Power Soulbeast

Traits

Situational Traits

Defiance Bar Damage

Pets

Weapon Sets

Weapon Set 1

• Hammer is the standard weapon choice for most encounters except a few cases in very fast kills. It brings very strong damage skills with optional CC and Boon strip. You can still precast Barrage with Longbow before the start of a fight for extra burst.

  Standard Hammer Skills:

  • If you need some extra CC, swap Hammer 5 to Thump . This is particularly useful on Artsarriv and MAMA.
  • If you do not need the CC or Twice as Vicious proc, swap Hammer 3 to Unleashed Overbearing Smash . It also strips 2 boons.

• Longbow is taken on encounters where phase timings allow you to precast Barrage into the phase and there is enough time to swap back to your Longbow and reset your burst outside of active phases. If you find yourself stuck on Longbow at points in a fight where you need damage, there is probably a better option.

• Mace/Mace is a less bursty alternative to Hammer. It requires making good use of the cooldown reset and medium damage buff granted by Force of Nature. This can make it difficult to be flexible and adapt to situations when playing Maces.

• Greatsword is an alternative to Hammer for players who do not have access to Secrets of the Obscure or want access to an evade with Swoop and a block with Counterattack . It requires pairing the extra Attack of Opportunity damage after Maul with strong single hit skills.

• Axe/Warhorn is another more niche alternative to Hammer on some encounters. It is typically paired with Sword/Axe as the other weapon set.

Weapon Set 2

• Axe/Axe is the recommended choice as an Axe weapon set. Mainhand Axe provides strong skills with ranged capabilities and does not have animation locks.
• Sword/Axe is an alternative that comes with stronger auto attacks, temporary 120 Power from Strider's Strength , extra mobility, and access to an evade with Serpent's Strike . This comes at the cost of weaker skills, melee range and animation locks. It is not recommended to play mainhand Sword in low gravity.

Note: What weapon variations you use heavily depends upon the encounter, fight duration and group you are playing with. Optimally there is no single weapon choice that fits all scenarios, so take into acount the possible variables, or play the weapons that you enjoy using.

Additional Gear Options

• Relic of the Dragonhunter for fights where you can cast Frost Trap at the start of every phase (e.g. Skorvald).
• Warhorn for Might pre-stacking. Superior Sigil of Concentration can be slotted as sigil.
• Weapons with specific slaying sigils like Superior Sigil of Serpent Slaying and/or Superior Sigil of the Night . See the Cheat Sheet and Power Soulbeast CM Guide .
• Weapons with Superior Sigil of Severance for certain encounters in fast groups (e.g. Artsariiv). Check the Power Soulbeast CM Guide for more information.

Situational Skills

High Priority Damage Skills

Relic of Fireworks Skills

• Brutal Charge (Pig F2)
• Frenzied Attack (Moa F2)
• Worldly Impact (F3)
• Thump / Unleashed Thump (Hammer 5)
• Whirling Defense (Axe 5)
• Barrage (Longbow 5)
• Wild Strikes (Mace 5)
• Hilt Bash (Greatsword 5)
• Call of the Wild (Warhorn 5)

Interrupting Skills

• Weapon Swap
• Brutal Charge (Pig F2)
• Worldly Impact (F3)
• Point-Blank Shot (Longbow 4)
• Serpent's Strike (Sword 3)
• Hilt Bash (Greatsword 5)

Skills with Interruptible Aftercast

• Unleashed Wild Swing (Hammer 2)
• Whirling Defense (Axe 5)
• Hunter's Call (Warhorn 4)
• Frost Trap

Channeled Skills

• Whirling Defense (Axe 5) interrupted by everything
• Barrage (Longbow 5) interrupted by everything
• Frenzied Attack (Moa F2)
• Rapid Fire (Longbow 2)
• Wild Strikes (Mace 5)

Hammer Opener

1. Barrage (Longbow 5)
2. Swap to Hammer
3. Frost Trap
4. Overbearing Smash (Hammer 3), then stow or cancel
5. "Sic 'Em!" during the cast of Overbearing Smash
6. Unleashed Savage Shock Wave (Hammer 4)
7. Unleashed Wild Swing (Hammer 2)
8. Weapon Swap
9. Continue with Axe or Sword burst

Notes:

• Try to stow or interrupt Overbearing Smash after the first hit.
• If you do not precast Barrage or use Brutal Charge for CC, you will want to use Worldly Impact after the first hit of Overbearing Smash to proc Relic of Fireworks .

Longbow Opener

1. Barrage (Longbow 5)
2. "Sic 'Em!" during the cast of Barrage
3. Frost Trap
4. Point-Blank Shot (Longbow 4)
5. Weapon Swap
6. Continue with Axe or Sword burst

Axe Burst

1. Path of Scars (Axe 4)
2. Splitblade (Axe 2)
3. Winter's Bite (Axe 3)
4. Worldly Impact (Axe 5)
5. Whirling Defense (Axe 5)
6. Splitblade (Axe 2)

Sword Burst

1. Path of Scars (Axe 4)
2. Pounce (Sword 2)
3. Serpent's Strike (Sword 3)
4. Worldly Impact (Axe 5)
5. Whirling Defense (Axe 5)
6. Pounce (Sword 2)

Traits

Your other train lines remain the same as on land. The reason for swapping traits here is to provide a 10% damage increase and cooldown reduction on Spear skills.

Underwater Rotation

For a DPS rotation the same rules apply as on land: try to fit lots of damage into "Sic 'Em!" and try to line up your burst with your modifiers and Exposed if possible.

Start on Harpoon Gun and use Feeding Frenzy (Harpoon Gun 3) and Mercy Shot (Harpoon Gun 4) to precast damage into "Sic 'Em!" .

Use Tail Lash (Devourer F1) to proc Twice as Vicious and Relic of Fireworks for every "Sic 'Em!" burst. Worldly Impact (F3) is your only other source of Relic of Fireworks underwater. An alternative is to swap to Relic of the Thief , but do not forget to swap back later!

During damage phases camp Spear since Man O' War (Spear 5), Swirling Strike (Spear 2), as well as your auto-attack chain deal good damage. You can swap back to Harpoon gun at the start of split-phases to range adds as well as allow you to repeat your opening burst when the split-phase ends.

Bonus Tips

• If you know a blockable attack is coming use Counterstrike (Spear 4) for damage and an additional Twice as Vicious proc.
• At the end of a phase you can use Feeding Frenzy (Harpoon Gun 3) and Mercy Shot (Harpoon Gun 4) again.
• You can use Surging Maw to quickly reach or come back from the adds during the Jellyfish fight of Aquatic Ruins .

Weapons

Skills

If you need to swap a skill, the same applies as on land: swap Signet of the Wild first then Frost Trap .

Pets