Build:Reaper - Power Reaper (GvG)

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: WvW GvG

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on February 25, 2023 and is up to date for the February 11, 2025 patch.

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!"

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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

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

Expand Active defense priority Deathly Swarm - for 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 and use it gain immediately before swapping back
  • Delaying your 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.

Expand Skill priority 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