Reaper - Condi Reaper

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

Focused on: Condition damage

Designed for: Open World and Open World General

Expansions required:

Difficulty:

Normal

This build was last updated on August 21, 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

Specializations

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

Amulet
Sinister

Ring
Sinister

Scepter
Viper

Dagger
Viper

Sigil

Greatsword
Viper

Sigil

Rune
x6

Consumables

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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Defense

Farming

Prioritize Flatbread Ascended food.
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(and variants)

Usage

Damage

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

Pull enemies close with Grasping Darkness or Spectral Grasp
Blood Is Power
Plaguelands
Blood Is Power
Reaper's Shroud
Executioner's Scythe
Soul Spiral
Reaper's Shroud
Gravedigger
Death Spiral
Nightfall
Signet of Spite
Well of Darkness
Weapon Swap
Devouring Darkness
Grasping Dead
Enfeebling Blood
Blood Is Power
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