R/Rt Beastmaster (awaiting update)

Looking at some of the changes soon, the potential for a beastmaster becomes very interesting. Decided to mess around on the Isle of the Nameless to see what pets are currently capable of doing (and then imagining what they will become).



Otyugh's Cry will obviously become a lot better since the pet can't be blocked and at 16 Beast Mastery can be cycled to maintained constantly. Brutal Weapon will become +25 damage, and with the length increase, can be maintained on the beast mastery and beast without energy issues.

Enraged Lunge is fueled to the +80 potential with ease. Call of Protection sits with a 90 second recharge, Call of Haste and Otyugh's Cry at 30. None of which can be stopped except by Well of Silence and Vocal Minority as they are classified as shouts. So basically you have your own little meat shield; 21 base damage reduction, soon to be +24 AL, and to top it all off attacks 25% faster with a 25% boost to its movement. And for kicks, every 5 seconds swings in the area of 120 damage that can't be blocked.

A zealous spear helps compensate the energy issue provided you have a target to hit reliably. PvE battles never extend too long; consider a 15^50 communing wand and slap a brutal weapon on yourself instead once these changes come into play.

EDIT: I forgot I fail at reading update notes and what Anet actually changes the skill to read ingame. In the update notes the max damage they list is based on a 15 spec whereas ingame when you mouse over a skill it shows the max as 12. Brutal Weapon is +22 @ 12, Otyugh's Cry is 26 seconds.

Watched his pet destroy a warrior. Was quite interesting tbh.

Ractoh in the Ranger section!? It must be a buff to Otyugh's Cry!

You'd struggle to keep that up with 4 expertise. Enraged Lunge can be spammed alot, and unless you keep the Calls/Cry recharging Enraged will do nothing, so its surprisingly energy heavy.

This is the sorta thing where Razah comes in use. He's already set up as a Splinter Weapon/Resto Rit, only takes another sup change to make him max Communing, then my 3 Dire Pets can come into play once more

Whooaah, am I missing out on something? .... what upcoming changes?

Look at the Dev update towards the top of the Riverside Inn. It sounds like the Ranger Pet controls are being implemented soon. As good as that sounds, there is much bigger news... Otyugh's Cry will soon no longer be considered one of the worst skills in the game. In fact it's quite possible to be one of the more powerful ones.

This change :
Otyugh's Cry: changed to "For 10..25 seconds, all allied animal companions gain +24 armor and cannot be blocked."

And also possibly pet controls

@Racthoh : i hope that that is just to see what the pet can do and not really a build, cause from the skills, it seems like your just gonna stand there and do nothing.

Well, that's what a Beastmaster does. ^_^ Sits there while the pet pwns the enemy ^_^

Can't wait for this update.

Brutal Weapon on a BM build is an excellent idea Racthoh, but I think there might still be some energy issues to deal with in that build.

Who knows, maybe these skill buffs along with the new pet controls will be enough to make pets start making regular appearances in high end PvP.

Nice build! It would be easy to take BM or Com down a peg or two and boost Exp if energy was a problem. I strongly suspect that the "no block" aspect of Otyugh's Cry will be nerfed later on.

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