User:Masel/Builds/CondiSoulbeast

Dagger + Torch Condition Soulbeast

Soulbeast Build Stats

Criterion	Value
Burst Damage	~40,3k
Sustained Damage	~39,6k
Effective Range (1200 = Maximum)	174
Actions Per Minute (APM)	46
Share of Forced Movement or Stealth Skills	20%
Bar Swaps per Minute (BPM)	0
# of Skills Used	11
Damage Log Link	Link
Damage Build Link	Link

Condition  Soulbeast is a very bursty Condition damage build for instanced content, even with a simplified rotation with like the one I use. It's also a great pick for solo gameplay, as it can provide itself with good amounts of the most essential offensive boons:  Quickness,  Protection,  Fury and  Might. It is inherently resilient, provides good self-healing and comes with a lof ot flexibility via Pet skills and utility choices. It shares its Stance effects, giving it unique utility that no other build can provide.

Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Pet Skills
Dagger and Torch Skills
Utility Skills

Rotation Concept

You can find my most recent rotation showcase here.
Link to Damage Log

General Concept

• The rotation simply involves using your weapon and utility skills on cooldown.
• We're using the Juvenile Janthiri Bee because with   Stinging Sorrow and   Bumble, it has both a great damage skill and a CC skill to trigger  Twice as Vicious.

Rotation Flow

Section	Notes
General Notes	The damage of this build scales with having allies around you due to   Vulture Stance and   One Wolf Pack combined with  Leader of the Pack. This adds up to 4k DPS in adctual group scenarios! Always stay merged with your pet, it boosts your damage noticeably! When you need range, swap to your second weapon set.
Opener	You should always precast   Sharpening Stone to increase your burst damage, it is not stripped when combat starts. Open with   Spike Trap or   Bumble to trigger  Twice as Vicious when combat starts; which one you should use depends on the encounter; bosses where you run in favour   Bumble, bosses that spawn favour   Spike Trap.
General Rotation	On Dagger + Torch, use all skills aside from   Spike Trap and   Bumble on cooldown, including your utility skills.   Spike Trap and   Bumble should be used to maximize uptime on  Twice as Vicious. You can just about maintain it when using them both on cooldown when the buff runs out.
CC Skills for Breakbar Damage	Spike Trap   Bumble - saves this for times when CC is needed.

DPS - Condition Soulbeast (Masel) - Rotation Flow

Section	Skills
General Rotation

Gear & Traits

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. ~65% Condition Duration in the hero panel: Superior Rune of the Afflicted together with  Plate of Kimchi Pancakes give the remaining 35% for  Bleeding.
2. Maximize Condition damage
3. Maximize Critical chance to trigger   Sharpened Edges reliably.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Shoulders	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Chest	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Gloves	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Legs	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Boots	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Viper's
Ring 1	Viper's
Ring 2	Viper's
Accessory 1	Viper's
Accessory 2	Viper's
Backpack	Viper's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Dagger	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Bursting
Torch	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Earth
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Plate of Kimchi Pancakes
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters Gnashblade
Damage	Utility	Toxic Tuning Crystal
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Blightbringer

Traits

Skirmishing
Wilderness Survival
Soulbeast

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces of Viper's with rare/exotic Ritualist's.
• You can use an Axe or a Shortbow on the secondary bar to have access to a ranged weapon on demand. Shortbow is a great weapon for Open World too; more on that below.

Open World Build

For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

Increasing General Survivability

• The first step for increased survivability is to put a Shortbow on the secondary bar and swap to  Light on your Feet in  Skirmishing. That way, you can stay at range whenever it is too dangerous to be in melee range.
• Second, change gear pieces to the following:

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Ritualist's / Celestial	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Shoulders	Ritualist's / Celestial	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Chest	Ritualist's / Celestial	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Gloves	Ritualist's / Celestial	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Legs	Ritualist's / Celestial	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Boots	Ritualist's / Celestial	Superior Rune of the Afflicted
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Ritualist's / Celestial
Ring 1	Ritualist's / Celestial
Ring 2	Ritualist's / Celestial
Accessory 1	Ritualist's / Celestial
Accessory 2	Ritualist's / Celestial
Backpack	Ritualist's / Celestial
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Dagger	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Bursting
Torch	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Earth
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters Gnashblade
Damage	Utility	Toxic Tuning Crystal
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Blightbringer

Boon Coverage

•   Moa Stance gives you 66% boon duration for its duration, and the gear setup mentioned above gives you another 34% at all times. This way, you have 100% (the cap) with   Moa Stance and still a solid value without.
• In order to cover essential boons, we'll swap out   Sharpening Stone,   Viper's Nest and   Glyph of Alignment for   Quickening Zephyr,   Sun Spirit and   Stone Spirit.

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects (CC)

•   Seed of Life cleanses conditions.
•   Quickening Zephyr is a Stun break.
•   Natural Convergence grants  Stability, allowing you to ignore incoming CC.
•   "Protect Me!" can be used for another safety net.
•   Healing Spring cleanses conditions on every pulse.