Guild Wars 2

I’ve watched some esl 1 vs 1 duels on jebro’s YouTube channel and never seen a reaper winning it. I love reaper but seeing them being rarely used in 1 vs 1, and getting destroyed when used, makes me sad.

What is holding reapers back from competing well in 1 vs 1?

You shouldn’t have to ask that question if you play reaper.

Cloth wearing profession that has to get in melee range to do damage. Very little stability plus no aegis, blocks, immunities, or other scalable defense.

Also, you can’t build life force without taking damage/fighting, but you start with no life force so that means 30%-50% of your traits, defenses, etc are not usable. On the flip side, other professions start a duel with all their cooldowns up (or a warrior builds adrenaline in a fraction of the time – including utilities to insta fill it.)

Necros also have some of the longest cast times and cooldowns, so no profession is easier to interrupt and/or wait til cooldowns are blown. There is only one viable heal and it has a cooldown of 30 seconds, a cast time of 1 second, and even gives you a condition when you use it.

If you know exactly what you are fighting ahead of time, it’s possible to create a niche build to beat it. On the whole, there are very few viable necro builds for 1v1 compared to other professions. It’s just not a profession you can feel good about playing PvP in a 1v1 scenario unless you are far superior skill than your opponent.

Reaper/Necro has no out-of-jail button or good mobility to get in and out of combat.

That means most 1v1 you go in will be dictated by your opponent. If they are smart, they will engage you at a time/place that is to their advantage.

So in the end, players out that going for a build for dueling is meaningless. Even if you go for tanky sustain build, opponents can easily +1 you everytime. Players decide to use a group fight orientated build which gives reaper a meaningful place in the team.

SPESHAL.9106:

You shouldn’t have to ask that question if you play reaper.

Cloth wearing profession that has to get in melee range to do damage. Very little stability plus no aegis, blocks, immunities, or other scalable defense.

Also, you can’t build life force without taking damage/fighting, but you start with no life force so that means 30%-50% of your traits, defenses, etc are not usable. On the flip side, other professions start a duel with all their cooldowns up (or a warrior builds adrenaline in a fraction of the time – including utilities to insta fill it.)

Necros also have some of the longest cast times and cooldowns, so no profession is easier to interrupt and/or wait til cooldowns are blown. There is only one viable heal and it has a cooldown of 30 seconds, a cast time of 1 second, and even gives you a condition when you use it.

If you know exactly what you are fighting ahead of time, it’s possible to create a niche build to beat it. On the whole, there are very few viable necro builds for 1v1 compared to other professions. It’s just not a profession you can feel good about playing PvP in a 1v1 scenario unless you are far superior skill than your opponent.

But aren’t there extremely skilled reapers like letoll and noscoc who can beat other skilled players in 1vs1?

Necro was the Apex of 1 vs 1 before HOT.

Now necro is the Apex of team fights in team situations.

You want a easy answer, HOT specs were not well thought out when it came to PvP. Which is why build diversity has been next to none since HOT came out.

kdaddy.5431:

Necro was the Apex of 1 vs 1 before HOT.

Now necro is the Apex of team fights in team situations.

You want a easy answer, HOT specs were not well thought out when it came to PvP. Which is why build diversity has been next to none since HOT came out.

^^this

Svarty.8019:

It seems insane that the balance team want Necro to be junk, but they just completed their patch and did nothing to help Reaper whatsoever, just some number tweaks to a weapon nobody will use because it’s too slow for their twitchy game.

They buffed ghost trapper thief that everyone in wvw complains about and nerfed pvp thief specs, so we are basically left with 1 semi-viable option instead of two. Are you really surprised? I feel like the balancing team that actually cared about trade-offs, common sense, actual balancing etc. left this game long time ago.

kdaddy.5431:

Necro was the Apex of 1 vs 1 before HOT.

Now necro is the Apex of team fights in team situations.

You want a easy answer, HOT specs were not well thought out when it came to PvP. Which is why build diversity has been next to none since HOT came out.

Necro is definitely more viable in a team fight scenario, but ask yourself…what profession is worse to stack on a team?

I don’t have the stats, but almost every team with more than 1 necro is at a severe disadvantage (skill being equal). Maybe Anet has the stats on games won/loss with 2 necros on a team.

It’s a profession that is more viable in teams, yet it’s one you can’t stack.

There will always be outliers, but, on average, if you can find an engy or ele buddy to que with, then you will have more fun.

Have you ever heard of a necro called Imda ? Theres some rumours saying that he’s actually winning 1v1s on necro. Idk thou, maybe OPEN YOUR EYES.

For how long have you been checking Jebro’s vods

SPESHAL.9106:

but ask yourself…what profession is worse to stack on a team?

Teef

ImdA.4701:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3EUUI0Y9ZU

For how long have you been checking Jebro’s vods

Wow impressive!
Could you share your build and thoughts on how you pulled off the wins as a Reaper 1 vs 1?