast and wastes a cooldown
• If you need to cancel Spirit of Nature during the cast you can use a Stow Weapon keybind or Escape
  • You should cancel the cast if someone else will land a rez first or the rez is no longer needed

Healing

Healing Skill List

Staff

• Solar Beam
• Astral Wisp
• Ancestral Grace - Relic of Karakosa

Mace/Warhorn

• Flourish
• Oaken Cudgel - Relic of Karakosa
• Hunter's Call - Windborne Notes
• Call of the Wild - Relic of Karakosa

Celestial Avatar

• Cosmic Ray
• Seed of Life
• Lunar Impact - Relic of Karakosa
• Rejuvenating Tides
• Glyph of Alignment (Celestial Avatar)

• Most of your healing and cleansing comes from Celestial Avatar
• Your main priority while outside of Celestial Avatar is to regain Astral Force before the cooldown to Celestial Avatar is finished
  • Astral Force is gained every time you heal an ally or damage an enemy for any amount
    • This means skills that hit many times such as Astral Wisp or Regeneration are very important
• Blasting fields with Relic of Karakosa is also a significant percentage of your total healing
  • Healing Spring and Sublime Conversion both create Water fields you can blast on for extra healing
    • Use your blasts on your own Water fields when possible, but don't delay your healing just to do so

Celestial Avatar

Celestial Avatar Priority

1. Seed of Life
2. Lunar Impact
3. Rejuvenating Tides
4. Cosmic Ray

• Avoid entering Celestial Avatar until your group needs support
  • Keep in mind Druidic Clarity activates when entering Celestial Avatar
• Lunar Impact should generally be the first skill you cast in Celestial Avatar
  • Make sure to use Quick Draw on Lunar Impact if its off cooldown
• Seed of Life is instant and can be used while casting other skills
  • Make sure to wait until your first cast of Lunar Impact is finished while Quick Draw is active so Seed of Life doesn't consume Quick Draw
• Use Glyph of Alignment (Celestial Avatar) whenever extra burst healing or cleanse is needed
• Keybinding (toggle) snap ground target can be useful for aiming Cosmic Ray and Lunar Impact

Weapons

• Staff has better Astral Force generation and better skills to Quick Draw while Mace/Warhorn has better healing through Relic of Karakosa
  • This means you want to be on Staff when entering Celestial Avatar when possible to use Quick Draw when exiting and to quickly use Staff skills to start gaining Astral Force
• Target allies for Solar Beam + Astral Wisp
  • Keybinding call/take personal target can be useful to easily target an ally
  • Your commander is typically a good target for these skills
• Sublime Conversion has no target cap for allies, use it to give your entire group Regeneration
• Be careful with the forced movement from Oaken Cudgel
  • Aim to the side instead of towards the enemy group
• You can safely ignore Nature's Strength, you won't be able to stack it to 5
• Hunter's Call is worth casting for Astral Force due to its multiple hits and Windborne Notes, but not for healing

Cleansing

Cleansing Skill List

• Healing Spring
• Frost Spirit
• Celestial Avatar - (Druidic Clarity
• Seed of Life
• Glyph of Alignment (Celestial Avatar)
• Vine Surge - for Immobilize
• Shake It Off

• Frost Spirit should be your highest priority cleanse skill due to the Resistance output as well as Nature's Vengeance
• Healing Spring should be dropped when clashing with the opponent or preemptively before an enemy spike
  • Healing Spring begins its cooldown as soon as its dropped, not when it triggers. Precast it when you can do so without wasting it
• Try to hit enemies and allies with Vine Surge on clashes to maximize value
• Seed of Life is instant and can be used while casting other skills

Celestial Shadow

• When doing so won't get you killed or stop you from doing useful healing/cleansing, move to isolated player(s) and end Celestial Avatar to give Stealth and Superspeed via Celestial Shadow
  • The Stealth can also be good for saving downed allies by giving more time for rez skills

Immobilize

Immobilize Skills

• Vine Surge
• Glyph of Alignment
• Natural Convergence

• Use Immobilize when:
  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells - (Well of Corruption)
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive enemies are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing
• Try to hit enemies and allies with Vine Surge on clashes to maximize value
• Glyph of Alignment should usually be saved for its alternate version Glyph of Alignment (Celestial Avatar)
• Natural Convergence is very difficult to use effectively, not casting it is fine

Settings

• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
  • Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
• Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.