Power Soulbeast

October 2024

Introduction

Hammer Power DPS Soulbeast offers strong burst damage while also mantaining good sustained DPS making it a good pick for any kind of fight!

Build Fundamentals

Stay merged with your Pet and use Crowd Control skills to upkeep . Use your damaging skills right after and during to maximize DPS during this burst window.
Be careful to not get stuck channeling skills such as or in the wrong places!

Build Specifics

When using , try to cast the first one behind and away from the boss, and the second one (right before swapping to Hammer again) close behind it as this will lead to a higher uptime on .

Try to be at maximum health during your Burst Rotation to benefit from  and possibly . Therefore it can be beneficial to use your Healing Skill before a Burst.

In addition to healing, will also extend all your boons and activates if you have . If you don’t need extra healing, use it during downtime for better personal boon uptime.

Use to pull enemies in certain encounters. Be careful, however, as it can also pull Seekers on Vale Guardian or the allied Slubling on Slothasor.

Crowd Control

Alternatives

Weapons

Swap Main-hand Axe for Sword if you want slightly higher burst and an evade.
Use the skill order , , and , then continue along in the rotation as if you were still playing Axe.
Keep in mind that Sword leaps can be a bit inconsistent with how they move your character, and will lock your movement while channeling.

Skills

Swap and for:
and if your group needs extra CC

Swap for:

• if your group needs condition cleanse.
• if your group needs condition cleanse and you have .

Swap for:

• to significantly boost the Boon Duration of everyone in your group for a short period and apply , , and .
• to grant and extra Damage Reduction to your group.

Traits

Swap for:

• to share Stances with your group.

Sharing  increases Burst Damage but lowers sustained DPS. Consider swapping to on encounters with short burst phases like Keep Construct or Conjured Amalgamate.