Soulbeast - Power DPS

A power DPS Soulbeast build for fractals and raids. This build brings very high burst damage and good CC, making it strong in short fights or fights with burst phases. It also provides heavy 易伤 and can drop 冰霜陷阱 or 野性纹章 to bring Ranger utility with a small personal DPS loss.

Weapon Variants

Soulbeast has a wide variety of viable weapon options, with offhand Axe being the only fixture. The following three options all deal very similar damage, so you can choose based on personal preference:

• Axe/Axe & Hammer - the best damage option, requires Secrets of the Obscure.
• Axe/Axe & Spear - only slightly less damage, and offers some ranged potential.
• Sword - can replace mainhand Axe to provide some movement and an evade, allowing skilled players to avoid damage without losing DPS uptime.
• Axe/Axe & Mace/Mace - the most challenging rotation, and with comparable sustained damage. Also brings an absurd amount of CC potential in addition to some personal sustain and group support!

Some lower damage options include:

• Hammer can be replaced with Greatsword. This is a moderate DPS loss, but could have some niche use due to the extra CC, evade and block (timed correctly, 格挡反踢 ⇒ 踢腿反击 is a powerful attack). This is also the best option available to players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure or Janthir Wilds.
• Hammer can be replaced with Longbow, which is useful for precasting as it doesn't require a target and can therefore be done before the boss is vulnerable - particularly useful in fractals.

Pets Variants

Pig not only provides the highest DPS, but has a powerful CC in 蛮力冲锋. As it's also a core option, this makes it pretty much the only pet of note. If there is some niche utility you desire, any of the other Ferocious pets can be taken. Red Moa's F1 skill 谐音之鸣 is a moderate 5man heal, which may be the most useful.

Skill Variants

Utility

Never replace

• - an effective 66% boon duration increase, which can be shared 5man with the trait . This can allow others in your sub to provide more boons with lower boon duration if they coordinate their skill casts with . Since Moa Stance only lasts on allies for 5 seconds when shared, this will require a lot of coordination to be effective.
• - if CC is needed, e.g. Slothasor and Samarog.
• - AoE stunbreak.

• 群体领袖 is higher damage for phases lasting less than 20 seconds (assuming split phases are long enough for it to be off cooldown for the next main phase).

Equipment Variants

• When your target cannot be stunned, on Hammer, and on Axe are better than .
• For players without Janthir Wilds, is the best choice.
• on longbow in fractals, if phases start with a breakbar.
• and Major Sigil of the Night on night time encounters.
• Slaying sigils if applicable.

Rotation Fundamentals

Whilst merged with your pet, you gain multiple benefits. Not only do you gain stats and skills from the merged pet, but all of the traits in the Beastmastery line that affect your pet now affect you instead. Crucially, this also applies to the skill , giving you a period where you deal 25% extra damage against your target!

Using your Beast skill - - applies to struck targets. This stacks with to greatly increase your burst damage, and so these skills are used together

The logic behind this rotation is to use your high burst damage skills such as and while under the damage buff of . The rotation is also designed to keep up the 10% damage buff from as much as possible, using CC skills to proc both this and .

Beginner Rotation

Camp Sword/Axe (if you want a ranged option then use Longbow), and mostly just use skills as they come off cooldown. The primary thing to focus on is pairing with and using off cooldown to maintain .

Hammer Rotations

You can select between the regular and unleashed versions of hammer skills 2-4. You want to select , and . is a small DPS gain if not using , but you could leave it as the regular version for a CC option.

Opener

3. , or if using
4. and during the cast
7. Weapon swap

Axe/Axe Loop

6. until Splitblade is available again

Food

• or ascended versions

Utility

• or slaying potions

Opener

1. 万箭齐发 - make sure to let this skill fully channel (the cast bar will flash)
2. "干掉他们！"
3. 冰霜陷阱
4. 独狼之力
5. 近身平射
6. 高速连射
7. Weapon Swap

Sword Loop

1. 伤痕轨迹
2. 毒蛇奇袭
3. 猛扑
4. 重击
5. 劈砍 ⇒ 致残突刺 ⇒ 精确横扫
6. 回旋防御 - this is delayed by an auto chain to maximise 烟花古物 uptime
7. 劈砍 ⇒ 致残突刺 ⇒ 精确横扫 - this chain can be skipped if Serpent's Strike is ready after Whirling Defense
8. 毒蛇奇袭
9. 猛扑
10. 伤痕轨迹
11. Weapon Swap

Longbow Loop

1. 高速连射
2. 大地冲击
3. 重击
4. 远程射击 x5 (or until there is 4s left on weapon swap)
5. 近身平射
6. 万箭齐发
7. "干掉他们！" - the cooldown is slightly longer than the loop, so use as soon as you can
8. 高速连射
9. Weapon Swap
10. Return to start of Sword Loop

Throughout the rotation, use 冰霜陷阱 and 独狼之力 off cooldown. You can replace autoattacks in order to avoid delaying weapon swaps.

Not only is mace a potent pair of weapons in their own right, they provide a second 10% damage buff to combine with "干掉他们！" for even more extreme burst potential as well as a host of sustain buffs.

The cooldown of 冰霜陷阱 is a fair bit longer than the whole loop, so it will drift backwards in the rotation over time. Just use it off cooldown.

Opener

1. 独狼之力
2. 冰霜陷阱
3. 蛮力冲锋 (optional) - if the fight starts with a breakbar, this allows your opener to deal an absurd 1100 defiance bar damage
4. "干掉他们！"
5. 橡木棍打 - start building Nature's Strength and triggers 狂暴双体
6. 狂野打击
7. 蓟菊防御
8. 芽新枝蓓 - if all skills hit, this will trigger Force of Nature and recharge your mace skills
9. 狂野打击
10. 蓟菊防御
11. 芽新枝蓓
12. Weapon swap

Axe loop

1. 伤痕轨迹
2. 分裂之刃
3. 寒冬撕咬
4. 重击
5. 回旋防御
6. 分裂之刃
7. Autoattack until Winter's Bite is off cooldown
8. 寒冬撕咬
9. 大地冲击
10. 分裂之刃
11. 伤痕轨迹
12. Weapon swap

Mace loop

1. 芽新枝蓓
2. 蓟菊防御 - if you're fast enough, neither of the first two attacks will trigger Nature's Strength
3. 重击
4. 芽露尖角 ⇒ 芽苗滋长 - make sure NOT to finish the auto chain
5. - this should be your first stack of Nature's Strength
6. ⇒ ⇒ - make sure the last attack hits in order to gain a stack of Nature's Strength
7. (if available)
9. - triggers Force of Nature
10. - this drifts slightly back in the loop as the rotation goes on, so press as soon as it's available
14. Weapon swap
15. Return to start of Axe loop

This rotation is much more structured and brings more CC (though most of it is used as part of the rotation).

Use 冰霜陷阱 off cooldown - the cooldown is slightly longer than the loop so over time it will drift later in the rotation.

Opener

1. 冰霜陷阱
2. 独狼之力
3. 荒野召唤 - to trigger 狂暴双体
4. 猎手召唤
5. 分裂之刃 and "干掉他们！" during the cast
6. 寒冬撕咬
7. Weapon Swap

Sword/Axe Loop

1. 猛扑
2. 毒蛇奇袭
3. 伤痕轨迹
4. 大地冲击
5. 回旋防御
6. 猛扑
7. 飞踢
8. 冲锋
9. Autoattack and use 毒蛇奇袭 when it comes off cooldown - try to finish your auto chains
10. 猛扑
11. 伤痕轨迹
12. Weapon Swap

Axe/Warhorn Loop

1. 分裂之刃
2. 寒冬撕咬
3. 飞踢
4. Autoattack until Splitblade is off cooldown
5. 分裂之刃
6. 冲锋 - this is used here to ensure 狂暴双体 is always active
7. Autoattack until Hunter's Call is off cooldown
8. 猎手召唤
9. 寒冬撕咬 and "干掉他们！" during the cast
10. 飞踢
11. 冰霜陷阱
12. 分裂之刃
13. Weapon Swap
14. Return to start of Sword/Axe Loop