Power Soulbeast

December 2022

Power DPS Soulbeast offers strong burst damage making it a good pick for fights with short phases and intermissions.

The Longbow variant offers higher burst peaks.

The Warhorn variant offers better sustained DPS and has one fewer skill that locks you in place.

Build fundamentals

You’ll always want to stay merged with your Pet Beastmode and flank enemies to benefit from Hunter's Tactics.

Try to be at maximum health during your Burst Rotation to benefit from Rune of the Scholar and Loud Whistle. Therefore it can be beneficial to use your Healing Skill before a Burst.

Crowd Control skills are used during the rotation to upkeep Twice as Vicious.

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

To help with pulling mobs in some fights you can use Path of Scars. Be careful though as it can for example also pull Seekers on Vale Guardian or the allied Slubling on Slothasor.

Crowd Control

• Point-Blank Shot (if playing Longbow)
• Call of the Wild (if playing Warhorn)
• Path of Scars
• Charge (if playing with Rock Gazelle)

Alternatives

Pets

Swap Red Moa for:

• Rock Gazelle if you need extra CC. Use Charge for CC and Kick off cooldown without delaying your priority skills in your Burst Rotation.

Skills

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 significantly boosts the Boon Duration of everyone in your group for a short period and applies Protection Swiftness and Regeneration. This is especially powerful in organized groups but can be used in any group to increase the overall boon uptime.
• Dolyak Stance grants Stability and extra Damage Reduction to your group.

Traits

Swap Oppressive Superiority for:

• Leader of the Pack to share Stances to 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 Deimos.