Reaper - Procmancer
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Focused on: Direct damage and Control
Designed for: PvP Conquest
Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on February 10, 2023.
Overview
Procmancer is a PvP condi Reaper build that's all about pressuring targets with the help of various trait procs, making its burst sudden and unexpected. High damage, low sustain.
Skill Bar
Staff
Scepter/Dagger
Utility
Skill Variants
Utility
For the optional slot:
- - area denial that can save your life and the
Fear has great synergy with various traits.
- - a potentially life-saving positioning tool.
- - stunbreak, defense against direct damage, and great Life Force generation.
- - condition cleansing and frequent AoE
Chill application.
- - low CD stunbreak with damage mitigation through
Weakness.
- - great burst CD, especially useful against targets that rely on
Stability. Can be used both defensively and offensively.
- - excellent anti-projectile skill which also brings
Poison and Weakness spam to the table, further mitigating damage as well as enemy healing.
Template Code
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Specializations
Equipment
Staff
Sigil
Sigil
Scepter
Dagger
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
Amulet
Usage
General
- Fear and
Blind both apply Chill, and Chill applies 
Vulnerability + 
Bleeding.
- Chill is the most important condition in the build. Not only because it gets your condi procs rolling but also because of the sustain tied to .
- Use as often as possible, even out of combat. This is crucial for building Life Force (LF).
- Entering shroud procs and , these are both defensive and offensive in nature. Being able to corrupt boons and apply Weakness even when you're sitting in a CC could save your life, and it's a great instant offensive proc as well which could kickstart your burst chain.
- Quickly following up with to apply Blind and corrupt more boons through is basically a 2 button burst combo that puts heavy pressure on every enemy around you.
- Ideally try to use inside the field left behind by to combo .
- Cleansing on this build is rather limited and often tied to offensive skills such as and , skill #4 on both weapons. Other than that you've got but depending on what 3rd utility you took this may or may not be the only stunbreak in the build so use it wisely.
- is best used on targets that already have several conditions on them to maximize damage and LF generation.
- is a great setup for this skill, allowing you to deliver burst damage in an instant.
- is one of the strongest skills in the build due to its synergy with various traits. It's valuable in any situation from surviving enemy focus to pressuring multiple targets.
Ratings
Kinda fell off as the meta changed, more damage than regular condi reaper but it pops like a balloon under pressure and it's damage is kind of gimmicky since it relys on so many procs. Most people see the proc on shroud and immediately know to focus the reaper. With a support it's still fine, but you can't rely on that as a solo q. Although it could be really good since the current meta classes are super boon dependant, like wb and cata, especially hurting cata because of its high uptime on chill. And it has the potential to corrupt wb stab into fear which is always funny if it lands.
Fantastic build in the current meta. Tankier then most reaper build due to the high vitality and low reliance on shroud autos for damage. Your damage comes packed in with debilitating conditions like blind and chill enabling you to lock down enemies and lower their ability to pressure your team. Very easy to learn though will require good positioning to survive at higher levels. I don't think it's necessary overpowered as the damage takes a long time to ramp up and being killed by this build means you have tanked multiple key skills from the reaper. However, the near permanenet chill is extremely unfun to play against.
Completely busted build that makes it nearly impossible to play support because of how hard it's spamming multiple condis at once. No build can keep up with condi removal. I'm surprised it wasn't nerfed witb the may 2 patch, I hope it gets the nerfhammer in the next one. "PlzAnetBuffNecro" is full of bs, at least hide your agenda behind a better name dude.
I dont think this build should be 5 stars. It might work in lower tier pvp, but most classes being played in the higher ranks have the instant burst to negate shroud and make you useless as well as enough condi cleanse (which has always been the case) to negate your condis as well as enough cc to interrupt your main dmg (reaper). Giving it a star. Power Reaper or Condi Harbinger still outperform this.
I think people are sleeping on this. The damage if insanely good, so is the condition variety and how quickly it can put 5+ different conditions on a target. Great chill uptime, lots of AoE boon corruption (many of them are tied to instant cast skills and procs too) and easily stacks 25 vuln in no time to help your team pressure targets. It's really squishy but with proper kiting, CD management, and positioning it's manageable even if you don't have a support. The boon corruption and Weakness in the build also adds to the sustain in a way. This is a very solid build for rank climbing at the very least.
I think this build is great. You have to honestly out smart your opponent with positioning and picking the right utilities base off your opponent. IMO you can make this build work without support. I personally play this build and I have no problems.
Do not use this when soloing or without support. You will only handicap your team.
This build is amazing. "Rise!" is just great at countering Mesmers and their pesky clones.
Warriors and Guardians cannot out-sustain me due to the constant flow of conditions and condition transfers.
Elementalists and Thieves cannot burst me down faster than I can burst them down due to the major difference in sustainability.
Only class I've really had problems with were rangers, and that's due to their also great sustain, damage and tankiness combined.
This build can easily fill all three engagement distances, with Reaper form as a frontliner / tank / pure DPS. Scepter is great at mid range, makes up for the lack of mobility by taking away the enemy's mobility. Staff is fun when both other engagement distances are filled and you can comfortably sit at the back and spam heals for your team and conditions for the enemy.
While this build can hold its own in most 1v1 scenarios, it does have its counters. However, the enemy must be geared in such way to counter every aspect of this build, which would sacrifice their overall potential. However, this build shines in teamfights.
I was skeptical about switching to this build because of the success (albeit squishy) of more condition-heavy builds. But I decided to give it a try. Glad I did. This build is absolutely SICK. The sustain is unreal and the damage is sufficient to 1v2 and sometimes 1v3. It takes down DHs and rangers with ease, totally slaughters thieves, engineers, and eles, and out-sustains most mesmers and warriors. In the last 5 matches I've played (consecutively) I have not died once---compared to dying 3 or 4 times with previous condi-heavy builds that relied on team support. This is a solo-ready build for pugging @ season and will be murderous in an organized team setting. I opted for "Rise!" to split incoming damage (since I solo-Q and can't rely on a team healer) and it works beautifully. I can see why this is the new meta reaper build. Excellent!
Absolutely fall in love with the amount of damage this build can deal. The survivability is also good by necro standard.
So Spiteful talisman or Bitter chill? That 5% damage extra doesn't appeal to me at all in comparison to the vulnerability stack.
Good build regardless. Not too sure if this is a meta build though. Condi pressure from all out necro has much more presence in team fight compare to this one (and obviously they die much faster). When macebow warrior hasn't been categorized as meta in sPvP I don't really see this belongs to the meta.
Love it! It's insanely strong but IMO requires even more attention to good positioning compared to the old builds. Briefly said, it kills faster than the old builds at the cost of being more vulnerable.
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