Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone, I’m back with a scourge video
This new elite specialization is really strong and I think it will get nerfed quite soon. I used a full condi build with 3 stunbreaks, lots of corrupts, amazing sustain and great barrier application. I really barely died and only lost one match. All in all it was a fun weekend and I’m looking forward to scourge!

You will find my build in the video below, I used the big shade because it really is better than demonic lore (trust me). Small shades just don’t hit because they are all so small. Don’t forgot you also make your own shade AoE skills around YOU a 300 radius due to the trait.

Hope you all enjoy, feel free to leave your own scourge builds and leave feedback. (Looking for a good power scourge build…)

-Hollts

Hey all,

With the new khylo maps you can now get into the red side spawn, where you can spawn camp the team…

video with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y18jrJLs4Ho&t=0s

Anet pls fix Q_Q

-Holltz

Helly.2597:

Good stuff Hollts.

I’m a bit curious about why you decided to use so much rabid and rabid/dire mix in the build. Personally, especially with the gs build I use, I prefer vitality much more than toughness (thank goodness for vit increasing lf pool) and carrion helps keep the power value high for the build. Especially since you are only have access to 1 plague signet and suffer for condi management, extra vitality becomes a huge boon imo.

Also, I’m going to assume that using soul marks in the build was a misclick and that you’re using the 25% movement speed and shroud recharge trait instead. The only other trait I might consider looking at is the SR grandmaster. Disclaimer I am not as familiar with how running SR with vipers feels so take this with a grain of salt. When you first enter shroud we get 5s of fury which puts the crit chance at a respectable ~40% which is enough time to do some good damage in shroud without needing that extra boost from the GM trait. Since shroud stability got nerfed, I would probably take FitG instead to give myself the extra stunbreak and allow me to at least eat one random CC in DS.

Sigil wise I would be tempted to drop ice for hydro and malice for geo or torment. Personally I think hydro is a must on scepter so you can really punish people when you enter shroud (or leave it). Plus it has a lower cd, does damage, and is an aoe unlike sigil of ice. Malice is useful, but at a certain point I would rather have more burst pressure through geo or another cover condition in torment. With how DC is currently (aka broken) if the opponent isn’t cleansing in time for the 10% to make a difference they’re probably gonna be dead anyways and geo allows for that to happen faster. Torment is good for reasons you already mentioned.

This is probably closer statswise to the build I would run if I used SR with vipers with the changes I mentioned above too. I would also think about using this food since it is still bugged to give more life steal chance. Personally, while I love the mobility of worm (please give us mobility with sand shroud anet), it doesn’t always feel impactful in fights. Maybe rise, SA, or NCSU would work better, but again if worm feels good with the SR version then you’d know better than I.

Thank you very much for all this feedback, really helps me. The build and what I used in the video were from when I was still figuring things out with this build after I saw you use it. I’ve changed some things and like you said vitality is working out wayyyy better. I’m also swapping between SR/Spite because the procs are so good but I sometimes feel so low on life force. I’ll keep experimenting and thanks for the pointers! I’ll definitely make one more vid of this with an updated build.

Ralkuth.1456:

Nice video again. You stow your Elite and make people waste things, you wait for dodges to Shroud 2/GS pull, you are always trying to LoS and get good positioning, and I think one of the things I really have to work on that you do well is Shroud swap bursts, which you manage carefully.

This really, hobo you are amazing. The more I watch you the more I am convinced I don’t need SR hahaha

Hey guys!

Made another video with my beloved GS, but now condi orientated!

illing darkness is actually really good together with nightfall and death’s charge. More blinds, more chills, more bleeds, more damage…. And all in AoE!

This is the build I used but not really sure on it yet: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhF6kZTozGsvGwcTgeTsUMYUPhpQtKKA8tKAx7whYSE-TVzCABM8AAyTLw/q7cpKBAcIAQ+EAUgJIHUCiimgsU+5/+D6pDo8jAQAAEgZWmBQGNUozcmzMpAgZZF-w

I really need to get ascended gear haha and I was thinking torment or vulnerability sigils for more cover condi’s… well let me know what you all think!

-Hollts

MethaneGas.8357:

Oy Hollts!

Very well played and nice video as always :P I’ve been experimenting with a really similar build as well (CPC, Plaguelands with low cooldowns) and it’s crazyyyyy. Plaguelands + CPC + RS#5 on a point is a perfect way to ruin someone’s day haha. Always nice to see a good Necro in PvP

Necro powa’!

(…I don’t like the change in WvW tho)

Oy Marin!!! Wow it has been wayyy too long, how are you my man? x)
Yea indeed, Plaguelands is amazing for PvP together with a 20 sec cooldown heal and CPC. Are you gonna make any new reaper videos?

well see you around o/

Stand The Wall.6987:

youre using death perception on a condi build? I’m sure this is a mistake.

Nopeeeee, just think about this: Death perception affects ALL of your reaper shroud skills and gives you extra 50% chance to do +50% dmg (with crits). While Dhuumfire only affects your AA, which you barely use on condi reaper. The chances of also being able to hit anyone a lot with AA are very low. So I just prefer DP since it’s more reliable and also applies more bleed/weakness.

Faux Play.6104:

May not have had an ele, but you had a Ventari rev that was a pretty good baby sitter. Regardless good to see a necro that isn’t whining about being helpless in sPvP.

Indeed, although he was a bit toxic, his ventari skills really helped! 429 regen ticks ayy
Reaper is in a pretty good spot right about now and people should just play more instead of whining :p

Watch how strong plaguelands is at 1:05, 2:40, 4:02, 5:25 and 10:49 :^)?

Condi reaper is pretty good and not completely broken in PvP, unlike WvW. After the latest patch I made a curses build with plaguelands, corrosive poison cloud and consume conditions for lots of condi’s and a very good healing skill. The life force regeneration on this build is pretty weak tho, so I can recommend taking the mark trait. Overall this build does VERY well in PvP and is even better when combined with an ele which I didn’t have in this match.

BUILD used in the video: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZakjGqtx+aw5G4vxixgF9zCADAqgQUYWFvDDiHRA-TpRAQBc8QAAgTAgg2fgDPAANWGAdHBAA

tl;dr – plaguelands is pretty beast with this low CD.

-Hollts

Dadnir.5038:

You ask about nerfing deathly chill while you reach 7k bleed thank to a condi trnsfert on your video? I’m not sure that this is a proper video to valid your point. If it weren’t for the 14 bleed stack that you transfered, you would have done 4k damage which is correct.

“The crazy thing is, this was just me transferring some bleeds from another condi reaper. With certain traits like chilling darkness, chilling nova, etc and certain skills like well of darkness, nightfall, deathly swarm, spectral wall, etc you can EASILY get 60+ bleed stacks on a single target. This is definitely a bit much and should be toned down IMO.”

flow.6043:

You’re kinda late to the party with this one.
People started to complain immediately after the patch in febuary went live that WvW was included in the PvE side of the trait split.

Also, regarding that 7k bleed tick…

Yea I know sorry flow u_u
Only started playing in WvW again till recently so discovered this last week lol. That 7k tick was pretty high tho!!! Well highest I’ve gotten so far on not braindead players or NPC’s

Lahmia.2193:

This one time I transferred 20 stacks of burning to a guardian and he died in one tick. Should they nerf burning too?

I wasn’t specifically talking about the transfer.
As I stated in the comments of my video: The crazy thing is, this was just me transferring some bleeds from another condi reaper. With certain traits like chilling darkness, chilling nova, etc and certain skills like well of darkness, nightfall, deathly swarm, spectral wall, etc you can EASILY get 60+ bleed stacks on a single target. This is definitely a bit much and should be toned down IMO.

Hey all,

idk what anet did with condi reapers in WvW but this is pretty crazy. I mean I’m all for good reaper condi builds but this is out of control. I get easy 2k+ bleed ticks on targets I’m not even targeting cuz of rise, chilling bolts and ice sigil…

I think 2 bleed stacks per chill would be fine (with increasing the duration of the bleed). This would give enemies more time to cleanse before dying of bleeds. As it is now it’s way too bursty for a condi build that you can just stack with vitality and toughness… Well I’m gonna make some condi reaper videos while this lasts but I do think that it should be nerfed.

-Hollts

mompen.7952:

Nice vid bro, good to have you back. We used to play in the same guild, [ROAM], for a while back.

Ahhh yea good times, thanks man

Hey all,

I’m trying to make the most cancer build there is that can also sustain a bit in wvw.

So far I have this: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZ6kZTozGsvGwcTgeTsgLYQXtAwBIuK2FHjUph2wzC-TVDEAB1pD4hDBAdaBO4BAIpKBQcEAG+EAM3+DAYCSf1dGRTQCKBpS5XAAEgZWmBQGNUozcmzMpAgZZF-w

Basically lots and lots of chill and bleed… What does your condi reaper wvw build look like? Curses for vuln/might/procs/corrupts or curses for bleeds/corrupts/free transfer?

Any input appreciated thanks

-Hollts

Hey guys,

long time since I posted anything here so most of you guys probably don’t even know me but I recently started making (more) regular videos on YouTube again after a long break. The patch came as a surprise for me so I rushed a bit to get this video with pre patch clips out there.

tl;dr – give me views on youtube <3

Build in video description! Let me know if you have any comments/feedback!

-Hollts

There is only one way to use it. Scrubs.

ranger
staff 5
cancels
reaper
greatsword 5
while
its not
a projectile

fix plz thanks

Hey there!

No idea why I made this video, but it turned out pretty kitten well, if I say so myself. It’s a fan made trailer for Heart of Thorns using in-game cinematics and release trailer footage.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxIcQNRQ99s

Sorry if some of you guys don’t like this type of music, I just used it cuz I could sync the clips to it really well.

Lemme know what you guys thought!
-Hollts

ugh dudu is the worst stroll

smh

Don’t listen to da haterz! Power reaper op in pee vee peeee!

No, its like this in most games (smite and such) and it’s good. Knowing when to take a beast or how to steal it takes skill and we need more of that in this game.

Soul reaping, of course.

wow m8 gr8 b8 i r8 8/8 and rly appreci8 all deez den/den pranks boi

Really? Just because you’re not a winstreak doesn’t mean everyone isn’t.

-A person on a 14 winstreak and going strong

there is only 1 option.
wurm runes.

I have tried the viper amulet even before they removed merc amulet and it was a good alternative. It does more damage, needs some skill to play and can sorta bunker a point for a ~10 seconds.

It’s quite balanced and still fun to play.

So may of your arguments are wrong on so many lvl’s.
Please attach screenshots of these ‘40 queue on everything’. I doubt that even happens at reset.

All the GS needs is a teleport on the #3 skill. Like guardian sword 2.
That’s all.

This would be awesome!
Make it like they do in SMITE but gw2 formatted

Rym.1469:

That wouldn’t be a bad option.

But, hey, confusing to the mythological “new pvp players”.

kek m8 nice banter

flow.6043:

2. Nobody cares about Well of Blood.

So much this.

Shirk.6421:

Holl.3109:

Shirk.6421:

Enjoyed watching mate, the GS2 spammerino is real

Btw, if you need an overlay just /w me ingame.

Overlay? :o
For recording?

aye m8

Ah well thanks for the offer but I record with dxtory and you cant add overlays with that program…

Furajir.3815:

That’s great and all Holts, but, get your cute butt back to Warrior and make another sword master video with the changes. kkthx

kek sorry another swordmaster video will have to wait for now…

EremiteAngel.9765:

Since the April patch updates, I’ve been having a terrible time roaming. Lags, disconnections, other classes seemingly becoming stronger (especially thieves), had me on the verge of putting my power Reaper aside and just going with condi.

Your video gave me hope again. 1-hit-KO gravediggers! Enjoyed the video greatly! Love especially your wurm gap closers + GS pull combos. Power is still alive!

Awwww yes my friend! Power reaper ftw

Shirk.6421:

Enjoyed watching mate, the GS2 spammerino is real

Btw, if you need an overlay just /w me ingame.

Overlay? :o
For recording?

flow.6043:

I lol’d @ Worst Teleport EU

Cool build, slick video, well played.

Also, charr powaaar!

Haha thanks Flow!
Charr really is the best, I only realized that a bit too late >.>

NeXeD.3042:

cant see my grave diggers in the middle of all the dumb guardian sparkles. yeah thats right i pvp with a kittening greatsword.

Ayy NeXeD, haven’t seen you in while on these forums… where you been?
And props for the GS usage

Heyo necro forums o/

Been a while since I last posted a video but I’ve been busy doing nothing and editing this ‘little’ video After posting my PvP reaper GS video some people asked me if I could also make a WvW video for it…. so I did! :p

In WvW it’s even more awesome since you can literally instakill most thieves/mesmers/eles and 1v2 pretty easily. REMEMBER: this build shines in SMALL/COMPACT spaces where your shouts will always hit and your enemies can’t kite. That is how I was able to 1v3, 1v4 and 5v10 like shown in the video.

Build used: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQJARWnMbCdbi91AmbC0biFcBD6qFAaBUph2wzKuK2FDjA-TFDEABNpkaR1Rg4IA8whAYLlgJqyBAPAg20EwkylU2fIhLAQH6ACAgAE6cnBO6RP6RP6R7m38m78oHtUABuFA-w

It’s truly a whole lot of fun! Even though you are FULL ZERKER, you have great sustain and defense with Blighter’s Boon, Rise, Frost Aura and the reaper grandmaster minor trait (forgot name).

I hope you guys enjoy(ed)! Let me know what you thought of the video and the build ^^

Have a great day!
-Hollts

Well…

My conditions do like guardians so I guess I’m coming for YOU :^)

MethaneGas.8357:

I like the two builds you posted Holl, and I really like the idea behind using the shouts for the chill (at least in theory haha). Sure, the runes are power oriented (more or less) but having 4 shouts is pretty nice imo cuz you get nice AoE bleeds and potentially nice chill uptime (nice synergy with Chilling Victory). And either way, Mercenary is hybrid to begin with. I like the idea behind it. Have you / has anyone tried this yet?

I’m not sure about Krait + Wanderer combo… I love Krait runes, but wanderer already has sooooo much condi duration, which makes all the bleeds last way too long anyway. But Barbed Precision bleeds get a really nice boost.

I’ve also found the new DC… interesting to say the least (only from sPvP standpoint). One the one hand, I love that Revenants have been a piece of cake lately, and thieves have been easier to manage too (they can remove our chill like it’s nothing, but the bleeds remain). I also really like doing RS #5 and #4 on a group of enemies (especially when they’re trying to res. I found that sitting RIGHT on top of a target makes most/all of the whrils hit)… and this does so much more damage than the old DC (I get 10+ bleed stacks). I also like that it synergizes with other Reapers (I fought 2 Reapers one game and they stacked like 15 bleeds on me like it was nothing, whereas before I’d just have that one chill and a couple of bleeds).

Personally, I haven’t found a crazy DPS drop in most situations, but the “burst” is a lot lower and takes much more ramp up time (stack lots of chills for lots of bleeds, which takes time, but CAN be higher than the old deathly chill). And I found Necros easier to fight… haha.

I’ve tried this build and it’s as good as it was before, imo. Frailty and Torment sigil on scepter give so much nice cover condi (along with weakening shroud), and SWall wrecks melee targets.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZakjG6txibwvG4vxyxgF1z2WBAqlwUYWFvD/hFRA-TphGABFcIAEvMQR7PQ8JAwgjAAAPAAA

Lately I’ve been playing terrormancer reaper and tbh… other than thieves kinda kicking my kitten a lil bit when I got no spectral wall, it’s super kittening strong:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZ6kjGo8Gs4GwvGgeTsEMYUXhtwvKKpFAaAxFxlYUE-TphGABiXGAgHAAxnAADOCAFcIAKa/BA

I tried Mercenary + Krait, and it’s definitively good, but I like Wanderer 100x more.

I also wanted to make a blood magic (power or condi) build as well with wells or shouts (I see Silverkey already dabbled in this idea with shouts >:) ). I wanna try Chrono Runes + well of blood = super quick cast time. Seems good in theory.

Sorry for the wall q.q… topic is too interesting! X_x

Thanks for the input Marin! I tried the reaper runes build and it did decent, but with only 1050 condi dmg and spite instead of curses those extra bleeds didn’t add any noticeable dmg…

Still looking for a good build >.>

Yes this exactly. We’re supposed to be unstoppable walking agents of death, but now one little stun can shut down us down. Especially with out huge cast times in Reaper Shroud we need the stability more than ever. That’s not even mentioning that RS is melee/frontline based.

People can kite reaper’s already, making them weaker to more CC is just harsh.

Pfft, be a man and play zerker strength GS shout reaper!

Build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQJARWnMbCdbi91AmbC0biFcBD6qFAaBUph2wzKuK2FDjA-TZRGwAIeCAAuAAg2f4whAAaZAA

Jelzouki.4128:

Holl.3109:

:P power reaper isn’t as good anymore in PvP…. stability nerf (#3 in RS) makes it way harder to play in CC spam PvP.

Power reaper is still my bae is WvW tho

Nothing has changed for power reaper in Pvp. You talk like rs3 is the only thing carrying power reaper. This is why I discredit all your videos and pretty much all info you put out.

Hey Jelzouki, thanks for that wonderfully informative input. You are a real gem to this necro forum <3

Sarcasm aside, I will admit that I might not be best at clearly describing/explaining what I’m thinking. But a responses like that from you is just very unnecessary. I was merely stating that the nerf to RS #3 makes it harder to play power reaper since it means less stab, which means more CC, which means more lockdown and less skill usage.

I was just assuming that any other regular necro forum-goer was well aware of the numerous other problems that plague power necro/reaper. That’s why I didn’t explain myself further and didn’t write a wall of text.

What has changed for power necro/reaper in PvP is that with all the condi chrono’s, bunker ele ’s and scrappers going around there is unfortunately no place for it in higher-tier PvP.

So is it really worth discrediting everything that I make/say?

:P power reaper isn’t as good anymore in PvP…. stability nerf (#3 in RS) makes it way harder to play in CC spam PvP.

Power reaper is still my bae is WvW tho

Heyo guys, I was quite sad when I found out that anet nerfed DC, but after playing around with it a bit I was rather surprised. It’s actually pretty decent and at times better than the old DC (but usually not).

1. Now I was wondering what builds you guys have come up with to synergize with this ‘new’ trait.

My own build uses Krait runes and wanderers amulet with curses to maximize bleed duration and damage. So far it has gone very well!

Build link: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZ6kZTocTsbTwvGgeTscMYR9stVAI+G+DLiULhnwsC-TZhHABAfCAG4QAAwTAAk9H8uMAA

As you can see I use shouts and so far that has gone very well. Rise is amazing and suffer really helps vs all the condi chrono’s.

2. This got me thinking tho… what if I used reaper runes? This would mean that all my four shouts would apply 1 second chill and another 10 second bleed stack… IN AOE! This seemed like a pretty good combo but I haven’t tested it yet.

This would be the build I think I would choose then: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNBLhZ6kZTocTsbTwvGgeTsgLYUph2wzKuK2FHjQXtAwBA-TphHAB0XGAgHAAwnAg13fYgDBgAHBAA

3. So yea, that’s what I think of the changes. Let me know if you have found any good working builds and/or have tested the deathly chill + reaper runes combo

o/

-Hollts

Relevant:

Mhhh yea power reaper is weird, you have no active defenses and really need to micromanage your posistioning and shroud use to survive.

1. I legit can’t win versus DH’s. Idk if it’s just me but it just feels like a complete counter against power reaper. It’s wayyyyy easier with condi reaper. Anyone else feel this way? :<

2. I don’t agree with what Ragion said concerning trading blows. Reaper has gotten a lot of dmg mitigation. Easy frost aura’s, almost perma rise uptime with shout trait and on top of that you take 10% less dmg from chilled enemies. Add shroud and spectral armor on top of that and you can pretty much be a tank while in full zerker gear like I do. On top of that, kiting and knowing when to engage/disengage will make it even harder for enemies to kill you.
Unlike condi reaper, to play power reaper you need some skills.

3. And thanks Ragion The greatsword has been a better weapon than that I first assumed. I love the pull (when it doesn’t bug out), and one proper gravedigger can change the tide of a battle…

Posting another GS zerker roaming video soon

spectral b * oo ***bies? :^)

Cerby.1069:

Was hoping for Dual Swords (S/S) when I read the OP….o well.

Haha I don’t know how a S/S + GS build would work but you can find dual swords in some condi builds.

Sirendor.1394:

Nice video! Always good to see some warrior action!

Thanks

*throws 4 pound mean comment *

jk it was amazeballs exy<3

Kraljevo.2801:

Vanilla sword board and GS is my favourite build. Fast paced and mobile. Really hard to pull off in pvp with all the cancer around, though.

Agreed, you need cancer to fight the cancer u_u

Choppy.4183:

Nice to see you’re still at it. Try this (slightly tweaked) version.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vJEQNAseRjMdQVI2FC2dAnIG6BKtNC/wArheIHsA4DiAA-TFCEABR8AAA4ABwi6PbpEU7DBQK6Dg4MAw0+jyvAAIAszduzduzdWKgAHGB-w

The shift to Cruelty over Bloodlust is because the build is already swimming in too much power to be optimal once the might stacks get rolling. Another approach would be to stack precision, and that might actually be better (I haven’t checked the math).

I’m a full convert on the Might Sigil. It’s a nice boost to power normally, but it’s phenomenal for bursting through all of these people crutching on a crazy number of blocks. Watching them scramble when they realize they aren’t safe is hilarious.

I personally use Strength Runes, but the link has Scholar’s equipped. I think the latter may technically be more optimal (and it’s cheaper), but I don’t know for certain. I don’t think Hoelbrak is worth it, tbh.

EDIT: I just checked and the above build is optimized at 25 cruelty stacks and 20 might stacks. More precision would couple well with the extra 5 stacks of might, but not at the expense of ferocity in this case.

Ah an interesting variation! I always heard that power>prec>ferocity so I just went with bloodlust to stack even more power… are you sure cruelty is better? :o

Furajir.3815:

Great to see you back bud!

Recently just came back myself and always been a fan of gs/hammer, but lately been trying sword/sh+gs or sw/sh+hammer. But hammer sucks.

In your opinion, which of the 3 builds did you find to be the most effective? And which would work for spvp?

Thanks Hollts and keep up the great content!

Thanks so much
The best build IMO is just the vanilla warrior build. You need defense/strength/discipline…. >.>