Soulbeast - Condi DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on July 05, 2025 and is up to date for the June 24, 2025 patch.

Overview

A condition DPS Soulbeast build for raids and fractals. The build is very straightforward to play and presses its skills off cooldown to deal high Bleeding and Poison damage. It is rather bursty for a condition build, so can work well even on bosses with short phases.

For an even simpler version without reliance on melee, see Soulbeast - Condi Shortbow DPS.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Dagger

Shortbow

Utility

Pet Variants

• For players that don't own Janthir Wilds, use Lynx for damage or Warthog for CC at a small DPS loss.
• If you have enough time to precast, you can use Bristleback and precast Sharpen Spines before the fight, then switch back to Lynx for a small DPS increase.

Weapon Variants

Condi soulbeast has a lot of viable weapon options, but you want to keep the shortbow regardless.

• Mainhand Axe could be used if you need to be at range for long periods, or if you struggle with counting auto chains.
• Torch is a more notable dps loss, but isn't too significant if you really dislike the animation lock from Stalker's Strike.
• You can run Axe/Dagger and Dagger/Torch along with Quick Draw for very similar DPS, but is more dependent on being in melee.
  • If running this, you want to use Janthiri Bee and its CC skill to maintain Twice as Vicious. Warthog could work as well, but its worse than the default build so only worth using if you prefer the rotation.

Skill Variants

Healing

• Bear Stance over "We Heal As One!" in condition-heavy fights to clear conditions from yourself and your allies.

Utility

• Spike Trap will be higher damage than Viper's Nest if your merged pet doesn't have a CC, as it provide a higher uptime of Twice as Vicious.

Elite

• Entangle if the Immobilize will be helpful.

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Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Viper

Ring
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Shortbow
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• A Sigil of Superior Sigil of Earth can replace the Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bursting if the latter is too expensive.

Gear Variants

Lots of different combinations of runes, sigil and food offer practically the same damage. The goal will be to maximise Bleeding and Poison duration.

Relics Variants

For players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure, the best relic is Relic of Thorns. This relic can also be stronger than Relic of the Fractal on encounters with long phases where you can rely on taking damage from the boss.

Consumables

Food

• or alternatives
  • is only slightly less DPS

Utility

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Usage

Beginner Rotation

For a much simpler build that camps Shortbow and is little more than pressing skills off cooldown, see Soulbeast - Condi Shortbow DPS. It is only slightly worse to run this build and camp shortbow though.

Rotation

If you can, precast Sharpening Stone, and dodge twice and use Quick Shot to stack up some Light on your Feet.

Opener

1. One Wolf Pack
2. Viper's Nest or Spike Trap
3. Vulture Stance and Sharpening Stone during the cast of Spike Trap
4. Poison Volley
5. Crippling Shot
6. Concussion Shot if you didn't use Spike Trap
7. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Dagger section

The Dagger section should be opened with Double Arc in order to get three uses without delaying your rotation.

1. Double Arc
2. Instinctive Engage
3. Stalker's Strike
4. Crippling Talon
5. Autoattack and use Crippling Talon and Double Arc as they come off cooldown
6. Stalker's Strike
7. Instinctive Engage
8. Double Arc - the third time you use this, weapon swap should be available
9. Weapon Swap

Shortbow section

You want to open and close each Shortbow section with Poison Volley

1. Poison Volley
2. Crippling Shot
3. Autoattack and use Poison Volley and Crippling Shot when they come off cooldown
   1. Concussion Shot should be used once duing this section, but you want to vary its positioning to maximise Twice as Vicious uptime.
4. Spike Trap to trigger Twice as Vicious (if using)
5. Poison Volley
6. Weapon Swap
7. Return to start of Dagger section

• Use Vulture Stance off cooldown - it has no cast time so can be used immediately
• Try to finish your auto chains on Dagger, but if another skill comes off cooldown before you use the second skill in the chain, you should interrupt it.
• Sharpening Stone off cooldown - it is instant cast.
• Fill in gaps between weapon skills with Bumble (soulbeast), Stinging Sorrow (soulbeast), Primal Cry, Viper's Nest, One Wolf Pack and Maul (soulbeast feline) (if using Lynx).
  • Delay the first use of Bumble (soulbeast) until just before Twice as Vicious runs out.

Video example

Axe rotation

If using mainhand Axe, the rotation is structurally very similar to Dagger:

1. Open with Splitblade ⇒ Winter's Bite
2. Autoattack and use all weapon skills as they come off cooldown
3. Weapon Swap after the third Splitblade

• Winter's Bite is a priority skill, and will interrupt the cast of other skills if you use it too soon

Torch rotation

If using offhand torch, use Throw Torch in place of Stalker's Strike. Use Bonfire as you reach the end of the Dagger, as Splitblade and the autoattacks on Shortbow have a chance to combo with it.

Quick Draw rotation

If you can, precast Sharpening Stone.

Opener

1. Spike Trap
2. One Wolf Pack
3. Stalker's Strike
4. Crippling Talon
5. Vulture Stance and Sharpening Stone during the cast of Crippling Talon
6. Splitblade
7. Winter's Bite
8. Crippling Talon
9. Weapon Swap

Dagger/Torch section

The Dagger section should be opened with Bonfire so you get the extra use from Quick Draw

1. Bonfire
2. Double Arc
3. Throw Torch
4. Instinctive Engage
5. Autoattack and use Double Arc, Throw Torch and Bonfire as they come off cooldown, also use Bumble (soulbeast) as soon as Twice as Vicious runs out
6. Instinctive Engage
7. Double Arc
8. Throw Torch - the second time you use this, weapon swap should be available
9. Weapon Swap

Axe/Dagger section

You want to open each Axe/Dagger section with Splitblade so you get an extra use from Quick Draw

1. Splitblade
2. Winter's Bite
3. Stalker's Strike
4. Crippling Talon
5. Splitblade
6. Autoattack and use Crippling Talon when it comes off cooldown
7. Splitblade
8. Stalker's Strike
9. Winter's Bite
10. Weapon Swap
11. Return to start of Dagger section

• Try to finish your auto chains on Dagger, but if another skill comes off cooldown before you use the second skill in the chain, you should interrupt it.
• Sharpening Stone and Vulture Stance off cooldown - they are instant cast.
• Use Spike Trap and Bumble (soulbeast) off cooldown - they take priority over weapons skills as they're used to maintain Twice as Vicious. Ensure you spread the two skills out to maximise uptime.
• Fill in gaps between weapon skills with One Wolf Pack, Primal Cry and Stinging Sorrow (soulbeast).

Video example

General Tips

• Dodging or using Quick Shot gives you Light on your Feet for four seconds. It isn't worth dodging solely for the buff, but if you have to dodge anyway then it mitigates the DPS loss.
  • Quick Shot is slightly more efficient than dodging, if you can get used to it.