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| weapon4 = Warhorn
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|healing = Signet of Vampirism
 
|healing = Signet of Vampirism
 
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===Weapon Variants===
 
===Weapon Variants===
* '''Staff''' can replace '''Axe'''/'''Warhorn'''. This deals higher damage and has even stronger cleave, but lower lifeforce generation, which might make it weaker in practise.
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* '''Staff''' can be replaced with '''Axe'''/'''Warhorn'''. This deals lower damage and has less cleave, but better lifeforce generation and allows you to provide more {{tooltip|Vulnerability}}.
 
* None of the offhand weapon options offer any DPS. Warhorn is the default choice for the CC from {{Skill|Wail of Doom}}, but other options can be taken if necessary:
 
* None of the offhand weapon options offer any DPS. Warhorn is the default choice for the CC from {{Skill|Wail of Doom}}, but other options can be taken if necessary:
 
** Use Focus offhand for additional boonstrip.
 
** Use Focus offhand for additional boonstrip.
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==Specializations==
 
==Specializations==
 
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===Trait Variants===
 
===Trait Variants===
 
* {{Trait|Signets of Suffering}} for encounters where more burst is needed (usually in fractals). It can also be taken when running {{Skill|Signet of Undeath}} for encounters that have too much incoming damage to maintain life force otherwise.  
 
* {{Trait|Signets of Suffering}} for encounters where more burst is needed (usually in fractals). It can also be taken when running {{Skill|Signet of Undeath}} for encounters that have too much incoming damage to maintain life force otherwise.  
* {{trait|Soul Marks}} is essential if you are using staff.
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* {{trait|Soul Marks}} can be replaced with {{trait|Unyielding Blast}} if you are not using a staff.
  
  
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| stats = Berserker
 
| stats = Berserker
 
| weight = Light
 
| weight = Light
| rune = Superior Rune of the Thief
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| rune-qt = 6
 
| rune-qt = 6
 
| weapon1 = Greatsword
 
| weapon1 = Greatsword
 
| weapon2 =  
 
| weapon2 =  
 
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
 
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Impact
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| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
| weapon3 = Axe
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| weapon3 = Staff
| weapon4 = Warhorn
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| weapon4 =  
 
| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
 
| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Impact
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
 
| infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion
 
| infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion
| infusion1-qt = 18
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| infusion1-qt = 12
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| infusion2 = Precise +9 Agony Infusion
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| infusion2-qt = 6
 
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===Equipment Variants===
 
===Equipment Variants===
* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of the Night}} or slaying sigils if you can benefit from the bonus.
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* {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of the Night}} or slaying sigils if you can benefit from the bonus (replacing {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Force}}).
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* If you don't have stat infusions, use {{tooltip|Assassin stats}} legs as well.
  
  
 
===Eagle Rune Variant===
 
===Eagle Rune Variant===
If flanking is impractical, then {{rune|Superior Rune of the Eagle}} offers near identical DPS, and may even be better than {{rune|Superior Rune of the Thief}} when there are few players around.
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If you want to benefit from {{sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}}, you will either need to slot in a lot more assassins pieces, or you can swap to {{rune|Superior Rune of the Eagle}}. You need above 90% uptime for {{Rune|Superior Rune of the Scholar}} to be superior, so you may prefer to run the setup below:
  
 
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| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
 
| sigil1 = Superior Sigil of Force
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| sigil2 = Superior Sigil of Impact
| weapon3 = Axe
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| weapon3 = Staff
| weapon4 = Warhorn
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| weapon4 =  
 
| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
 
| sigil3 = Superior Sigil of Force
| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
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| sigil4 = Superior Sigil of Impact
 
| infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion
 
| infusion1 = Mighty +9 Agony Infusion
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* The {{tooltip|Dragon stats}} backpiece is optional and could be replaced with {{tooltip|Berserker stats}}.
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* If you do not have stat infusions use an {{tooltip|Assassin stats}} headpiece.
* If you want to use a {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Impact}} instead of the {{Sigil|Superior Sigil of Accuracy}} (in Fractals, for example), then you can switch one ring and all armour pieces except the chestpiece to {{tooltip|Assassin stats}}.
 
  
  

Revision as of 17:11, 30 November 2022

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

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty:
TBD
This build was last updated on November 30, 2022 and is up to date for the February 27, 2024 patch.

Overview

Reaper is a self-sufficient AoE DPS class that gets better the less experienced its group is.

Reaper's niche is that it has a huge health pool for a DPS class, and sustains very high personal Quickness Quickness, Might Might, and critical chance. It also brings heavy CC and Vulnerability Vulnerability similar to Holosmith. This makes it one of the best "solo carry" DPS classes, and it's very strong in disorganized groups that don't have dedicated supports providing Quickness Quickness, Might Might, Fury Fury, and so on. However, its effectiveness falls off in organized and experienced groups as its DPS is weak compared to other fully buffed DPS classes.

Apart from DPS, Reaper can provide some party support through , and can bring utilities like and to a dungeon/fractal group. It is also capable of stripping boons if needed.


Skill Bar

Greatsword
Staff
Utility


Weapon Variants

  • Staff can be replaced with Axe/Warhorn. This deals lower damage and has less cleave, but better lifeforce generation and allows you to provide more Vulnerability Vulnerability.
  • None of the offhand weapon options offer any DPS. Warhorn is the default choice for the CC from , but other options can be taken if necessary:
    • Use Focus offhand for additional boonstrip.
    • Use Dagger offhand for a blind and condition cleanse. Be aware that dagger has no life force skill, making it more niche than the other two options.


Skill Variants

Healing

  • - your biggest heal, that also heals allies.
  • - better DPS than when there are multiple targets.
  • - if conditions are a problem.


Utility

When swapping out utility skills, don't replace unless it's absolutely necessary.

  • - better burst damage and cleave than . Also boonstrips in an area.
  • - AoE pull for easier cleaving. Also helps with Chilled Chilled uptime.
  • - worth taking if Chilled Chilled uptime is good, but life force is a problem.
  • - destroys projectiles.
  • - 1200 range teleport. Can also bodyblock certain projectiles (e.g. Old Tom's poison whirl).
  • - AoE stability and condition cleanse.
  • - transfers conditions and helps with Chilled Chilled uptime.
  • - if the party lacks might.


Elite

  • - better burst damage than . Also useful for soloing Thaumanova heat room with your massive health pool.
  • - if area CC is needed.


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Specializations


Trait Variants

  • for encounters where more burst is needed (usually in fractals). It can also be taken when running for encounters that have too much incoming damage to maintain life force otherwise.
  • can be replaced with if you are not using a staff.


Specialization Variants

Blood Magic instead of Soul Reaping sacrifices significant personal DPS for sustain and party support. This is useful if your group struggles to stay above 90% health to maintain bonus or a lot of res power is needed.


Equipment

Head
Assassin
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
Staff
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x12
Infusion
x6


Equipment Variants

  • or slaying sigils if you can benefit from the bonus (replacing ).
  • If you don't have stat infusions, use Assassin stats Assassin stats legs as well.


Eagle Rune Variant

If you want to benefit from , you will either need to slot in a lot more assassins pieces, or you can swap to . You need above 90% uptime for to be superior, so you may prefer to run the setup below:

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
Staff
Berserker
Sigil
Sigil
Rune
x6
Infusion
x14
Infusion
x4


Consumables

Food


Utility

  • or slaying potions


Usage

Rotation

The logic behind this rotation is to maximise uptime by entering shroud as often as is possible, while trying to time , and with so that their pulsing effects benefit from the extra ferocity and critical chance from and . Other damage skills such as and are used to fill downtime.


Loop part 1

  1. x7
  2. x2


Loop part 2

  1. Weapon swap Weapon swap
  2. x6
  3. Weapon swap Weapon swap
  4. x2
  5. Repeat from part 1


Video example


Video example with staff


Rotation Explanation

Above 50% health, the rotation boils down to the following:

  • Every time you swap to greatsword (or exit shroud to it), use followed by .
  • After performing two autoattack chains on greatsword, use your burst skills and enter shroud.
  • If you exit shroud onto axe, use and immediately swap back to greatsword - you never want to be autoattacking on axe unless your target is beyond melee range.
  • Always whirl inside the boss so you hit with every whirl finisher from .


Below 50% Health

When the boss is below 50% health, your rotation changes due to having no cooldown. Follow the rotation as above, but replace greatsword autos and with . You should also do one fewer shroud autoattack chain in each section.

  • Your life force generation is lower below 50% health, as you no longer use . If you find yourself running low, replace one use of with and/or , as necessary.
  • Similarly, your Chilled Chilled uptime is lower, as you no longer use . If necessary, use before when you enter shroud, and use one fewer shroud autoattack chain (for four total).


Notes

  • Never interrupt your autoattack chain.
  • In real fights, you won't always be able to make full use of because taking damage in Shroud will reduce your remaining life force. Anticipate this and break your rotation if needed so that you can build up enough life force to resume the normal rotation.
  • Try to make sure you are above 90% health before going into so that you benefit from . This is because you can't get healed while in . It's worth delaying your shroud by a little bit if you know that you're going to be healed soon.
  • Whenever you you can use it to cancel the animation of the last autoattack for a slight DPS increase.
  • If possible, bind a key to Stow Weapon and use it to cancel the animation of immediately after the damage number appears. This shaves 200-300 ms off the activation time, which translates to a big DPS increase when the boss is under 50%.
  • is a DPS loss if the aftercast is not cancelled. You can cancel the aftercast by entering or weapon swapping. Feel free to save this skill for CC or the pull.
  • The casts of and are easy to interrupt with or by entering , so don't be too quick with these skills.
  • In fights with adds or trash mobs, you can reset 's cooldown by hitting adds under 50% health. Take advantage of this to push out more casts while the boss is over 50% health.
  • On some bosses, you can prestack marks with a staff for slightly better burst damage when the fight begins. You can do this on Siax, Skorvald, Viirastra/Artsariiv, Mursaat Overseer, Slothasor, Samarog, Gorseval, Vale Guardian, and Keep Construct.


CC


Miscellaneous

  • Use or for boonstrip.
  • Since has no cast time, you can weave it in during your shroud rotation for stability and damage reduction. The damage reduction will also reduce the loss of life force.
  • You can jump as you cast , then for a long jump.


Ratings

This build has a rating of 5 stars based on 11 votes.
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5 stars
Thumpen gave this build 5 stars • February 2024
the GO TO build for almost all content in the game. finding my self always at top DPS in PVE content! i’m playing with Dagger/Torch and not with staff. easy to learn and fun rotation ! 5 stars for me :)
5 stars
Vall gave this build 5 stars • November 2023
I use a variant of this build (opting for Dagger+Warhorn instead of staff) and I gotta say this build is perfect for someone new (like me) who wants to jump straight into T4 Fractals, Raids and whatever really. It's easy to do enough DPS to pull your own weight and not too hard to top the DPS meter unless you're playing with very experienced players. TL;DR - Easy to play, Good DPS, Perfect for beginners.
5 stars
OfficerAndyGentleman gave this build 5 stars • May 2023
Absurdly high damage for a build that self-generates so many boons. Still has to be a little careful about taking too much damage in shroud, but the recent Infusing Terror buff mitigates this greatly. Incredible cleave and blind spam also make this an excellent build for dealing with trash mobs.
5 stars
Lelouch1885 gave this build 5 stars • March 2023
Very good build for Reaper. The different gear options are well put together and work well. Reaper shines in every and all content, and in the hands of an experienced Reaper, can outshine meta builds and specs. It just works! Reaper is in the best state it's been in years, though I think ArenaNet could give it a little love. We need more strong Power Specs, and Reaper has the kit for it.
4 stars
Mikepresjr gave this build 4 stars • December 2022
This build says 'Updated December 5th' but the description is the same, when it should be hard recommending chilled to the bone now due to the recent buffs to Reaper. With chilled on a 40 sec cooldown now, as well as giving fury and might, it is easily best elite skill for most encounters, even if there is only 1 add it's a good amount of self fury and chill and stability. The rest of the build is still pretty spot on. I would recommend axe/warhorn over staff simply for the CC and superior life force regen and small heal. Just only swap to that bar in in between other actions, like swap to it for a quick axe 2 to top up on LF before hitting shroud for a burst, etc. That being said, the biggest flaw with reaper is that failing to avoid damage will cancel your burst all together. With good gameplay reaper isn't terrible, if you stand in ever AoE you will never do DPS as reaper.
5 stars
Kisyana gave this build 5 stars • October 2021
Very good class, easy to learn, and has double potential as necro can always swap to condi scourge when needed. Overall, my favorite for any PvE content outside of zerging. Personally played with marauder gear and eagle runes.
5 stars
Yotsudlt gave this build 5 stars • May 2021
One of the best dps build for fractals imo. It does very big aoe damage with an easy to learn rotation, have a lot of hp despite being full berserker and some very good CC with your golem.
5 stars
Zhao gave this build 5 stars • March 2021
Reaper is actually amazing for Fractals and I hate seeing it rated so low. It may be on the lower side of the Benchmarks (honestly not by much), but it is a very independent class with great burst, boon corruption, and sustain. Due to how easy it is to play, it is actually more common to see Reapers topping the DPS charts in your typical fractal runs as well.
5 stars
Darwa gave this build 5 stars • December 2020
I've only been playing since March and was quite struggling finding reliable 'fun' playing Necro, so someone suggested I try this build. Now, I'm having a great time when my friends aren't around.
4 stars
QueenCesta gave this build 4 stars • September 2020
A solid build on a solid class that's easy for anyone to pick up and do decently with. One of the best uses I've found for Power Reaper with a build similar to this is soloing pretty much whatever I feel like soloing throughout the open world and even some dungeon paths. If you're looking for absolute tippy top DPS, this might not get you there, but there is no content in the game that this build wouldn't work for.
5 stars
Cosmik gave this build 5 stars • June 2020
Great build, easy to play, good Dps/Aoe

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