Guild Wars 2

I took a look at the Reaper weapon skills and saw that most attacks do Chilling, with one of the skills inflicting conditions of other types (the description didn’t specify). With this knowledge in mind, I am wondering if a build involving Condition Damage would work for a GS-wielding Reaper. As my Necro is currently level 71, I want to think ahead. Currently using Scepter/Dagger as my main weapon set, and have been using Rampager or Carrion armor/weapons when I’m able to craft them. So…would this still be useful for Reaper GS?

Thanks!

No. GS shines with power damage and has little to no effect when compared to scepter.

Famine.7915:

No. GS shines with power damage and has little to no effect when compared to scepter.

What is a good, easily-obtainable stat combo for Reaper, then? Bezerker, etc. (never know what to call those titles as a general category). By “easily-obtainable”, I mean that it can be armor that I can craft myself, nothing Exotic. I realize some stats are only available by certain methods.

Condi builds have a huge reliance on gear because condition duration is necessary in order to have competitive damage. If you goal is to have competitive damage, then you really need viper’s gear for condi builds.

In contrast, power builds are pretty easy to get gear for. You probably want berserker stats, which you can craft. You can also get those stats from a few dungeons when you want to get exotics. This would also fit well if you are interested in using GS more.

I don’t recommend crafting power-based gear, especially berserker. It’s easy to get on the TP and so worthless in WvW now that the price for gearing is less than it would take to get a few levels in crafting.

Easily obtainable is drops, karma armor, and wvw gear. It’s cheaper than crafting due to leather prices.