Soulbeast - Sic 'Em Sniper
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Contents
Overview
A Soulbeast power build for sPvP focusing on high burst damage and mobility.
Skill Bar
Slot changes
Utility
For the optional slot you should pick something defensive:
- - stun break, evasion and trait synergy.
- - as good as it gets vs direct damage spikes.
- - excellent damage mitigation and anti-CC.
Healing skill
- - if more cleansing or
Fury is needed as it has synergy with .
Elite
- - increased burst damage.
Specializations
Variants
- can help with condition management if needed.
Equipment
9
Superior Sigil of Agility Gain 5 seconds of swiftness and 1 second of quickness when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
18
Superior Sigil of Annulment Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat will remove 2 boons from your target.
9
Superior Sigil of Intelligence Your next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat has a 100% critical chance. (Cooldown: 9s)
9
Superior Sigil of Energy Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)
Superior Rune of Divinity (1): +8 All Stats (2): +10 All Stats (3): +12 All Stats (4): +14 All Stats (5): +16 All Stats (6): +18 All Stats, +10% Maximum Health
Demolisher's Amulet +1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Toughness +560 Ferocity
Equipment Changes
Sigils
Sigil of Annulment can be replaced by:
- - a damage modifier for the first burst after weapon swap.
Superior Sigil of Exposure
Superior Sigil of ExposureYour next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts 5 stacks of vulnerability for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 9s) - - another damage modifier.
Superior Sigil of Separation
Superior Sigil of SeparationDeal 5% extra damage to targets more than 500 distance away. - - single boonstrip, but unlike Annulment this one cannot be avoided through evasion and other such means.
Superior Sigil of Revocation10
Superior Sigil of RevocationOn hit, remove a boon. (Cooldown: 10s)
Runes
- - increase to overall boon duration.
- - a very tanky alternative.
Amulet
- - better vs condition-heavy comps.
Marauder Amulet
Marauder Amulet+1050 Power +1050 Precision +560 Vitality +560 Ferocity
Usage
Elite specialization basics
- Soulbeast allows Rangers to meld with their pet, becoming one. This is done through which has a 10s CD.
- Entering Beastmode breaks stun, makes your attacks unblockable for a few seconds, while granting extra stats and skills based on pet type.
- Pet related traits and skills such as continue to function even while merged, but this time you'll be the one who benefits from them, not the pet (although sometimes the effects are lessened).
- IMPORTANT: skills that affect your pet like have to be used after merging if you wish to benefit from them, already active skill effects will be lost just like when swapping pets.
- IMPORTANT: skills that affect your pet like
- used while in Beastmode will grant you
Might on each hit you land. -especially against multiple targets- can quickly build up 25 stacks of Might which is best used on (Longbow),(Greatsword), or(Beastmode, Smokescale). - Merging with the pet is usually kept for delivering burst damage but has a few other applications as well, like mobility from Gazelle or instant evasion through Smokescale's
Smoke Assault. You can also meld with dead pets and then exit the form to instantly revive them.
General
- should be used just before leaving spawn to grant
Swiftness to the team via . In combat, to get the most out of the fact that it can grant you extra boons, try to use it if your pet has Protection and
Quickness. - Dodging applies
Protection, which also heals thanks to the trait . If taken,reduces the condition damage you take by 33% while affected by this boon. - Survival skills cure 2 conditions and grant Fury. (if taken) can cleanse 4, because it triggers another Survival skill from.
- Greatsword and Rock Gazelle's beast mode allow for great mobility and disengaging/kiting. Beastmode in general grants a flat 25% movement speed boost on its own.
- is extremely useful against direct damage spikes, but you have to use it proactively and sometimes even predict when the burst is coming. Use it too late and it's wasted, too soon and your opponent can just delay its plan until the signet runs out.
- , the last skill of the Greatsword auto attack chain grants evasion. Under heavy pressure you can stow your weapon just before the skill ends, and use it again 2 more times the same way for more evasion. After a total of 3 uses the chain will restart.
- has many uses.
- It can be used offensively for the Quickness, most notably to boost ,, or Greatsword autos for downed cleave.
- Defensively by keeping your pet swap ready in case you need to cleanse 2 conditions.
- Alternatively the
Superspeed can help you escape damage or chase down targets while on Greatsword.
- It can be used offensively for the Quickness, most notably to boost
- (Owl skill) will be your second healing skill / best way to fight condition bursts. It's also AoE, so try to share it with as many allies as possible!
Doing damage
- allows you to reliably burst specs with a lot of blocking/anti-projectile skills such as Firebrands. Unloading your burst right after entering Beastmode is preferable for this reason, but can make you more predictable.
- will grant Attack of Opportunity to you while melded, this is best used for boosting's damage.
- Smoke Assault can be used as an instant source of evasion in case you run out of dodges. The damage it does isn't bad either, but not that significant unless all attacks land on the same target.
- The optimal burst combo is fairly straightforward:
- Make sure you have Fury by the time you'll unload your Longbow skills.
- Get Quickness from either ,, or
Superior Sigil of Agility9Superior Sigil of AgilityGain 5 seconds of swiftness and 1 second of quickness when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)(if taken). - for some extra stats and unblockable attacks for a short while.
- Optional
- which boosts the Soulbeast's own damage if used in Beastmode.
- to increase the chance of landing your burst and to proc.
- for damage.
- Make sure you have
By far one of the most enjoyable ranger builds for solo/duoQ ranked. High amount of stunbreaks, works great in the current CC heavy meta, unparalleled range and single target burst dps with longbow, above average sustain with heals,resistance and superior condition cleanse, absolutely amazing mobility which enables decapping/capping around the map rather quickly, little bit of team support with spiritual reprieve, melee combat feels fluid and GS overall has insane utility and the burst dps from maul is nothing to joke about. The only shortcoming I see is the build's inability to cope with outnumbers, but given the amount of disengage potential that can be mitigated rather well.Rather low skill floor, but appropriately high skill ceiling that potentially prevents the class from being abused. Overall, a build that is a veritable jack of all trades in the sense it can teamfight, 1v1 and create decap pressure.