Guild Wars 2

Anyone found a consistent way to take down a decent reaper? I know every class does their thing well, and a well played anything can be op. However, I don’t think twice wading in on any class but a necro. It’s pvp, odds are they are reaper, if they aren’t a bot they are dangerous. I do alot of p/p condi scrapper, but have been playing around with cele/viper hammer, depending on compositions. Having a decent time with hammer, loving it’s versatility once you get accustomed. Still would rather 1v1 any other class. Anyone found a way?

Well yeah you cannot out condi a reaper as engi. Only rev can do that! Converted chill = resistance so if you take Elixir C against them you can usually put up a fight. If you are not condi.

can’t say I have an issue with them on either cele or marauders hammer.

I just use defensive CDs appropriately, CC and deliver my sick own.

There are pretty much only two classes that I do not duel 1v1 when I do sPvP with my condi scrapper – diamond eles and condi necros. The first because even if I do eventually kill them, the fight would probably last longer than the entire sPvP round. The second because they can roflstomp me in 1 second if careless.

That said, fighting a necro/reaper is never going to be anything but inconsistent. You will find that a necro/reaper you roflstomped a minute ago is suddenly an insanely hard target, because sPvP is not fair to LF mechanics. They have always been a very hard match for any condi class. Reaper is even nastier than normal necro, but you can exploit their melee only shroud.

Marauder Scrapper > Reaper

Power scrapper is able to kill reaper. But it is never an easy matchup for an engi.

Condi engi/scrapper is a joke for every necro.

necro is natural counter considering they abosrb conditions and have 2 life pools. But what i found was to burst them down and pop moa on them and hope they go down. usually works but moa can be dodge as well as its a very short duration so must use it wisely.
oh and i am a burn/scrapper just pop stacks then moa usually a quick battle is i am successful.

Power scrapper can fairly easily deal with a condi reaper assuming you know how to approach the fight and know what to dodge.

Things that I’ve noticed while fighting the many condi reapers I’ve encountered in pvp:
Rifle’s hard cc makes things very difficult for reaper because outside of RS they have no stab and overcharged shot allows you to combo some great damage and force them onto the defensive.

Mortar kit’s blind and water field help to tank reaper’s damage and stop their cc’s from hitting. Plus the elixir removing a condi helps to shave off their damage.

Remembering not to shy away from using heal turret as a condi clear in that specific matchup as if you run hgh, egun, mortar, and elixir b you should be able to consistenly rotate through condi clears which will allow you to sustain through their condis while giving you time to drop your own damage on them.

Hoelbrak runes combined w/ adaptive armor trait provides solid condi resistance straight off which makes it really hard them to plow through your 21k hp (assuming cele ammy)

Save blocks for their RS as they will almost always unblockable marks and you don’t want to waste cds from them fearing you out of the block.

Don’t be too eager to go all in on a condi necro, remember your healing is much higher than theirs and by following the other things I’ve listed they won’t be able to take you down quickly unless you get kitteny or go all in on them so try to keep the fight sustained out while you tear them down slowly, burst when you can but be conservative. If you’re on a point try to keep forcing them off the point with overcharged shot so you can get cap progress while also winning the fight.

Best of luck with your endeavors! Hope I was helpful to you.

Edit: This is the build I use just in case you were looking for what kind of a build my posts advice was pertaining to
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFAUlUUh2tYJXw6KQ7FLTGF9cn37d42lMhl4zcABAA-TJBHwAAuAAGeAAl2fAZZAA

If you are condi, take Elixir C in case you let them transfer.

Only burst condi once they have burned their transfers.

Use CC to control their healing.