Reaper - Low Intensity Power DPS

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Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Easy

This build was last updated on October 10, 2024.

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 CC is needed, replace
  Summon Shadow Fiend
  or
  Signet of Spite
  with
  Spectral Grasp
  .
• If you don't like using summons, replace
  Summon Shadow Fiend
  with
  "You Are All Weaklings!"
  and use it off cooldown. If your Life Force management is good, then this can even be a DPS increase.
• As you get more comfortable with the build, replace
  Summon Shadow Fiend
  and
  Signet of Spite
  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

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

Consumables

Food

• Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

Utility

• Superior Sharpening Stone

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
   - can be skipped if there are other sources of Chill.
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. Dusk Strike
   ⇒
   Fading Twilight
   ⇒
   Chilling Scythe
   until
   Reaper's Shroud
   is almost off cooldown.
2. Nightfall
3. Haunt
   - can be skipped if Life Force is abundant.
4. Reaper's Shroud

CC

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

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

Life Force

Use the following abilities to generate Life Force.

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