Guild Wars 2

Remaking this post cause hte previous version was full of salt.

I am looking for methods for a power necro or reaper to go head to head with a condi reaper or necro. Any tips or advice would be welcome. I have tried multiple builds so I can’t point to just one as the one I am currently running.

Well, there’s two ways to beat a condi reaper.

Option 1 is to play a condi reaper and just be better by out-transferring them and timing your jazz right. This is probably the most efficient because then you can use the OPness of condi reaper’s against everything else. Death magic (middle top middle with Rise) will give you an unfair advantage (use with soul reaping and reaper).

Option 2 is to remove condi reaper’s advantage. Condi reapers kick butt by corrupting boons and transferring condi’s. So if you don’t give yourself boons, and don’t give them damaging condi’s, you’re not giving them much to work with. This one is tricky to play as power though because you need to avoid giving yourself might through the spite or reaper lines—might corrupts to weakness, which will shred your dps. Also, power reaper simply isn’t as OP as condi reaper, so it’s tougher to excel with, though it does give you a small element of surprise.

Thank you for the replies you two. And I appreciate the advice.

The Necro vs. Necro matchup comes down heavily to whoever has the larger number of transfers. If you really find the matchup gives you trouble (as you generally should), then try running Dagger offhand and Plague Signet as a stunbreak instead of whatever else you’re likely using. Against Condi-heavy teams, my power utilities would usually look like Consume Conditions, Plague Signet, Well of Corruption, Well of Power, and Chilled to the Bone.