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“Sic ‘Em!” Soulbeast Roaming Build

GW2. “Sic ‘Em!” Soulbeast Roaming Build. Power Survival Roaming Build. Ranger 2023.



Last Update: Feb 2023



Wilderness Survival Variant


Overview

This version of Soulbeast is balanced between a very good damage output and good sustain with the ability to survive most situations. It is very robust and great for beginners while still having plenty of skill cap.

Synergy

The Beast Mastery and Wilderness Survival trait lines grant plenty of sustain to this build.

Condition cleanses come from the Wilderness Knowledge trait, which whenever you use a survival utility skill you cleanse 2 conditions. Troll Unguent counts as two survival skills because it has a passive Lesser Muddy Terrain that is also a survival, and also merging gives Lesser Quickening Zephyr which counts as another survival skill.

Playstyle

Merging with the Smokescale allows aggressive burst combos with a good port to target from long range, which can be combined with the Greatsword for a lot of damage. Maul is the hardest hitting attack and boosts the damage of your next attack if you are merged, so it can be precasted into a Wordly Impact or refreshed with Hilt Bash.

Make sure to always use “Sic ‘Em” while merged so that your pet does not get the damage buff, but rather that you do. Use this during your bursts for heavy damage modifiers.

After using all of the Smokescale burst skills, you can unmerge and use the F2 of the Smokescale as a smoke field and leap through it with Swoop for stealth. This allows you to reposition to use your Longbow at range.

Cast Barrage while in stealth from combos or from Hunter’s Shot to cover yourself because you must stand still to cast it. On large groups this does plenty of damage for a long duration. Rapid Fire is your main burst in longbow, so try to land it after landing your Point Blank Shot or after baiting their cooldowns and dodges.

Now with Eternal Bond you can swap pets once merged.


Difficulty

40%

Equipment

ItemStatRune / Sigil
Helm
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Coat
Marauder
Gloves
Marauder
Leggings
Marauder
Boots
Marauder

Primary Weapon Set

Greatsword
Berserker

Secondary Weapon Set

Longbow
Berserker

ItemStat
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker

Consumables

Infusions

Optional
x18

Alternatives

  • Stats: Full Marauder for more sustain
  • Rune: for more damage

Skills

Smokescale / Raven
GreatswordHeal / Utility / Elite
LongbowMerged Skills

Alternatives

  • Pet: Owl instead Raven for more healing

Traits


Build Template

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

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Gameplay


Skirmishing Variant


Overview

This version of Soulbeast is much more aggressively oriented. The modifier from “Sic ‘Em!” will grant you the damage instead of your pet if used while merged. Combined with quickness from the celerity sigil, the other damage modifiers from Beastmastery and Skirmishing, and the longbow’s range, you can have massive burst damage.

Synergy

Your sustain is mostly tied to the stances (Bear and Dolyak) and Protect Me, Hunter’s Shot for stealth, and Smokescale smoke field to combo with Swoop on greatsword to get away, basically your survival is your positioning.

Playstyle

The basic burst combo is Merge > One Wolf Pack > “Sic ‘Em!” > Point Blank Shot > Rapid Fire > Smoke Assault > Worldly Impact then you can follow through with Maul and Swoop on greatsword.


Difficulty

30%

Equipment

ItemStatRune / Sigil
Helm
Berserker
Shoulders
Berserker
Coat
Berserker
Gloves
Berserker
Leggings
Berserker
Boots
Berserker

Primary Weapon Set

Greatsword
Berserker

Secondary Weapon Set

Longbow
Berserker

ItemStat
Amulet
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Ring
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Accessory
Berserker
Backpiece
Berserker

Consumables

Infusions

Optional
x18

Alternatives

  • Stats: Marauder for more sustain
  • Rune: for more sustain

Skills

Smokescale / Raven
GreatswordHeal / Utility / Elite
LongbowMerged Skills

Alternatives

  • Utility: for unblockeable burst instead Protect Me

Traits


Alternatives

  • Beastmastery: for mobility/quickness on pet swap

Build Template

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

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Gameplay

Credit to Vallun for the video.


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