Reaper - Rise (GvG)

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Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: WvW GvG

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

A durable build with boon corruption, damage and minions.

Skillbar

Axe/Focus

Dagger/Dagger

Utility

Weapon Variants

Greatsword is a good option for the utility of
Nightfall
and
Grasping Darkness
Staff for large number fights

Utility Variants

"Nothing Can Save You!"
more boon removal, but less damage than the standard options

Traits

Variants

Blood Bond
if not using daggers

Equipment

Head
Marauder

Shoulders
Marauder

Chest
Marauder

Hands
Marauder

Legs
Marauder

Feet
Marauder

Backpiece
Marauder

Accessory
Marauder

Amulet
Marauder

Ring
Marauder

Axe
Marauder

Focus
Marauder

Sigil

Dagger
Marauder

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Consumables

Fried Oyster Sandwich
- Peppercorn-Crusted Sous-Vide Steak
  feast option with additional power and ferocity.
Superior Sharpening Stone

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

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Active defense priority

Detailed Explanations

Wells

Try to save your Well skills for the commanders call
- If you aren't using voice communication, use your wells at the same time as the other Necromancers in your group
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

Single target damage

Try to start in Dagger/Dagger for single target if you're in range. Lead with
Dark Pact
⇒
Life Siphon
then swap into Axe/Focus
In axe use
Spinal Shivers
⇒
Ghastly Claws
⇒
Rending Claws

Sustained pressure

Start fights on Axe/Focus to maximize ranged uptime
Use
Unholy Feast
immediately after Weapon Swap and use it gain immediately before swapping back
- Delaying your Weapon Swap slightly for the cooldown is fine
Consider
"Your Soul Is Mine!"
as a damage skill, it is your primary Life Force generator and can't be saved for healing
Use
"Rise!"
when the enemy group tries to melee engage, especially when they use
Winds of Disenchantment
offensively
- Be extra careful not to use
  "Rise!"
  while you have Blind
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.
- Don't be afraid to drop form early if
  Deathly Claws
  is being projectile blocked.
- Make sure to use
  Summon Madness
  while in lich form to activate
  Death Nova

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Skill priority

Reaper - Rise (GvG)

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