Reaper - Power Greatsword Reaper

Weapon Variants

Greatsword is absolutely mandatory. Never replace it. On the second weapon set, we recommend double Swords. Usage of mainhand and offhand sword requires Expanded Weapon Proficiency with Secrets of the Obscure. Other weapon alternatives include:

• Spear - replaces swords. Higher damage but in melee range.
• Staff - replaces swords. Provides burst damage from range, but deals very low sustained damage.
• Mainhand dagger + Warhorn - For players without Secrets of the Obscure nor Janthir Wilds.
• 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 冰冻. 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:

• - DPS option to replace when there's no need to pull mobs. Also provides might and stunbreaks
• - transfers conditions and chills.
• - destroys projectiles.
• - power defense and life force generation.
• - condition defense and life force generation.
• - great when fighting packs of enemies.

Elite Skills

We recommend for its crowd control and offensive boons, most notably . We don't suggest replacing it but you can consider:

• - tanky pet that can be activated to do crowd control. Generally a worse option to Chilled to the Bone.

Budget consumables are acceptable for use in open world.

DPS

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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Defense

Farming

• Prioritize Steak Ascended food.
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• (and variants)

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

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

• Note that reaper can be built around or . 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
  - Power DPS for the Impact version.
• We recommend for a nice damage buff. But when solo, you can use to generate fury, something reaper sorely lacks.
• For defense, equip the highest tier Jade Core you can afford.

is the profession mechanic of the reaper. This offensive shroud is slightly less resilient than necromancer's but, in exchange, provides massive damage.

Damage

Most of the damage comes from Reaper's Shroud thanks to and . 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 and .

5. ⇒
6. inside your wells to make use of the whirl finisher.
7. X2
9. X2
11. ⇒

• Don't interrupt your Shroud auto attack chain. The final attack deals much higher damage and triggers to reduce your cooldowns.
• 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.
• happens almost immediately but has a long aftercast that you can cancel with or weapon swap.
• Consider casting for to ensure you do not get interrupted during your high damage Reaper's Shroud.
• If the enemy is below 50% HP, keep spamming .
• will trigger for a nice damage boost as you prepare to enter Shroud.
• Once you master this rotation, try incorporating your offhand sword skills ⇒ and ⇒ . 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 with .
• 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 and .