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Reaper - Power Reaper (GvG)

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Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: WvW GvG

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns buildsPath of Fire Builds

Difficulty:
Normal

Overview

A durable build with boon corruption and burst melee damage.


Skillbar

Axe/Focus
Greatsword/Dagger
Utility
Weapon Variants
  • Dagger/Dagger
Utility Variants
  • Signet of the Locust
Elite Variants
  • Lich Form
  • "Chilled to the Bone!"


Template Code

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Traits


Variants

  • One or both traitlines can be swapped to Soul Reaping or Spite for more damage


Equipment

Head
Marauder
Shoulders
Marauder
Chest
Marauder
Hands
Marauder
Legs
Marauder
Feet
Marauder
Backpiece
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Accessory
Marauder
Amulet
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Ring
Marauder
Axe
Marauder
Focus
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Greatsword
Marauder
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x18
Relic


Variants

  • Relic of Fireworks


Consumables

    • feast option with additional power and ferocity.


Usage

Overall Priorities

High
  • Wells
Moderate
  • Single target damage
  • Sustained pressure


Surviving

  • This build has high passive defense
  • This build has low mobility skill access
    • Make sure to drop your target when using Death's Charge for mobility
  • This builds has low active defenses
    • Reaper's Shroud gives an unlisted 50% damage reduction
    • Infusing Terror is an instant cast that should be used whenever entering shroud
      • Try not to use up all of your Life Force defensively, save enough for Soul Spiral if possible
Active defense priority Toggle
  • Deathly Swarm - for Immobilize Immobilize
  • Dodge
  • Reaper's Shroud
    • Infusing Terror
  • "Your Soul Is Mine!"


Detailed Explanations

Wells

  • Try to save your Well skills for the commanders call
  • Cast Well of Corruption before Well of Suffering, due to the longer cooldown
  • Only use your Well skills at the same time, do not use one early and desync their cooldowns
  • When using ground AoEs like Well of Corruption or Well of Suffering, try to place them so that one edge is on the enemy group and the other edge is in the direction they are moving to
  • Immediately after placing both wells enter Reaper's Shroud to activate Death Perception and remain in shroud for the duration of the wells


Single target damage

  • Use Spinal Shivers Ghastly Claws to burst single targets


Sustained pressure

  • Use Unholy Feast immediately after Weapon Swap Weapon Swap and use it gain immediately before swapping back
    • Delaying your Weapon Swap Weapon Swap slightly for the cooldown is fine
  • Enter Reaper's Shroud as often as possible in melee, particularly when Soul Spiral is off cooldown
    • Make sure not to put yourself out of position with Death's Charge, leaving shroud without casting it is fine
    • Make sure to trigger the flip skill Terrify before the 6 second duration of Infusing Terror ends
  • Save Lich Form until Winds of Disenchantment and other projectile block is used up.
    • Use "Nothing Can Save You!" before entering lich to make autoattacks unblockable
    • Don't be afraid to drop form early if Deathly Claws is being projectile blocked.
Skill priority Toggle
  • Well of Corruption + Well of Suffering - always together, on call
Lich Form - only after projectile block is down
  • Grim Specter
  • Lich's Gaze
  • Deathly Claws
Reaper's Shroud
  • Soul Spiral
  • Death's Charge
  • Life Rend
Axe
  • Unholy Feast
  • Manifest Sand Shade + Nefarious Favor - procs Path of Corruption
  • Spinal Shivers - only on single target
  • Ghastly Claws
  • Soul Grasp - only if low on Life Force


Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 1 votes.
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5 stars
Ryuk gave this build 5 stars • July 2022
Great build however I would trade the dagger,dagger for a Greatsword

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