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: Strike damage
Designed for: Open World and Open World General
Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds
Difficulty: Easy
Beginner friendly This build is beginner friendly.
This build was last updated on April 25, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.
Overview
Power reaper is a very high damage build with great burst and AoE damage. It is resilient, and very self-reliant, capable of maintaining a lot of 
威能 and some personal 
急速. This, together with reaper’s excellent cleaving capabilities, make it a very simple yet highly effective build. As a downside, it has little ranged damage, always preferring to fight in melee range, and has little access to 
激怒.
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Weapon Variants
Greatsword Greatsword is absolutely mandatory. Never replace it. On the second weapon set, we recommend double Swords Swords. Usage of mainhand and offhand sword requires Expanded Weapon Proficiency with Secrets of the Obscure. Other weapon alternatives include:
- Spear Spear - replaces swords. Higher damage but in melee range.
- Staff Staff - replaces swords. Provides burst damage from range, but deals very low sustained damage.
- Mainhand dagger Mainhand dagger + Warhorn Warhorn - For players without Secrets of the Obscure nor Janthir Wilds.
- Axe Axe - The only mainhand ranged power weapon for players without Secrets of the Obscure.
Skill Variants
Healing Skills
We default to 
"灵魂夺取！", it provides decent healing and life force generation. You could also consider:
症状吞噬 - more healing and cleanses all conditions, but doesn't generate life force.
Utility Skills
We default to:
苦难法池 is a great source of damage. Don't replace it.
黑暗法池 is a good source of damage and Chill Chill. It shouldn't be replaced unless really needed.
鬼灵缚爪 provides amazing utility with life force generation and pulls enemies around you so you can easily kill them. Can be replaced if you want.
If you want or need to run other skills, here are some suggestions:
"弱者退散！" - DPS option to replace 鬼灵缚爪 when there's no need to pull mobs. Also provides might and stunbreaks
"无尽苦痛！" - transfers conditions and chills.
腐蚀毒云 - destroys projectiles.
鬼灵铠甲 - power defense and life force generation.
鬼灵影步 - condition defense and life force generation.
"迷雾归来！" - great when fighting packs of enemies.
Elite Skills
We recommend 
"严寒刺骨！" for its crowd control and offensive boons, most notably 激怒. We don't suggest replacing it but you can consider:
召唤血肉魔像 - tanky pet that can be activated to do crowd control. Generally a worse option to Chilled to the Bone.
Specializations
Equipment
Ascended gear and stat infusions are not required; exotic gear with the same stats is fine.
Standard Equipment
This set uses the same gear as Build:Reaper_-_Power_DPS. This makes it a good option for general PVE.
If you are gearing this character from zero, start with exotic quality gear. Search the trading post for "Zhed" armor. Then search for the weapons you want to use: "Ebonblade" greatsword, "Bonetti's Rapier" sword, "Usoku's Needle" dagger, "Kodanroar" warhorn, "Deathwish" staff, or "Maw of the Damned"/"Shattered Axe"/"Serpent's Wrath Axe" axe. Upgrade to ascended gear as you progress. See also: Guide:How to Gear a Character.
- Note that reaper can be built around
超级精确法印 or 
超级冲击法印. We suggest the Accuracy version as it better for raids, strikes, convergences, and other long fights. But if you mostly do short fights like fractals, check Build:Reaper - Power DPS for the Impact version. - We recommend
烟花古物 for a nice damage buff. But when solo, you can use 
午夜国王古物 to generate fury, something reaper sorely lacks. - For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford.
Consumables
Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.
DPS
Defense
Farming
- Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
生日爆破枪 / 
令人愉快的生日蛋糕大餐-
薄荷怪异莓棒
锐磨颅骨 (and variants)
Usage
夺魂之幕 is the profession mechanic of the reaper. This offensive shroud is slightly less resilient than necromancer's 
死亡之幕 but, in exchange, provides massive damage.
Damage
Most of the damage comes from Reaper's Shroud thanks to 
致命洞察 and 
夺魂灭屠. Start fights with greatsword, use all your skills, then enter Reaper's Shroud and do massive damage. Then exit the shroud and continue using your weapons to rebuild your life force.
Opener
When fighting bosses and other tough enemies, you can start fights with the following opener. The general idea is to have your pulsing skills dealing damage while you are in Shroud to benefit from 致命洞察 and 夺魂灭屠.
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黑暗抓攫
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夜幕降临
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黑暗法池
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苦难法池
- 夺魂之幕 ⇒
死亡冲刺 
灵魂漩涡 inside your wells to make use of the whirl finisher.
生命撕裂 
生命劈裂 
生命收割 X2-
死亡冲刺
- 生命撕裂 生命劈裂 生命收割 X2
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死亡冲刺
处决镰刀 ⇒ 
解除夺魂之幕-
死亡漩涡
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掘墓剑斩
- Don't interrupt your Shroud auto attack chain. The final attack deals much higher damage and triggers 夺魂灭屠 to reduce your cooldowns.
- 死亡冲刺 is a very tiny DPS gain, you can skip it if you want and use Shroud basic attacks instead. The skill is slightly buggy and may miss enemies.
- 黑暗抓攫 happens almost immediately but has a long aftercast that you can cancel with 夜幕降临 or weapon swap.
- Consider casting
惊惧魔甲 for 
稳固 to ensure you do not get interrupted during your high damage Reaper's Shroud. - If the enemy is below 50% HP, keep spamming 掘墓剑斩.
- 夜幕降临 will trigger 烟花古物 for a nice damage boost as you prepare to enter Shroud.
- Once you master this rotation, try incorporating your offhand sword skills
饥饿漩涡 ⇒ 
吞噬面容 and 
狼吞虎咽 ⇒ 
消食殆尽. You want to use them either right before Shroud or weapon swap, since you don't want to spend any longer on your sword weaponset.
- If using spear instead, use all skills and reset
千疮百孔 with Template:Distress.
- If using spear instead, use all skills and reset
- Against bosses with a Defiance Bar or breakbar, it is generally worth delaying the rotation until the bar breaks. You can contribute to this with 黑暗抓攫 and "严寒刺骨！".
Chill generation
Reapers inflict much higher damage to 
冰冻 foes thanks to 
冷眼旁观. Inflicting chill is very easy:
冰冻新星 - one of the primary sources of chill, but requires the target to already be chilled.- 黑暗法池 - one of the primary sources of chill, used at the start of the combo.
- "严寒刺骨！" - applies chill in a large area.
- 黑暗抓攫 - this skill is usually used as an opener due to its pull, and it also chills.
冰冻镰刀 - the final hit of the greatsword auto-chain.- 处决镰刀 - applies chill in a large area and places an ice field.
- 灵魂漩涡, 掘墓剑斩, 死亡漩涡 - if used in an ice field, these can create Chilling Bolts, which apply chill when they hit a target; if used inside a target's hitbox, this can apply a considerable amount of chill very quickly. (See also: Guide:What_are_Combo_Fields)
恐惧寒栗 - applies chill to any enemy feared, with no cooldown; this means 
惊惧释放 will apply chill.
Notes and tips
- Pull mobs together with 鬼灵缚爪 and/or 黑暗抓攫 before bursting them all down.
- When dealing with groups of mobs, remember 掘墓剑斩 will reset if at least one of them is below 50% HP. Cleave them all.
- You do not gain life force from nearby deaths while inside Shroud. Try to finish off your enemies outside of Reaper's Shroud to replenish your life force.
- 黑暗抓攫 has a long aftercast, but can be cancelled almost immediately after casting with 夜幕降临, weapon swapping, or entering Shroud.
- Stay in melee range to benefit from
灵魂吞噬. - 死亡冲刺 destroys projectiles.
- 夜幕降临 corrupts boons on enemies.
Survivability
- Sidestep and walk or dodge out of enemy attacks.
- Stack blind and chill on trash mobs to negate their damage.
- 夺魂之幕 is as a second health bar and has a natural 33% damage reduction. 惊惧魔甲 further reduces damage taken.
- Use 症状吞噬 in condition heavy fights. If more is needed, run "无尽苦痛！".
- "严寒刺骨！" provides 稳固.
