Beastmaster dominates **Season 3** with a high-octane summoner build centered around devastating **Spirit Wolves** and the **Tyrannosaur relic**. By leveraging crit scaling, minion buffs, and relentless offensive pressure, this setup excels at speed-clearing content while maintaining survivability through clever companion synergies.
Core Mechanics
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Swipe & Fury Leap Combos: Generate Spirit Wolves rapidly while repositioning with leap abilities.
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Dual Companions: Maintain a **Spriggan** for critical stats and pair it with wolf summons.
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Tyrannosaur Synergy: This relic supercharges minion damage, transforming wolves into glass cannons.
Key Skills & Rotation
Primary Abilities
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🗡️ Swipe: Primary wolf-spawning skill with low cooldown.
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🦘 Fury Leap: Mobility tool for initiating fights or escaping danger.
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🐺 Summon Wolf/Spirit Wolf: Damage-dealing core units scaling with crit and attack speed.
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🌿 Summon Spriggan: Provides party-wide crit chance, healing, and defensive buffs.
Optimal Rotation
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Engage with **Fury Leap**.
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Spam **Swipe** to max out wolf summons.
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Sustain **Spriggan** buffs constantly.
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Deploy **Frenzy Totem** for boss fights or **Warcry** for emergencies.
Essential Gear
Build-Defining Uniques
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💀 Tyrant’s Skull: Mandatory relic summoning the Tyrannosaur for minion damage amplification.
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🔪 Naal’s Tooth: Weapon enhancing wolf attack speed and physical damage. Ideal in duplicate.
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🎩 Chorus of the Anurok: Helmet expanding companion cap and boosting minion speed.
Flexible Slot Options
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🧤 Last Bear Set: Superior defense via endurance and regen scaling.
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🩸 Ribbons of Blood/Phantom Grip: Ring options for damage customization.
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♻️ Regen-Focused Gear: Prioritize health regeneration and resistances.
Survivability Strategy
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⛑️ Endurance Stacking: Critical for surviving high-damage scenarios.
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🌿 Spriggan Safeguards: Shared crit avoidance and healing mechanics.
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❤️ Regen Over Leech: More reliable sustain for prolonged engagements.
Damage Optimization
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📈 Flat Physical Buffs: Tyrannosaur + Naal’s Tooth combo provides massive base damage.
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💪 Strength Scaling: Enhances physical penetration and Tyrannosaur output.
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🎯 Crit Focus: Wolves naturally scale with crit chance/multiplier via gear and Spriggan.
Season 3 Compatibility
While benefiting from new **Primordial items**, this build remains formidable even with base gear. The Tyrannosaur’s synergy with wolves establishes it as a top-tier minion archetype, particularly with regen-focused defenses outperforming traditional leech strategies.
FAQ
Mandatory Unique?
Tyrant’s Skull is non-negotiable – the build collapses without its minion buffs.
Stat Priorities for Wolves?
Focus on **minion-specific** crit, attack speed, and damage modifiers – player stats don’t transfer.
Frenzy Totem vs Warcry?
Choose Totem for offense or Warcry for defense – both viable depending on playstyle.
Spriggan Replacement?
Not advisable – losing its buffs reduces DPS and survivability significantly.
Defensive Priorities?
Endurance > Health Regen > Resistances. Strength synergizes exceptionally with regen mechanics.