Reaper - Power Reaper - MetaBattle

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: WvW Zerg

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Path of Fire Builds Secrets of the Obscure builds

Difficulty: Easy

This build was last updated on March 10, 2026 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

A durable build with boon corruption and burst melee damage.

Skillbar

Axe/Focus

Utility

Weapon Variants

Axe ⇒ Main hand Sword less single target and harder to use boon rip, but better range and higher aoe damage
Focus ⇒ Off hand Sword less single target and no boon rip, but better range and higher aoe damage
Axe/Focus ⇒ Spear more AoE damage but much less range

Elite Variants

"严寒刺骨！"

Traits

Variants

Both viable options to add a lot of extra defense, swap out Soul Reaping
Blood is more defensive, Death is more offensive

Template Code

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Equipment

Head

Marauder

Shoulders

Marauder

Chest

Marauder

Hands

Marauder

Legs

Marauder

Feet

Marauder

Backpiece

Marauder

Accessory

Demolisher

Accessory

Demolisher

Amulet

Demolisher

Ring

Demolisher

Ring

Demolisher

Axe

Marauder

Focus

Marauder

Sigil

Greatsword

Marauder

Empty slot

Sigil

Rune

Infusion

x18

Relic

Equipment Variants

Stats

Feel free to use as much Berserker's gear as you can without dying
The given setup aims for maximum Effective Health
- You can swap Marauder's to Demolisher's to make healing more efficient in exchange for increasing your chance to be spiked from 100%

Relic

烟花古物
塞鲁斯古物 - with "严寒刺骨！"

Consumables

Usage

Quick Guide

Reaper is a utility DPS that sets up its group with boon corruption and brings significant damage while in melee
Use 腐化法池 and 苦难法池 together, ideally on the commander's call
Use 夜幕降临 on the commander's call
Use 噬灵盛宴 and "死亡将临！" as often as possible for boon rip, especially when combined with Wells and 夜幕降临
Use your 夺魂之幕 for damage any time you can safely be in melee range

Surviving

This build has high passive defense
This build has low mobility skill access
This build has low active defenses

Defensive Skill List

夺魂之幕 - Damage reduction
- 死亡冲刺 - Movement
- 惊惧魔甲 - 稳固
Make sure to drop your target when using 死亡冲刺 for mobility
夺魂之幕 gives 50% damage reduction
- Try not to use up all of your Life Force defensively, save enough for 灵魂漩涡 if possible
惊惧魔甲 is an instant cast that should be used whenever entering shroud

Priorities

High

Wells

Moderate

Boon rip
Damage

Low

Detailed Explanations

Wells

Try to save your Well skills for the commanders call
- If you aren't using voice communication, use your wells at the same time as the other Necromancers in your group
Cast 腐化法池 before 苦难法池, due to the longer cooldown
Only use your Well skills at the same time, do not use one early and desync their cooldowns
When using ground AoEs like 腐化法池 or 苦难法池, try to place them so that one edge is on the enemy group and the other edge is in the direction they are moving to
Immediately after placing both wells enter 夺魂之幕 to activate 致命洞察 and remain in shroud for the duration of the wells
- If you're not in range for 夺魂之幕 skills you can instead follow up with 噬灵盛宴 and/or "死亡将临！" for more boon rip on the well spike

Boon rip

Boon Rip Skill List

腐化法池
夜幕降临
"灵魂夺取！" + 恶意虫群 + 苦难纹章
噬灵盛宴
刺骨恶寒
"死亡将临！"
夺魂之幕 + 恶灵附体
As with wells, use 夜幕降临 on your commanders call
- If you commander isn't calling 夜幕降临 instead use it when the enemy group is pushing towards you or your group is in melee
Combine 噬灵盛宴 and "死亡将临！" with 腐化法池 and 夜幕降临 whenever you can
- Otherwise cast 噬灵盛宴 and "死亡将临！" as often as possible while in range
Make sure to enter 夺魂之幕 in range to proc 恶灵附体
Use "灵魂夺取！" to proc 恶意虫群 + 苦难纹章
- 恶意虫群 + 苦难纹章 has a substantial range and should be used directly after 腐化法池/夜幕降临 or before 夺魂之幕 to combine the boon rip on spikes

Damage

Skill priority

腐化法池 + 苦难法池 - always together, on call

巫妖形态

only after projectile block is down

夺魂之幕

Axe

噬灵盛宴
刺骨恶寒 - only on single target
恐怖之爪
灵魂抓攫 - only if low on Life Force

Greatsword

夜幕降临 - on call
死亡漩涡
掘墓剑斩
夺魂之幕 and its Autoattack chain along with 灵魂漩涡 is your highest source of damage, once your boon rip skills have been used focusing on using shroud attacks as often as possible when in range
Use 噬灵盛宴 immediately after Weapon Swap Weapon Swap and use it gain immediately before swapping back
- Delaying your Weapon Swap Weapon Swap slightly for the cooldown is fine
Enter 夺魂之幕 as often as possible in melee, particularly when 灵魂漩涡 is off cooldown
- Make sure not to put yourself out of position with 死亡冲刺, leaving shroud without casting it is fine
Save 巫妖形态 until 弱化之风 and other projectile block is used up.
- Don't be afraid to drop form early if 死亡之爪 is being projectile blocked.
Use 刺骨恶寒 ⇒ 恐怖之爪 ⇒ 撕裂之爪 to pick off isolated players

CC

List of CC Skills

黑暗抓攫 - 拉拽
惊惧魔甲 ⇒ 惊惧释放 - 恐惧
处决镰刀 - 昏迷
Use 黑暗抓攫 when:
- Your group calls a spike such as Wells
- Your group is range spiking the enemy
- Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing
Do not use 黑暗抓攫 when:
- Your group is pushing and the enemy group is pushing
- Your group is moving away from the enemy
- It would pull the enemy group out of your groups spike (except for range spikes)
You can use a Stow Weapon keybind halfway through the cast of 黑暗抓攫 and the pull will finish casting while you can immediately start casting other skills
Make sure to trigger the flip skill 惊惧释放 before the 6 second duration of 惊惧魔甲 ends
处决镰刀 only hits one target, it is rarely worth casting