Reaper with Dhuumfire looked like a really cool, fun to play concept. I’m not sure what HoT will hold in store for us, so I wanted to play a build that would be very strong overall in most situaitons. Condi/Power DPS, with a dash of extra survivabilty, is what I’m going for.
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I already have everything in the build. The jist of it is to get into Reaper Shroud while inflicting Vulnerability to gain up to 50% extra crit chance and assuming external fury sources always have 100% crits.
The Cavalier stuff is just for a little extra bit of durability, especially for shroud. There wasn’t any stat combo’s that did Toughness, Power, Condition Damage, so I figure swapping in Ferocity for Condition Damage was the next best thing.
Nothing is ascended, because I don’t want to spend time on low margin gains. I probably will upgrade though, once legendary armor is a thing, since it seems worth spending the time for stat flexibility.
There were a couple of things I was looking for feedback on though.
I was wondering if there would be better rune/sigil choices given what we know so far. Strength Runes seem too good to pass up though since Might buffs condi and power, and the extra power modifier seems nice. I’m not exactly sure about the Sigils though, especially Battle on the staff.
Also, I wasn’t sure what the best way to put in some condi management would be. I was thinking I’d often be able to use the Heal shout as a life force battery, since it will have a 13 second cooldown if hits 5 foes. Therefore I didn’t want to use Consume Conditions, so I was thinking maybe using Plague Signet in place of “You are all Weaklings!”, since I’d still have the elite as a stun break and stability source. Maybe I could swap out “Rise!” if I do not need the extra durability it offers, but I’m not sure which to swap (it’s probably situational).
I didn’t want to get rid of Locust Signet, because it’s my movement speed (outside of shroud), and if I need some extra healing it’s nice to be able to grab up to an extra 5k health.
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Ball park price for all the things is 150ish gold. Plus 3-4 hours of time in the Silverwaste getting bandit crests and another 1 hour or so putting everything together.
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