Gronjarr — guide

In short

Gronjarr is a Legendary Dwarf HP-type built around HP Burn: an AoE burn on his A3, burn extension on his A1, and a passive that turns HP Burn damage into healing while bouncing Freeze back at the attacker. He shines in Hydra and other burn-heavy PvE fights. Build priority is HP, Speed and Accuracy.

Strengths

• Passive "Keeper of Fire": he takes no damage from HP Burn at all — instead he heals for 5% of his MAX HP every time it triggers, so burn-heavy fights barely scratch him.
• The active part of the passive instantly removes Freeze, places it on the attacker and adds an HP Burn that cannot be reflected.
• A3 "Vital Flame" puts a 2-turn HP Burn on all enemies at a 100% chance and fills his Turn Meter by 5% for every HP Burn already on the enemy team before the hit.
• A2 "Broken Lie" strips all Block Debuffs from the target, then removes one random other buff — great for cracking defensive setups.
• His damage scales off HP, so survivability and damage come from the same stat.

Weaknesses

• Low base Speed (100) and Accuracy (20) — gear has to fix both.
• Damage outside HP Burn is thin: no burst, everything rides on burns.
• The author advises against PvP: Arena sits at 3.0 and the PvP mastery build is not recommended.
• Chimera is 2.0, Clan Boss and dungeons are 3.0 — he is average there.

Where to use

Hydra first (4.5) — constant debuffs and burns keep his passive working overtime. Then hard content (4.0) and Faction Wars (3.5); Arena, dungeons and Doom Tower (3.0 each) only as a filler option. Chimera (2.0) is not worth it. Author's note: he is good against the Spider — the AoE burn clears her brood.

Stats and gear

HP% gloves, HP% chest, Speed boots. Targets: 60,000+ HP, 200+ Speed (220+ for Hydra), 200–250 Accuracy so the HP Burn lands in hard content, with leftovers into Defense and Resistance. Crit Rate and Crit Damage are not a priority. Sets: Speed, Perception, Immortal, Life.

Masteries and blessings

Standard PvE tree (dungeons, Clan Boss, Doom Tower, Faction Wars): Pierce Defenses, Invigorated, Survival Speed, Gathering Momentum, Critical Strategy. Skip the PvP build entirely. Relics listed in the source: Malefic Talon, Wand of Submission, Hammer of Ending — pick whichever boosts survivability and debuff application.

Tombs

Book A3 "Vital Flame" first: the debuff chance to 100% and the cooldown reduction are what make him work. Then A2 for reliable stripping and its cooldown. A1 last — it only adds burn-extension chance.

Verdict

The author's call is "vault (fusion)": a narrow specialist worth building only for Hydra and hard content, otherwise he just takes up storage space.