Build:Untamed - Power DPS

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Hard

This build was last updated on April 29, 2024 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

A power DPS build for Untamed. The playstyle is very similar to Soulbeast, but lack the extreme burst power. In return, Untamed is more survivable as well as being less reliant on remaining at high health. Additionally, the strength of your pet provides a measure of consistent damage even if fight mechanics disrupt you.

The need to merge and unmerge your pet for extra damage and to access ambushes means that the rotation requires speed and accuracy to perform well.

Skill Bar

Hammer

Sword/Axe

Utility

Variants

• Fanged Iboga is 200 less DPS than Tiger, but brings a little extra CC.
• Carrion Devourer is taken as it allows for burst damage on petswap to open and close phases, but the second pet could be used for utility instead.
• There are no elite skill options that offer worthwhile damage, so run whichever has the most utility.

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Specializations

• The adept-tier trait in Marksmanship is unimportant, so use whichever sounds most useful.
• The master-tier trait in Untamed is unimportant, so use whichever sounds most useful.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Air on the Sword/Axe set is higher damage than Sigil of Superior Sigil of Impact against targets that cannot be stunned.

Consumables

Food:

• or ascended versions

Utility:

Usage

Rotation

Start with Pet unleashed. Whenever the pet is unleashed you also want to be using your F1-3 skills off cooldown. If you put your pet's F1-3 skills on autocast, it will also cast it while unleashed. Put the following skills on autocast depending on pet:

• Tiger/ Fanged Iboga - F1-3
• Carrion Devourer - F2

Unleashing, and your Unleashed pet's F1-3 skills, are all instant cast so can be used during other skills.

Throughout the rotation, Flame Trap and Frost Trap are used to maintain Relic of the Dragonhunter uptime.

Opener

1. All pet F1-3 skills
2. Flame Trap
3. Unleash Ranger
4. Poisonous Cloud (optional, if you start on Carrion Devourer) - can use during other skills. Swap pet after it finishes.
5. Unleashed Savage Shock Wave
6. Unleashed Wild Swing
7. Relentless Whirl
8. Unleashed Overbearing Smash
9. Frost Trap
10. Weapon Swap

Sword/Axe Loop

1. Path of Scars
2. Pounce
3. Serpent's Strike
4. Whirling Defense
5. Slash (ranger sword) ⇒ Crippling Thrust ⇒ Precision Swipe x2
   • At some point during this section (the sooner the better) you want to do the following:
   1. Unleash Pet
   2. Use all F1-3 skills
   3. Unleash Ranger - try to time this such that it happens at the end of the second autoattack chain, so the ambush skill doesn't interrupt it
6. Flame Trap
7. Deft Strike
8. Pounce
9. Serpent's Strike
10. Weapon Swap

Hammer Loop

1. Unleashed Wild Swing
2. Unleashed Savage Shock Wave
3. Unleashed Overbearing Smash
4. Hammer Strike ⇒ Hammer Slam ⇒ Heavy Smash - Force x3
5. Unleashed Wild Swing and "We Heal As One!"
6. Hammer Strike ⇒ Hammer Slam ⇒ Heavy Smash - Force
   • At some point during this section, do the following:
   1. Unleash Pet
   2. Use all F1-3 skills
   3. Unleash Ranger
7. Flame Trap
8. Relentless Whirl
9. Unleashed Overbearing Smash
10. Unleashed Thump
11. Unleashed Wild Swing
12. Unleashed Savage Shock Wave
13. Frost Trap
14. Weapon Swap
15. Repeat from start of Sword/Axe Loop

Video example (with pet swap and weapon stows)

Video example (thief relic)

CC

Untamed has pretty poor access to CC, and most of the options you have are used in your rotation:

• Tail Lash (F1 on Carrion Devourer) - pet swap to use, and swap back to your other pet when you can.
• Fang Grapple (F2 on Fanged Iboga, if using).
• Path of Scars - the positioning during the axe loop is flexible, so you can adjust to make it line up with defiance bars, or slightly delay the weapon swap in order to get a second use in.
• Overbearing Smash and Thump (untamed) offer CC if used while the pet is unleashed, but accessing this requires rearranging your rotation and a loss of DPS.
• Exploding Spores can replace Flame Trap if you take Relic of the Thief, for a small DPS loss.