Reaper - Low Intensity Power DPS

This is a rough draft. Once adequately written, it will progress to the testing stage, where it can be rated by the community. You can help by proposing changes with a comment.

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

Overview

Reaper is a self-sufficient AoE DPS class that is easy to do learn and very forgiving for mistakes.

Skill Bar

Greatsword

Utility

Weapon Variants

The second weapon set can be left empty or filled with a number of options.

• Staff for ranged DPS and Life Force regeneration.
• Main-hand Dagger or Axe and off-hand Warhorn or Torch for good CC options and Life Force regeneration.
  • None of the off-hand weapons offer any DPS. But Warhorn skill Wail of Doom and Torch skill Oppressive Collapse are both excellent CC options.

Skill Variants

Healing

• Well of Blood - your biggest heal, that also heals allies.
• Consume Conditions - if conditions are a problem.

Utility

• If no CC is needed, replace Spectral Grasp with Spectral Armor for defence or "You Are All Weaklings!" for offence.
• As you get more comfortable with the build, replace Signet of Spite and Summon Shadow Fiend with Well of Suffering and Well of Darkness. Use these wells instead of Haunt in the rotation.

Elite

• "Chilled to the Bone!" - if area CC is needed.

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Specializations

Trait Variants

• Unyielding Blast should be replaced with Soul Marks if you are using a staff.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Assassin

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Assassin

Backpiece
Assassin

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Relic

Equipment Variants

• Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar would only be a minor DPS loss.

Consumables

Food

Utility

Usage

Rotation

The logic behind this rotation is to maximise Soul Barbs uptime by entering shroud as often as is possible, while trying to time Nightfall with Reaper's Shroud so that the pulsing effects benefit from the extra ferocity from Reaper's Onslaught and extra critical damage from Death Perception. Downtime is simply filled with auto attacks.

The buff from Relic of Fireworks is maintained for as long as possible by spacing out Nightfall and Soul Spiral.

Activate Infusing Terror at any time while in shroud to reduce incoming damage.

Summon both minions Summon Shadow Fiend and Summon Flesh Golem before the encounter starts.

Opener

1. Nightfall - this triggers Relic of Fireworks on each pulse, making the buff last for 12 seconds.
2. Haunt
3. Reaper's Shroud

Reaper's Shroud Loop

1. Life Rend ⇒ Life Slash ⇒ Life Reap until the Relic of Fireworks icon starts blinking (should be when your Life Force is almost halfway depleted).
2. Soul Spiral
3. Exit Reaper's Shroud when the Soul Barbs icon starts blinking (should be shortly after finishing Soul Spiral).

Greatsword Loop

1. Death Spiral - this can be skipped if Life Force is abundant.
2. Dusk Strike ⇒ Fading Twilight ⇒ Chilling Scythe until Reaper's Shroud is almost off cooldown.
3. Nightfall
4. Haunt
5. Reaper's Shroud

CC

Use the following abilities to do Crowd Control (break a Defiance Bar).

• Summon Flesh Golem ⇒ Charge (necromancer)
• Spectral Grasp
• Grasping Darkness
• Executioner's Scythe
• Infusing Terror ⇒ Terrify

Life Force

Use the following abilities to generate Life Force.

• Death Spiral
• "Your Soul Is Mine!"
• Grasping Darkness
• Dusk Strike ⇒ Fading Twilight ⇒ Chilling Scythe