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Condition Soulbeast

Guild Wars 2 Condition Soulbeast - Shortbow / Dagger & Dagger Meta build for pvp: complete guide with gear, runes, relics, traits, and rotation tips.

游侠 (Ranger)soulbeastcondition damage

Build Template

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Overview

Build Difficulty: ● ○ ○ ○ ○

Pros
Cons
Attributes
  • Easy to learn
  • Provides self boons
  • Plenty of CC
  • Forced movement
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Equipment

Item
Stat
RabidAmulet
Relic of NayosRelic
Primary Weapon Set
Main HandDagger
Off HandDagger
Other Items
Superior Rune of the Mirage (PvP)Rune

Traits & Skills

Traits

Skills

| Bee | | 跌跌撞撞 图标跌跌撞撞 | F1 | | 叮刺之痛 图标叮刺之痛 | F2 | | 原始怒吼 图标原始怒吼 | F3 |

| Fern Hound| | 致残跃击 图标致残跃击 | F1| | 蛮力冲锋 图标蛮力冲锋 | F2| | 灵魂舒缓 图标灵魂舒缓 | F3|

| 永恒联结 图标永恒联结 | F4 | | 野兽形态 图标野兽形态 | F5 |

Rotation & Extras

Key Concepts

Condition Soulbeast is an extremely tanky duelist. It relies on a lot of small healing sources to keep itself alive.

Almost all of its damage come from Poison which gives it a huge advantage against other high healing duelists.

It uses 永恒联结 图标永恒联结 to have access to a large panel of beast abilities at any point in time.

Damage

Dealing damage as Condition Soulbeast is quite straight forward. Almost all of your weapon skills are just damage.

When in 野兽形态 图标野兽形态 with your Bee you get access to 3 incredible abilities.

If in 野兽形态 图标野兽形态 with Fern Hound the only ability you care about for damage will be 蛮力冲锋 图标蛮力冲锋 for CC as 致残跃击 图标致残跃击 is mostly used for mobility.

Despite being a ranged weapon Short Bow is better used in melee.

Your main damage ability on it is 毒箭连射 图标毒箭连射 where the arrows spread apart a lot, being in melee ensure hitting all 5 projectiles. It's easy to setup as your other offensive skills are CCs. 致残射击 图标致残射击 applies Immobilize, 震荡射击 图标震荡射击 applies Daze or Stun.

Short Bow introduces an interesting mechanic. Hitting from behind or the side will increase the damage and effects of your skills. Try to use 毒箭连射 图标毒箭连射 and 震荡射击 图标震荡射击 after dodging through your opponent. If your target is CCd make sure to get around them for maximum damage.

Dagger is really simple. Everything is just a damage ability.

Use 双重弧光 图标双重弧光 off cooldown. 直觉交战 图标直觉交战 is best used first for the Quickness and Slow. Always use 致残之爪 图标致残之爪 or a hard cc before 追猎之击 图标追猎之击. 追猎之击 图标追猎之击 also gives evade frames you can use if you're out of dodges.

Defense

As Ranger you get access to a lot of traits making your dodge better. You should keep in mind 同伴之御 图标同伴之御 for Protection and 净化遁逸 图标净化遁逸 for healing and cleansing.

On your weaponsets 腾挪速射 图标腾挪速射 is a small back dash and short evade, 追猎之击 图标追猎之击 a long evade but you will usually use this skill for damage.

When merged with Fern Hound, 灵魂舒缓 图标灵魂舒缓 will heal you and every ally around. Same goes for 再生之音 图标再生之音 when unmerged.

Your elite, "群攻之力!" 图标"群攻之力!", gives you Stability, Swiftness and Might. Use it either to pressure your opponent when all of your offensive cooldowns are up or as a defensive option to avoid CC.

You got 2 Stun Break, 石牦牛姿态 图标石牦牛姿态 and "快保护我!" 图标"快保护我!". Both are rather similar as they give you some defensive ability after usage.

狮鹫姿态 图标狮鹫姿态 is a dodge and then gives you insane endurance for 6 seconds letting you spam dodges. Definitely a key ability when pressured.

Your heal, 熊灵姿态 图标熊灵姿态, pulses condition cleanse for 5 seconds.

Crowd Control

SkillDefiance BreakSource
致残射击 图标致残射击1½sShort Bow
震荡射击 图标震荡射击2 seconds or 2 secondsShort Bow
跌跌撞撞 图标跌跌撞撞2 secondsProfession Mechanic
蛮力冲锋 图标蛮力冲锋2 secondsProfession Mechanic