Soulbeast - Poisonbeast Roamer

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

Focused on: Condition damage and Mobility

Designed for: WvW Roaming

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on April 09, 2025 and is up to date for the March 11, 2025 patch.

Overview

A well-rounded condi Soulbeast WvW roaming build with good damage, mobility, CC and sustain. While designed primarily for 1v1s, the build can also hold its ground in smaller group fights and has no trouble soloing camps and other objectives roamers tend to go for.

Uses evasion and mobility to survive pressure while waiting for an opening to show where it can unleash its CC and condition burst.

Skill Bar

Dagger/Dagger

Shortbow

Utility

Skill Variants

Utility

Viable choices for the 3rd utility slot:

• Spike Trap
  - unblockable CC on low CD.

• Griffon Stance
  - on-demand evasion and improved endurance regen/superspeed on low CD is never bad.

• Signet of Renewal
  - constant passive healing and a mass cleanse when used.

• Lightning Reflexes
  - low CD stunbreak with evasion that could also get you out of Immob.

Pets

• Siamoth over Alpine Wolf - they both have
  Unflinching Fortitude
  and a CC, but Alpine Wolf has better mobility and 2 leap finishers in Beastmode while Siamoth has a better F2 skill, slightly longer CC duration and a bit more damage in Beastmode. Very similar pets, this one comes down to personal preferences.

• Hawk over Janthiri Bee - if you don't have access to the Janthir Wilds expansion, you'll have to use the older version of the build with Hawk. The merged F3 is the same. You lose a burst skill and a CC but gain much better mobility.

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Specializations

Variants

• Leader of the Pack
  is worth considering when you're running at least 2 stances and roaming in a group.

Specialization Variants

Skirmishing over Nature Magic: lower sustain in exchange for higher damage.

Variants

• Quick Draw
  is also a viable option, trading an offensive passive buff and bow skill recharge for more flexibility.

Equipment

Head
Trailblazer

Shoulders
Trailblazer

Chest
Trailblazer

Hands
Trailblazer

Legs
Trailblazer

Feet
Trailblazer

Backpiece
Trailblazer

Accessory
Apothecary

Accessory
Apothecary

Amulet
Apothecary

Ring
Apothecary

Ring
Apothecary

Dagger
Trailblazer

Dagger
Trailblazer

Sigil

Sigil

Shortbow
Trailblazer

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Relics

• Relic of the Demon Queen
  - the extra healing reduction could help you kill some high sustain builds.

• Relic of Nayos
  - passive healing increase for a more tanky build.

• Relic of the Fractal
  - improves your burst damage and condition variety.

• Relic of Cerus
  - adds a strong offensive proc whenever you use an elite skill. Enemies under the eye get hit every second, so the value of this relic goes up significantly if you can root them right under it with
  Entangle
  .

• Relic of Evasion
  - defensive option that could give you permanent Vigor uptime which also means higher Protection uptime and healing from the trait
  Rugged Growth
  .

• Relic of the Mirage
  - adds a new condition to the build with a high uptime, making it harder for enemies to cleanse your more important conditions while providing a small damage boost.

Runes

• Superior Rune of the Sunless
  - a bit more defensive option that retains the most important stats of Trapper, and you don't need to craft this. Quite cheap too.

• Superior Rune of Leadership
  - the added boon duration could boost your sustain. Improving Protection and Vigor uptime even increases your healing and condi cleansing through various trait synergies.

Consumables

Food

There are several viable options:

• Spherified Peppercorn-Spiced Oyster Soup
  - this food offers passive damage mitigation and a general stat boost.

• Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread
  - keeps the 10% mitigation of the Oyster Soup, but focuses only on your offensive stats.

• Bowl of Orrian Truffle and Meat Stew
  - great defensive option with
  Companion's Defense
  and
  Rugged Growth
  synergy.
  • Budget version:
    Bowl of Meat and Winter Vegetable Stew

Utility

• Magnanimous Tuning Crystal
  - optimal but expensive.
  • Budget version:
    Compact Quality Tuning Crystal
    - comes from Canned Food Crates, way easier to get and barely weaker.

Usage

To be added.

Related Builds

• Soulbeast - Poisonbeast - sPvP version of the build.