Beast
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Beast is a skill type related to the ranger's profession mechanic. They are the F2 skills on the ranger's mechanic bar, unique to each pet species.
For the soulbeast elite specialization, while in Beastmode, their F3 skills are beast skills, determined by the archetype of the pet the soulbeast is melded with.
List of beast skills[edit]
Terrestrial[edit]
Bear[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet | 
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Rending Maul | Arctodus | 1¾ | 15 | Beast. Make your foe bleed with a fierce mauling. |
| F2 | Enfeebling Roar | Black Bear | 1¼ | 25 | Beast. Roar fiercely, weakening nearby foes. |
| F2 | Shake It Off | Brown Bear | ½ | 25 | Beast. Cure a condition on yourself and all nearby allies. |
| F2 | Poison Cloud | Murellow | 1¼ | 25 | Beast. Emit a noxious cloud that poisons and damages foes. |
| F2 | Icy Roar | Polar Bear | 1¼ | 30 | Beast. Roar fiercely, chilling nearby foes. |
Bird[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Lacerating Slash | Hawk | ½ | 20 | Beast. Slash your foes and cause them to bleed. |
| F2 | Chilling Slash | Owl | ½ | 20 | Beast. Slash your foes and chill them. |
| F2 | Blinding Slash | Raven, White Raven | ½ | 18 | Beast. Blind your foes with a slash. |
Bristleback[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Spike Barrage | Bristleback | 2 | 20 | Beast. Fire a barrage of spikes at your target. |
Canine[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Chilling Howl | Alpine Wolf | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Howl at foes to chill them. |
| F2 | Regenerate | Fern Hound | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Howl to heal and grant regeneration to nearby allies. |
| F2 | Howl of the Pack | Hyena | 1½ | 30 | Beast. Howl to summon hyena allies to fight with you. |
| F2 | Intimidating Howl | Krytan Drakehound | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Howl at foes to immobilize them. |
| F2 | Terrifying Howl | Wolf | 1½ | 30 | Beast. Howl at foes to send them running in fear. |
Devourer[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Poisonous Cloud | Carrion Devourer | 1 | 30 | Beast. Spit a ball of venom that covers an area with a poisonous cloud. |
| F2 | Rending Barbs | Lashtail Devourer | 4 | 20 | Beast. Rapidly launch projectiles that bleed your target. |
| F2 | Poison Barbs | Whiptail Devourer | 2½ | 20 | Beast. Spray poisonous barbs in an arc in front of you, damaging and poisoning foes. |
Drake[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Frost Breath | Ice Drake | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Breathe a cone of frost, damaging and chilling foes. |
| F2 | Insect Swarm | Marsh Drake | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Exhale a swarm of insects that hits multiple foes. |
| F2 | Sonic Shriek | Reef Drake | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Emit a cone of discordant sonic energy to confuse foes. |
| F2 | Lightning Breath | River Drake | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Breathe bolts of lightning that bounce to nearby foes. |
| F2 | Fire Breath | Salamander Drake | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Breathe a cone of fire that burns foes. |
Fanged Iboga[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Fang Grapple | Fanged Iboga | 1 | 20 | Beast. Spits a fanged projectile to pull in its prey. |
Feline[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Savannah Strike | Cheetah | ¾ | 20 | Beast. Shadowstep to your target and strike them. Grant nearby allies swiftness. |
| F2 | Stalk | Jaguar | 20 | Beast. Gain stealth and increased critical-strike chance and ferocity for a short duration. Grant your ranger stealth. This skill will not grant your ranger stealth if they are downed. | |
| F2 | Mighty Roar | Jungle Stalker | ½ | 20 | Beast. Give extreme might to nearby allies. |
| F2 | Rending Pounce | Lynx | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Leap at a foe and make them bleed. |
| F2 | Blinding Roar | Sand Lion | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Release a powerful roar that blinds nearby foes. |
| F2 | Icy Pounce | Snow Leopard | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Leap at your foe, chilling them. |
| F2 | Furious Pounce | Tiger | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Pounce on your target and grant fury to nearby allies. |
| F2 | Guardian's Roar | White Tiger | ½ | 25 | Beast. Roar and grant aegis to nearby allies. |
Jacaranda[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Jacaranda's Embrace | Jacaranda | 1 | 20 | Beast. Fire a missile that roots foes for a period of time. |
Moa[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Dazing Screech | Pink Moa | ½ | 25 | Beast. Create a high-pitched screech, dazing nearby foes. |
| F2 | Protecting Screech | Blue Moa | 1 | 20 | Beast. Screech to grant protection to nearby allies. |
| F2 | Dazing Screech | Black Moa | ½ | 25 | Beast. Create a cone of sound, dazing foes. |
| F2 | Furious Screech | Red Moa | 1 | 20 | Beast. Screech angrily to grant fury to nearby allies. |
| F2 | Icy Screech | White Moa | ½ | 20 | Beast. Screech to grant nearby allies frost aura. |
Phoenix[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Gale Breath | Phoenix | 1 | 20 | Beast. Fires a sweeping breath attack, damaging foes. |
Porcine[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Forage Rock | Boar | 1 | 25 | Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon. |
| F2 | Forage Sword | Pig | 1 | 25 | Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon. |
| F2 | Forage Feathers | Siamoth | 1 | 25 | Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon. |
| F2 | Forage Scale | Warthog | 1 | 25 | Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon. |
Rock Gazelle[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Head Toss | Rock Gazelle | ¾ | 20 | Beast. Toss your foe into the air. |
Smokescale[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Smoke Cloud | Smokescale | ¾ | 20 | Beast. Create a cloud of smoke for the smokescale to hide in. |
Spider[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Paralyzing Venom | Black Widow Spider, Jungle Spider | 25 | Beast. Your next attack immoblizes your foe. | |
| F2 | Weakening Venom | Cave Spider | 20 | Beast. Your next two attacks weaken your foes and make them vulnerable. | |
| F2 | Deadly Venom | Forest Spider | 20 | Beast. Your next three attacks poison your foe. |
Turtle[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Hunker Down | Siege Turtle | 30 | Beast. Deploy a barrier that shields allies from incoming projectiles and grants protection. |
Wallow[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Bloodthirsty Charge | Wallow | 1¾ | 25 | Beast. Charge into a foe, pushing them back and causing them to bleed. |
Wyvern[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Lightning Assault | Electric Wyvern | 30 | Beast. Charge forward, headbutting foes and electrifying its destination. | |
| F2 | Consuming Flame | Fire Wyvern | 2½ | 25 | Beast. Channel an expanding stream of flame from above. When the engulfed region reaches its full size, it becomes a fire field. |
Aquatic[edit]
Armored Fish[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Stunning Rush | Armor Fish | 2¾ | 40 | Beast. Rush at a foe and stun them. |
Bear[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Rending Maul | Arctodus | 1¾ | 15 | Beast. Make your foe bleed with a fierce mauling. |
| F2 | Enfeebling Maul | Black Bear | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Maul your foe, weakening them. |
| F2 | Purge Conditions | Brown Bear | 30 | Beast. Purge all conditions from yourself. | |
| F2 | Poisonous Maul | Murellow | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Maul your foe fiercely and poison them. |
| F2 | Icy Maul | Polar Bear | 1½ | 30 | Beast. Maul your foe fiercely and chill them. |
Devourer[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Regenerate | Carrion Devourer | 30 | Beast. Gain regeneration. | |
| F2 | Lashtail Venom | Lashtail Devourer | 60 | Beast. Your next two attacks stun your victims. | |
| F2 | Poison Cloud | Whiptail Devourer | 25 | Beast. Shoot a noxious cloud at your foe, damaging and poisoning them. |
Drake[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Frost Nova | Ice Drake | 25 | Beast. Freeze the water around your foe. | |
| F2 | Poison Cloud | Marsh Drake | 25 | Beast. Create poisonous bubbles. | |
| F2 | Sonic Barrier | Reef Drake | 45 | Beast. Create a sonic barrier that reflects projectiles. | |
| F2 | Electrocute | River Drake | 30 | Beast. Charge the water around your foe with electricity. | |
| F2 | Boil | Salamander Drake | 30 | Beast. Boil the water around your foe. |
Feline[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Stalk | Jaguar | 20 | Beast. Gain stealth and increased critical-strike chance and ferocity for a short duration. Grant your ranger stealth. This skill will not grant your ranger stealth if they are downed. | |
| F2 | Mighty Roar | Jungle Stalker | ½ | 20 | Beast. Give extreme might to nearby allies. |
| F2 | Icy Bite | Snow Leopard | ¼ | 25 | Beast. Bite your foe, chilling them. |
| F2 | Furious Pounce | Tiger | 1½ | 20 | Beast. Pounce on your target and grant fury to nearby allies. |
Jellyfish[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Chilling Whirl | Blue Jellyfish, Rainbow Jellyfish | 2¾ | 30 | Beast. Whirl your tentacles, chilling the foes you strike. |
| F2 | Immobilizing Whirl | Red Jellyfish | 2¾ | 30 | Beast. Whirl your tentacles, immobilizing the foes you strike. |
Shark[edit]
| # | Skill | Pet |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | Feeding Frenzy | Shark | 45 | Beast. Enter a frenzy. Attack faster and bleed on each hit. |
Soulbeast[edit]
Archetype-defined F3 beast abilities while in Beastmode.
| # | Skill | Archetype |
|
|
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F3 | Unflinching Fortitude |  Stout
|
¼ | 35 | Beast. Shrug off all movement-impairing conditions and become unflinching in the face of normal attacks. |
| F3 | Primal Cry |  Deadly
|
1¼ | 20 | Beast. Tap into your primal essence and unleash a debilitating roar. |
| F3 | Prelude Lash |  Versatile
|
¼ | 25 | Beast. Pull foes toward you and bind them briefly. |
| F3 | Worldly Impact |  Ferocious
|
¾ | 25 | Beast. Jump up and slam the ground beneath you, severely damaging nearby foes. |
| F3 | Spiritual Reprieve |  Supportive
|
1 | 35 | Beast. Restore health to your allies and grant them a reprieve from conditions. |
Related traits[edit]
Carnivore (Wilderness Survival) — Steal health from enemies when you or your pet disable them. Disables include stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.-
Poison Master (Wilderness Survival) — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased. -
Rejuvenation (Nature Magic) — Beast skills now grant regeneration around the ranger. -
Invigorating Bond (Nature Magic) — Beast skills heal allies around the ranger. -
Go for the Eyes (Beastmastery) — Nearby foes are blinded by Beast abilities. -
Wilting Strike (Beastmastery) — Beast abilities inflict weakness on those struck. This effect will only occur once on each target struck by an ability. -
Beastly Warden (Beastmastery) — Beast abilities taunt nearby foes. 
Live Fast (Soulbeast) — Using a Beast ability grants you offensive boons.
Notes[edit]
- Soulbeast beast skills are different skills to their pet beast variants, and thus do not share cooldowns. So you can use one, then un/merge and use the other straight away.
- Having two of the same pet archetype will mean using their Soulbeast beast skill will put both on cooldown, but having two separate archetypes will not.
