Build:Soulbeast - Condi Trapper

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Focused on: Events, Solo content, Condition damage.

Designed for:

Open World

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This build is up to date as of October 20, 2019.

Overview

A Soulbeast build for running around in open world. This build is very durable and deals high AoE condition damage.

Skill Bar

Dagger/TorchHealingUtilityElite

Shortbow

Pets

• You'll be spending most of your time merged with the Deadly pet of your choice. Here are some options:
  • Juvenile Warthog - provides condition damage with and crowd control with .
  • Juvenile Lynx - more damage than Warthog when crowd control isn't needed.
  • Juvenile Bristleback - ranged damage with .
  • Juvenile Carrion Devourer - provides crowd control with and an evade with .
  • Juvenile Murellow - defensive option with .
• Your second pet doesn't really matter, feel free to equip your favorite pet for Fashion Wars. If you're having trouble surviving you can bring a Supportive or Stout pet for extra survivability with skills like or :
  • Juvenile Black Bear - an old favorite, provides and .
  • Juvenile Jacaranda - provides , , and .
• When unable to mount, you can also merge with a bird like Juvenile Hawk to use and to go faster.

Weapon Variants

• Main hand Axe provides better cleave damage than dagger but is less effective against single targets.
• For a simpler rotation, you can go without dagger/torch and just camp in shortbow. You lose some AoE potential from but don't ever have to weapon swap.

Skill Variants

Utility Skills

• - if you're getting stunned a lot.
• - alternative damage option, useful if there are allies around.

Elite Skills

• - high damage and soft crowd control.

Specializations

• - more DPS when fighting single targets.

Equipment

This build uses similar gear to the Soulbeast - Condi DPS build for fractals and raids.

6x

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

15x

Spiteful +5 Agony Infusion

3x

Malign +5 Agony Infusion

• Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Carrion Variant

You can run Carrion stats as a cheaper alternative while you're working your way up to Viper, or if you prefer having more health. You lose about 10% damage but your health is increased by 60%.

6x

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

Consumables

Food:

• , , or for damage.
• for an extremely cheap expertise food.
• is a fantastic food for farming open world. It's cheap, provides a moderate boost to both damage and survivability, and increases magic find significantly.
• for more healing.
• is a great option when you do not need any extra damage or sustain.

Utility:

• is a cheap and efficient option.

Usage

Damage

• Your most damaging skills are , , , and . Use these skills whenever available.
  • Fill in the gaps with /, , and autoattacks.
  • Never interrupt your autoattack chain.
• Flanking enemies is important with this build, as your shortbow skills deal significantly more damage when hitting from the back or the side. Dodge through enemies before unloading your condition burst.
• Use your traps and stances off cooldown.
• If crowd control isn't important, you can use for a damage increase.

Survivability

• Use the endurance regeneration from to dodge incoming attacks.
• You have a good amount of passive healing from and .