User:Windjammer/Solo Beastmaster

The Solo Beastmaster uses the pet to tank and kill mobs, and depends soly on its rote defensive and offensive powers. The build uses powerful, active, single target attacks to deal damage (as opposed to passive AoE type damage used by basically every other general purpose farming build).

The build is also played in a very active way. Rather than striding into groups of enemies and keeping certain skills going, the master and beast may do a lot of moving around. Often, foes break of from the main melee around the pet, and the master must kite them or lead them back to the melee. Because of this, the build must be very mobile. Almost every skill is a shout or a stance, requiring no casting time. The one skill used by this build that requires casting, Comfort Animal, is very quick with a one second cast and recharge. The build also generally uses a movement enhancing skill like Dodge to assist in kiting and escaping foes.

There is, at the moment, only one really useful Solo Beastmaster build. It is a R/Mo and is very closely related to the R/any Tank Master, though it uses a different skill to split damage between the beast and the master, and has a slightly different skill setup. Like the Tank Master, it uses the elite skill Enraged Lunge to deal damage and Beastmastery shouts to protect the pet. However, it uses the Monk skill, Life Bond, to split the damage between beast and master and apply powerful damage reduction to the damage the master recieves in this way. Call of Protection gives the pet a powerful damage reduction. Comfort Animal and Predatory Bond round out the core of the build by providing healing to beast and master. A movement stance like Dodge is, strictly speaking, an optional skill; though it will be carried 90%+ of the time. The only reason not to have Dodge is if the mob, area, or boss would be easier with a different skill in its place. This is very rarely the case, though at times a skill like Holy Veil, for dealing with hexes, might be more valuable. The last open slot is generally filled with another pet attack. Predator's Pounce is the prefered skill here, because it is cheap, quick to recharge, heals the pet, and gives a nice damage bonus. However, many times an interrupt like Disrupting Lunge will be required.

This build is meant for farming. The build's close relative, the Tank Master, is much better suited for general PvE. The Tank Master uses no enchantment (so removal is not a problem) and carries a powerful self heal.

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