Guild Wars 2

Hi, i discovered a “new” build for myself that i really enjoy playing
and i think it’s highly effective and could be on par with more popular builds.
(i dont claim that i came up with something new or innovative-im sure others tried builds like this already)

GS D/D Reaper:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNAoYRnMbCV3gt0AO2As3gFcBL+K+FHjQDgAQLIaD0B+AA-TBSBABAcKFwTfg/7PQp6PmpE8Klfooh5hnUApAiYYF-e

Can change utilities, but blood is power is a great buff and with the little extra condi dmg in good groups i get blood ticks up to 2k..

I got rid of my scholar runes and use berserker instead.. this might be a little dps loss in total, but it shifts some dmg focus on condi, which is nice when facing tough mobs unexpectedly. Also im not that good at staying above 90% hp all the time and it feels good – personally – to not loose any dmg buffs while being on lower health.

In pug group situations or open world, i change spitefull talisman for bitter chill..
Since this build spits chill all the time u can apply vulnerability very easily even in aoe open world scenarios.

With chill ticking up to 1,2k and blood up to 2k (poison can go up to 2k aswell) i think we would compensate the loss of scholar runes and blood magic specialization.

This build is highly customizable (utilities, spite/curses traits), but in practice the chill dmg could be lower if other peeps stack chill aswell.

example rotation:
(while at range)
Blood is Power
Deathly Swarm
Reapers Shroud
cast Executioners Scythe on the fly towards boss (probably dps loss later or if better fields are on boss)
Soul Spiral
Deaths Charge
exit RS
weapon swap
Death Spiral (if vulnerability not 25)
otherwise Nightfall
Gravedigger
Well of Suffering
Full Auto Chain until Blood is Power is up
repeat.. its very situational and due to different cd’s you would need to stay a second longer on GS if Nightfall/Gravedigger CD is up very soon

I would like to hear ur opinion, appreciate constructive criticism.

btw: Dagger/Dagger looks cool

greetings, schmu

edit: also, im impressed about how hard Dagger 4 actually hits – especially in Aoe situations its a nice skill for applying chill to multiple mobs thanks to chill on blindness

using “soul spiral” in “executioners scythe” is a guaranteed 25 vulnerability stacks with “bitter chill” trait

This build is similar to what was run in the past before we got access to reaper. You’ve just taken it a bit to the extreme by trying to eek out some condi damage with it. Also those 1.2 tick chills you are getting I am assuming you are talking about when you break the boss bar. Since my full Viper/Sinister gear pulls around that much before full stacks of might and no bar broken. Even the 2k bleed ticks seem a little high without breaking the bar. On break bars I get to 14k tick bleeds on a regular basis if I don’t mess up rotation. So I guess if you got some lucky barbed precision procs it could be done once in a while.

One issue I see with it is the huge amount of crit you have over 100%. (I wish anet would add in power/condi/ferocity gear). Say you have 6-7 condis on the boss which is not hard to do that would be 12-14% crit. Combined with fury 20% which most groups have up 100% now on top of you gaining it when going into shroud. 50% from Decimate Defenses and your 49.76% from prec.

You also slotted master of corruption for one corruption. Isn’t really a better option for that tier just feels kinda lack luster.

The group damage increase from blood magic I feel makes up for the little increase in sustain you have gained.

You also gave up Scholar runes which lost you 110 power, and 100 ferocity. With another 5% less damage to direct damage to gain 5% more damage in conditions and 210 condi. Which I feel is a bad trade off when using two power based weapons.

All and all probably not the best build for dungeons and groups but seems ok for solo. I can’t see giving up blood though even in solo play. The sustain from vampiric is really nice.

Forgot to ask one question. Why spite over Poison Cloud? With Master of Corruption you have a 20 second cooldown on it. You should have enough condi damage to make the 5 pulses do a decent amount of damage as well as an extra field that lasts 8 seconds on a 20 second cooldown. so 40% up time if timed perfectly almost.

Thanks alot for ur input!

I will try to take poison cloud instead of spite..its a good idea..

The reason for taking Master of Corruption is because the other traits are lackluster.
You might be right about the high condi ticks on breakbars.. still in open world and on the dummy i get up to 1,3k blood and 600 chill dmg with relatively high uptime.
Since this is without 25 mightstacks i assumed the high condi ticks come from group buff situations.

Im aware of the huge amount of crit and under perfect conditions i’d replace berserker gear with valk or take Chilling Victory

Someone (i think it was spoj) claimed that vampiric aura could be compared with a total 5% dmg increase. I feel like it could be sacrificed, since Blood Magic doesnt offer that much dps.

If we compare Scholar (175 Power/100Ferocity/10% DMG if above 90% HP) and Berserker (175 Condi/100 Power/5% DMG /5% Condi) we loose 75 Power, 100 Ferocity and 5% DMG IF we stay above 90% HP
With this build i calculate that the group is not 100% perfect and that i maybe dodge to late etc. Therefore when i think about Scholar i always assume a 7% DMG instead of 10%, but that is personal preference and maybe a mistake.

Also i dont count on 100% Fury uptime, coz some raids do without them Revs nowadays.

Will test a little more and once i figured out how to record an okay quality video i will upload some gameplay/rotation footage.