Guild Wars 2

I was thinking about setting my Reaper up for pug Raid tanking. I’m able to get over 1800 toughness with just Cavalier Trinkets and a Soldier’s GS. What traits are people running? Taking Blood Magic and Death Magic seems like it nerfs my damage too much. I’m thinking about Blood/Soul Reaping/Reaper so I can stay in shroud for a long time have vampirism support and access to Foot in the Grave.

What are other people doing?

Current thoughts: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBhOD7kZTodTslGwbTgeTssOUxvf+v/UBwBkmS579uvA-TRSBAB4pJIPdCdp8jS1fkQJ4V7PogJIAeCAUcRACAgAwKP5GP5GTKAdVaB-e

Of course then I linked my Death Magic build… Like I said I can’t really decide.

Not a raidtank but you have blighters boon but very little boon output so don’t really see the point in that. Not really seeing the point in Corruter’s Fervor either since you apply the few conditions you have rather slowly for it to stack very high.

I’d say unholy sanctuary and chilling victory should be part of the build if you want to use blighter’s boon. It will give you a cheat death type ability and give you some regular blighter’s boon procs.

You could also consider something like this: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBhQD7khGocTslGwbTg9Gs4NYTNgAQCQaiFxeVxJwIYFE-TBSBABA8AAua/BKuIAdp8jS1fUwEkEKBzTnQAAEAW5J34J3YSBorSL-e

Which will give some considerable self healing in shroud when your druid can’t heal you. All the procs from wells+bloodfiend+minions+BB+Unholy Sanc+life leach really add upp.
Suffer is there for making sure the boss is chilled(cold shoulder/chilling victory) if your party is lacking chill. If it’s perma chilled you can just switch it to WoC

Honestly not sure if Soul Reaping is worth it for the extra shroud. If not blood, Spite gives you regualr BB procs, more chill and damage.

And like i said, not a raid tank, all of this might be over kill and all you need is toughness food and Rise! Cus god kitten that shout is awesome.

Corrupter’s fervor actually pops up almost instantly because of vulnerability and chill application. I was pretty surprised too.

Zerker with some Toughness infusions, or a single Cavalier trinket if you are poor is enough if you’re tanking.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bowl_of_Lemongrass_Mussel_Pasta

is the clear choice for food if u wanna be tankier, just a hint.

I use this one as off-tank: great damage, great survivability. I use it mostly in Dragon’s Stand.
I rely on the shroud only at the beginning to decrease my enemy’s life to 50%, or when I need to decrease a break bar, then I spam Gravedigger.

Reaper tank here for one of my guild’s groups.

Your toughness should be just enough to be the highest amount in your group. The current amount of toughness you’re running is too high, you don’t need that much. You’re losing out on damage and all of the bosses, especially Gorse, are DPS races. You’re also running with pugs who vary wildly from good to bad, so you should be doing your best to help the group with damage as much as possible while being a good tank.

With Shroud and Rise Reaper tanks are very durable while using the minimum amount of toughness required. Furthermore, once you hit 30% crit chance you can mix in Valks for extra health, since fury and decimate defenses will make up the final 70% crit chance.

The amount of toughness you want to run is just enough where you are the person with the most toughness in the group. Generally its your group’s druid that you want to collaborate with, as they usually run gear with some toughness. You also might want to collaborate with your group’s ele if they’re running cele to be more supportish. Everyone else should be at 1000 toughness.

Going with this theme, you do not need to build for defensive traits. Death Magic is unnecessary (unless you’re a condi reaper tank, but you’re not). Take Spite instead, as it gives +15% more damage (Spiteful Talisman, Close to Death), and either a little more personal chill (Chill of Death) or better axe damage/CD reduction if you have to be on blue guardian during the VG split for boon removal.

For the 2nd trait line I like Blood Magic, as it gives some more healing with siphons, a minor group damage/healing boost with Vampiric Presence, faster rezzing with Ritual of Life, and either an emergency rez through Transfusion or lowered well CDs and some protection and siphons with vampiric rituals.

Finally, in reaper I like to use deathly chill, which with 25 might and thus the 750 condi damage, can hit moderately hard. Going with this chilling nova is a good thing to take, although augury of death is good too if you want rise and your soul is mine up more for more sustain.

A few other things I like to do is to take well of corruption/suffering for more damage (and prot/siphons if you run vampiric rituals), Rise and your soul is mine for self-sustain, and flesh golem for break bars, although chilled to the bone is good if you’re group is bad at the seekers during VG.

Didn’t try tank reaper in raids yet, but if I would, I’d probably go with something like this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBhQD7khGobTscTwxGg9GsgLYxVxvYYcas1EWCQtpAQLA-TBSBABdp0QjDCwiKBva/RZmlq/8wFAAPdDA8EAIFwoKtA-e
Things to keep in mind:
- make sure that no one has more toughness than you (just in case, you never know…)
- if there was a stat combo with POWER-toughness-ferocity, it might be worth taking over valk
- 30% crit chance is enough, since vuln should be capped all the time anyway, decimate defense increases it to 80%, + 20% fury = 100%
- blood line helps you to stay alive
- sorted all the might stuff out, there should be others in your raid taking care of it
- you won’t hit like a wet noodle thus contributing even more to the raid
- if you die, it’s always the healer’s fault (just kidding )

bigbobpataki.4796:

Reaper tank here for one of my guild’s groups.

Your toughness should be just enough to be the highest amount in your group. The current amount of toughness you’re running is too high, you don’t need that much. You’re losing out on damage and all of the bosses, especially Gorse, are DPS races. You’re also running with pugs who vary wildly from good to bad, so you should be doing your best to help the group with damage as much as possible while being a good tank.

With Shroud and Rise Reaper tanks are very durable while using the minimum amount of toughness required. Furthermore, once you hit 30% crit chance you can mix in Valks for extra health, since fury and decimate defenses will make up the final 70% crit chance.

The amount of toughness you want to run is just enough where you are the person with the most toughness in the group. Generally its your group’s druid that you want to collaborate with, as they usually run gear with some toughness. You also might want to collaborate with your group’s ele if they’re running cele to be more supportish. Everyone else should be at 1000 toughness.

Going with this theme, you do not need to build for defensive traits. Death Magic is unnecessary (unless you’re a condi reaper tank, but you’re not). Take Spite instead, as it gives +15% more damage (Spiteful Talisman, Close to Death), and either a little more personal chill (Chill of Death) or better axe damage/CD reduction if you have to be on blue guardian during the VG split for boon removal.

For the 2nd trait line I like Blood Magic, as it gives some more healing with siphons, a minor group damage/healing boost with Vampiric Presence, faster rezzing with Ritual of Life, and either an emergency rez through Transfusion or lowered well CDs and some protection and siphons with vampiric rituals.

Finally, in reaper I like to use deathly chill, which with 25 might and thus the 750 condi damage, can hit moderately hard. Going with this chilling nova is a good thing to take, although augury of death is good too if you want rise and your soul is mine up more for more sustain.

A few other things I like to do is to take well of corruption/suffering for more damage (and prot/siphons if you run vampiric rituals), Rise and your soul is mine for self-sustain, and flesh golem for break bars, although chilled to the bone is good if you’re group is bad at the seekers during VG.

Can you post a build? How do you run without Soul Reaping? I feel like I really want the shroud cooldown traits.

I play reaper tank in our group usually, just running a normal DPS setup (Spite up up mid, blood mid bot top, reaper mid bot mid – though you could swap chilling nova for augury of death if that helps you when running Rise) using some food that gives Toughness so I can hold aggro. If, for some reason, you need to go even tankier, you could take Death Magic top bot mid and faceroll forever; also helps in case you have people getting downed often and/or your PS warriors keep forgetting that they shouldn’t pick people up by manually rezzing them. For gear you can just go full berserker, valkyrie would work but I’m not really a fan of that.

Btw, Soul Reaping wouldn’t do much for your damage; Death Perception is simply not necessary and you only have one 5% damage modifier in that line. Vulnerability will be capped anyway, which leaves you with more life force (gain) + slower natural degen and a free spectral armor should you drop below 50%.
As for the rest of your build, you shouldn’t have issues building enough life force; I’d suggest D/F over your current A/W as it’s more damage and quicker life force if necessary, Summon Blood Fiend (or Signet of Vampirism if you want to help your squad a bit more) are better healing choices, Flesh Golem would be a better choice if you want to CC, Lich for more minions. You are all weaklings doesn’t do much either as VG doesn’t care about weakness (only the seekers do) and you should be might capped all the time.

Dristig.9678:

Can you post a build? How do you run without Soul Reaping? I feel like I really want the shroud cooldown traits.

Yeah sure here you go.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBhQD7kZTolGsmGwbTg9GsgLYQDgAQLI+K+FHjTZhmQVA-TBSBABWqeAlq40lyDAuIAXt/oE7hnAAe6GMTJYAAEgbezsZbGc0je0je0j22t5Rv5RvZpAiYZE-e

Like the poster above me said, Soul Reaping doesn’t provide a lot of dps. You dont stay in shroud to dps, just to use death’s charge and soul reaping, and the 15% CD reduction isnt worth losing blood magic or spite, which provide group utility and damage respectively.