Soulbeast - Staff Stancebeast Roamer

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• Sic 'Em Roamer - a more traditional version of the build.

A Power Soulbeast build for WvW roaming that focuses on killing targets in the first few seconds of a fight with 日光射线, before they could even have a chance to react.

Skill Variants

Utility

• "快保护我！" over 和风疾行 - trades burst damage for better sustain, you should still have 急速 on your opener from 超级狂怒法印 and the extra sustain from Protect Me could help you put up a fight if the opponent survives it.

Equipment Changes

Relics

• - lower damage on your opening burst, but could provide higher uptime on the damage boost in longer fights.

Consumables

Food

• - strong mix of sustain and damage.

Utility

• or , whichever is cheaper (note that the sharpening stone lasts twice as long).

Elite specialization basics

• Soulbeast allows Rangers to meld/merge with their pet, becoming one. This is done through which has a 10s CD.

• Traits related to swapping pets now activate upon entering/leaving .

• Pet related traits and skills such as 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 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.

General

• The build focuses on taking out its opponent in the opener using Staff. Sword/Warhorn is more of a backup set in case you're forced into a longer fight.

• could be used both offensively and defensively. This is your best skill for survival especially if the target survived the initial burst and you have to put up a fight, but it could also be used during the Staff combo to ignore conditions like or .

• Use mobility skills like to keep your distance or disengage if things don't go according to plan.

Burst rotation

1. Optional - stack stealth for yourself by dropping (Smokescale F2). The next step of the chain already gives you stealth as CotW is a blast finisher, but you could also use Sword 2-3 before proceeding with the chain.
2. for boons.
3. to gain the boons on your pet too.
7. spam until target dies. already gives you some for this part but could add even more.