NorthernRedStar.3054 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 What would be the best build to start with in PvP (core/reaper/scourge)? And what is the most effective one at the moment, in your experience?How's reaper generally at the moment? I stumbled upon Hollt's video and he seems to be doing just fine with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxnecroxx.4039 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 all necro builds are bad except for 1 and that is being a boon corrupt bot for your team, no other build is allowed to be viable in Anets eyes, keep that in mind. so just make a boon corrupt bot while smiling and nodding, AND YOU WILL LIKE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RisenHowl.2419 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 @NorthernRedStar.3054 said:What would be the best build to start with in PvP (core/reaper/scourge)? And what is the most effective one at the moment, in your experience?How's reaper generally at the moment? I stumbled upon Hollt's video and he seems to be doing just fine with it. Reaper is very solid atm, if you can dodge well and know how to time corrupts, CC, and damage combos it'd a good class to pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah.4376 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 @Xxnecroxx.4039 said:all necro builds are bad except for 1 and that is being a boon corrupt bot for your team, no other build is allowed to be viable in Anets eyes, keep that in mind. so just make a boon corrupt bot while smiling and nodding, AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!Don't you get tired of saying the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over? Do you have this statement ready to copy paste? Urgh.@NorthernRedStar.3054 said:What would be the best build to start with in PvP (core/reaper/scourge)? And what is the most effective one at the moment, in your experience?How's reaper generally at the moment? I stumbled upon Hollt's video and he seems to be doing just fine with it.Reaper can actually be a powerful spec in pvp if played properly. Yes you have boon corruption, but in pvp that is actually a VERY good thing: strip your enemies' boons and then go in while they're weakened. Reaper's Shroud is very damaging and one Soul Spiral can bring down an entire team. The biggest disadvantage, of course, is your lack of active defenses so you need to rely ever more on positioning. Also, as any necro, you are the first to be targeted at the start of the fight because people will know you have no life force and so your biggest offence and defense are not available to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumouta.4985 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Personally, i've had a lot of success using a bursty dread reaper. Reapers are imo our one decent spec for pvp rn, and their role is to kill stuff and try to not get noticed or you'll get 5v1'd lolhere's that build. it's my own.http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PSwAEd3lVwEZdMP2JOeXvNfA-zZILkIjgMThoLA/GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InFamouz.4097 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Good thing you like Deadeyes, because the reaper plays almost like one, try to stay hidden so they dont notice you and when the time comes burst them down. in all seriousness i dont know why anet think Reaper is a brawler, compare it to Holo, Weaver and Spellbreaker, those are brawlers, Reapers cant hold a candle to this guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthonor.4061 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Question : does Scorge counter Firebrand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRedStar.3054 Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 @Knighthonor.4061 said:Question : does Scorge counter Firebrand? In the past, I would've said so. After all these more recent balance changes, I'm quite unsure these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XECOR.2814 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 @RisenHowl.2419 said:@NorthernRedStar.3054 said:What would be the best build to start with in PvP (core/reaper/scourge)? And what is the most effective one at the moment, in your experience?How's reaper generally at the moment? I stumbled upon Hollt's video and he seems to be doing just fine with it. Reaper is very solid atm, if you can dodge well and know how to time corrupts, CC, and damage combos it'd a good class to pickGood class to pick untill you reach plat and you are dead in every 1/2sec in battle cause people actually know how to play and are on meta builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dceptaconroy.7928 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 ^exactly. If you soloq I guarantee your good till g3 max. Plats a nogo zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble.4580 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I am t3 plat on reaper. It’s just most reapers use stupid builds for pvp. I even see most with gs... why would anyone choose gs over staff. For plat games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimon.7840 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 @Gamble.4580 said:I am t3 plat on reaper. It’s just most reapers use stupid builds for pvp. I even see most with gs... why would anyone choose gs over staff. For plat games.Maybe because it's an pretty good utility weapon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah.4376 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 @Gamble.4580 said:I am t3 plat on reaper. It’s just most reapers use stupid builds for pvp. I even see most with gs... why would anyone choose gs over staff. For plat games.Because Nightfall is one of the best skills in game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRedStar.3054 Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Okay, I tried reaper out.My initial impressions were; this is like Holosmith, but a lot more high risk/reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakorath.8910 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 @NorthernRedStar.3054 said:Okay, I tried reaper out.My initial impressions were; this is like Holosmith, but a lot more high risk/reward. I've always said reaper won't have a place in the game mode until Holo is brought down to a reasonable level. Holo is just so strong. Can do everything reaper can and more. Core Condi Necro (see Gods Of PvP or metabattle) is pretty fun but at g3-plat range it's going to take a ton of practice and knowledge of kiting. Enemies will focus you and you will be helpless and of little use the to the team until you figure out how to kite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKid.2941 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I've gone with greatsword for a long time and it's not that good. So I swap with staff and it's alot better than greatsword. You can survive more when you are backed away from the fight. Also, it's great with axe/focus. Plus reaper is a good elite spec for the necro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRedStar.3054 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 @TheKid.2941 said:I've gone with greatsword for a long time and it's not that good. So I swap with staff and it's alot better than greatsword. You can survive more when you are backed away from the fight. Also, it's great with axe/focus. Plus reaper is a good elite spec for the necroThis is probably what I'll have to try, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrHome.1920 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 If you get focussed axe + staff is the worst you can pick. You are helpless at melee range when shroud is on cooldown and every decent player will use this to wreck you over and over again. Not to mention that your pressure on staff is a joke, which means a gs reaper will contribute a lot more.Even heavy block reliant classes like guardian and revenant will easily outsustain your soul marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah.4376 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 @KrHome.1920 said:If you get focussed axe + staff is the worst you can pick. You are helpless at melee range when shroud is on cooldown and every decent player will use this to wreck you over and over again. Not to mention that your pressure on staff is a joke, which means a gs reaper will contribute a lot more.Even heavy block reliant classes like guardian and revenant will easily outsustain your soul marks.THIS!Look I get that staff has more safety in theory, but GS does a lot more damage plus in melee nothing in the necro's kit really beats Nightfall: blind + boon corruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble.4580 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Staff is good to be fair played last night and happen to stream but only unranked tho. Here’s some staff a/f reaper And this one to Also played some meme staff support tempest if interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrHome.1920 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Looks like hotjoin to me.I couldn't watch it for more than 5 minutes (too depressing - if the matchup became watchable afterwards: sorry my bad!). What I've seen there:At the beginning nobody was focussing you despite the fact you where in the middle of the action. Bad misplay of the opposing team. You are so squishy (easy to see later in the video) that you would have been a freekill.That deadeye was farming you. I would have farmed him.Low skill level example of the opposing team (one of many I've seen): you ran away after that dragonhunter used his F1 on you. He still did not pull you back to oneshot you.Sorry but this is exactly what I have in mind when people tell me staff+axe is viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble.4580 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 @KrHome.1920 said:Looks like hotjoin to me.I couldn't watch it for more than 5 minutes (too depressing - if the matchup became watchable afterwards: sorry my bad!). What I've seen there:At the beginning nobody was focussing you despite the fact you where in the middle of the action. Bad misplay of the opposing team. You are so squishy (easy to see later in the video) that you would have been a freekill.That deadeye was farming you. I would have farmed him.Low skill level example of the opposing team (one of many I've seen): you ran away after that dragonhunter used his F1 on you. He still did not pull you back to oneshot you.Sorry but this is exactly what I have in mind when people tell me staff+axe is viable.My miss play means staff + axe is not viable ?Yeah I make lots of mistakes and always will. Infact never seen anyone ply a perfect game. But one should never comment unless they watch full video as u never know one may of learnt from them mistakes :P Ty for being the guy that points out the mistakes. I have more videos on a different thread please watch 5 mins of each and comment all the mistakes made as it’s really help because when rest of us watch the videos we are blind to the mistakes.You sir are a hero the the pvp community. Oh wise one, god of pvpOh wait I forgot the pros montage not full videos ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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