reaper build for people that die a lot

[trunks.5249]

i was watching a few YouTube videos and came across some comments saying they die a lot. so i thought i would show this build. so this is for the reapers having a hard time enjoy http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PSwEE6MssAGDjiVxGxTZqrZD-zxQY1g8PRFXwZEhCoVJgPHAA-e you will not die a lot anymore. to be honest you could use any gear you like just use the trait lines and skills

Edited July 16, 2023 by trunks.5249

[Shadowmoon.7986]

Might want to run dagger instead of gs if you are running bloodmagic. Vampiric does not have a icd and vampiric aura has a 1/2 sec icd,  so you get less benefits with a slow gs. 

[ZeftheWicked.3076]

Before making a build for it (and this one is pretty bad btw), every newbie reaper needs to understand what shroud 3 does.
66% strike and condi damage reduction for 6 seconds is some serious tanking power.
Problem is many ppl will go straight to fear part which immediately disables this awesome defensive option.

As for your build. Defenses aren't bad (though dagger is the go to weapon if you're running blood magic), but your offense is terrible.
23% crit chance means 77% of your hits aren't crits and two outta 3 attack stats (precision and ferocity) don't do anything.

If you're running both Death Magic and Blood Magic i would honestly veer more torwards condi build since it needs much less stats to get off the ground.

 

[TashaFoxx.7862]

just use build from Lord Hizen

[Nabbut.7480]

The only way to not die a lot as Reaper is to run in little circles, wave your scythe and shout. The minions all get deleted in few seconds.

[Methuselah.4376]

In my experience, at least as far as open world is involved, you can survive just fine with the raid build, substituting CTTB instead of golem for boons and burst (combined with YAAW). Your build has good defence, but so little offence that it actually makes encounters much longer. Your best defence as a Reaper is your offence (plus blinds, shroud 3 etc), after all your enemies cannot hurt you if they're dead. 

Edited July 18, 2023 by Methuselah.4376