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    Condition Soulbeast
    August 2023

    Group PvE
    Damage

    Armor

    Illustrious Visage icon Superior Rune of the Afflicted icon
    Viper's HelmSuperior Rune of the Afflicted
    Illustrious Shoulderguard icon Superior Rune of the Afflicted icon
    Viper's ShouldersSuperior Rune of the Afflicted
    Illustrious Guise icon Superior Rune of the Afflicted icon
    Viper's ChestSuperior Rune of the Afflicted
    Illustrious Grips icon Superior Rune of the Afflicted icon
    Viper's GlovesSuperior Rune of the Afflicted
    Illustrious Leggings icon Superior Rune of the Afflicted icon
    Viper's LegsSuperior Rune of the Afflicted
    Illustrious Striders icon Superior Rune of the Afflicted icon
    Viper's BootsSuperior Rune of the Afflicted

    Weapons & Sigils

    Shortbow icon Superior Sigil of Earth icon Superior Sigil of Malice icon
    Viper's ShortbowSuperior Sigil of Earth Superior Sigil of Malice
    Dagger icon Superior Sigil of Bursting icon
    Viper's DaggerSuperior Sigil of Bursting
    Dagger icon Superior Sigil of Malice icon
    Viper's DaggerSuperior Sigil of Malice

    Trinkets

    Quiver of a Thousand Arrows icon
    Viper's Backpiece
    Black Ice Earring icon
    Viper's Accessory
    Asgeir's Talisman icon
    Viper's Accessory
    Asgeir's Amulet icon
    Viper's Amulet
    Black Ice Band icon
    Viper's Ring
    Mistborn Band icon
    Viper's Ring
    Relic icon
    Relic of the Fractal

    Food

    Salsa-Topped Veggie Flatbread icon Toxic Focusing Crystal icon
    Salsa-Topped Veggie Flatbread Toxic Focusing Crystal

    Infusions

    Malign WvW Infusion icon
    20xMalign Infusion

    Utility Skills

    Pets

    Juvenile Lynx icon
    Lynx
    copied

    Rotation

    After the Opener alternate between a Dagger Loop and a Shortbow Loop

    Opener

    1. Sharpening Stone
      (use off-cooldown for the rest of the fight)
    2. Viper's Nest
    3. Poison Volley
    4. Crippling Shot
    5. Concussion Shot
    6. Weapon Swap

    Dagger Loop

    1. Double Arc
    2. Stalker's Strike
    3. Crippling Talon
    4. Auto-attack chain x2
    5. Groundwork Gouge
    6. Leading Swipe
    7. Auto-attack chain x2
    8. Double Arc
    9. Crippling Talon
    10. Auto-attack chain x2
    11. Stalker's Strike
    12. Auto-attack chain
    13. Double Arc

    Shortbow Loop

    1. Poison Volley
    2. Crippling Shot
    3. Auto-attack chain
    4. Poison Volley
    5. Auto-attack chain
    6. Poison Volley
    7. Crippling Shot
    8. Weapon Swap

    Condition Soulbeast is a durable DPS build that is relatively easy to pick up due to its simple rotation. It has great self-sustain capabilities thanks to Predator's Cunning and Rugged Growth. The build can also offer group support by combining Leader of the Pack with stances such as Moa Stance or Dolyak Stance. A significant part of the DPS of the build will come from your allies applying Poisoned due to sharing Vulture Stance.

    Optimized variant of this build is built around using Superior Rune of Thorns which focuses on boosting the Poisoned application of this build. This will make the build a bit more reliant on your allies proccing Vulture Stance as often as they can while they have this buff.

    Universal variant of this build is built around using Superior Rune of the Krait which focuses more on Bleeding damage which puts it just behind in terms of DPS. With this setup the build becomes less reliant on your allies proccing Vulture Stance. Another major upside of this build is the ease of switching to Hybrid Soulbeast as most of the gear is shared between the builds.

    Build Fundamentals

    Always stay merged with your Pet Beastmode and flank enemies to benefit from Hunter's Tactics and the enhanced versions of your Shortbow skills.

    Remember to use "We Heal As One!" during DPS downtime to extend your boons.

    You can precast Sharpening Stone, Crippling Shot, and Double Arc before the start of combat for extra damage, but don’t cause unnecessary downtime for 9 other people by precasting.

    Always start encounters on Shortbow with Weapon Swap ready. Try to reset your rotation to this state during DPS downtime whenever possible.

    Rotation Tips

    Try to finish Dagger Auto-attack chain whenever possible (but don’t prioritize it over your weapon skills) and utilize skill queueing (spam #1) to avoid stray Autoattacks between sequences of Dagger weapon skills.

    Ideally you want to use Vulture Stance during Bonfire. This will happen naturally if you use Vulture Stance off cooldown after your first Loop and follow the rotation correctly without getting interrupted. In case your Vulture Stance and Bonfire are desynced use Vulture Stance off cooldown.

    After your first Loop use One Wolf Pack off cooldown.

    Use Concussion Shot off cooldown to proc Twice as Vicious or save it for CC. There is no reason to not use Concussion Shot before swapping to Dagger since it will be almost back off cooldown once you swap back to Shortbow.

    Be careful when using Concussion Shot as it has higher skill priority than other Shortbow skills and will thus cancel them.

    Pet and Utility Skills

    Use Primal Cry and Maul during Auto-attack chain sections. While you are on Dagger try to avoid interrupting your Auto-attack chain with Pet or Utility Skills.

    Crowd Control

    Alternatives

    Pets

    Swap Lynx for:

    Skills

    Swap "We Heal As One!" for:

    Armor

    Illustrious Visage icon Superior Rune of the Krait icon
    Viper's HelmSuperior Rune of the Krait
    Illustrious Shoulderguard icon Superior Rune of the Krait icon
    Viper's ShouldersSuperior Rune of the Krait
    Illustrious Guise icon Superior Rune of the Krait icon
    Viper's ChestSuperior Rune of the Krait
    Illustrious Grips icon Superior Rune of the Krait icon
    Viper's GlovesSuperior Rune of the Krait
    Illustrious Leggings icon Superior Rune of the Krait icon
    Viper's LegsSuperior Rune of the Krait
    Illustrious Striders icon Superior Rune of the Krait icon
    Viper's BootsSuperior Rune of the Krait

    Weapons & Sigils

    Shortbow icon Superior Sigil of Geomancy icon Superior Sigil of Earth icon
    Viper's ShortbowSuperior Sigil of Geomancy Superior Sigil of Earth
    Dagger icon Superior Sigil of Bursting icon
    Viper's DaggerSuperior Sigil of Bursting
    Torch icon Superior Sigil of Earth icon
    Viper's TorchSuperior Sigil of Earth

    Trinkets

    Quiver of a Thousand Arrows icon
    Viper's Backpiece
    Black Ice Earring icon
    Viper's Accessory
    Asgeir's Talisman icon
    Viper's Accessory
    Asgeir's Amulet icon
    Viper's Amulet
    Black Ice Band icon
    Viper's Ring
    Mistborn Band icon
    Viper's Ring

    Food

    Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread icon Toxic Focusing Crystal icon
    Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread Toxic Focusing Crystal

    Infusions

    Malign WvW Infusion icon
    18xMalign Infusion

    Utility Skills

    Pets

    Juvenile Warthog icon
    Warthog
    copied

    Rotation

    1. After the Opener alternate between a Dagger Loop and a Shortbow Loop

      Opener

      1. Sharpening Stone
        (use off-cooldown for the rest of the fight)
      2. Viper's Nest
      3. Poison Volley
      4. Crippling Shot
      5. Concussion Shot
      6. Weapon Swap

      Dagger Loop

      1. Double Arc
      2. Throw Torch
      3. Bonfire
      4. Vulture Stance (first loop)
      5. One Wolf Pack (first loop, off-cooldown later)
      6. Auto-attack chain
      7. Double Arc
      8. Auto-attack chain
      9. Double Arc
      10. Throw Torch
      11. Weapon Swap

      Shortbow Loop

      1. Poison Volley
      2. Crippling Shot
      3. Auto-attack chain
      4. Poison Volley
      5. Auto-attack chain
      6. Poison Volley
      7. Crippling Shot
      8. Weapon Swap

    Condition Soulbeast is a durable DPS build that is relatively easy to pick up due to its simple rotation. It has great self-sustain capabilities thanks to Predator's Cunning and Rugged Growth. The build can also offer group support by combining Leader of the Pack with stances such as Moa Stance or Dolyak Stance. A significant part of the DPS of the build will come from your allies applying Poisoned due to sharing Vulture Stance.

    Optimized variant of this build is built around using Superior Rune of Thorns which focuses on boosting the Poisoned application of this build. This will make the build a bit more reliant on your allies proccing Vulture Stance as often as they can while they have this buff.

    Universal variant of this build is built around using Superior Rune of the Krait which focuses more on Bleeding damage which puts it just behind in terms of DPS. With this setup the build becomes less reliant on your allies proccing Vulture Stance. Another major upside of this build is the ease of switching to Hybrid Soulbeast as most of the gear is shared between the builds.

    Build Fundamentals

    Always stay merged with your Pet Beastmode and flank enemies to benefit from Hunter's Tactics and the enhanced versions of your Shortbow skills.

    Remember to use "We Heal As One!" during DPS downtime to extend your boons.

    You can precast Sharpening Stone, Crippling Shot, and Double Arc before the start of combat for extra damage, but don’t cause unnecessary downtime for 9 other people by precasting.

    Always start encounters on Shortbow with Weapon Swap ready. Try to reset your rotation to this state during DPS downtime whenever possible.

    Rotation Tips

    Try to finish Dagger Auto-attack chain whenever possible (but don’t prioritize it over your weapon skills) and utilize skill queueing (spam #1) to avoid stray Autoattacks between sequences of Dagger weapon skills.

    Ideally you want to use Vulture Stance during Bonfire. This will happen naturally if you use Vulture Stance off cooldown after your first Loop and follow the rotation correctly without getting interrupted. In case your Vulture Stance and Bonfire are desynced use Vulture Stance off cooldown.

    After your first Loop use One Wolf Pack off cooldown.

    Use Concussion Shot off cooldown to proc Twice as Vicious or save it for CC. There is no reason to not use Concussion Shot before swapping to Dagger since it will be almost back off cooldown once you swap back to Shortbow.

    Be careful when using Concussion Shot as it has higher skill priority than other Shortbow skills and will thus cancel them.

    Pet and Utility Skills

    Use Primal Cry and Maul during Auto-attack chain sections. While you are on Dagger try to avoid interrupting your Auto-attack chain with Pet or Utility Skills.

    Crowd Control

    Alternatives

    Pets

    Swap Lynx for:

    Skills

    Swap "We Heal As One!" for:

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