Build:Reaper - Chill Power Reaper

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Focused on: Strike damage and Low intensity

Designed for: Open World and Fractals

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

TBD

Overview

The Reaper specialization builds on Necromancer's natural survivability with Reaper's Shroud and traits like Soul Eater. Add Signet of the Locust as essentially a second healing skill - with three targets inside of its generous 600 range, it heals for almost as much as Signet of Vampirism's active - and you have a build that is extremely good at sustaining itself regardless of group quality while giving up very little in the way of DPS. This build also takes advantage of several easy or passive ways to apply Chilled in order to get the most out of the budget-friendly Rune of Superior Rune of the Ice and offers a beginner-friendly starting rotation, with the ability to gradually step up complexity and damage as the player becomes more familiar with the content and the build. Like most Power builds, it falls off at extemely high levels of play, but performs well in all story and open world content, as well as Tier 1-3 Fractals.

Build

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Skills

Greatsword

Axe/Warhorn

Utility

Weapon Variants

Axe/warhorn is preferred for the extra life force from Ghastly Claws and CC from Wail of Doom, but is only used at the highest levels of execution. The non-greatword weapon may be swapped out for anything the player prefers in open world or lower-tier fractals.

Skill Variants

Healing

• Well of Blood offers the highest healing amount, and also heals allies.

Utility

Well of Darkness should never be replaced, since it's our best source of Chilled and Vulnerability thanks to Bitter Chill.

• Well of Suffering offers the most DPS.
• Signet of Undeath if you need more life force. The revive active also offers additional group utility.
• "Suffer!" if your Chilled uptime is lacking, or to transfer conditions.
• Spectral Grasp for more CC, as well as Chilled and life force.

Elite

• Summon Flesh Golem/Charge (necromancer) has lots of CC on a shorter cooldown than "Chilled to the Bone!"

Specializations

Specialization Variants

• Signets of Suffering is an option, especially when running Signet of Undeath.
• Vital Persistence for even more survivability, but not doing the Soul Barbs stance dance is a significant DPS loss.
• Spiteful Talisman gives the most DPS if boons are being stripped reliably, but requires a move towards other sources of Vulnerability, such as Well of Suffering.

Equipment

Head
Berserker

Shoulders
Berserker

Chest
Berserker

Hands
Berserker

Legs
Berserker

Feet
Berserker

Backpiece
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Accessory
Berserker

Amulet
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Ring
Berserker

Greatsword
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Axe
Berserker

Warhorn
Berserker

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

• Exotic gear is more than sufficient for open world content.
• Rune of Superior Rune of the Scholar offers more DPS if the group is able to maintain HP above 90%.
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Strength and Sigil of Superior Sigil of Blood are budget options.

Usage

Beginner Rotation

1. Open fights with Well of Darkness.
2. Use Reaper's Shroud and Soul Spiral off-cooldown.

Notes:

• Try not to interupt auto-attack chains, both in and out of shroud

Intermediate Rotation

1. Use Well of Darkness off-cooldown, and also cast Nightfall whenever you cast it.
2. Use Reaper's Shroud and Soul Spiral off-cooldown.
3. Use Death Spiral off-cooldown to generate life force.
4. Use Gravedigger off-cooldown. If the enemy is below 50% HP, spam it.

Notes:

• In shroud, use Infusing Terror to absorb damage.
• CC enemies with Executioner's Scythe, Grasping Darkness and "Chilled to the Bone!"

Advanced Rotation

1. Well of Darkness
2. Nightfall
3. Reaper's Shroud
4. Soul Spiral + Infusing Terror
5. Life Rend -> Life Slash -> Life Reap x7
6. Exit Reaper's Shroud
7. Gravedigger
8. Death Spiral
9. Dusk Strike -> Fading Twilight -> Chilling Scythe x2
10. Go to 1

Notes:

• This rotation is based around maximizing Soul Barbs uptime
• If target is below 50% HP, replace all out-of-shroud skills with Gravedigger unless life force is needed

Expert Rotation

• See Reaper - Power DPS