Red Beorning

Red DPS Beorning ‘Claws’ Build

By Araphorn & Albeorn – Updated for Yondershire, U33

Trait Trees

There are two different Trees needed for Red Beornings. One Tree is for max DPS from Red Line, used when there is already a Beorning Tank or Beorning Healer present in the group, which are also using the Bees from Yellow Line for -Physical Mitigation debuff. The second Tree is to be used if there no other Beorning in group and Red Beorning is the only Beorning, so they have to use the Bees from Yellow in that case.

Tree 1 for max DPS from Red Line + Armour Crush:

This Tree has everything needed from Red Line, it has maxed out Armour Crush from Blue Line and a little extra utility from Yellow-line, which is a group-wide Run Speed buff from Rush skill. This Tree does not have the Physical Mitigation debuff from Bees. Use this Tree only when grouped with another Beorning who is providing that debuff.

Tree 2 which includes Yellow Bees + Armour Crush:

This Tree has all the utility a Red Beorning can provide to the group, while not totally losing out the DPS from Red Line. Use this Tree when Red Beorning is the only Beorning in the group.

35 Trait Points Build for Legendary Servers

60 Trait Points Build for Beginners

Virtues

These are the virtues I use to reach the Stat Goals. I use mostly Offensive options, but if need be, some of them can be switched to more Defensive options as well, depending on the type of fight. More explained down below.

Here are the Virtues which go along with the Stat Goals:

1. Zeal (Great for Mastery and Critical Rating)
2. Valour (Great for Mastery, Finesse and Critical Rating)
3. Confidence (Great for Critical Rating and Finesse)
4. Wit (Great for Finesse, Mastery and Critical Rating)
5. Loyalty (Great for Vitality and survival)

   • If you need extra Survivability, swap Wit with Fidelity

If you don’t have these virtues, here are some alternatives:

• Fidelity (Great for Vitality + Tactical Mit)
• Tolerance (Gives great amount of Tactical Mit, decent Physical Mit and Resistance)
• Innocence (Gives great amount of Physical Mit, decent Tactical Mit Mit and Resistance)

Legendary Items

Here are the LIs and Traceries for Red Beornings. They generally do better DPS with a 2-Hander Weapon than Dual-wield, as most of the skills in Bear form are single-hit, which benefit more from a 2-Hander Weapon. A Two-Hander Axe is the better choice than say Clubs, because Axes lower Target’s armour rating, whereas Clubs do not provide a DPS benefit.

2-Hander Axe

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Ox
Word of Power	Damage Over Time
Word of Power	Damage Over Time Criticals
Word of Mastery	Bear Form Damage
Word of Mastery	Beorning Damage Over Time Pulses
Word of Mastery	Call to Wild Melee Damage Bonus
Word of Mastery	Man Form Damage
Word of Mastery	Relentless Maul Damage
Word of Mastery	Wrath Refund Chance
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision
Word of Craft	Heroic Precision

Beorning Carving (Class Item)

Type	Sockets
Heraldic Tracery	Heraldry of the Ox
Word of Power	Area Effect Attack Criticals
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Criticals
Word of Power	Single Target Attack Damage
Word of Mastery	Bee Swarm Critical Defence Debuff
Word of Mastery	Bee Swarm Damage
Word of Mastery	Slash Damage
Word of Mastery	Thrash Damage
Word of Mastery	Vicious Claw Damage
Word of Mastery	Vigilant Roar Damage
Word of Craft	Heroic Alacrity
Word of Craft	Heroic Alacrity

Rotation

Here is the rotation for DPS Beornings:

1. Pre-buff with Hearten/Composure and Ferocious Roar.
2. Only 2 skills are to be used in Man-form, Slash and Biting Edge, use those skills once every 10s for the dot.
3. Switch to Bear-form.
4. Use Expose and Thrash in Bear-form.
5. Use Bash -> Vicious Claws -> Thrash.
6. Use Relentless Maul now. If you are traited for Max Red-line, with Call to Wild capstone, then use Call to Wild before using Maul. Use 1x Relentless Maul in between rotations without Call to Wild as CtW will be on cooldown during then.
7. So, a simple rotation should be:

   • Man-form -> Slash -> Biting Edge -> Bear-form -> Expose -> Thrash -> Bash -> Vicious Claws -> Thrash -> Relentless Maul -> Expose -> Thrash -> REPEAT
   • Note: If Maul is on cooldown, then go Man-form and repeat rotation.

8. In between gaps, you can use Vicious Claws, Thrash, Grisly Cry and Vigilant Roar as filler skills, in that priority.

Consumables

There are the consumables I use on Beorning:

These are great to generate Wrath when you need it urgently.

That is the food used on Beorning:

Updated as of U33.

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