Reaper - Power DPS

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Direct damage

Designed for: Raids and Fractals

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds

Difficulty: Normal

This build was last updated on January 26, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

Reaper is a self-sufficient AoE DPS class that gets even 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 急速, 威能, and critical chance. It also brings heavy CC and 易伤 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 急速, 威能, 激怒, and so on.

Apart from DPS, Reaper can provide some party support through 吸血光环, and can bring utilities like 腐蚀毒云 and 鬼灵缚爪 to a dungeon/fractal group. It is also capable of stripping boons if needed.

Skill Bar

生命撕裂死亡冲刺惊惧魔甲灵魂漩涡处决镰刀

夺魂之幕

Greatsword

薄暮之击掘墓剑斩死亡漩涡夜幕降临黑暗抓攫

Utility

吸血纹章苦难法池"弱者退散！"召唤血肉魔像

Weapon Variants

• Staff can be replaced with Dagger/Sword or Spear for players that own Secrets of the Obscure or Janthir Wilds, respectively. These have higher sustained damage than Staff but lack cleave and the ability to prestack extra damage with marks.
  • Staff is chosen for its balance of DPS and lifeforce generation, and the ability to precast the marks during downtime for extra burst.
  • Sword is your highest damage ranged weapon, and cleaves.
  • Axe is the highest damage ranged weapon for players that don't own Secrets of the Obscure, but isn't recommended.
  • Mainhand Dagger is the highest damage option and has good boonrip, but has the lowest lifeforce generation. Also provides a sizable heal.
  • Spear deals comparable damage to Dagger/Sword and brings an even bigger heal, stronger boonrip, and high lifeforce generation. It does deal lower damage above 50% though, so is likely to be less effective in real encounters.
• Only Sword offers any DPS as an offhand option. For players that do not own Secrets of the Obscure, Warhorn is the default choice, but other options can be taken if necessary:
  • Sword provides extra damage by sacrificing health, but provides some healing too.
  • Warhorn offers a bit of healing, a bit of CC, and good lifeforce generation.
  • Focus adds more boonrip.
  • Torch has the biggest CC.
  • 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 options.

Skill Variants

Healing

• 鲜血法池 - your biggest heal, that also heals allies.
• 召唤血魔 - better DPS than 吸血纹章 when there are multiple targets.
• 症状吞噬 - if conditions are a problem.

Utility

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

• "死亡将临！" - additional boonrip and unblockable attacks.
• "无尽苦痛！" - transfers conditions and helps with 冰冻 uptime.
• 腐化法池 - AoE boonstrip.
• 鬼灵缚爪 - AoE pull for easier cleaving. Also helps with 冰冻 uptime.
• 不死纹章 - worth taking if 冰冻 uptime is good, but life force is a problem.
• 腐蚀毒云 - destroys projectiles.
• 召唤血肉地虫 - 1200 range teleport. Can also bodyblock certain projectiles (e.g. Old Tom's poison whirl).
• 威力法池 - Personal stability and AoE condition cleanse.
• 鲜血力量 - if the party lacks might.

Elite

• 巫妖形态 - better burst damage than 召唤血肉魔像. Also useful for soloing Thaumanova heat room with your massive health pool.
• "严寒刺骨！" - if area CC is needed.

Template Code

Specializations

怨恨 / Spite · 死灵法师 (Necromancer)

固定特性：夺魂威能

恨意护符恶意虫群破甲冰冻

固定特性：唤醒痛苦

死亡冰寒恶意坚韧苦难纹章

固定特性：虹吸力量

恐惧死亡迫近恶灵附体

摄魂 / Soul Reaping · 死灵法师 (Necromancer)

固定特性：血肉暴食

破势爆弹灵魂印记暗影疾速

固定特性：凶恶帷幕

灵魂倒钩现世妄执死亡恐惧

固定特性：灵魂电池

无尽生命致命洞察德姆火焰

夺魂者 / Reaper · 死灵法师 (Necromancer)

固定特性：帷幕骑士

死亡占卜冰冻新星无情追击

固定特性：恐惧寒栗

灵魂吞噬霜冻凯歌防御瓦解

固定特性：冷眼旁观

瘟疫增益致命冰冻夺魂灭屠

• 死亡冰寒 is poor damage against targets with no boons, so you could run 恶意坚韧 to boost your life force.
• 灵魂印记 can be replaced with 破势爆弹 if you are not using a staff.

Equipment

萨菲尔假面

Head

Assassin

卓加肩章

Shoulders

Berserker

卓加紧身衣

Chest

Berserker

卓加绑臂

Hands

Berserker

卓加马裤

Legs

Berserker

卓加护足

Feet

Berserker

秘密之书

Backpiece

Berserker

木槿花之尘

Accessory

Berserker

教士的战地日志

Accessory

Berserker

古海神宫印记

Amulet

Berserker

晶玉指环

Ring

Berserker

赤死之戒

Ring

Berserker

卓加大剑

Greatsword

Berserker

Empty slot

超级武勇法印

Sigil

超级精确法印

Sigil

卓加旋杖

Staff

Berserker

Empty slot

超级武勇法印

Sigil

超级精确法印

Sigil

超级猎龙者符文

Rune

x6

+9力量痛苦灌注

Infusion

x12

+9精准痛苦灌注

Infusion

x6

烟花古物

Relic

Equipment Variants

• You want to aim for ~2005-2010 precision (with 超级精确法印).
• 超级学者符文 would be a tiny DPS loss.
• 超级夜幕法印 or slaying sigils if you can benefit from the bonus (replacing 超级武勇法印).
• If you don't have stat infusions, use Assassin stats Assassin stats legs.

Impact Sigil Variant

If you want to benefit from 超级冲击法印, you will need to slot in more assassins pieces:

萨菲尔假面

Head

Assassin

卓加肩章

Shoulders

Berserker

卓加紧身衣

Chest

Berserker

卓加绑臂

Hands

Berserker

卓加马裤

Legs

Berserker

卓加护足

Feet

Berserker

冰巢号角背部物品

Backpiece

Assassin

德拉纳的钱袋

Accessory

Assassin

泽坦之爪

Accessory

Assassin

古海神宫印记

Amulet

Berserker

血色红宝石指环

Ring

Assassin

黑冰指环

Ring

Assassin

卓加大剑

Greatsword

Berserker

Empty slot

超级武勇法印

Sigil

超级冲击法印

Sigil

卓加旋杖

Staff

Berserker

Empty slot

超级武勇法印

Sigil

超级冲击法印

Sigil

超级猎龙者符文

Rune

x6

+9力量痛苦灌注

Infusion

x18

烟花古物

Relic

• You want to aim for ~2155 precision.

Consumables

Food

• 碗装甜辣冬南瓜汤

Utility

• 超级磨刀石 or slaying potions

Usage

The logic behind this rotation is to maximise 灵魂倒钩 uptime by entering shroud as often as is possible, while trying to time 夜幕降临, 苦难法池 and 黑暗法池 with 夺魂之幕 so that their pulsing effects benefit from the extra ferocity from 夺魂灭屠 and extra critical damage from 致命洞察. Other damage skills such as 掘墓剑斩 are used to fill downtime.

The buff from 烟花古物 is maintained for as long as possible by spacing out 夜幕降临, 灵魂漩涡 and 处决镰刀 during the shroud burst.

Simplified Rotation

As Greatsword is by far the strongest weapon, the full rotation can be simplified by camping it and also dropping a few of the less impactful skills:

Opener

1. 夜幕降临 - this triggers 烟花古物 on each pulse, making the buff last for nine seconds
2. "弱者退散！"
3. 黑暗法池
4. 苦难法池
5. 夺魂之幕

Reaper's Shroud

死亡冲刺 is only a small DPS increase over shroud autos, so to prevent being locked into the animation it can just be skipped. The exact position of skills is not fixed, but the idea is to never drop the buff from 烟花古物. To enable this, you need to cast 处决镰刀 no more than three auto chains after 灵魂漩涡, and leave shroud immediately after. Aim to get 5-7 auto chains in (below 50% you may lack the life force to do 7).

1. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割 x4
2. 灵魂漩涡 - you can queue this during the cast of the previous skill to ensure no autoattacks sneak in
3. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割 x3
4. 处决镰刀
5. 解除夺魂之幕

Greatsword

Cast 掘墓剑斩 and 死亡漩涡 as soon as you 解除夺魂之幕. Otherwise complete auto chains and use 掘墓剑斩 whenever it is available - completing an auto chain refreshes its cooldown, and if your target it below 50% health, it has no cooldown at all and should be spammed.

When your shroud has a ~3s cooldown remaining, repeat the opener.

Video guide by Masel

Dagger/Sword Rotation

Opener

1. 夜幕降临 - this triggers 烟花古物 on each pulse, making the buff last for nine seconds
2. "弱者退散！"
3. 黑暗抓攫
4. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap quickly to cancel the aftercast
5. 黑暗法池
6. 苦难法池
7. 生命虹吸
8. 夺魂之幕

Reaper's Shroud

Each time you enter 夺魂之幕 you do the same rotation.

1. 死亡冲刺
2. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割 x2
3. 死亡冲刺
4. 灵魂漩涡 - you can queue this during the cast of the previous skill to ensure no autoattacks sneak in
5. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割
6. 死亡冲刺
7. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割 (optional)
8. 处决镰刀 - this skill deals extra damage when the target is below 50% and 25% health, so you can use the extra auto chain above if this would put your target below the threshold, or if it lines up with a break bar.
9. 解除夺魂之幕

Dagger-to-Greatsword

1. 饥饿漩涡
2. 黑暗契约
3. 吞噬面容 (if available)
4. 狼吞虎咽
5. 消食殆尽 (if available)
6. 生命虹吸
7. Weapon swap Weapon swap
8. 掘墓剑斩
9. 死亡漩涡
10. 薄暮之击 - a single auto is optimal if you're fast enough
11. 夜幕降临
12. 黑暗法池
13. 苦难法池
14. 黑暗抓攫
15. 夺魂之幕
16. Repeat Reaper's Shroud Rotation

Greatsword-to-Dagger

1. 掘墓剑斩
2. 死亡漩涡
3. 薄暮之击 - a single auto is optimal if you're fast enough
4. 夜幕降临
5. Weapon swap Weapon swap
6. 饥饿漩涡
7. 黑暗契约
8. 吞噬面容 (if available)
9. 狼吞虎咽
10. 消食殆尽 (if available)
11. 黑暗法池
12. 苦难法池
13. 生命虹吸
14. 夺魂之幕
15. Repeat Reaper's Shroud Rotation

The full loop cycles between Reaper's Shroud ⇒ Dagger-to-Greatsword ⇒ Reaper's Shroud ⇒ Greatsword-to-Dagger ⇒ Repeat.

Video example

Below 50% health, the rotation changes slightly (see below for details).

Rotation Explanation

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

• Every time you swap to Greatsword (or exit shroud to it), use each available skill once.
• Every time you swap to Dagger/Sword (or exit shroud to it) use all available skills once, separating the sword abilities and their flip skill with another skill use.
• Use "弱者退散！" off cooldown.
  • 黑暗抓攫 and 吞噬面容 ⇒ 消食殆尽 have long cooldowns and so are only used once each loop.
• Always whirl inside the boss so you hit with every whirl finisher from 灵魂漩涡.

Below 50% Health

When the boss is below 50% health, your rotation changes due to 掘墓剑斩 having no cooldown. As 吞噬面容 ⇒ 消食殆尽 deals lower damage than 掘墓剑斩, you omit these skills from your loop and do two or three extra 掘墓剑斩s while on Greatsword (how many depends on how fast you are).

• Even though 吞噬面容 isn't used for damage below 50%, it triggers 烟花古物, so should be used if this buff drops.

Staff Rotation

Opener

The opener is pretty flexible, but will determine which part of the loop to move on to next. In fractal CMs, it is useful to be prepared to vary the opener by when bosses open their defiance bars - if they open immediately (e.g. Skorvald or MAMA) then starting on Greatsword means you can immediately use 黑暗抓攫, but if the defiance bar appears a bit later (e.g. Siax) you can start on Staff and spam marks before switching to Greatsword for CC into your burst.

1. 夜幕降临 - this triggers 烟花古物 on each pulse, making the buff last for nine seconds
2. "弱者退散！"
3. 黑暗抓攫
4. Weapon Swap Weapon Swap quickly to cancel the aftercast
5. 夺魂印记
6. 凛冬印记
7. 黑暗法池
8. 苦难法池
9. 夺魂之幕

Reaper's Shroud

Each time you enter 夺魂之幕 you do the same rotation.

1. 死亡冲刺
2. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割 x2
3. 死亡冲刺
4. 灵魂漩涡 - you can queue this during the cast of the previous skill to ensure no autoattacks sneak in
5. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割
6. 死亡冲刺
7. 生命撕裂 ⇒ 生命劈裂 ⇒ 生命收割 (optional)
8. 处决镰刀 - this skill deals extra damage when the target is below 50% and 25% health, so you can use the extra auto chain above if this would put your target below the threshold, or if it lines up with a break bar.
9. 解除夺魂之幕

Staff-to-Greatsword

1. 鲜血印记
2. 凛冬印记
3. 腐烂印记
4. 夺魂印记
5. Weapon swap Weapon swap
6. 掘墓剑斩
7. 死亡漩涡
8. 薄暮之击 ⇒ 暮色枯潮 ⇒ 冰冻镰刀
9. 掘墓剑斩
10. 夜幕降临
11. 黑暗法池
12. 苦难法池
13. 黑暗抓攫
14. 夺魂之幕
15. Repeat Reaper's Shroud Rotation

Greatsword-to-Staff

1. 掘墓剑斩
2. 死亡漩涡
3. 薄暮之击 ⇒ 暮色枯潮 ⇒ 冰冻镰刀
4. 掘墓剑斩
5. 夜幕降临
6. Weapon swap Weapon swap
7. 夺魂印记 - the order of marks doesn't strictly matter, but if you drop 敏捷 then Reaper's Mark might not be off cooldown in time when you exit Reaper's Shroud. Thus we use it early just in case.
8. 腐烂印记
9. 凛冬印记
10. 鲜血印记
11. 黑暗法池
12. 苦难法池
13. 夺魂之幕
14. Repeat Reaper's Shroud Rotation

The full loop cycles between Reaper's Shroud ⇒ Staff-to-Greatsword ⇒ Reaper's Shroud ⇒ Greatsword-to-Staff ⇒ Repeat

Video example (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 掘墓剑斩 followed by 死亡漩涡.
• A full auto chain resets 掘墓剑斩, so after one chain use it again then use your burst skills.
• Use "弱者退散！" off cooldown.
• Every time you swap to Staff (or exit shroud to it) you spam all your marks and either weapon swap or enter shroud.
• Always whirl inside the boss so you hit with every whirl finisher from 灵魂漩涡.

Below 50% Health

When the boss is below 50% health, your rotation changes due to 掘墓剑斩 having no cooldown. Follow the rotation as above, but replace the Greatsword auto chain with a single 掘墓剑斩.

• Your life force generation is lower below 50% health, as you no longer use Greatsword autos.

Spear Rotation

Sword rotation

Video example

Notes

• Use "弱者退散！" off cooldown.
• Never interrupt your 夺魂之幕 autoattack chain.
• In real fights, you won't always be able to make full use of 夺魂之幕 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.
• Whenever you 解除夺魂之幕 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 掘墓剑斩 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%. You can do the same by quickly queuing an autoattack and then cancelling it with 掘墓剑斩. Both these methods take practise, so feel free to skip if you find yourself struggling.
• 黑暗抓攫 is a DPS loss if the aftercast is not cancelled. You can cancel the aftercast by entering 夺魂之幕 or weapon swapping. Feel free to save this skill for CC or the pull.
• The casts of 黑暗法池 and 苦难法池 are easy to interrupt by entering 夺魂之幕, so don't be too quick with it.
• In fights with adds or trash mobs, you can reset 掘墓剑斩's cooldown by hitting adds under 50% health. Take advantage of this to push out more 掘墓剑斩 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.
• You can't get healed while in 夺魂之幕. If needed, delay your shroud by a little bit if you know that you're going to be healed soon.

CC

• 黑暗抓攫
• 处决镰刀
• 冲锋陷阵
• "严寒刺骨！"
• 末日哀嚎
• 惊惧释放

Miscellaneous

• Use 噬灵盛宴 or 刺骨恶寒 for boonstrip.
• Since 惊惧魔甲 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 死亡冲刺, then 解除夺魂之幕 for a long jump.