Guild Wars 2

I had a blast in WvW with a frontline reaper and it worked very well even in small fights (vs 2-5) but in PvP, I just couldn’t get anything good with the reaper.

Out of despair, I actually put my frontline build in PvP… and it worked. So the idea is very tanky (soldier amulet, rune soldier), 4 shouts + spectral armor, GS/staff, blood, SR, reaper. Then go to mid, and jump in the middle of the fight and spin!

Absolutely no LF generation problem (shroud CD is 7s, it is usually more than full by that time), the GS always hit something in the mess and the heal gives very good LF. As soon as you put your shroud, with the crits from traits you actually are painful despite the defensive amulet + heal allies around. Always start the DS with 3 for the stab else 4 just does not work.

I can’t pretend it is the best reaper build, but it’s the only one where I really thought I was using the reaper essence and didn’t feel “restricted” by it.