Build:Reaper - Condi Reaper

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World, Open World General and [[|]]

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on August 02, 2023 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Condi Reaper is a condition build that focuses on high bleed damage.

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Skill Bar

Scepter/Dagger

Greatsword

Utility

Equipment

• This variant uses gear similar to that of Build:Reaper_-_Condi_DPS, making it a good option for general PVE.
• Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; you can use exotic gear with the same stats.

Head
Viper

Shoulders
Viper

Chest
Viper

Hands
Viper

Legs
Viper

Feet
Viper

Backpiece
Sinister

Accessory
Sinister

Accessory
Sinister

Amulet
Sinister

Ring
Sinister

Ring
Sinister

Scepter
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Greatsword
Viper

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Consumables

Food

• Any ascended food is superior to any other food you could use. Steak for power, flatbread for conditions. Budget versions of these foods exist and are acceptable.
• - farming
• - DPS
• - defense

Utility

• (and variants) - farming
• , - dps
• - dps if using gear with high toughness

Usage

Damage

The opener for this build is where most of the damage comes from.

1. Pull enemies close with Grasping Darkness or Spectral Grasp
2. Blood Is Power
3. Plaguelands
4. Blood Is Power
5. Reaper's Shroud
6. Executioner's Scythe
7. Soul Spiral
8. Reaper's Shroud
9. Gravedigger
10. Death Spiral
11. Nightfall
12. Signet of Spite
13. Well of Darkness
14. Weapon Swap
15. Devouring Darkness
16. Grasping Dead
17. Enfeebling Blood
18. Blood Is Power
19. Deathly Swarm

From there, fill empty space with auto-attacks and try to follow a similar loop to above. Avoid placing Nightfall or Well of Darkness right before entering Reaper's Shroud, as this will override the chill field from Executioner's Scythe and lower DPS by a large amount.

Defense

This build is amazing at trash farming due to its large amounts of Chill and Blind, two conditions that debilitate non-defiant foes.

Crowd Control

• Grasping Darkness
• Wail of Doom
• Charge (necromancer)
• Terrify
• Executioner's Scythe

Variants

Skill Variants

Healing Skills

• Consume Conditions - condi cleanse
• Well of Blood - large heal

Utility Skills

• Corrosive Poison Cloud - destroys projectiles.
• Spectral Grasp - pulls in enemies
• Spectral Armor - defense and life force
• "Suffer!" - area chill and condi transfer
• "Rise!" - high DPS if it hits multiple targets
• Epidemic - extremely high multi-target DPS

Elite Skills

• "Chilled to the Bone!" - CC and more chill

Trait Variants

• Parasitic Contagion - higher sustain
• Augury of Death - good if taking several shouts

Death Magic

Death Magic can provide additional defense at the cost of damage.

Spite

Spite increases strike damage and grants high quickness uptime through the Dread ⇒ Infusing Terror interaction.

Variant Equipment

• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy - defense