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 September 08, 2022 and is up to date for the March 19, 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 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

• 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 attack frequently. See Gear Variants for the changes needed for this.
• 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.

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
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
x4

• This setup assumes you have a tier-10 Jade Bot core. If you don't have one, you would want to switch in an extra 4 Spiteful infusions, but the core is cheaper so this isn't recommended.

Gear Variants

If you find Rune of Superior Rune of Thorns to be prohibitively difficult to acquire, you can instead use the following:

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Krait
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Bursting and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Earth

On bosses that attack frequently, Iboga may be higher damage than Lynx. In this case use:

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Afflicted
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Agony and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Earth
• (or alternatives)

Consumables

Food

• • (or similar ascended food) if you want to benefit from ascended buffs.

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. One Wolf Pack
2. Viper's Nest
3. Vulture Stance and Sharpening Stone during the cast of Viper's Nest
4. Poison Volley
5. Crippling Shot
6. Concussion Shot
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. Stalker's Strike
3. Crippling Talon
4. Autoattack and use Crippling Talon, Double Arc and Stalker's Strike as they come off cooldown
5. Double Arc - the third time you use this, weapon swap should be available
6. Crippling Talon if available - this will only be the case if you started the Dagger section at two charges
7. 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
4. Concussion Shot just before the third use of Poison Volley
5. Poison Volley
6. Weapon Swap
7. 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 - both are instant cast
• Fill in gaps between weapon skills with Viper's Nest, Primal Cry and Maul (soulbeast feline)
• If Viper's Nest will come off cooldown while on Dagger, you can delay Crippling Talon so that you can combo it with the poison field

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.

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.