Guild Wars 2

Im kind of liking the idea of Reaper of Grenth more than plague at the moment – though havent had the chance to do any testing yet.

Reaper of Grenth – Still able to use all other skills whilst using elite, also usable whilst in
death/reaper shroud.
– Lasts 15 secs
– Effects 10 targets
– Unblockable
– applies chill and poison every second for 15 seconds.

Plague – Transformation – so overrides other skills.
– lasts 20 secs
– Effects 5 targets on all skills
– deals 238 dmg every sec
– passively applies poison every sec
– Inflicts self bleed
– 1 st skill applies 2 stacks of bleeds
– 2nd skill applies blindness & chill depending on skills
– 3rd skill applies cripple and weakness.

Admittedly the stacks of bleeds are quite nice if i remember correctly. But compared to your regular rotation excluding plague would you apply more conditions and have better up keep? Then just use Reaper of Grenth to add to that and apply more.

Any ideas?

This has been discussed a lot and the consensus is divided between the two. Honestly IMO in both pve and pvp there are better elites to take.

ok then in PVE what would you recommend? Flesh Golem?

Yes, golem is a must for raids. Provides a decent chunk of damage and a super hard CC for break bars

Oh yeah i forgot about break bars. Urgh. Well Golem for raids and Reaper of Grenth for everything else i guess.

Thanks

I agree that there are better elites for many situations. When it comes to deciding between the two though I would like to point out that plague quadruples toughness and gives a lot more hp, reaper of grenth does not.

If you dont care about mechanics and just want to look pretty kitten- go with RoG. It is also a great elite skill for leveling.
When you have the reaper unlocked then go for shout. Especially when traited.

Reaper of Grenth does not apply chill/poison every second. It applies it once every three seconds.

I initially thought this utility could be amazing with a once-per-second application, but I did some tests and found it doesn’t apply it at such a frequency, making the skill a poor performer.

Why do you even compare those two? Their roles are completly different.

Plague is mainly a defensive skill. It heavly increases your toughness (by 3000) and vitality (by 2000), gives stability and mostly defensive conditions like blind, weakness etc.

Reaper of Grenth is more of a flavor skill like all racial skills are. It also hardly bolsters you defense (hence the difference in roles).