Condi Reaper.

[lodjur.1284]

11 hours ago, Crazy.6029 said:

No need to be condescending. Are you saying that Arena Net is unable to change deathly chill to 2 stacks? Ok. Didn't know that. I was just thinking that if 1 didn't work and 3 didn't work, then why not try 2. Thank you for letting me know that Arena Net is unable to make deathly chill work at 2 stacks. Thank you.

Exactly, from a programming perspective, the number 2 just doesn't exist, so deathly chill can't do 2 stacks of bleeding it is sadly impossible

[Zhaid Zhem.6508]

6 hours ago, lodjur.1284 said:

Exactly, from a programming perspective, the number 2 just doesn't exist, so deathly chill can't do 2 stacks of bleeding it is sadly impossible

So why the pve version applies 2 bleeding ?

Don't know if you're a nasty troll or worst !?

[lodjur.1284]

5 minutes ago, Zhaid Zhem.6508 said:

So why the pve version applies 2 bleeding ?

Don't know if you're a nasty troll or worst !?

Nah, the number 2 just doesn't exist in WvW

[Dadnir.5038]

2 hours ago, Zhaid Zhem.6508 said:

So why the pve version applies 2 bleeding ?

 

It's because, historically, many necromancer complained that the reaper should be the power spec and not a condi spec and many other professions's players complained that condi reaper is cancer.

 

The point is that while scourge's cdamage are balanced through condi duration between PvE and PvP/WvW, the reaper's cdamage are supposed to be balanced through the number of stacks of deathly chill. In the end, it lead to roughly the same amount of cdamage between the 2 specs, reaper's being less bursty than scourge's by design.

[jpsssss.7530]

A hybrid build might work especially after the upcoming changes.

[Acyk.9671]

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Edited April 3, 2022 by Acyk.9671

[KrHome.1920]

2 bleeds would be overpowered. Reaper can apply a lot of chills in a short amount of time (shouts, reaper rune, trait procs).

 

Currently such a burst applies in 1 second 7 to 10 bleeds in the competitive modes and 15 to 20 bleeds in PvE. The latter is at a point where you can call it condi burst, which is something ANet tries to prevent at any cost in the competitive modes for a good reason.

 

7 to 10 is not good enough to compensate the slow shroud attacks. But 15 to 20 is too much. It's so much that you can ignore shroud completely and focus on the chill bust combos, which is just bypassing the class mechanic.

 

Reaper needs a rework of its condi mechanic to become a viable condi spec without being overpowered.

Edited May 9, 2021 by KrHome.1920

[Anchoku.8142]

Bleed duration split between PvP, WvW and PvE is easy and allows for fine adjustments.

[Voltekka.2375]

Hybrid reaper is strong as a roamer, stronger after patch (small tip: cele stats now have expertise plus concentration!). I have tested a few builds and was pleasantly surprised. 

 

[Nimon.7840]

On 5/5/2021 at 6:35 PM, slave to the grind.5028 said:

Timing and opportunity dependant. If you know when to engage, you can wipe an entire blob with one spin.

 

Then the blob has to be extremely stupid/bad.

 

Hybrid is just bad right now, because of two things:

Scrapper exists and firebrand exists.

 

With new Resolution and the amount of cleanses a scrapper does, it's absolutely useless to play condi against blobs.

 

Not to mention, that you would need to play deathly chill, which makes you loose 300 ferocity and quickness in shroud. And you gain absolutely nothing for it.

 

 

Edited May 14, 2021 by Nimon.7840