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 Beastmode and use Crowd Control skills to upkeep Twice as Vicious. Use your damaging skills right after and during "Sic 'Em!" to maximize DPS during this burst window.
Be careful to not get stuck channeling skills such as Brutal Charge or Whirling Defense in the wrong places!

Build Specifics

When using Path of Scars, 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 Twice as Vicious.

Try to be at maximum health during your Burst Rotation to benefit from Loud Whistle and possibly Writ of Masterful Strength. Therefore it can be beneficial to use your Healing Skill "We Heal As One!" before a Burst.

In addition to healing, "We Heal As One!" will also extend all your boons and activates Essence of Speed if you have . If you don’t need extra healing, use it during downtime for better personal boon uptime.

Use Path of Scars 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

• Path of Scars
• Brutal Charge

Alternatives

Weapons

Swap Main-hand Axe for Sword if you want slightly higher burst and an evade.
Use the skill order Path of Scars, Pounce, and Serpent's Strike, 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 Unleashed Thump and Unleashed Overbearing Smash for:
Overbearing Smash and Thump if your group needs extra CC

Swap "We Heal As One!" for:

• Healing Spring if your group needs condition cleanse.
• Bear Stance if your group needs condition cleanse and you have Leader of the Pack.

Swap Frost Trap for:

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

Traits

Swap Oppressive Superiority for:

• Leader of the Pack to share Stances with your group.

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