Reaper - Spectral Onslaught
The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good
Focused on: Strike damage and Control
Designed for: PvP Conquest
Difficulty:
Normal
This build was last updated on September 17, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.
Overview
A high damage PvP Power Reaper built around the trait, augmented by Spectral skills for proper Life Force management to decimate teamfights.
Skill Bar
Staff
Axe/Focus
Utility
Skill Variants
Heal
- - better condition management, but overall a worse healing skill.
Utility
For the optional slot:
- - stun break, defense against direct damage, and great Life Force generation.
- - area denial that can save your life and has nice synergy with (if taken).
- - great sustain tool that can help both you and your team survive longer.
- - excellent anti-projectile skill which also brings
Poison and 
Weakness spam to the table, further mitigating damage as well as enemy healing.
- - CC and Life Force management.
- - short CD stun break with instant AoE Weakness application makes this a great defensive skill especially against power-based specs.
Elite
- - long CD burst skill that could help you mop up kills.
Weapons
- Some people prefer playing with Greatsword instead of Staff, giving up some utility for more burst and some protection vs melee provided by . Take on Soul Reaping when going with Greatsword. Overall GS is seen as less competitive than Staff though.
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Specializations
Variants
- is a significant damage increase against low HP targets but you lose out on some important boons.
Specialization Variants
Replace Spite with Blood Magic for higher sustain:
Equipment
Staff
Sigil
Sigil
Axe
Focus
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
Amulet
Relic
Equipment Variants
Amulets
- - more forgiving option with higher HP and Life Force pool in exchange for doing a bit less damage.
Runes
- - if you can afford to give up some mobility for more damage.
Usage
To be added
Top Streamers
- Twitch: Mijo
- Twitch: Notoriousnaru
Related Builds
- Greatsword Roamer - the slightly modified WvW roaming version of this sPvP build.
Ratings
A classic, high damage, boonrip and not as squishy as other power necros. Still suffers from requiring a support to function, aswell as lack of mobility but that's always been a necro thing. Replacing axe with sword would allow you to have higher mobility and still have decent damage however axe is still higher dps, and doesn't rely on projectiles
Rising in popularity once against after the Relic patch in part thanks to its really high uptime of the Fireworks procs. Damage is A tier and the CC/boonrip also add to the pressure. Very squishy so you need to be careful with positioning and use your utilities well to survive especially without a support. While not meta, it's a strong option for ranked, one of the better ones actually.
More like Paper Reaper with how quickly it dies to focus. Tons of fun when it works and the damage connects but just as unfun half the time when it doesn't. I climbed out of gold with it but switched to willbender right after and I have no regrets. Maybe I'll go back to this during the 3v3 season but for conquest willbender feels superior.
Absolutely tears people up. The only thing I don't like is how quickly it can run out of shroud, very hard to land a full combo specially if I'm being targeted. Wish reaper was more tanky instead of having to run away with wurm and spectral walk but oh well. Tradeoffs I guess. I think I prefer the shout version but shouts could use a buff. If the heal gave more life force it'd be perfect.
One of the cheesiest but strongest Meta builds out there, way better than the two condition damage builds that is so called "Legendary", they're gold, platinum at best....This one is Legendary. I use Berserker's Amulet, Evasion Rune, Spec Armor, Nothing Can Save You, Spite(Top,Mid,Top), and it creates one hell of a burst. I use Lich and I can wipe up to 3 people ez, then reaper's shroud the rest.
this build is AWESOME! it annihilates anything in a teamfight if paired with a good support and litch oneshots pretty much everything. it's very hard to play at first but after some games it gets easier. It is the funniest necro build i ever played but if the other team has a deadeye thief (many use that meme build lately :-S) it becomes completely useless in any scenario because of it's lack of mobility. basically thiefes counter it very hard especially because it does not have any way to deal with deadeyes.
Spite for reaper is weak now. The blood magic reaper version comes with equally nice damage, great condi sustain. Naru plays that one now.
really solid build tho I play a slightly modified version of it I based mine off this one.
Great Life force management beginner-friendly, and effective later on as well.
of course, the usual condition must be applied learn other classes to come up with a counter for their skills and you will get forward I personally prefer marauder amulet instead of the demolisher one same stat's but vitality instead of toughness tho I play always duo with a support Elementalist there for my slight change on the build
Very under-rated build.
This can especially be said when played defensively to cap Life Force and subsequently charge into team fights with the utility skill "Nothing Can Save You!" and shroud-provided stability; shreds bunkers, albeit Daredevil Staff bunker. Unfortunately, though, due to its lack of mobility, team utility, and general vulnerability outside of shroud, it requires a godly level of understanding on how to approach other classes in order to progress into the Platinum ranks within the current sPvP meta.
Decent in ranked and for replacing scourge FB in team play though it has fallen pretty far.
Pretty strong in 1v1s. Too squishy against more than 2 though, so I avoid anything where I'm outnumbered. I run it with Rune of Speed for the +99% speed to grab home quick and bounce between home and far. If overwhelmed, just use warhorn 5 and sprint away. Pretty fun~
This is best reaper build what can be used. Good for pushing lower ranks and with a lot of practise u can push to the higher (as I did). But for me is better to use Avaken the Pain in Spite trait line :D
A good build overall, but I don't think it will last for more than 3 seasons. The damage is insane, cc is there, but it lacks sustainability against high damage burst conditions.
Couple Revisions
1) Decimate Defences....no. With Spite Trait-line, Chilling Victory is BIS. Soul Eater is a contending preference (If you have trouble with Life Force). DD is completely unnecessary, and is irrelevant when you have 88% crit chance.
2) This configuration makes sense, but it's an obscene amount of damage, at the expense of sustain and survival. This iteration is indeed meta right now, but it is also not the best configuration. This build lacks condition cleanse, is easily pressured by ranged foes, and the Strength Rune choice is excessive.
3) Chilling Nova is fine and all, there's good synergy...but with the drop in Blighter's Boon, and going Onslaught, it is a waste of a trait because it's unnecessary (since you do so much damage already, and now you lack sustain). Despite the popular consensus, Relentless Pursuit now holds more value than it did before...making it a more viable option to deal with kiting foes.
4) Back to the Strength Rune. Rune of the Lynx makes for sticking to your target much easier, and provides more mobility and escape potential. I'd recommend that rune, over strength.
5) The amulets are up in the air...almost anything can work, again, the build has so much damage that you could go Barbarian and still hit like a truck. Personally i go with Demolisher. There are variations that use Seeker Amulets and Condi alternatives. There are also alternatives that swap Spite for Blood, Spite for Curses, and Spit
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