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Condition Soulbeast

Merge with your pet and uncover new abilities with our Guild Wars 2 Condition Soulbeast build.
Published Apr 8, 2024 Updated Aug 30, 2024
Open World - June 2024 Balance
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Pros +
Good mobility Easy to learn Sustained damage
Cons -
Fast paced rotation Forced movement
Item Stat

Viper'sHelm

Viper'sShoulders

Viper'sCoat

Viper'sGloves

Viper'sLeggings

Viper'sBoots

Item Stat

Viper'sBackpiece

Viper'sAccessory

Viper'sAccessory

Viper'sAmulet

Viper'sRing

Viper'sRing

Relic

Primary Weapon Set

Viper's ShortbowMain Hand

Secondary Weapon Set

Viper's DaggerMain Hand

Viper's DaggerOff Hand

Other Items

Enrichment

Food

Utility

Jade Bot Core

The most important thing to remember is to merge with your pet by using . This will improve the following skills:

Inflict Bleeding by dealing Critical Hits. Attack from the sides or back to trigger and Weapon Swap frequently to maintain Fury and Swiftness.

Your Short Bow skills are also improved when attacking from the sides or back:

enhances your Short Bow skills by reducing their Recharge and causing them to Pierce.

Dodging or using will grant you an additional buff which increases your Damage and Condition Duration.

You can use , and before engaging to increase burst. After that, you should use off Cooldown.

provides you with a solid DPS increase. As you are running , you should try to use it with allies around but don't wait too long.

Use your Short Bow skills off Cooldown with the following priority:

will trigger which will help to increase your damage.

Use your Dagger skills off Cooldown with the following priority:

has a few functions. It's a movement skill, it inflicts Slow and it gives you Quickness. That seems like the perfect cat and mouse skill.

Use before using and . This will extend the duration of any boons gained.

Make sure to maintain Protection in order to benefit from .

  • You can get Protection by Dodging via .

Remember that provides you with a 0.5 second Evade. In fact, you have another Evade on your Dagger via .

Skill Defiance Break Source
200 Short Bow
300 Alternate Pet Skill

Skill Notes

Your pet can be replaced with:

  • Boar for to Pull enemies together.
  • Jacaranda can be used if healing is a real issue.
  • Black Bear for a more survivability via and .

can be replaced with:

  • for damage reduction and Stability.
  • for increased uptime.
  • to make you immune to strike damage.
  • for mobility and Stun Break.
Trait Notes

and can be taken for increased personal survivability.

Drop if you're running around alone. You can take for the survivability or for the personal damage.

The additional benefit to is that it lets you swap your merged pet.

can be taken to give you a slightly better uptime on boons.

Equipment Notes

Dagger can be dropped for Torch if there are lots of enemies to cleave.

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