Reaper - Carrion Hybrid Axe

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Focused on: Hybrid damage, Boon removal, Control.

Designed for:

Conquest

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Overview

A hybrid damage Necro build that focuses on AoE and single target pressure which brings boon corruption, unblockable skills, condition cleanse, and versatile conditions.

Skill Bar

Axe/DaggerHealingUtilityElite

Staff

Slot Changes

Utility

• Well of Corruption

  ¼

  40

  Well of Corruption

  Well. Target area pulses, converting boons of foes into conditions.

  ₆Damage: 738

  Number of Targets: 5

  Life Force: 1%

  Pulse: 1s

  Duration: 5 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Dark

  Range: 900

  Unblockable

⇒

"Suffer!"

30

"Suffer!"

Shout. Damage foes around you and chill them. Transfer a condition to each foe you strike.

Damage: 259

Conditions Transferred: 1

Number of Targets: 5

Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

Radius: 600

- for more condi transfer and cleanse.

⇒

"Rise!"

40

"Rise!"

Shout. Damage foes around you. Summon a shambling horror near each enemy struck. Shambling horrors absorb damage for their master as long as they are attacking, but they lose health over time.

Damage: 259

Damage Reduced: 50%

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

Unblockable

- for more self defense.

• Summon Flesh Wurm

  1½

  32

  Summon Flesh Wurm

  Minion. Summon an immobile flesh wurm to attack foes.

  Damage: 833

  Range: 1,200

⇒

"You are all weaklings!"

30

"You are all weaklings!"

Shout. Damage foes around you inflicting conditions on them and giving you boons. Gain additional might per foe struck.

Damage: 259

Weakness (8s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

₅Might (5s): +150 Power, +150 Condition Damage

₃Might per target hit (5s): +90 Power, +90 Condition Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Radius: 600

Breaks stun

- for a shout stun-break

Elite

• "Chilled to the bone!"

  1¼

  90

  "Chilled to the bone!"

  Shout. Freeze all enemies around. Gain boons for each foe you freeze.

  Damage: 1,040

  Chilled (8s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  ₂Stability (10s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared or taunted.

  Stun: 2s

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600

⇒

Plague

180

Plague

Corruption. Become a virulent cloud and inflict multiple conditions on foes you touch. Entering this form destroys all minions and removes spectral effects.

Damage: 104

₃Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared, or taunted.

Poison (2s): 67 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

Self-Bleeding (10s): 220 Damage

Number of Targets: 5

Boon Application Interval: 3 seconds

Duration: 20 seconds

Damage Pulse: 1 second

Radius: 240

- for an easier stomp/rez stability and an 'oh shit' button instead of AoE chill and stun.

Weapons

• Dagger o/h ⇒ Warhorn - optional when using Spite for swiftness nad great blind removal

Specializations

Variants

Spite instead of Blood Magic:

• with
  "Suffer!"

  30

  "Suffer!"

  Shout. Damage foes around you and chill them. Transfer a condition to each foe you strike.

  Damage: 259

  Conditions Transferred: 1

  Number of Targets: 5

  Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

  Radius: 600

Equipment

9

Superior Sigil of Energy

Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

5

Superior Sigil of Blood

50% Chance on Critical: Steal Health. (Cooldown: 5s)

9

Superior Sigil of Energy

Gain 50% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat. (Cooldown: 9s)

9

Superior Sigil of Leeching

Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat steals some health. (Cooldown: 9s)

Superior Rune of Exuberance

(1): +25 Vitality (2): +3% Healing Power; 3% of Vitality is converted to Healing Power. (3): +50 Vitality (4): +5% Precision; 5% of Vitality is converted to Precision. (5): +100 Vitality (6): +7% Power; 7% of Vitality is converted Power.

Celestial Amulet

+460 Power +460 Precision +460 Toughness +460 Vitality +460 Ferocity +460 Healing Power +460 Condition Damage

Variants

• Carrion Amy
• Viper's Amy
• Superior Rune of Lyssa

  Superior Rune of Lyssa

  (1): +25 Precision (2): +5% Condition Duration (3): +50 Precision (4): When you use a heal skill you gain a random boon for 10 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s) (5): +100 Precision (6): When you use an elite skill, convert up to 5 conditions into boons. (Cooldown: 45s)
• Superior Rune of the Traveler

  Superior Rune of the Traveler

  (1): +8 All Stats (2): +5% Boon Duration (3): +12 All Stats (4): +10% Condition Duration; +10% Boon Duration (5): +16 All Stats (6): +25% Movement Speed

Usage

General

• Focus anyone who has heavy amounts of conditions or boons. We don't want counter-pressure.
• Corrupt the Guards, Warrs, Chronos, and Revs which have the most access to Stabil & Resist.
• Look out for Elite forms and pulsing Stability skills.
• Then obviously, lastly, disable the mobility of any melee.

Boon ⇒ Condition Table

Aegis	Burning (1 stack, 3 s)
Fury	Blind(5 s)
*Might	*Weakness (10 s)
Protection	Vulnerability (3 stacks, 10 s)
Quickness	Slow (3 s)
Regeneration	Poison (10 s)
*Resistance	*Chilled (3 s)
Retaliation	Confusion (3 stacks, 5 s)
*Stability	*Fear (1 s)
Swiftness	Crippled (10 s)
Vigor	Bleeding (3 stacks, 10 s)

• Skill combos:

1. Frost Aura

   40

   Frost Aura

   Protect yourself with frost armor that reduces incoming damage by 10%. While active, it chills foes that hit you. Each attaker can be affected by this only once per second.

   Frost Aura (7s): -10% Incoming Damage

   Chilled (2s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate
   = Enter Shroud,
   Executioner's Scythe

   1¼

   30

   Executioner's Scythe

   Deliver a powerful overhand strike to stun a single target. Deals more damage the lower health the target is. Leaves behind a field of ice.

   Damage at 50% or above: 605

   Damage below 50%: 806

   Damage below 25%: 1,008

   Chilled(1½s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

   Stunn: 1½s

   Duration: 5s

   Radius: 240

   Combo Field: Ice
   ,
   Death's Charge

   1

   6

   Death's Charge

   Slide forward and blast an area inflicting blind. This skill inherits traits from Dark Path.

   Damage: 403

   Blind (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

   Number of Targets: 5

   Blast Radius: 240

   Combo Finisher: Leap

   Range: 600
   , and exit shroud.
2. Chilling whirl, fear, and
   Frost Aura

   40

   Frost Aura

   Protect yourself with frost armor that reduces incoming damage by 10%. While active, it chills foes that hit you. Each attaker can be affected by this only once per second.

   Frost Aura (7s): -10% Incoming Damage

   Chilled (2s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate
   = Enter Shroud,
   Infusing Terror

   20

   Infusing Terror

   Shroud yourself with dark armor that grants stability every second. You may shatter this armor to fear foes around you.

   Stability (3s): Cannot be knocked down, pushed back, pulled, launched, stunned, dazed, floated, sunk, feared or taunted.

   Fear(2s): Involuntary retreat; unable to act; stacks duration.

   Duration: 8s

   Radius: 360
   ,
   Executioner's Scythe

   1¼

   30

   Executioner's Scythe

   Deliver a powerful overhand strike to stun a single target. Deals more damage the lower health the target is. Leaves behind a field of ice.

   Damage at 50% or above: 605

   Damage below 50%: 806

   Damage below 25%: 1,008

   Chilled(1½s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

   Stunn: 1½s

   Duration: 5s

   Radius: 240

   Combo Field: Ice
   ,
   Soul Spiral

   3

   30

   Soul Spiral

   Spiral and damage nearby foes, dealing high damage. This skill inherits traits from Life Transfer.

   ₁₂Damage: 1,108

   ₁₂Poison (4s): 1608 Damage, -33% Healing Effectiveness

   Number of Targets: 5

   Duration: 3s

   Radius: 300

   Combo Finisher: Whirl
   ,
   Death's Charge

   1

   6

   Death's Charge

   Slide forward and blast an area inflicting blind. This skill inherits traits from Dark Path.

   Damage: 403

   Blind (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

   Number of Targets: 5

   Blast Radius: 240

   Combo Finisher: Leap

   Range: 600
   ,
   Terrify

   ½

   Terrify

   Detonate your armor to make foes around you flee in fear.

   Fear (1s): Involuntary retreat; unable to act; stacks duration.

   Range: 360
   , and exit shroud. This combo is best used on a downed enemy or to burst a focus targeted foe.
3. Poison whirl =
   Chilblains

   ¾

   16

   Chilblains

   Mark. Inscribe a mark that chills foes when they trigger it, and leaves a poisonous area.

   Damage: 215

   Chilled (4s): -66% Movement Speed, -66% Skill Recharge Rate

   ₃Poison (5s): 503 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

   Number of Targets: 5

   Radius: 240

   Blast Radius: 300

   Combo Field: Poison

   Range: 1,200
   , Enter Shroud,
   Soul Spiral

   3

   30

   Soul Spiral

   Spiral and damage nearby foes, dealing high damage. This skill inherits traits from Life Transfer.

   ₁₂Damage: 1,108

   ₁₂Poison (4s): 1608 Damage, -33% Healing Effectiveness

   Number of Targets: 5

   Duration: 3s

   Radius: 300

   Combo Finisher: Whirl
   ; this can apply large amounts of poison stacks in an area.
4. Leeching whirl =
   Well of Corruption

   ¼

   40

   Well of Corruption

   Well. Target area pulses, converting boons of foes into conditions.

   ₆Damage: 738

   Number of Targets: 5

   Life Force: 1%

   Pulse: 1s

   Duration: 5 seconds

   Radius: 240

   Combo Field: Dark

   Range: 900

   Unblockable
   , Enter Shroud,
   Soul Spiral

   3

   30

   Soul Spiral

   Spiral and damage nearby foes, dealing high damage. This skill inherits traits from Life Transfer.

   ₁₂Damage: 1,108

   ₁₂Poison (4s): 1608 Damage, -33% Healing Effectiveness

   Number of Targets: 5

   Duration: 3s

   Radius: 300

   Combo Finisher: Whirl
   .

• Positioning:
  • Leaping: Enter Shroud,
    Death's Charge

    1

    6

    Death's Charge

    Slide forward and blast an area inflicting blind. This skill inherits traits from Dark Path.

    Damage: 403

    Blind (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.

    Number of Targets: 5

    Blast Radius: 240

    Combo Finisher: Leap

    Range: 600
    , 7/8 of the channel cancel by Exiting Shroud; this allows to take affect again.
  • Start in Far Range with Staff for a few seconds.
  • Be in Close-Middle Range most of the time.
  • Unless your elite, stun breaker, and shroud skills are on CD, you'll want to be in Melee Range for a few seconds to secure the team fight, or to pressure enemy stomps/rezzing.

Counters

• Power burst builds that contain a CC lock-down in a 1v1.