魂兽师 Soulbeast - Sic 'Em Roamer

特性 Specializations

adds a lot of flexibility to the build and allows you to spend more time in beastmode, making it the most popular pick. The other 2 options in this slot are strong in their own right, but much more niche:

• could be considered when roaming in a group, adding a support angle to the build. Improving stance durations also benefits the Soulbeast, but not as much as Eternal Bond does.

• increases your burst damage. If your goal is to try and end fights in seconds then go for it, but that makes the build a bit more of a gimmick.

装备 Equipment

Runes

• - makes the build more durable in exchange for a bit lower crit chance and boon duration.

Sigils

• 或 over Cleansing on Longbow - increased damage for less defense against conditions.

Relics

• - a damage boost that's easy to maintain in combat, but can be hard to get value out of if you're chasing down a low health enemy for example.

• - on-demand damage boost whenever you use a stance skill. Could give you slightly higher burst damage than Fireworks in exchange for lower uptime on the damage boost.

消耗品 Consumables

• - strong mix of sustain and damage.

• - active damage mitigation in the form of enhanced endurance regen for more dodging.
  • Budget version:

• - cheap option with a nice crit chance boost and frequent, armor ignoring damage procs that also heal you.

• 或 。

使用说明 Usage

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

• Don't trust the wording of ，some Beastmode F1-3 skills can also proc the damage bonus not just weapon skills.

• Beastmode grants a flat 30% movement speed boost.

• 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.

• Pet swapping with can be used offensively for the Quickness，most notably to boost ， 和 or Sword autos for downed cleave. The Superspeed could also help you escape damage or chase down targets while on Sword.
  • With you can activate this trait even while swapping pets in Beastmode, provided that it isn't on CD.

• Sometimes you might want to get greedy with 。 While this is your last resort option against condition bursts, it's also great at keeping things like Weakness， Chill 和 Blind 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 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.

• Weapon swapping with is your first line of defense against conditions. Consider using 或 beforehand to get rid of non-damaging conditions, increasing the chance of Cleansing sigil removing damaging ones.

• is there to bail you out when conditions are beginning to overwhelm you. In condition matchups if you need to heal but don't want to waste your only mass cleanse consider using Owl's first while keeping Bear Stance for emergencies.

• Smokescale's F2 ability creates a combo field for Stealth stacking.

Beastmode

• Smokescale's could be used both offensively (delivering damage while making it impossible to kite you) and defensively (it's an instant cast evade frame)。

• Pet dependent Owl's F3 is your second healing skill and also a potent support tool when roaming in a group. This is quite handy when playing against some Power-based specs as it can make up for the lost healing when there are no conditions on your for to consume.
  • Owl also adds some extra mobility for chasing people or disengaging from fights via 。

• Pet dependent When playing with Boar，its Beatmode ability will be on of your primary burst skills. 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 grants you Quickness 和 Fury via trait synergy.

Damage

• should always be used in 。 It's a really strong burst CD that also denies stealth access for enemies.

• is your other burst CD, adding extra damage to every hit you score on a target. This is best used with and which deliver multiple attacks in rapid succession. Smokescale's also has great synergy with this.

• is the main burst skill on Longbow, on Greatsword.

• resets the cooldown on Maul.

• Sometimes you might want to get greedy with 。 While this is your last resort option against condition bursts, it's also great at keeping things like Weakness， Chill 和 Blind 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 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.

Greatsword burst combo example:

1. Merge with your Boar, use
2. to proc
3. to proc
5. to reset Maul.
6. again.

Longbow burst combo example:

1. ：some extra stats while casting One Wolf Pack.
2. which boosts the Soulbeast's own damage if used in Beastmode.
3. to increase the chance of landing your burst and to proc + + ： Quickness， Fury and damage modifiers.
4. ：damage.

相关配装 Related Builds

• Sic 'Em Sniper - the Conquest PvP version of the build.

• Core Longbow Roamer - core, F2P roaming version.