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Focused on: Strike damage and Control
Designed for: WvW Roaming
Expansions required: Path of Fire Builds Secrets of the Obscure builds
Difficulty: Normal
This build was last updated on December 07, 2025.
Overview
A burst damage focused Power Soulbeast build for WvW roaming opting for 2 melee sets.
Skill Bar
Skill Variants
Weapons
- Spear over Mace/Mace - more offensive option, with higher burst damage.
Pets
Polar Bear Polar Bear can be replaced with:
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Boar Boar - strong offensive pet with 2 CCs and some burst damage in Beastmode.
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Siamoth Siamoth - it's similar to Boar but offers better survivability.
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Krytan Drakehound Krytan Drakehound - better mobility and CC in exchange for fewer defensive skills.
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Equipment
Consumables
Food
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黑胡椒调味牡蛎汤球 - mix of damage and sustain. A Celestial-like stat boost with extra damage mitigation. -
芫荽柠檬真空烹调肉排 - pure damage boost with armor ignoring life steal procs that also heal you. -
巨龙甜甜圈片 - cheap crit chance buff with the same LS procs as the Cilantro Lime food.
Utility
Usage
Elite specialization basics
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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.
- IMPORTANT: skills that affect your pet like
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You get to revive pets in combat by melding with a dead pet and then exiting Beastmode.
General
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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. -
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. -
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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
- On Sword/Warhorn
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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.
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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.