GW2. Best Open World Build. Power Soulbeast Open World. Longbow Soulbeast. Maces Soulbeast. Ranger PvE.

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Longbow Variant

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The Power Soulbeast Open World build has extreme burst damage in melee and at a distance due to the many damage modifiers it can gain by merging with the pet and using “Sic ‘Em!” which buffs the pet but while merged it buffs the ranger. It can also survive by unmerging with the pet and letting the pet tank for it while it uses the far range of the longbow to attack from a safe distance.

The build is simple to learn, it rewards skillful gameplay, and has a popular traditional archer playstyle, which is why it is one of the most played builds in the game.

Merge using the F5 to gain the heavy damage modifiers from Beast Mastery and “Sic ‘Em!” Try to fit your burst within the duration of your “Sic Em!” You also gain damage modifiers and Fury from the Twice as Vicious trait whenever disabling an enemy, so using a CC like Greatsword 5 or Longbow 4 before using your burst will increase the damage.

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Example Rotation:

• Merge with Smokescale
• Longbow 5
• One Wolf Pack + “Sic ‘Em!”
• Longbow 2 > Swap
• Greatsword 2 > 5 > 2 > Worldly Impact (F3)
• Greatsword 111 > 2 > 3 > Swap

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Equipment

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Alternatives

• Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality
• Sigil: instead of Cleansing

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Skills

Smokescale / Siamoth
Longbow	Heal / Utility / Elite
Greatsword	Merged Skills

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Alternatives

• Utility: for more damage instead of Dolyak Stance
• Utility: instead of Signet of the Wild for more defenses

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Traits

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Alternatives

• Soulbeast: when sharing stances isn’t as impactful

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Build Template

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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Gameplay

Full Video Guide:

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Maces Variant

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The Power Soulbeast Open World with the Maces offers plenty of CC and self sustain to survive in melee range while also having the option for mid-ranged damage with the weapon swap to Axes. The build is very simple and rewarding to play, but due to being full berserker stats it can require some decent awareness of positioning and decision making of when it is safe to enter melee range.

Landing Mace attacks gives you stacks of Force of Nature, which when you reach 5 stacks will recharge all of your Mace skills and increase your damage and healing for the next 5 seconds. Landing all of your 2-5 Mace skills will be enough to enter this mode, so you can easily just press every Mace skill to get the recharge and press them all over again. However, the most important Mace skills to land are the 3 and 5 because they CC to give the Soulbeast minor trait damage modifier and they deal good damage. The 3 skill gives healing to your pet but while merged with your pet it will give that healing to you. Mace 2 and 4 are decent damage too but are mostly useful for the sustain, barrier, and cleansing they provide. Swap to Axe/Axe when out of Mace skills.

There’s also a burst combo you will want to do because of how many damage modifiers you can stack. Using “Sic ‘Em!” while merged with your pet gives you damage modifiers, gaining the Force of Nature buff gives damage modifiers, and landing a CC also gives damage modifiers. If you use the Quickening Zephyr to get quickness to use more animations during this burst window, you can do plenty of burst damage.

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Opener Burst Combo:

• Merge with Smokescale > Mace 2 > 3 > 4 > One Wolf Pack > 5 (Enter Force of Nature) > Quickening Zephyr + “Sic ‘Em!” > Mace 3 > 5 > Swap > Axe 5

This combo won’t work so well after your opener because of the weapon swap cooldown being desynced with the Force of Nature buff. After your opener you can just use all the skills of each weapon. Use “Sic ‘Em!” and Quickening Zephyr together when possible. Prioritize Axe 2 since it has the least cooldown for the most damage. Use the Merged Pet abilities while in Axe to fill in the gaps between your weapon skills (to avoid auto attacking).

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Skill Rotation:

• Axe 2 > 3 > 4 > Smokescale F1/F2/F3 > 2 > 5 > 3 > 2 > Swap
• Mace 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5

Swap to your Siamoth merge to gain access to damage immunity and an extra stun break on the F3 or use the Healing Spring and combo finisher in it with Mace 3 or Smokescale F3 to heal.

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Equipment

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Alternatives

• Jade Bot Core: for extra vitality
• Sigil: instead of Rage

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Skills

Smokescale / Siamoth
Mace / Mace	Heal / Utility / Elite
Axe / Axe	Merged Skills

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Alternatives

• Pet: Juvenile Sky-Chak Striker instead of Smokescale

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Traits

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Build Template

Chat Code: (copy/paste into in-game chat)

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Gameplay

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