Guild Wars 2

Heyo!

During the BWE I was testing how well the reaper can handle these evading monkeys in some duels x) Overall it went pretty well with a 50/50 win ratio, but this was when both me and my opponents were still new to our elite specializations. I wonder what a high skill level daredevil can pull of…

Vid:

Build link: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBIhZakjG6rxabwlG4vxCugFfF7ihRq0Qb4ZBd1CAtAA-TpBFwAMOCAl2fgwJAYxhAoaZAAPAAA

It all comes down to the thief tho, if he makes a mistake the fight can be ended rather quickly!

Hope you enjoy(ed)!
-Hololololts

common i was there and wanted to duel you with my dd p/p

next time

sb is very good versus necro just AA and evade when needed kite kite kite and finish
goinf melee versus reaper is too risky

Beserker has too much wasted crit % when paired with Necromancer traits. This leaves you with a few options, celestial which is always great and then soldier or cavalier, though cavalier will die very fast versus conditions.

Personal favourite is soldier just because Spvp has a stupidly low variation of stats.

Went up against a few Daredevils in the beta weekend, never had much of a problem.

Vamp runes saved him so many times. That rune set is becoming required for glassy builds.

I wonder if Speed of Shadows would have helped you? It seems you were almost always waiting on shroud cooldown. I know you’d lose Soul Marks but the 7 sec shroud cooldown is very nice.

This leaves you with a few options, celestial which is always great and then soldier or cavalier, though cavalier will die very fast versus conditions.

can always take valk as well on some builds

Dristig.9678:

Vamp runes saved him so many times. That rune set is becoming required for glassy builds.

I wonder if Speed of Shadows would have helped you? It seems you were almost always waiting on shroud cooldown. I know you’d lose Soul Marks but the 7 sec shroud cooldown is very nice.

That’s exactly what I was thinking. That cooldown reduction is crucial

Matt Stacey.7415:

Dristig.9678:

Vamp runes saved him so many times. That rune set is becoming required for glassy builds.

I wonder if Speed of Shadows would have helped you? It seems you were almost always waiting on shroud cooldown. I know you’d lose Soul Marks but the 7 sec shroud cooldown is very nice.

That’s exactly what I was thinking. That cooldown reduction is crucial

You just need to make sure to weigh that cooldown against the reduced total amount of LF he would have without Soul Marks. I personally love the Shroud CD reduction, as it means you can bounce in and out more freely, but it’s a careful consideration.

Cogbyrn.7283:

Matt Stacey.7415:

Dristig.9678:

Vamp runes saved him so many times. That rune set is becoming required for glassy builds.

I wonder if Speed of Shadows would have helped you? It seems you were almost always waiting on shroud cooldown. I know you’d lose Soul Marks but the 7 sec shroud cooldown is very nice.

That’s exactly what I was thinking. That cooldown reduction is crucial

You just need to make sure to weigh that cooldown against the reduced total amount of LF he would have without Soul Marks. I personally love the Shroud CD reduction, as it means you can bounce in and out more freely, but it’s a careful consideration.

Totally agree, in BWE I only took it when I wasn’t using staff. I ran Greatsword/Dagger Warhorn a lot. In that build it is amazing but you can be starved for life force.

Don’t forget crusader amulet either. I guess most just dont like it/or dont notice it.

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

This is the perfect time for me to say how wonderful Well of Darkness is. My dream utility set up is WoD, Spectral grasp, corrossive poison cloud and flesh golem/Plague. Daredevils can evade from now till the Queens Jubilee and they will get no where.

Tho GS is very hard to land on high-evade classes I would take it instead of D/W just for Nightfall. Hollts would have reduced Inc-dmg alot with more Nightfall use, also as I already said to him vs Melee classes you can pre-cast Gravedigger to hit… works alot ofc not everytime cause no1 will fall for that but still you will land more GD’s.

I still think Hollts was really good in those fights but with “wrong” Utility skills for fighting Thieves imho: Sp.Wall is always good to put just in the right place to avoid pressure.

Still gonna say Warrior worst hard-counter atm and Longbow Ranger/Druid worst counter to Reaper hands down.

Ravezaar.4951:

Still gonna say Warrior worst hard-counter atm and Longbow Ranger/Druid worst counter to Reaper hands down.

I didn’t get it, maybe because i am still sleepy.

pepsis.5384:

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

I think there are things he could’ve changed to better himself against the DD too, but if this is his general PvP build it would be best to do the duels with the build he’ll actually be using.

meow one twenty.4376:

pepsis.5384:

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

I think there are things he could’ve changed to better himself against the DD too, but if this is his general PvP build it would be best to do the duels with the build he’ll actually be using.

People don’t use corrupt boons in Spvp?!?! >.> <.< >.>
Greatest leg up you can have is stripping the boons from boon heavy classes ( which there are more and more).

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

pepsis.5384:

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

I think there are things he could’ve changed to better himself against the DD too, but if this is his general PvP build it would be best to do the duels with the build he’ll actually be using.

People don’t use corrupt boons in Spvp?!?! >.> <.< >.>
Greatest leg up you can have is stripping the boons from boon heavy classes ( which there are more and more).

Literally nothing you said had anything to do with what I said.

Running cele signet build over BWE 3 daredevils weren’t really an issue, more of an annoyance. Fighting against them were run run run chase chase chase kind of boring fights. When one went into shadow refuge once, I caught him with Chilled to the bone, and finished with soul spiral. Good times.

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

pepsis.5384:

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

I think there are things he could’ve changed to better himself against the DD too, but if this is his general PvP build it would be best to do the duels with the build he’ll actually be using.

People don’t use corrupt boons in Spvp?!?! >.> <.< >.>
Greatest leg up you can have is stripping the boons from boon heavy classes ( which there are more and more).

Literally nothing you said had anything to do with what I said.

Go back and actually look at both quotes i used, necessarily it wasn’t focused on your comment but the conversation in general.

You also stated about general Spvp builds and i found it crazy that corrupt boons wouldn’t be a given in the boon heavy environment that GW2 is.

Would you like me to read to you what you wrote again?

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

pepsis.5384:

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

I think there are things he could’ve changed to better himself against the DD too, but if this is his general PvP build it would be best to do the duels with the build he’ll actually be using.

People don’t use corrupt boons in Spvp?!?! >.> <.< >.>
Greatest leg up you can have is stripping the boons from boon heavy classes ( which there are more and more).

Literally nothing you said had anything to do with what I said.

Go back and actually look at both quotes i used, necessarily it wasn’t focused on your comment but the conversation in general.

You also stated about general Spvp builds and i found it crazy that corrupt boons wouldn’t be a given in the boon heavy environment that GW2 is.

Would you like me to read to you what you wrote again?

Yes please. Or dont, because what I said was it was “his” general PvP build. That’s a pretty specific build. What I getting at was that he wanted to test the build he would planned on playing with.

Sorry for this nonsense Holl. Video was as enjoyable as always.

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

pepsis.5384:

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

I think there are things he could’ve changed to better himself against the DD too, but if this is his general PvP build it would be best to do the duels with the build he’ll actually be using.

People don’t use corrupt boons in Spvp?!?! >.> <.< >.>
Greatest leg up you can have is stripping the boons from boon heavy classes ( which there are more and more).

Literally nothing you said had anything to do with what I said.

Go back and actually look at both quotes i used, necessarily it wasn’t focused on your comment but the conversation in general.

You also stated about general Spvp builds and i found it crazy that corrupt boons wouldn’t be a given in the boon heavy environment that GW2 is.

Would you like me to read to you what you wrote again?

Yes please. Or dont, because what I said was it was “his” general PvP build. That’s a pretty specific build. What I getting at was that he wanted to test the build he would planned on playing with.

Sorry for this nonsense Holl. Video was as enjoyable as always.

No problem x)

@Sororita, CoBoon was quite popular a while back, but with signets and PoC it’s been used less and less… and it isn’t quite that useful on power builds compared to the other utilities.

meow one twenty.4376:

pepsis.5384:

Im no PVP expert but that wee devil seems to be running with 4 boons most of the time. Wouldnt Corrupt boon/condi sending be much mure useful vs him than the wurm/well of suffering ? That would force him to try and cleanse rather than do anything else. Also wouldnt a scepter be better vs such a nimble target than a staff ?

I think there are things he could’ve changed to better himself against the DD too, but if this is his general PvP build it would be best to do the duels with the build he’ll actually be using.

Exactly this: If I was counter-building the DD my win ratio would have of course gone up, but I didn’t want to do that. The build listed is my main power reaper build that I would use in PvP/WvW roaming, and that is what I wanted to use because in actual games that would be the build that I would be running.

Wurm for mobility/survivability, WoSuffering for area denial and more dmg, Sarmor or Swalk for more mobility/suvivability.

Sororita.3465:

Beserker has too much wasted crit % when paired with Necromancer traits. This leaves you with a few options, celestial which is always great and then soldier or cavalier, though cavalier will die very fast versus conditions.

Personal favourite is soldier just because Spvp has a stupidly low variation of stats.

Went up against a few Daredevils in the beta weekend, never had much of a problem.

Zerker amulet gets you to 47% crit chance…. that together with DP is just enough crit chance.

meow one twenty.4376:

Sorry for this nonsense

I accept your apology.

Holl.3109:

Zerker amulet gets you to 47% crit chance…. that together with DP is just enough crit chance.

It’s entirely possible to completely disregard crit chance as a Reaper come HoT. With all the vulnerability being thrown around, not just by the Reaper themselves but by other professions, you can easily get 50-100% crit chance.

If you factor in “Target The Weak” from the curses trait line it’s even more added crit chance into the build. Curses will be a good trait line to take as a reaper, being able to remove two boons every 5 seconds is really strong in a boon heavy environment (guardians, warriors, elementalists, revenants, might stacking necromancers and the list goes on).

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sorry for this nonsense

I accept your apology.

lol, cute.

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sorry for this nonsense

I accept your apology.

lol, cute.

You really want to do this? Right meow?
Let’s go! RIGHT MEOW!

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sorry for this nonsense

I accept your apology.

lol, cute.

You really want to do this? Right meow?
Let’s go! RIGHT MEOW!

Meow, meow, just calm down. No point overracting, meow is there?

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sororita.3465:

meow one twenty.4376:

Sorry for this nonsense

I accept your apology.

lol, cute.

You really want to do this? Right meow?
Let’s go! RIGHT MEOW!

Meow, meow, just calm down. No point overracting, meow is there?

You telling me to calm down clam down? How about you calm down calm down!

=p

Nice, theif might finally have a viable weapon no named d/p

Well played sir
I thought a condi Reaper was scary… but a power Reaper is just as scary haha

Thumbs up for kicking thieves’ kitten… they can all burn in a fire!

MethaneGas.8357:

Well played sir
I thought a condi Reaper was scary… but a power Reaper is just as scary haha

Thumbs up for kicking thieves’ kitten… they can all burn in a fire!

Hehe thanks! Btw, have you played some condi reaper? Would be fun to see someone else play it than Donee :p

Cam Ron.4170:

Nice, theif might finally have a viable weapon no named d/p

Yes I think so, staff is surprisingly good

Holl.3109:

Hehe thanks! Btw, have you played some condi reaper? Would be fun to see someone else play it than Donee :p

I played a little bit of it but don’t have any footage of it … It felt really good in sPvP and WvW though. We had 2 condi Reapers at one point and it was like mowing the lawn xD
I have a build or two in mind but really not sure how I’ll build it… too much good stuff!
I’m aiming for a build with -130% reduction in slows/immobs… hopefully it works out