Reaper - Power Greatsword

The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Strike damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

This build was last updated on May 02, 2023 and is up to date for the February 14, 2023 game patch.

Overview

Power reaper is a high damage build with great burst and AoE. It is resilient, and very self-reliant. It maintains a lot of Might, and is one of the most reliable open world builds.

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Skill Bar

Greatsword

Staff

Utility

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• - works great when hitting multiple targets.
• - condi cleanse.

Utility Skills

• - DPS option to replace when there's no need to pull mobs. Also provides might and stunbreaks
• - transfers conditions and chills.
• - destroys projectiles.
• - defense and life force generation.
• - minion with decent DPS
• - excellent mix of damage and defense.

Elite Skills

• - tanky CC pet.
• - burst damage. Use skill 4 and exit Lich Form immediatly.

Minions

Minions can provide extra bodies for defense, though their damage is very low. This should be run with the Death Magic // Minion variant below.

• - it is usually better to run instead.

Specializations

• - can be combined with and (and more signets if you want). This slightly increases your shroud damage and duration and makes the build slightly more low intensity, but in exchange lowers your overall damage.

Death Magic / Minions

If using several minions, Death Magic can replace Spite for a boost to defense, though this will drastically lower DPS. If using this, it is best to also take in Reaper.

Equipment

Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; exotic gear with the same stats is fine.

This set uses the same gear as Build:Reaper_-_Power_DPS. This makes it a good option for general PVE.

Head
Assassin

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Assassin

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Staff
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

• Alternatively, use full Berserker stats, with and replace Accuracy sigil with . This is a very minor DPS loss, but doesn't require that you stay above 90% health to make use of your runes.
• Knight - defensive trinkets for increased defense
• - budget dps, can replace Force or Accuracy
• - defensive options, replaces Accuracy

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• , - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps

Usage

Damage

Chill Application

This build's damage focuses on to get a powerful modifier against chilled foes. The following skills apply chill:

• - one of the primary sources of chill, but requires the target to already be chilled.
• - one of the primary sources of chill, used at the start of the combo.
• , - if running them, these skills apply chill in a large area.
• - this skill is usually used as an opener due to its pull, and it also chills.
• - the final hit of the greatsword auto-chain.
• - applies chill in a large area and places an ice field.
  • , , - if used in an ice field, these can create Chilling Bolts, which apply chill when they hit a target; if used inside a target's hitbox, this can apply a considerable amount of chill very quickly.
• - applies chill to any enemy feared, with no cooldown; this means will apply chill.

Dealing Damage

Most of the damage comes from Reaper's Shroud thanks to and together with the aforementioned . As such, the general idea is to chill your enemy and have your pulsing skills dealing damage while you are in Shroud. A general rotation goes as follows:

2. has a long casting animation, but you can cancel it with Weapon swap
7. (consider casting for Stability to ensure you do not get interrupted during your high damage Reaper's Shroud).
9. inside your wells to make use of the whirl finisher.
10. X2
12. X2
14. X2
17. , , ,

• Use instead of Shroud autos if the enemy is below 50% hp.
• Do not interrupt Shroud autos to benefit from .
• If the enemy is below 50% HP, keep spamming Gravedigger.
• Make sure your target is chilled before unleashing your high damage Shroud rotation. If following the rotation, your will cover that, otherwise use before spinning.
• Against bosses with a Defiance Bar or breakbar, it is generally worth delaying the rotation until the bar breaks. You can contribute to this with and .

Notes and tips

• Pull mobs together with and/or before bursting them all down.
• When dealing with groups of mobs, remember will reset if at least one of them is below 50% HP. Cleave them all.
• You do not gain life force from nearby deaths while inside Shroud. Try to finish off your enemies outside of Reaper's Shroud to replenish your life force.
• has a long aftercast, but can be cancelled almost immediately after casting by weapon swapping or entering shroud.
• Stay in melee range to benefit from .
• destroys projectiles.

Survivability

• Sidestep and walk or dodge out of enemy attacks.
• Stack blind, chill, and weakness on trash mobs to negate their damage.
• is as a second health bar and has a natural 33% damage redution. further reduces damage taken.
• Use to cleanse conditions. If more is needed, run .
• provides Stability.
• If downed, use to get back up.

Crowd Control

• - Pull.
• - 1 second Fear.
• - 1 second Knockdown but can hit big enemies multiple times.
• ⇒ - 1 second Fear.
• - 1,5 seconds Stun.
• - 2 seconds Stun.