Soulbeast - Power Melee Stancebeast - MetaBattle

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Focused on: Strike damage, Control and Mobility

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Path of Fire Builds Secrets of the Obscure builds

Difficulty: Normal

This build was last updated on June 05, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A burst damage focused Power Soulbeast build for PvP, opting for 2 melee sets after the Sword rework. The introduction of Mace/Mace adds a more tanky set to the build which makes it better at 1v1ing on top of being just a good roamer.

Skill Bar

Mechanic

Sword/Warhorn

Utility

Skill Variants

Weapons

Greatsword over Mace/Mace - more bursty option with lower survivability. Players without the Secrets of the Obscure expansion will have no choice but to use the Greatsword.

Utility

"快保护我！" can be swapped out for:

"干掉他们！" - better burst damage when used in 野兽形态, also quite good at countering specs that rely on stealth for survival such as Deadeyes.
狩猎纹章 - makes your burst unblockable.

Pets

Polar Bear Polar Bear can be replaced with:

Boar Boar - strong offensive pet with 2 CCs and some burst damage in Beastmode.
Siamoth Siamoth - it's similar to Boar but offers better survivability.
Krytan Drakehound Krytan Drakehound - better mobility and CC in exchange for fewer defensive skills.

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Specializations

Equipment

Sword

Warhorn

Sigil

Mace

Sigil

Rune

Amulet

Relic

Equipment Variants

Relics

巴瓦·尼索斯古物 - adds more cleansing to the build in case you're struggling with condition management.
萨奇洛斯古物 - defensive option with extra healing, just as popular as Relic of Fireworks.
潜行者古物 - damage boost with high uptime, but also takes some time to ramp up and its maximum burst potential is slightly lower than that of the other options.
编织者古物 - similar to Fireworks, but some of the triggers are defensive skills that may not always line up with your burst combos.

Usage

Elite specialization basics

Soulbeast Soulbeast allows Rangers to meld/merge with their pet, becoming one. This is done through 野兽形态 which has a 10s CD.
Pet related traits and skills such as 宠物威勇 continue to function even while merged, but this time you'll be the one who benefits from them, not the pet (although sometimes the effects are lessened).
- IMPORTANT: skills that affect your pet like "干掉他们！" have to be used after merging if you wish to benefit from them, already active skill effects will be lost just like when swapping pets.
You get to revive pets in combat by melding with a dead pet and then exiting Beastmode.

General

Don't trust the wording of 烟花古物 - Beastmode F1-3 skills can also proc the damage bonus, not just the weapon skills.
Use 荒野召唤, 猛扑, 毒蛇奇袭 and 猛扑 (GS-only) to roam between capture points. These are also great tools for disengaging or chasing after targets, and the Sword skills can do a lot of damage as well.
- All 4 of these skills are also combo finishers that could be used inside Smokescale's 障目烟云 for 潜行, covering your movements and burst attempts.
永恒联结 allows you to be more flexible with your Beastmode usage by letting you swap pets while merged. With this you can adapt to situations much better.
When playing with Boar Boar, its Beatmode ability 重击 is your primary burst skill. Hits hard, has a short cast time and a very subtle animation most people won't even notice.
- Try to set this up with CC, which should be easy considering how both other Boar Beastmode skills are CC skill. The F3 is especially good for this as 准备拉拽 grants you 急速 and 激怒 via trait synergy.
Polar Bear and Krytan Drakehound also provide access to 准备拉拽.
Weapon dependent When used in Beastmode, Greatsword's 重击 is going to give you the Attack of Opportunity effect which increases the damage of your next attack. It's only the next strike however, doesn't cover 2 part attacks like Boar's 重击. Consider following up with a weapon swap into either 猛扑 or 毒蛇奇袭.
Sometimes you might want to get greedy with 熊灵姿态. While this is your last resort option against condition bursts, it's also great at keeping things like 虚弱, Chill Chill and 目盲 off of you. If you're chasing a low HP target and you want to secure a kill, Bear Stance could ensure that you get to deal damage without any hinderance. You could even combine it with 石牦牛姿态 to make yourself immune to hard CC too.
- Of course this is a bit of a gamble, if the target survives your burst you'll be left without your strongest defensive CDs so the plan might backfire.
"干掉他们！" should always be used in 野兽形态. It's a really strong burst CD that also denies stealth access for enemies.
独狼之力 is your other burst CD, adding extra damage to every hit you score on a target. This is best used with 猎手召唤 which delivers multiple attacks in rapid succession. Smokescale's 烟雾突击 also has great synergy with this, and you could even combine the two and use SA while Hunter's Call is active.
Be careful with 目盲 and 圣盾 when casting 猎手召唤! If the initial strike misses the birds won't be summoned and the entire skill goes to waste.

Burst combo examples

One Wolf Pack Multihit

野兽形态 on Smokescale.
荒野召唤 for 威能 and 激怒
"干掉他们！" if you have it.
猎手召唤
独狼之力 immediately as Hunter's Call connects.
毒蛇奇袭 to evade incoming attacks and keep up the pressure.
猛扑
烟雾突击 near the end of Hunter's Call while One Wolf Pack still lasts, this is another great multihit ability that synergizes well with the elite. Overlapping it with HC is fine too, although OWP can only add an extra strike once per interval so using both at the same time could be a waste.

CC chain with Maces

准备拉拽 for the pull and boons (merged F3 ability of Polar Bear, Boar and Krytan Drakehound).
橡木棍打 to stun the target.
Optional - at this point you should consider swapping to Smokescale with 永恒联结 (F4). This would give you more 急速 and increased offensive stats, but it's not mandatory.
狂野打击
芽新枝蓓
蓟菊防御 (this should hit at the same time as the 2nd part of Flourish)

Both Pets

准备拉拽 for the pull and boons.
永恒联结 to swap to Smokescale.
大地冲击 while the pull still lasts.
橡木棍打
倒地猛扑
蓟菊防御 for a quick followup while the CC lasts.

If you're playing with Greatsword

准备拉拽 for the pull and boons.
重击
剑柄猛击 for the CC and to reset Maul.
重击 again.
At this point your next strike will deal bonus damage, use it on some hard hitting ability like GS 3, Smokescale F1/F3, or Sword 2-3.

Sustain

You're heavily reliant on blocks, stealth, mobility and evasion to avoid damage. Stance skills are there to let you fix some mistakes and patch gaps in your defenses. Once stance CDs have been used you should play much more carefully as you could become an easy target.
Smokescale's 烟雾突击 is an instant defensive skill with evasion while merged.
Condition cleansing is rather limited. 熊灵姿态 is more of a last resort for when you've taken too much damage and need to survive. Under heavy pressure use the time while your healing skill is active to disengage and reset fights using 潜行 and mobility skills.
Both sets have access to some minor cleansing:
- On Sword/Warhorn 洁净法印 removes 1 condition when you swap to this weapon in combat.
- Mace has 蓟菊防御 which cleanses up to 3 conditions.
- 石牦牛姿态 removes several non-damaging conditions, you could consider popping this right before using the aforementioned two methods in order to increase the chances of cleansing damaging conditions with them.
狮鹫姿态 is basically an extra dodge which improves your endurance regen so you can avoid even more attacks right after. Great skill when you're being pressured and need to play more defensively.
石牦牛姿态 protects against any type of pressure be it direct damage, CC or conditions.
Every mobility skill is also a defensive skill in a way, useful for putting distance between you and your enemies. Comboing them with Smokescale's 障目烟云 for 潜行 makes you even more slippery.
荒野召唤 is one the best defensive skill on Sword/Warhorn, dazing targets in melee and applying 虚弱 to them while also being a Blast finisher that could give you stealth. The other one is 毒蛇奇袭 which makes you evade incoming attacks.

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