Build:Soulbeast - Power Soulbeast

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

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on December 03, 2023 and is up to date for the March 19, 2024 patch.

Overview

Power Soulbeast is a very bursty power build. It features good damage, amazing burst, high mobility, and good cc. It also has flexibility for deciding which mainhand weapon to use, as they are all good.

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Skill Bar

Sword/Axe

Hammer

Utility

• You have to manually chose your hammer skills (as if they were utility skills). Use: Unleashed Wild Swing, Overbearing Smash, Unleashed Savage Shock Wave, and Thump (untamed).

Pet variants

You are almost always going to be merged with your pet for the massive bonuses from the Beastmastery traitline.

The suggested Smokescale gives you a useful evade and CC, while Rock Gazelle has more CC, and a dash.

• Eagle - long dash for more mobility.
• Jacaranda - heal and condi cleanse.
• Black Bear - Very strong defensive abilities.

Weapon Variants

Hammer provides great damage and crowd control. If you do not have access to Weaponmaster Training with Secrets of the Obscure, you can instead use greatsword or longbow.

• Longbow - ranged weapon with okayish burst damage with Barrage and Rapid Fire, but terrible damage over time.
• Greatsword - decent damage plus a block and a leap.

In the other set we use offhand Axe for its great damage. In the mainhand, we recommend sword because it has great damage and leaps. But you can use any of these weapons:

• Mainhand axe - good for might and burst. The bouncing auto attack is good vs. trash mobs. Splitblade works great in melee range.
• Mainhand dagger - decent damage and helps maintain boons with its Quickness due to Essence of Speed.

Skill Variants

Heal skill

• Bear Stance - extreme condi cleanse but no boon extension.

Utility skill

Don't replace "Sic 'Em!" nor Moa Stance as they are core to the build. Replace Frost Trap with whatever skill best fits the situation.

• Vulture Stance - the only thing this build lacks is Might generation. Vulture Stance can help slightly with that.
• Dolyak Stance - removes and prevents immob, chill, and cripple, and gives stability.
• Signet of Stone - passive toughness + panic button.
• Lightning Reflexes - stunbreak + evade.
• Quickening Zephyr - stunbreak + quickness.

Elite skill

• "Strength of the Pack!" - massively lower damage than One Wolf Pack, but 10 stacks of stability and might generation.

Specializations

• Primal Reflexes - if you need more dodges or when not using traps.
• Two-Handed Training - if using greatsword.
• Leader of the Pack - boosts stance duration & shares stances with allies; always take this if playing with a group.

Equipment

Berserker

This set uses gear similar to that of Build:Soulbeast_-_Power_DPS, making it excellent for general PvE.

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Sword
Berserker

Axe
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Hammer
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

• For relic, we recommend Relic of Fireworks since you can easily enable it with Thump (untamed), Whirling Defense, and Worldly Impact. Your Smokescale Beastmode F1 skill Takedown (soulbeast) also works, though F2 Smoke Assault (soulbeast) doesn't.
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Dragonhunter and Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar are interchangeable.
• Other relics include Relic of the Thief, Relic of the Adventurer, Relic of Cerus, Relic of the Cavalier, and Relic of Durability.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford. Use defensive food, traits, or skills if required. If necessary, use Knight trinkets.

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

Usage

Damage

• Most of the time you will be merged with your pet in Beastmode to gain the massive bonuses from the Beastmastery traitline.
• When fighting durable enemies, use "Sic 'Em!" for a 25% damage increase.
• Whirling Defense deals massive damage but has a long casting time, try to use it while under the effects of quickness after casting Worldly Impact due to Live Fast.
• When possible, flank your enemy (attacking from behind or the sides) to benefit from Hunter's Tactics.
• Try to use Crowd Control before unleashing your burst to benefit from Twice as Vicious.
• Always use Moa Stance before fights to start with Fury to benefit from Furious Strength. Remember that "We Heal As One!" extends the duration of your existing boons.

Rotation

Against tough enemies like bosses, try to follow this opener.

1. Moa Stance + One Wolf Pack
2. Frost Trap + "Sic 'Em!"
3. Thump (untamed) (triggers Twice as Vicious and Relic of Fireworks)
4. Unleashed Savage Shock Wave and Unleashed Wild Swing (do it fast before the knockdown of Thump ends so they deal bonus damage)
5. Weapon Swap
6. Worldly Impact
7. Path of Scars
8. Whirling Defense
9. Serpent's Strike
10. Pounce

• Try to not interrupt your auto attack chain.
• Use your sword skills Pounce and Serpent's Strike off cooldown.
• Save your long-cooldown high-hitting attacks Worldly Impact and Whirling Defense to use together with "Sic 'Em!".
• Try to use Pounce, Unleashed Wild Swing, Unleashed Savage Shock Wave while the enemy is disabled from Takedown (soulbeast), or Overbearing Smash, or Thump (untamed), or Path of Scars, or disables from other players. If the enemy has a defiance bar, you don't need to worry about this, these skills will always do their bonus damage.

Defense

• Most of the defense with this build will come from dodging, as it has few blocks or other defensive cooldowns. Greatsword offers more thanks to Counterattack and Smoke Assault is a very useful evade.
• When under preassure, use Leave Beastmode to unmerge with your pet so it may tank while you disengage.
• When merged with a bear, you can use Unflinching Fortitude and Defy Pain (soulbeast) to negate strike damage for up to 7 seconds.
• When merged with a Jacaranda you can use Photosynthesize (soulbeast) to heal and cleanse conditions, and Spiritual Reprieve to heal.

Crowd Control

• Overbearing Smash
• Thump (untamed)
• Takedown (soulbeast)
• Path of Scars
• Frost Trap soft cc.
• Serpent's Strike soft cc.