Soulbeast - Power Melee Stancebeast
The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great
Focused on: Strike damage, Control and Mobility
Designed for: PvP Conquest
Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on August 07, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.
Overview
A burst damage focused Power Soulbeast build for PvP opting for 2 melee sets after the Sword rework. The recent addition of Mace/Mace introduces a more tanky set to the build which makes it better at 1v1ing on top of being just a good roamer.
Skill Bar
Sword/Warhorn
Mace/Mace
Utility
Skill Variants
Weapons
- Greatsword over Mace/Mace - more bursty option with lower survivability. Players without the Secrets of the Obscure expansion will have no choice but to use the Greatsword.
Utility
can be swapped out for:
- - better burst damage when used in , also quite good at countering specs that rely on stealth for survival such as Deadeyes.
- - makes your burst unblockable.
Pets
Polar Bear can be replaced with:
- Boar - strong offensive pet with 2 CCs and some burst damage in Beastmode.
- Siamoth - it's similar to Boar but offers better survivability.
- Krytan Drakehound - better mobility and CC in exchange for fewer defensive skills.
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Specializations
Equipment
Sword
Warhorn
Sigil
Sigil
Mace
Mace
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
Amulet
Relic
Equipment Variants
Relics
- - defensive option with extra healing, just as popular as Relic of Fireworks.
- - damage boost with high uptime, but also takes some time to ramp up and its maximum burst potential is slightly lower than that of the other options.
- - similar to Fireworks, but some of the triggers are defensive skills that may not always line up with your burst combos.
Usage
Elite specialization basics
- Soulbeast allows Rangers to meld/merge with their pet, becoming one. This is done through which has a 10s CD.
- Pet related traits and skills such as
- 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.
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).
- You get to revive pets in combat by melding with a dead pet and then exiting Beastmode.
General
- Don't trust the wording of , Beastmode F1-3 skills can also proc the damage bonus not just weapon skills.
- Use
- All 4 of these skills are also combo finishers that could be used inside Smokescale's Stealth, covering your movements and burst attempts. for
, , and (GS-only) to roam between capture points. These are also great tools for disengaging or chasing after targets, and the Sword skills can do a lot of damage as well.
- allows you to be more flexible with your Beastmode usage by letting you swap pets while merged. With this you can adapt to situations much better.
- When playing with Boar, its Beatmode ability is your primary burst skill. Hits hard, has a short cast time and a very subtle animation most people won't even notice.
- Polar Bear and Krytan Drakehound also provide access to .
- Weapon dependent When used in Beastmode, Greatsword's is going to give you the Attack of Opportunity effect which increases the damage of your next attack. It's only the next strike however, doesn't cover 2 part attacks like Boar's . Consider following up with a weapon swap into either or .
- Sometimes you might want to get greedy with Weakness, Chill and Blind off of you. If you're chasing a low HP target and you want to secure a kill, Bear Stance could ensure that you get to deal damage without any hinderance. You could even combine it with to make yourself immune to hard CC too.
- Of course this is a bit of a gamble, if the target survives your burst you'll be left without your strongest defensive CDs so the plan might backfire.
. While this is your last resort option against condition bursts, it's also great at keeping things like
- should always be used in . It's a really strong burst CD that also denies stealth access for enemies.
- is your other burst CD, adding extra damage to every hit you score on a target. This is best used with which delivers multiple attacks in rapid succession. Smokescale's also has great synergy with this, and you could even combine the two and use SA while Hunter's Call is active.
- Be careful with Blind and Aegis when casting ! If the initial strike misses the birds won't be summoned and the entire skill goes to waste.
Burst combo examples
One Wolf Pack Multihit
- on Smokescale.
- Might and Fury for
- if you have it.
- immediately as Hunter's Call connects.
- to evade incoming attacks and keep up the pressure.
- near the end of Hunter's Call while One Wolf Pack still lasts, this is another great multihit ability that synergizes well with the elite. Overlapping it with HC is fine too, although OWP can only add an extra strike once per interval so using both at the same time could be a waste.
CC chain with Maces
- for the pull and boons (merged F3 ability of Polar Bear, Boar and Krytan Drakehound).
- to stun the target.
- Optional - at this point you should consider swapping to Smokescale with Quickness and increased offensive stats, but it's not mandatory. (F4). This would give you more
- (this should hit at the same time as the 2nd part of Flourish)
Both Pets
- for the pull and boons.
- to swap to Smokescale.
- while the pull still lasts.
- for a quick followup while the CC lasts.
If you're playing with Greatsword
- for the pull and boons.
- for the CC and to reset Maul.
- again.
- At this point your next strike will deal bonus damage, use it on some hard hitting ability like GS 3, Smokescale F1/F3, or Sword 2-3.
Sustain
- You're heavily reliant on blocks, stealth, mobility and evasion to avoid damage. Stance skills are there to let you fix some mistakes and patch gaps in your defenses. Once stance CDs have been used you should play much more carefully as you could become an easy target.
- Smokescale's is an instant defensive skill with evasion while merged.
- Condition cleansing is rather limited. Stealth and mobility skills. is more of a last resort for when you've taken too much damage and need to survive. Under heavy pressure use the time while your healing skill is active to disengage and reset fights using
- Both sets have access to some minor cleansing:
- On Sword/Warhorn removes 1 condition when you swap to this weapon in combat.
- Mace has which cleanses up to 3 conditions.
- removes several non-damaging conditions, you could consider popping this right before using the aforementioned two methods in order to increase the chances of cleansing damaging conditions with them.
- is basically an extra dodge which improves your endurance regen so you can avoid even more attacks right after. Great skill when you're being pressured and need to play more defensively.
- protects against any type of pressure be it direct damage, CC or conditions.
- Every mobility skill is also a defensive skill in a way, useful for putting distance between you and your enemies. Comboing them with Smokescale's Stealth makes you even more slippery. for
- Weakness to them while also being a Blast finisher that could give you stealth. The other one is which makes you evade incoming attacks. is one the best defensive skill on Sword/Warhorn, dazing targets in melee and applying
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Ratings
I killed a lot of people with this shit. Love it. Sure it’s not the best build but who cares.
Mace elevated this build to new heights, was a godsend for its survival. All around great damage too, it can pull a 10k burst out of thin air from so many sequences and has plenty of CC.
Even after the nerfs it continues to have some ranked presence. Insane damage, good CC and decent sustain. Plenty of mobility combined with Stability and stealth access makes this quite hard to pin down too.
This is the most outrageous bullshit op build in a long time and it doesn't get any nerfs so far. I'm just loging in every week to see if this got nerfed and if not log out again.
Very good build that could possibly be the target of future nerfs. Insane damage, good mobility and strong disengage allows this build to excel as a high burst roamer. At first the build may seem to have low sustain but this is merely a lack of sustain via healing. You have strong evades and one of the highest stealth uptimes outside thief buids. Doing damage on this build is easy but once you've mastered using the sustain you do have this build is a no brainer 5/5 stars.
insane damage, good mobility, lacks sustain and damage reduction. any drawn out fights you will lose
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