Reaper - GS SD CondiReaper

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Overview

A balanced and flexible CondiReaper build that takes advantage of the Power built into Viper's.

Skill Bar

Scepter/DaggerHealingUtilityElite

Greatsword

First Weapon Set

Slot Changes

Utility

• Corrosive Poison Cloud

  ½

  30

  Corrosive Poison Cloud

  Corruption. Weaken yourself. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud that poisons foes and leaves them weakened. Projectiles that pass through the field are destroyed.

  ₄Poison (2s): 331 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Self Weakness (6s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Block Missiles

  Duration: 12 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Poison

  Range: 900

  Unblockable
  ⇒
  Corrupt Boon

  ½

  40

  Corrupt Boon

  Corruption. Poison yourself. Transform boons on your foe into negative conditions.

  Self Poison (6s): 504 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Boons Converted: 5

  Range: 1,200

  Unblockable
  If you need Boon Strip.
• Corrosive Poison Cloud

  ½

  30

  Corrosive Poison Cloud

  Corruption. Weaken yourself. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud that poisons foes and leaves them weakened. Projectiles that pass through the field are destroyed.

  ₄Poison (2s): 331 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Self Weakness (6s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Block Missiles

  Duration: 12 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Poison

  Range: 900

  Unblockable
  ⇒
  Signet of the Locust

  ¾

  30

  Signet of the Locust

  Signet Passive: You run 25% faster.
  Signet Active: Steal health from nearby foes.

  Signet of the Locust: 25% Movement Speed

  Damage: 207

  Healing: 1,162

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  If you need to be moving a lot, or if you can't take full advantage of the stationary AoE.

Equipment

6x

Superior Rune of the Berserker

18x

Versatile Malign Infusion

Food

Variants

Be wary of the +100% condition duration hard cap. Make sure not to overstack.

Stats

• Trailblazer's gear if defensive stats are needed, more below.

Runes

• 5x +
  For more focus on straight condition damage.

Food

• , if capped on duration.

Rotation

The goal of the CondiReaper is to maintain as much uptime on your Damage Over Time (DoT) effects as possible. Your main damage comes from Chilling, long-term Bleeding, and Poison.

Start the fight with your Greatsword equipped:

• Grasping Darkness

  ¾

  30

  Grasping Darkness

  Toss spectral scythes at foes in front of you, applying chill to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

  Damage: 403

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

  Life Force: 4%

  Number of targets: 5

  Range: 600
  Before you're within melee range
• Nightfall

  ½

  25

  Nightfall

  Call down a growing column of shadows that damages and applies conditions on foes per pulse.

  Damage: 282

  Blind (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Crippled (2s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 4

  Interval: 2s

  Radius: 300

  Combo Field: Dark

⇒Weapon Swap

• Grasping Dead

  ¾

  10

  Grasping Dead

  Summon skeletal hands to cripple foes in the target area.

  Damage: 284

  ₃Bleeding (10s): 660 Damage

  Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 900
• Enfeebling Blood

  ¾

  25

  Enfeebling Blood

  Apply weakness and bleeding to foes in the target area.

  Damage: 122

  ₂Bleeding (10s): 850 Damage

  Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 900
• Blood Is Power

  ¾

  30

  Blood Is Power

  Corruption. Bleed yourself to grant might to allies around you and bleed your target.

  Damage: 141

  ₈Might (8s): 240 Power, 240 Condition Damage

  ₂Bleeding (30s): 1,320 Damage

  ₂Self Bleeding (10s): 440 Damage

  Number of allied targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200
• Corrosive Poison Cloud

  ½

  30

  Corrosive Poison Cloud

  Corruption. Weaken yourself. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud that poisons foes and leaves them weakened. Projectiles that pass through the field are destroyed.

  ₄Poison (2s): 331 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Self Weakness (6s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Block Missiles

  Duration: 12 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Poison

  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
• Deathly Swarm

  ¼

  18

  Deathly Swarm

  Unleash an insect swarm blinding multiple foes. Transfer three conditions to your target on a successful attack.

  Damage: 153

  Blindness (6s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Bounces: 3

  Range: 900
• Feast of Corruption

  ¾

  10

  Feast of Corruption

  Strike your target, gain life force, and torment your foe. For each condition on your target up to the condition treshold, get additional life force gain and inflict additional torment stacks.

  Damage: 355

  ₂Torment (4s): 128 Damage, 128 Damage if Moving

  Torment per Condition (4s): 64 Damage, 64 Damage if Moving

  Life Force: 8%

  Life Force per Condition: 1%

  Condition Treshold: 5

  Range: 900

⇒

Reaper's Shroud

10

Reaper's Shroud

Assume the form of a reaper and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.

• 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
  (Should be used in the
  Corrosive Poison Cloud

  ½

  30

  Corrosive Poison Cloud

  Corruption. Weaken yourself. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud that poisons foes and leaves them weakened. Projectiles that pass through the field are destroyed.

  ₄Poison (2s): 331 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Self Weakness (6s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Block Missiles

  Duration: 12 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Poison

  Range: 900

  Unblockable
  to get Poison Bolts)
• 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
• Life Rend

  Life Rend

  Cleave foes in front of you. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast.

  Damage: 246

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 170
  Use entire chain twice.

⇒

Exit Reaper's Shroud

Exit Reaper's Shroud

Leave Reaper's Shroud and return to your normal form.

• Grasping Dead

  ¾

  10

  Grasping Dead

  Summon skeletal hands to cripple foes in the target area.

  Damage: 284

  ₃Bleeding (10s): 660 Damage

  Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 900
• Feast of Corruption

  ¾

  10

  Feast of Corruption

  Strike your target, gain life force, and torment your foe. For each condition on your target up to the condition treshold, get additional life force gain and inflict additional torment stacks.

  Damage: 355

  ₂Torment (4s): 128 Damage, 128 Damage if Moving

  Torment per Condition (4s): 64 Damage, 64 Damage if Moving

  Life Force: 8%

  Life Force per Condition: 1%

  Condition Treshold: 5

  Range: 900
• "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
• Blood Curse

  ½

  Blood Curse

  Chain. Bleed your foe.

  Damage: 124

  Bleeding (4½s): 88 Damage

  Range: 900
  ⇒
  Rending Curse

  ½

  Rending Curse

  Chain. Bleed your foe.

  Damage: 124

  Bleeding (4½s): 149 Damage

  Range: 900
  ⇒
  Putrid Curse

  ½

  Putrid Curse

  Chain. Poison and bleed your foe.

  Damage: 178

  Poison (4½): 88 Damage,

  Poison (6): 201 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Range: 900
  x2
• Blood Is Power

  ¾

  30

  Blood Is Power

  Corruption. Bleed yourself to grant might to allies around you and bleed your target.

  Damage: 141

  ₈Might (8s): 240 Power, 240 Condition Damage

  ₂Bleeding (30s): 1,320 Damage

  ₂Self Bleeding (10s): 440 Damage

  Number of allied targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 1,200
• Corrosive Poison Cloud

  ½

  30

  Corrosive Poison Cloud

  Corruption. Weaken yourself. The target area is enveloped in a noxious cloud that poisons foes and leaves them weakened. Projectiles that pass through the field are destroyed.

  ₄Poison (2s): 331 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

  Weakness (3s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Self Weakness (6s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Block Missiles

  Duration: 12 seconds

  Radius: 240

  Combo Field: Poison

  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
• Deathly Swarm

  ¼

  18

  Deathly Swarm

  Unleash an insect swarm blinding multiple foes. Transfer three conditions to your target on a successful attack.

  Damage: 153

  Blindness (6s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Number of Bounces: 3

  Range: 900
• Enfeebling Blood

  ¾

  25

  Enfeebling Blood

  Apply weakness and bleeding to foes in the target area.

  Damage: 122

  ₂Bleeding (10s): 850 Damage

  Weakness (10s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 240

  Range: 900

⇒ Weapon Swap

• Nightfall

  ½

  25

  Nightfall

  Call down a growing column of shadows that damages and applies conditions on foes per pulse.

  Damage: 282

  Blind (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.

  Crippled (2s): -50% Movement Speed

  Number of Targets: 5

  Pulses: 4

  Interval: 2s

  Radius: 300

  Combo Field: Dark
• Death Spiral

  1

  12

  Death Spiral

  Conjure a drill of dark energy on your blade and rend the armor of foes in front of you.

  ₆Damage: 363

  ₁₂Vulnerability (10s): 12% Incoming Damage, 12% Incoming Condition Damage

  Life Force: 2%

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 220

⇒

Reaper's Shroud

10

Reaper's Shroud

Assume the form of a reaper and gain new skills, turning your life force into health.

• Life Rend

  Life Rend

  Cleave foes in front of you. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast.

  Damage: 246

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 170
  Entire chain once.
• 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
• 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
• Life Rend

  Life Rend

  Cleave foes in front of you. This skill inherits traits from Life Blast.

  Damage: 246

  Number of Targets: 3

  Range: 170
  Just the first hit in the chain

⇒

Exit Reaper's Shroud

Exit Reaper's Shroud

Leave Reaper's Shroud and return to your normal form.

⇒Weapon Swap

Repeat from step 4 and Improvise.

• "Your soul is mine!"

  ¾

  20

  "Your soul is mine!"

  Shout. Heal yourself and strike foes around you, absorbing life force for each foe struck.

  Damage: 259

  Healing: 3,954

  Life Force: 4%

  Number of Targets: 5

  Radius: 600
  and
  Grasping Darkness

  ¾

  30

  Grasping Darkness

  Toss spectral scythes at foes in front of you, applying chill to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

  Damage: 403

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

  Life Force: 4%

  Number of targets: 5

  Range: 600
  to build Life Force, especially on multiple targets.
• When enemies are in Execute range (when an enemy falls below a certain percentage of health, and some abilities get additional effects), fill any Cooldown (CD) gaps on your Greatsword with
  Gravedigger

  1¼

  8

  Gravedigger

  Perform a huge swing that deals heavy damage. Recharges faster if it hits a downed or low health foe.

  Damage: 806

  Health treshold: 50%

  Number of Targets: 5

  Recharge Reduced: 100%

  Combo Finisher: Whirl

  Range: 170
  . It has a much higher base damage than anything else the Greatsword has, and the CD is reset.
• Burst CC combo is
  "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
  ⇒
  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
  ⇒
  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
  ⇒
  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
  ⇒
  Grasping Darkness

  ¾

  30

  Grasping Darkness

  Toss spectral scythes at foes in front of you, applying chill to them and pulling them to you. Gain life force for each struck foe.

  Damage: 403

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

  Life Force: 4%

  Number of targets: 5

  Range: 600
  . Use this to break Defiance bars during key mechanics.

Understanding the CondiReaper

Why choose Condition Damage?

Condition builds offer a nice breath of fresh air from the Berserker-dominated meta of GW2 (Pre-HoT). Playing a Condition build requires a good understand of your spells and the remaining duration of your DoTs (Damage Over Time effects), and being able to recalculate your rotation on the fly to keep as close to an 100% uptime them as possible. Remember: Every second that one of your DoTs (Burning, Poison, Chilled, Torment, Bleeding) aren't Ticking (doing damage per second) represents a large loss in DPS (Damage Per Second). Condition Damage builds are great if you're looking for a (fairly) complex DPS rotation with a high skill cap.

Why do we choose Viper's?

Viper's provides, without a doubt, the most DPS for a Reaper condition build. The Power is excellent since it's a linear increase in damage, especially in Reaper Shroud. The Condition Damage is a no brainer. Precision, thanks to

Target the Weak

Target the Weak

Your critical hit chance is increased by 2% for each condition on your target. Additionally you gain condition damage equal to 13% of your precision

, boosts our Condition Damage even higher while also benefiting us greatly in Reaper Shroud (in tandem with Power). Finally, Expertise increases Condition Duration, making it the most lucrative stat. Viper are the best stats currently obtainable on a full DPS CondiReaper. A more defensive option would be taking some Trailblazer's pieces, retaining the all-important Condition damage but losing the Power and Precision. For progression Raiding (if you're attempting to kill a Raid Boss for the first time/learning the fight/don't have the Boss on farm), Viper's with some Trailblazer's (boots and gloves, and possibly shoulders as well) would be good to offer more survivability/margin of error, since your Health Pool and Life Force both increase as a result.

Besides those two no other Armor has both Condition Damage and Expertise, making them very poor choices for DPS CondiReaper.

Why Greatsword over Staff?

The Staff is great for amore Condition-oriented Caster build. It provides more Conditions than the Greatsword, and has more sustained DoT damage. However, the Staff is more cooldown reliant than the Greatsword, especially when the enemy hits Execute range. The Staff attacks slowly with

Necrotic Grasp

¾

Necrotic Grasp

Send out a grasping hand that damages foes in a line and grants you life force.

Damage: 162

Life Force: 4%

Number of Targets: 5

Pierces

Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

Range: 1,200

about 1.4 seconds per attack.

Gravedigger

1¼

8

Gravedigger

Perform a huge swing that deals heavy damage. Recharges faster if it hits a downed or low health foe.

Damage: 806

Health treshold: 50%

Number of Targets: 5

Recharge Reduced: 100%

Combo Finisher: Whirl

Range: 170

cast time is 1.25 seconds, and does a considerable amount more damage. Also, Gravedigger is a guaranteed Whirl combo finisher, while Necrotic Grasp only has a 20% chance to be. That said, Gravedigger is useless against a creature immune to physical damage {Vale Guardian}. Greatsword is a better choice for extended fights where damage type doesn't matter, and you have the chance to always be in melee range to Gravedigger (while still doing the rotation of course).

Most importantly, though, remember that it's situational.

Why

Superior Rune of the Berserker

Superior Rune of the Berserker

(1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +35 Power (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +65 Power (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): +5% Damage and +5% Condition Damage.

?

The Berserker runes provides an excellent and safe buff to damage, much safer than

Superior Rune of the Scholar

Superior Rune of the Scholar

(1): +25 Power (2): +35 Ferocity (3): +50 Power (4): +65 Ferocity (5): +100 Power (6): +125 Ferocity, +5% damage while your health is above 90%.

and provides more raw stats than

Superior Rune of Strength

Superior Rune of Strength

(1): +25 Power (2): +10% Might Duration (3): +50 Power (4): 20% Might Duration (5): +100 Power (6): +20% Might Duration; +5% damage while under the effects of might.

. Condition duration is always a main priority.

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

Superior Rune of the Nightmare

(1): +25 Condition Damage (2): +5% Condition Duration (3): +50 Condition Damage (4): +10% Condition Duration (5): +100 Condition Damage (6): When you use an elite skill, deliver an attack (240 radius) that blinds enemies and transfers one condition.(Cooldown: 45s)

+ Black Diamond is excellent if you have a hard time maintaining Chill on an enemy, or if Food and Consumables aren't frequently available.