Reaper - Support Reaper (WvW)

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Focused on: Healing, Boonrip and Boon support

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

Overview

A build designed to strip boons, heal and bring rez utility with

Transfusion

Skill Bar

Scepter/Warhorn

Greatsword

Utility

Variants

Weapons

• Axe
• Main hand Sword

Utilities

• Signet of Undeath
• Signet of the Locust

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Specializations

Variants

• Swap Curses

Equipment

Head
Celestial

Shoulders
Celestial

Chest
Celestial

Hands
Celestial

Legs
Celestial

Feet
Celestial

Backpiece
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Accessory
Celestial

Amulet
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Ring
Celestial

Scepter
Celestial

Warhorn
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Celestial

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

• Celestial can be swapped to apothecary for more healing

Relic

• Relic of Mercy
• Relic of the Demon Queen

Sigils

• Superior Sigil of Stamina

Consumables

• Spherified Oyster Soup with Mint Garnish
• Spherified Clove-Spiced Oyster Soup
• Bountiful Maintenance Oil
  • Alternatives:
    Sharpening Skull

Usage

General

• Life Reap
  reduces the cooldown of all your shroud skills via
  Reaper's Onslaught
• It is extremely important to use
  Soul Spiral
  deliberately to proc
  Transfusion
  , do not waste it.

Overall Priorities

High

• Well of Corruption
• Transfusion

Moderate

• Boon Rip

Low

• Support

Surviving

• This build has low passive defense
• This build has good mobility skill access
• This build has low active defenses
  • Be conservative with
    Well of Power
    , it is your only stunbreak

Expand Active defense priority Well of Power - for stunbreaking and condi clear Dodge Well of Blood Reaper's Shroud

Detailed Explanations

Well of Corruption

• Save your
  Well of Corruption
  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
• When using pulsing ground AoEs like
  Well of Corruption
  , 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

Transfusion

• Use
  Soul Spiral
  to activate
  Transfusion
  and pull any allied downstates within 600 range to your character
  • Be careful not to pull downstates away from your group. If you can't activate
    Transfusion
    in a good position, don't use it at all
• After transfusing, interact with the rez to activate
  Ritual of Life
  , stow weapon to cancel hand res, then cleave with
  Life Reap
  to refresh
  Soul Spiral
  • Don't stay rezzing a downstate when the enemy group is pushing to or spiking it, its more important to keep yourself alive
• Exit Shroud when
  Soul Spiral
  is at 10s cooldown
  • If you think you can get 3 more auto attack chains out then you can stay in shroud

Boon rip

• Use
  "Nothing Can Save You!"
  and
  Nightfall
  when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
• Use
  Devouring Darkness
  off cooldown
• use
  Death's Charge
  as often as possible to proc
  Path of Corruption

Support

• Use
  Locust Swarm
  as often as possible on pushes and during extended engages
• Well of Blood
  and
  Well of Power
  can be used on your group while clashing

Gameplay

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