Soulbeast - Condi DPS

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on August 10, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 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, Burning, and Poison damage. As it has a high ramp up time, it works best on bosses without phases.

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

Skill Bar

Axe/Torch

Shortbow

Utility

Pet Variants

• Use Warthog instead of Lynx for Brutal Charge for more CC at a small DPS loss.
• Fanged Iboga can be taken instead of Lynx on bosses that move or attack frequently. In this case use Rune of Superior Rune of the Afflicted, and replace the Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bursting with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Malice on Axe and mainhand Dagger respectively.
• 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.

Skill Variants

Healing

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

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Equipment

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Sinister

Legs
Viper

Feet
Sinister

Backpiece
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Accessory
Viper

Amulet
Viper

Ring
Sinister

Ring
Viper

Axe
Viper

Torch
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Shortbow
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Food

• or ascended versions
  • , or for a cheaper alternative

Utility

• • or for a cheaper alternative

Usage

Rotation

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

Opener

1. Entangle
2. "Sic 'Em!", Vulture Stance and Sharpening Stone during the cast of Entangle
3. Winter's Bite
4. Throw Torch
5. Bonfire
6. Splitblade
7. Weapon Swap

Shortbow section You want to use Crippling Shot and Poison Volley twice each while on Shortbow, but the precise order is unimportant.

1. Crippling Shot
2. Poison Volley
3. Concussion Shot
4. Crossfire and use Crippling Shot and Poison Volley whenever they become available
5. Weapon Swap as soon as you can

Axe/Torch section The Axe section should be opened and closed with Splitblade in order to get three uses without delaying your rotation

1. Splitblade
2. Winter's Bite - we use this early to try to hit it while Twice as Vicious is still active
3. Throw Torch
4. Ricochet and use Splitblade when it is available
5. Ricochet until Splitblade is nearly available again
6. Winter's Bite
7. Bonfire - this is used late on to benefit from as many potential combo finishers as possible in Shortbow
8. Splitblade
9. Weapon Swap
10. Return to start of Shortbow section

• Use Sharpening Stone, Vulture Stance and "Sic 'Em!" off cooldown - all 3 are instant cast
• Fill in gaps between weapon skills with utility skills in this priority order:

1. Maul (soulbeast feline)
2. Primal Cry
3. Entangle

Video example

General Tips

• "Sic 'Em!" required a target to work, so make sure you don't hit a random mob, and that your target isn't invulnerable.
• Winter's Bite is a priority skill, and will interrupt the cast of other skills if you use it too soon.
• 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.