I don't play PvP at all, came here only for the WvW stuff and to hopefully get some useful insights for my build and playstyle. HOWEVER, the PvP commentary was SO GOOD that I've watched it all and learned A LOT. Kudos, great guide
Ayyyy thank you so much! That's a massive compliment. I'm glad you found it informative. I'll be publishing a Harbinger guide very soon and that will have some PVP and WvW clips and go way deeper into some specific mechanics and what not. Thanks again!
The edit, calm voice through whole guide... Its just a professionaly made tutorial. Love the smooth transitions as well and the chill music is just a cherry on top to cover the silence between sentences and breaks between each part of the guide. Perfect! ♥
@@Adudeinthewoodz Lmao I truly appreciate that. I have quite a few montages on my page but so far this is the only guide. I'm doing a Harbinger guide for sure but I'm quite busy IRL ATM. There's more content coming for sure tho! Appreciate ya!
Thank you my friend! This guide was obviously released prior to the SOTO launch, so if you have any questions as you play, feel free to drop them to me and I'll get back to you ASAP! Cheers! Enjoy Reaper!
Thanks so much for checking out the video and leaving a comment! I definitely appreciate it. I am working on a Harb guide right now, and will probably release more guides after SOTO drops, especially with all the new weapon options. Cheers!
Hell yeah! I have mostly considered myself a Thief main, although I've always been a multiclasser in most games. I am still kind of a multiclasser at heart, but mostly been playing Necro, Core, Reaper, and Harb. I have made a few Necro videos in a row now, a few montages and this guide. I'm working on a guide right now for Harbinger, but then will prob move to a new class for a while. Glad you enjoyed the guide tho! Appreciate the feedback!
I can't take all the credit, I learn so much from watching my buddy @esufer videos. Definitely check him out as well! Thanks bro! I will have a new guide soon for my favorite build, what I call "Doomblood" Harbinger!
Hey man just wanted to say I’m brand new to the game and the PvP commentary was super helpful. I’m trying to learn not just what my character is doing but what all the other characters do. Seeing some of the animations in slow-mo super helpful. Also, the video overall was great man definitely got a new sub.
Hey thank you so much for the kind words, and welcome to GW2 and our little YT group! Hope you enjoy the game, and please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I'm shooting to have another Necro guide up soon as well as some new content to bring in the new year. Thanks again, appreciate ya!
For sure thanks a lot. I’m starting to get the hang of it a bit I had my first 20 kill arena earlier on a Core Condi Necro ( those scream chains are nasty). I’m new to GWs 2 but have a played a lot of MMOs in the past so I feel like I’m picking it up pretty quick. I look forward to some more content. I almost have Reaper leveled I’m really excited to try it out.
@@madhatten5123 Hell yeah a 20 bomb is sick for sure no matter your level of play! I played WOW for pretty much 16 years, my guild and I played GW2 at release but went back to WOW pretty quick. I finally gave up on WOW in BFA and have been back on GW2 ever since and no plans to move on from it anytime soon. Core Condi is fun and strong for sure. I have several Harb montages on the channel and a couple Reaper ones too. I might try to do some Core Condi content and maybe even Scourge, but as a multiclasser at heart, I wanna play some other stuff at this point lol
@@KryticalError I always play multiple classes. All the previous MMOs I have played where all action combat. Elder Scrolls Online was my main game for almost ten years and I played New World off and on for a bit. I am working on getting mastery points for Reaper I think that class look like a ton of fun, but I am an altoholic I will end of with one of everything when it is all said and done.
@@madhatten5123 I heard that hahahahah. I actually played ESO for a few months with my cousin. I enjoyed it but I mostly just enjoyed getting to game with him. My main gripe with ESO is the RNG gear farming and the progression in general. I don't enjoy playing just one game really, and ESO feels like one of those games where you are on the hook to play almost nothing else if you want to farm your max CP and kit your gear sets, etc. The shame of it is, other than the janky animations, ESO is actually SO full of so much fun content and as an ES universe game, I actually enjoyed the story and stuff, which I usually only care about PVP. The progression and gameplay in GW2 are just too good for my personal playstyle and my goals to consider playing any MMOs that are dictated by never ending grinding and RNG. And because I don't HAVE to play to stay at the power level I'm at, because I'm not pressured to play or fall behind, I probably wind up playing MORE lol
This guide, the detail and explanation... Amazing, thank you. I'm new to GW2 but like the Necromancer, so I played and played and today I'm at level 80, my first. This guide and those you refeence are a huge help. Appreciate all you've shared and continue to share. 👍🏽
Ayyyyyy first off, welcome to GW2, always love to meet and chat with new players. We are glad to have you! Grats on hitting 80, and thanks for checking the guide out and dropping a comment.. Necro is really fun and rewarding to play. I was chatting with one of my buddies last night about how I didn't plan to play Necro main in this expansion, it just worked out that way lol. I haven't played Scourge much recently, but the other 3 are all super fun. If you have any other questions or anything my Discord name is in the About section of my channel, and again welcome to the game!
Asked in guild chat for some necro advice and you gave me the link to this video. I appreciate it as this was very helpful to a new player with excellent explanations as to why your using what skills and when. lol have a merry Christmas
Hell yeah bro! That's a crazy KD. Nice job indeed. I like the dagger skill set and when I play Core I usually run at least 1 dagger somewhere lol. Cheers!
Hey welcome to the game, and I am really glad to hear you found this guide somewhat useful in seeing what GW2 is all about. I'm working (and have been working on for a long time) another guide for another elite Necro spec, Harbinger, which has been my main spec for pretty much the entire last expansion. It's going to actually be broken down into 2 "courses" it's so long and in depth lol. Again welcome and if you have any questions, feel free to hit me on Discord on in game, my contact info should be on my front page. Cheers!
@@KryticalError Thanks ! ( ingame or outside of it GW2 community seems pretty newbie friendly/helping tho at least from what ive met these days) anyways, thanks for the response and waiting for harbinger guide, I love idea of Reaper but Harbinger looks more fun to play (or harder to play if I may say so) Keep up your great work
I've never left a comment on anything but i feel like i had to here. Amazing guide, very easy to follow and a quick explaination for every choice youve made. This does not only help players to copy the build but actually understand it better right away. Nice job and ill hope to see more from you.
Thanks so much, that's truly an incredible compliment. There is more to come for sure! I have a montage that I'm cooking up now and there will be a build to go along with it. Thanks again!
Thanks a bunch, yeah I really hope it helps some newer players. Also having laid kind of a "groundwork" guide explaining so much of the basics, in the future I can produce other Reaper "educational" content, only covering major changes and then getting straight into match commentary / analysis. Cheers!
Thanks bro! I really hope it does. It took so long to get it out so I'm glad it's finally done and published FR lol. Plus now having set the stage for the basics, I can just do commentary Reaper stuff / montages - assuming no MAJOR changes
@@KryticalError btw, on instant cast stuff you can do it mid animation - don't need to worry about actively weaving at all between stuff. can like do a gravedigger and a shout during the cast if you feel so inclined - or one i'm using lately is start casting your CTTB then port to your wurm/spectral walk for a point blank freeze. catches people often
@@Esufer Good note for sure. Yeah when I said "weaving" I guess that was a bit misleading in the sense that- it's not REALLY weaving. You just hit the instants at any point in the auto chain and they will go off. But I didn't even think to mention that it applies to anything as long as you're not in Shroud. So yeah that's true, can hit it with any of the GS or Staff / etc abilities. And yeah I like catching people with the C2TB combo out of a Spectral Recall as well. Don't think I've ever tried it with Wurm, will have to go for that. I didn't go for it in the gameplay review, but I've pulled it off a few times, The Spectral Recall / C2TB combo. I'm pretty sure all my Reaper "tricks" come from you lmao
Ayyyyy thank you so much! In a way, this video was 20 years in the making, since I started teaching myself how to (at least attempt) make montages in my first MMO, Asherons Call 2 hahahah. Cheers very much, thanks for checking out the video and tossing the sub up, I appreciate you!
Cheers man, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment! I'm trying to get another guide done for my favorite Harbinger build ASAP, but a little busy right now. Hopefully I'll have it up soon tho! Cheers and thanks again!
Ayyyyy cheers mate, I'll be having another Necro guide for my DoomBlood Harbinger build shortly after SOTO release. I was in the final stages of making it when I realized SOTO is so close, I might as well wait. I have other guides planned as well. Thanks again bro!
Thanks for the great video -- it was extremely comprehensive! And I really appreciate you sharing your game play with voice over. It is so helpful. (I suppose it's because I'm not used to your voice, but I had a hard time following you at times because you spoke a little too fast and whispery. Just something to keep in mind. But maybe that's just your signature style, who am I to say? )
Yo thanks for checking it out! Glad you found it useful! Nah, it's good feedback. I can't change my voice really lol, and sometimes my accent comes out, especially when trying to speak sort of fast IE- during the gameplay commentary. I had a good friend give me the same general feedback - and the volume is a bit on the low side anyway. I'll be cognizant of that when I get started on the next guide. I really appreciate it! Cheers mate
Thanks bro! Hopefully this might help some newer players give Reaper a try. As someone who plays a LOT of Harbinger it's fun to mix it up and play Reaper for sure. Such a cool spec
@@Fevered Hell yeah that's what's up bro. I actually had a segment in between the available combo fields / finishers and the possible skill use part that explained what happened using each finisher with each combo field. Some kind of way when I rendered the final video, I rendered a version that didn't have that portion. Oh well lol. After like 3 hours of rendering 3 hours of uploading and 24 hours of processing, I wasn't gonna go back and re render it lol
very good video and explanations. editing for showing all the skills while the explanations is on point. i think reaper is one of the best designed specs in game, clear strenghts and weaknesses. fun to play. event tough i wouldn't play reaper myself, since this class too easy get countered by literally everything that knows how to counter it with range and mobility. but if someone like to duel or play it in groupe with decent support, its big fun and has huge impact.
Yeah, I completely agree. Like I mentioned and we are clearly on the same page - against elusive specs or very good players who hold dodges and stun breaks and know how to kite - you will need to play perfectly to win. Still, man Reaper is one of those specs in the game where it just LOOKS and FEELS cool lol. Charging onto someone, dropping that massive sickle on them, and then spin to win - super gratifying every time lol. And then pulling that giant sword out and swinging it with the massive swings and cleave, ugh. So fun lol
@@z3r0pr0xy No shit? I'm NGL I think the only PVE I have ever done other than Open World was like, one dungeon and one Fractal YEARS ago lmao. I would like to try it just to see how it is, but I usually only enjoy PVE with buddies.
Krytical, this is by far your best video yet. Such an amazing improvement. Very detailed guide and intro into reaper! Being a Mesmer pony, even I watched this! Good work bud
Yo thank you so much! It was definitely a challenge trying to make a video like this when all I have really ever made is montage style videos. It was rewarding just making it, so the fact that people have been enjoying it and finding it helpful / informative is really great. Thanks bro!
Hahahahah thank you so much, I appreciate that but it's all good :D I'm glad to have the subs I have and the friends that check out every video. Appreciate ya tho!
Hahahah man it really has been a journey to get this video released. I had one of those situations where it was done - but then I had some kind of technical or RL issue - and then decided to make changes. 2 months later....... lol
First video of yours. Man, I’d sign up for a $/vid posted to RUclips Patreon for a match commentary series if each Mach was covered with the depth and genuine attention this one was (rather than the live / stream of consciousness we get from twitch clips)
Hello my friend, I appreciate the positive feedback. I don't currently have any plans to do any kind of monetization for my channel or a Patreon, I wouldn't feel good about trying to set up any kind of "subscription" type thing since I don't have a remotely regular upload schedule and wouldn't want to take advantage of people's generosity and support. If I can ever get into a flow where I know I will be uploading 1-2 videos per month, maybe. Who knows, lol. In the meantime I appreciate the interactions, likes, and subs! I have been very slowly working on a BFDDGuide for my primary 2 Harb builds, complete with game commentary as with this guide, and I'm about 3/4 of the way to a new Thief montage + follow up guide / commentary for Thief. I can't make any promises as to when this stuff will be ready, but I can promise it will be even better than anything else I've put out so far. Cheers, I appreciate ya
It's definitely a super fun and engaging playstyle. I love it with Greatsword, even tho 1 handed weapons are strong and fun, something about swinging that big ass sword around, especially with Twilight equipped, oh man hahahah. So cool. Then shift into Reapers Shroud and swing a big ass scythe, what could be better
This is a great reaper guide. There's definitely room for improvement and I found myself with a raised eyebrow during a lot of the plays accidental and intentional alike. But with time you'll get better with it and likely be ready for some ATs. Looks like you're on NA so I might see you in finals one day. Good luck!
Hahahah thanks man I appreciate that. I'm not a great player or an overly serious player. I made this guide to see what I could do with a guide style video since people were also asking for it. It was fun and a good experience. I think in general every human being that exists could be better at the things they do, so you're absolutely right. I have tons of room for improvement, and believe me if you raised an eyebrow I was cringing at my own mechanics or decisions lol Appreciate the support tho! Never done any ATs but who knows? Maybe we'll meet up there one day. Cheers!
One thing I'd advice beginner reapers is to be very careful when doing spectral walk +wurm + elite combo. It uses both of your stun breaks so you need to be quick to go into shroud. Otherwise you're just free kill to anyone that can CC.
It's a very good tip, that's for sure, especially for beginners, as you said. Sometimes I'll do something in a video or show something in a guide that I chose to do in a specific moment - or maybe not even that, but just showing something is possible. It's not always a recommendation from me that other players do this thing or that thing - but I think it's useful to show mindset and approach, and from time to time show some things in the game that are possible - if not always practical or wise lol. Appreciate the tip for beginners my friend!
Thanks my friend! Originally I was going to have a written guide as well but over the last year and a half I had a variety of issues causing me to scrap some stuff. I even had 2 more Necro guides that were more than half finished and I had to scrap them 😭 I'll do more guide style content in the future but can't (or shouldnt) promise any kind of timeline lol. Appreciate you tho!
@@KryticalError Well no worries man, followed the guide and i can say I consistently dish out around 250k damage per pvp round. The build works well. IF could make a suggestion: make another pvp build but with more mobility available!
Great guide and explanation. I love my reaper and this guide deftly taught me a handful of nifty tricks and things to try out. You earned a like and sub from me man. Keep up the great work!
Hey thank you so much! I actually do have a loose plan to do that. I'm slowly moving off of Vegas for video editing, but I'm not quite ready to give it up yet, lol. But I will probably do an extreme deep dive kind of like this guide but with MMO montage editing using Vegas instead of gameplay. I think if I can get to 1000 subs this year, I kind of have an idea in my head of what I want to do to say thanks to the community. It will be cool for sure.
Hey, thank you for the kind words, so right now, I would probably NOT play Greatsword in PVP or WvW as a solo roamer - I do think you could play Greatsword for WvW if you're in a group of any size. I think the issue with GS as a solo roamer is it's a very slow weapon. It can hit like a truck, but in WvW you're going up against a lot of Willbenders, Thieves, Mesmers, Harbs and Necros who are usually running pistol or 1hand Sword. These are all fast specs and fast weapons. GS can feel a little rough as a solo VS these. I'd recommend trying 1h Sw or Pistol / Dagger or Pistol / Torch. If you're running a power build in general, Fireworks will probably do fine!
Ayyyy thank you so much! I'm working on other long form guides like this as well as a bunch of mini guides / commentary vids. Appreciate the feedback bro!
Oh, I've been busy on a Harbinger guide and forgot to update this. TLDR is take Ritual of Life. I'll explain below. So Overflowing Thirst has literally zero value for this specific build now. Unless you choose to run a dagger and (insert off hand here) - then, you would still run it. If you are going to run the exact build with Greatsword and Staff, I would take Ritual of Life. Blood Bond only has one way to trigger it, Mark of Blood, and the value isn't really there, compared to Ritual of Life, which will always be useful as long as you make a conscious effort to rezz downed allies.
Sorry for the delay in response. I forget why that happens. But I think if you just weapon swap and then weapon swap BACK to the Greatsword, you should unlock those skills. The only other thing I can think of is maybe you still have to train the Reaper traitline to unlock all the weapon skills, but I'm not 100% sure. Let me know if weapon swapping fixed it for you!
Hi I’m new to gw2. Stumbled into this video, I know it’s 2024 now, is this build still viable especially in wvw roaming? I believe the game has gone through several patches
Hey there, thanks for checking out the video, and great question. Yes, this build is still pretty viable for roaming. There are some changes of course, and now we have the Relic system. I'm not too sure what Rune set up I would run with this build currently, anything power or survival oriented would be fine, tho. For the Relic, I'd probably run Fireworks, it's just an overall good power oriented / DPS relic. In the Blood Magic tree, Quickening Thirst was changed to Overflowing Thirst, and now it only provides life force generation for dagger, so you can ditch it for Blood Bond. The rest of the traits should still be fine. Since you're a new player and playing Necro, pretty soon I will be publishing a new guide for my main Necro spec, Harbinger. I have several montages on my channel if you're into montages, and the Beginner Friendly Deep Dive will be EVEN MORE detailed and beginner friendly than this guide. I don't want to give an exact timeline since I'm putting so much work into it, but I hope to have it up before the end of the month, with a lot more content to follow. Cheers and welcome to the game!
Hey there, great question! I'm not at the PC right now, but if I had to guess, this may be due to the graphics setting "post processing" - I keep mine permanently turned off, as I will add any effects I want to add for montages and such in the editing process. Hope this helps, and I will double check to confirm ASAP. Cheers
@@tokisakikurumi2557 You bet! You can set it to "Low" which seems like it just boosts the saturation and contrast. And if you set it to "High" it does that and also adds that green wash / darker screen when in Shroud. Since I prefer to add any effects and color grading myself when editing, I always forget this is a thing until I see my Necro friends videos lol
Hahahahah man I appreciate that so much. I'm gonna be putting a Harbinger guide up here shortly after the release of SOTO, and plan to make more guides. I'm a mutliclasser really, but I've kind of become a light armor main, so you might get your wish sooner than later. Thanks again! :D
@@KryticalError What a literal god, thank you so much for doing this! Really helps out. I have a feeling that some people get lost in guides, especially if they are new. You explaining attacks without expecting people to have the whole wiki in their heads.. just helps out tremendously. Keep doing what you are doing, you're the best tutorial guy on youtube that I know of when it comes to gw2!
@@brewzer7911 Ahhhhhh man that's way too generous, but I appreciate the love for sure. Glad you enjoyed the video and you can expect the same level or better from me with future class guides for sure! Appreciate ya!
Hahahah hey there, I appreciate you taking the time to check out the video, even if you're not interested in PVP! You can run a PWR Reaper build with GS and Staff in PVE. Keep in mind you'll be tailoring it quite a bit more to PVE utility. I haven't looked at it much, but here's the Metabattle page for the PWR GS/Staff PVE take on this build. metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Power_DPS
I can't believe I never responded to this. I thought it was from another comment chain where I talked about it a little. I think Rune of Ice is pretty good. I don't have any hard numbers for it, but it FEELS good, if that makes sense. Sorry for the super delayed response. Cheers!
I actually don't use ReShade, but I have downloaded it just to mess with it. I have my graphics in game kind of medium-high settings for the post part, and I do some color grading and image adjustment while editing. And thanks so much, glad you liked it!
Hey my friend, my keybinds are just the standard / default keybinds in game. I map them to a Razer Tartarus RGB on my left hand, and a Corsair Scimitar for my mouse. I have 3 different profiles that I use on the mouse for Open World, WvW, and PVP. But the binds themselves are just default binds. I don't know if my peripheral set up warrants a video or anything, but maybe?
I finally went all in on berserker gear and man it melts in pve and even wvw but I noticed in wvw if I get hit by multiple enemy I die crazy fast if I can’t get in and out of shroud, that’s why I started making a 2nd build of marauder gear, I already had enough chests saved so it didn’t cost me for the armor. Staff is very nice when your in a Zerg or low on heath and need to get out but the damage is pretty rough but rebuilding life force from range can really help u
Hell yeah dude! Glass can't last, but it sure can do a lot of damage when played right lol. You don't have to worry about sustain if you just kill everything fast enough! Still, whenever I'm running a power build, I rarely run full Bezerker in WvW. Not as good as my man @esufer with that gameplay, check him out for sure, the zerk Reaper god. I do play zerker Amulet in PVP quite a bit tho, especially on bursty glassy builds. Cheers, thanks for dropping a comment on the video!
Great guide and explanation. I love my reaper and this guide deftly taught me a handful of nifty tricks and things to try out. You earned a like and sub from me man. Keep up the great work!
Heyyyy, cheers I appreciate that! I have a couple of recent Harbinger montages, and before that, a couple of Reaper montages. They should have popped up as end screens. Consider checking them out if you like montages, I always love playing Reaper and mixing it up. Appreciate ya!
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Beginner friendly guide but not beginner friendly editing skills. Genuinely impressed at the work you put into the guide!
Thank you bro, I had to make it nice after 2 months of delays hahahahah
I don't play PvP at all, came here only for the WvW stuff and to hopefully get some useful insights for my build and playstyle. HOWEVER, the PvP commentary was SO GOOD that I've watched it all and learned A LOT. Kudos, great guide
Ayyyy thank you so much! That's a massive compliment. I'm glad you found it informative. I'll be publishing a Harbinger guide very soon and that will have some PVP and WvW clips and go way deeper into some specific mechanics and what not. Thanks again!
The edit, calm voice through whole guide... Its just a professionaly made tutorial. Love the smooth transitions as well and the chill music is just a cherry on top to cover the silence between sentences and breaks between each part of the guide. Perfect! ♥
Thanks Phoxy, you always have so much kind feedback for me
@@KryticalError all deserved 🖤
@@Phoxy8630 Hahahahah thank you, thank you!
I couldn't agree more.
I was like 10 seconds in and thinking, "dang! I need this guy to voice all future content I consume!" Lol
@@Adudeinthewoodz Lmao I truly appreciate that. I have quite a few montages on my page but so far this is the only guide. I'm doing a Harbinger guide for sure but I'm quite busy IRL ATM. There's more content coming for sure tho! Appreciate ya!
I don't think I've ever seen such a detailed class guide. Thank you! Reaper is now my new main!
Thank you my friend! This guide was obviously released prior to the SOTO launch, so if you have any questions as you play, feel free to drop them to me and I'll get back to you ASAP! Cheers! Enjoy Reaper!
Whenever I miss my buddy I can just play this video and hear his sweet voice.
Awwwww hahahahahah, you can pull up our pictures when you came to visit and play this in the background. Lmao
Great guide, thank you! I love the segment at the end where you play a match and explain your thought process and wish to see you cover more classes
Thanks so much for checking out the video and leaving a comment! I definitely appreciate it. I am working on a Harb guide right now, and will probably release more guides after SOTO drops, especially with all the new weapon options. Cheers!
I try to main spellbreaker, but man reaper look so fun, that guide makes me wanna really invest on the class, thanks for the video man
Hell yeah! I have mostly considered myself a Thief main, although I've always been a multiclasser in most games. I am still kind of a multiclasser at heart, but mostly been playing Necro, Core, Reaper, and Harb. I have made a few Necro videos in a row now, a few montages and this guide. I'm working on a guide right now for Harbinger, but then will prob move to a new class for a while. Glad you enjoyed the guide tho! Appreciate the feedback!
Amazing tips bro. I never imagined you can utilize the skills that way. You made our repears into a ninja.
I can't take all the credit, I learn so much from watching my buddy @esufer videos. Definitely check him out as well! Thanks bro! I will have a new guide soon for my favorite build, what I call "Doomblood" Harbinger!
Hey man just wanted to say I’m brand new to the game and the PvP commentary was super helpful. I’m trying to learn not just what my character is doing but what all the other characters do. Seeing some of the animations in slow-mo super helpful. Also, the video overall was great man definitely got a new sub.
Hey thank you so much for the kind words, and welcome to GW2 and our little YT group! Hope you enjoy the game, and please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I'm shooting to have another Necro guide up soon as well as some new content to bring in the new year. Thanks again, appreciate ya!
For sure thanks a lot. I’m starting to get the hang of it a bit I had my first 20 kill arena earlier on a Core Condi Necro ( those scream chains are nasty). I’m new to GWs 2 but have a played a lot of MMOs in the past so I feel like I’m picking it up pretty quick. I look forward to some more content. I almost have Reaper leveled I’m really excited to try it out.
@@madhatten5123 Hell yeah a 20 bomb is sick for sure no matter your level of play! I played WOW for pretty much 16 years, my guild and I played GW2 at release but went back to WOW pretty quick. I finally gave up on WOW in BFA and have been back on GW2 ever since and no plans to move on from it anytime soon.
Core Condi is fun and strong for sure. I have several Harb montages on the channel and a couple Reaper ones too. I might try to do some Core Condi content and maybe even Scourge, but as a multiclasser at heart, I wanna play some other stuff at this point lol
@@KryticalError I always play multiple classes. All the previous MMOs I have played where all action combat. Elder Scrolls Online was my main game for almost ten years and I played New World off and on for a bit. I am working on getting mastery points for Reaper I think that class look like a ton of fun, but I am an altoholic I will end of with one of everything when it is all said and done.
@@madhatten5123 I heard that hahahahah. I actually played ESO for a few months with my cousin. I enjoyed it but I mostly just enjoyed getting to game with him. My main gripe with ESO is the RNG gear farming and the progression in general.
I don't enjoy playing just one game really, and ESO feels like one of those games where you are on the hook to play almost nothing else if you want to farm your max CP and kit your gear sets, etc. The shame of it is, other than the janky animations, ESO is actually SO full of so much fun content and as an ES universe game, I actually enjoyed the story and stuff, which I usually only care about PVP.
The progression and gameplay in GW2 are just too good for my personal playstyle and my goals to consider playing any MMOs that are dictated by never ending grinding and RNG. And because I don't HAVE to play to stay at the power level I'm at, because I'm not pressured to play or fall behind, I probably wind up playing MORE lol
This guide, the detail and explanation... Amazing, thank you. I'm new to GW2 but like the Necromancer, so I played and played and today I'm at level 80, my first. This guide and those you refeence are a huge help. Appreciate all you've shared and continue to share. 👍🏽
Ayyyyyy first off, welcome to GW2, always love to meet and chat with new players. We are glad to have you! Grats on hitting 80, and thanks for checking the guide out and dropping a comment..
Necro is really fun and rewarding to play. I was chatting with one of my buddies last night about how I didn't plan to play Necro main in this expansion, it just worked out that way lol. I haven't played Scourge much recently, but the other 3 are all super fun. If you have any other questions or anything my Discord name is in the About section of my channel, and again welcome to the game!
Asked in guild chat for some necro advice and you gave me the link to this video. I appreciate it as this was very helpful to a new player with excellent explanations as to why your using what skills and when. lol have a merry Christmas
I'm really glad you found some of it useful! Feel free to hit me up in game or on Disc anytime. Cheers and Merry Christmas /Happy Holidays!
Just made a Reaper for the first time after watching your guide. Decided to go D/D & Greatsword - went 20-0 in my first game 😆
Hell yeah bro! That's a crazy KD. Nice job indeed. I like the dagger skill set and when I play Core I usually run at least 1 dagger somewhere lol. Cheers!
What a great vid, thank you! I've been strugglin' recently to play my Reaper again, gotta clean up the dust!
I'm really glad you found it useful! Please feel free to hit me up if you have any questions while shaking that dust off!
well done mate, I downloaded game today, loving Necromancer and your video helped me to get at least idea of how GW2 works.
Hey welcome to the game, and I am really glad to hear you found this guide somewhat useful in seeing what GW2 is all about. I'm working (and have been working on for a long time) another guide for another elite Necro spec, Harbinger, which has been my main spec for pretty much the entire last expansion. It's going to actually be broken down into 2 "courses" it's so long and in depth lol.
Again welcome and if you have any questions, feel free to hit me on Discord on in game, my contact info should be on my front page. Cheers!
@@KryticalError Thanks ! ( ingame or outside of it GW2 community seems pretty newbie friendly/helping tho at least from what ive met these days) anyways, thanks for the response and waiting for harbinger guide, I love idea of Reaper but Harbinger looks more fun to play (or harder to play if I may say so)
Keep up your great work
I've never left a comment on anything but i feel like i had to here. Amazing guide, very easy to follow and a quick explaination for every choice youve made. This does not only help players to copy the build but actually understand it better right away. Nice job and ill hope to see more from you.
Thanks so much, that's truly an incredible compliment. There is more to come for sure! I have a montage that I'm cooking up now and there will be a build to go along with it. Thanks again!
Nice to have a vid like this, useful for people unfamiliar with the game and class.
Thanks a bunch, yeah I really hope it helps some newer players. Also having laid kind of a "groundwork" guide explaining so much of the basics, in the future I can produce other Reaper "educational" content, only covering major changes and then getting straight into match commentary / analysis. Cheers!
Finally its here jajaja, good job man, nice guide and awesome editing skills as always!!
Ayyyyy cheers my friend, glad you liked it, gracias hermano
Good job dude, glad you got this released, can tell you put a lot of work into it. Keep it up! I reckon this will be really helpful for new players.
Thanks bro! I really hope it does. It took so long to get it out so I'm glad it's finally done and published FR lol. Plus now having set the stage for the basics, I can just do commentary Reaper stuff / montages - assuming no MAJOR changes
@@KryticalError btw, on instant cast stuff you can do it mid animation - don't need to worry about actively weaving at all between stuff. can like do a gravedigger and a shout during the cast if you feel so inclined - or one i'm using lately is start casting your CTTB then port to your wurm/spectral walk for a point blank freeze. catches people often
@@Esufer Good note for sure. Yeah when I said "weaving" I guess that was a bit misleading in the sense that- it's not REALLY weaving. You just hit the instants at any point in the auto chain and they will go off. But I didn't even think to mention that it applies to anything as long as you're not in Shroud. So yeah that's true, can hit it with any of the GS or Staff / etc abilities. And yeah I like catching people with the C2TB combo out of a Spectral Recall as well. Don't think I've ever tried it with Wurm, will have to go for that. I didn't go for it in the gameplay review, but I've pulled it off a few times, The Spectral Recall / C2TB combo. I'm pretty sure all my Reaper "tricks" come from you lmao
Forgot to mention btw, thanks for the shoutout!
Amazing! Good job! We had to wait, for it but it’s been worthy 🙌🏼
Thank you so much! It certainly was a super long wait lol. The good thing is I can make these faster now.... thankfully lol
Damn, this is probably the cleanest PvP guide I've watched in 20 years of playing MMOs. Do one for Scourge? haha
Ayyyyy thank you so much! In a way, this video was 20 years in the making, since I started teaching myself how to (at least attempt) make montages in my first MMO, Asherons Call 2 hahahah. Cheers very much, thanks for checking out the video and tossing the sub up, I appreciate you!
Amazing video and very much appreciate the detailed explanations of your play through. Very educational.
Cheers man, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment! I'm trying to get another guide done for my favorite Harbinger build ASAP, but a little busy right now. Hopefully I'll have it up soon tho! Cheers and thanks again!
Awesome guide, in this video there is everything I was searching for, big up
Ayyyyy cheers mate, I'll be having another Necro guide for my DoomBlood Harbinger build shortly after SOTO release. I was in the final stages of making it when I realized SOTO is so close, I might as well wait. I have other guides planned as well. Thanks again bro!
Thanks for the great video -- it was extremely comprehensive! And I really appreciate you sharing your game play with voice over. It is so helpful.
(I suppose it's because I'm not used to your voice, but I had a hard time following you at times because you spoke a little too fast and whispery. Just something to keep in mind. But maybe that's just your signature style, who am I to say? )
Yo thanks for checking it out! Glad you found it useful! Nah, it's good feedback. I can't change my voice really lol, and sometimes my accent comes out, especially when trying to speak sort of fast IE- during the gameplay commentary. I had a good friend give me the same general feedback - and the volume is a bit on the low side anyway. I'll be cognizant of that when I get started on the next guide. I really appreciate it! Cheers mate
I love this man, thank you. And once again the editing is amazing 10/10
Thanks bro! Hopefully this might help some newer players give Reaper a try. As someone who plays a LOT of Harbinger it's fun to mix it up and play Reaper for sure. Such a cool spec
@@KryticalError I had no idea about some of the fields and their respective combo's. Great video 👌
@@Fevered Hell yeah that's what's up bro. I actually had a segment in between the available combo fields / finishers and the possible skill use part that explained what happened using each finisher with each combo field.
Some kind of way when I rendered the final video, I rendered a version that didn't have that portion. Oh well lol. After like 3 hours of rendering 3 hours of uploading and 24 hours of processing, I wasn't gonna go back and re render it lol
very good video and explanations. editing for showing all the skills while the explanations is on point. i think reaper is one of the best designed specs in game, clear strenghts and weaknesses. fun to play. event tough i wouldn't play reaper myself, since this class too easy get countered by literally everything that knows how to counter it with range and mobility. but if someone like to duel or play it in groupe with decent support, its big fun and has huge impact.
Yeah, I completely agree. Like I mentioned and we are clearly on the same page - against elusive specs or very good players who hold dodges and stun breaks and know how to kite - you will need to play perfectly to win. Still, man Reaper is one of those specs in the game where it just LOOKS and FEELS cool lol. Charging onto someone, dropping that massive sickle on them, and then spin to win - super gratifying every time lol. And then pulling that giant sword out and swinging it with the massive swings and cleave, ugh. So fun lol
@@KryticalError yeah, at least on may second, it goes wild in pve. :3 i will like it
@@z3r0pr0xy No shit? I'm NGL I think the only PVE I have ever done other than Open World was like, one dungeon and one Fractal YEARS ago lmao. I would like to try it just to see how it is, but I usually only enjoy PVE with buddies.
@@KryticalError im just doing metas. but heavy buffes incoming on reaper
Krytical, this is by far your best video yet. Such an amazing improvement. Very detailed guide and intro into reaper! Being a Mesmer pony, even I watched this! Good work bud
Yo thank you so much! It was definitely a challenge trying to make a video like this when all I have really ever made is montage style videos. It was rewarding just making it, so the fact that people have been enjoying it and finding it helpful / informative is really great. Thanks bro!
i love wvw on my reaper running staff/ greatsword.
Nice! GS / Staff Reaper is definitely super fun! Thanks for clicking on the video!
This man needs more subs NOW
Hahahahah thank you so much, I appreciate that but it's all good :D I'm glad to have the subs I have and the friends that check out every video. Appreciate ya tho!
Woooah! You finally finished it, haha! Nice dude!
Hahahah man it really has been a journey to get this video released. I had one of those situations where it was done - but then I had some kind of technical or RL issue - and then decided to make changes. 2 months later....... lol
First video of yours.
Man, I’d sign up for a $/vid posted to RUclips Patreon for a match commentary series if each Mach was covered with the depth and genuine attention this one was (rather than the live / stream of consciousness we get from twitch clips)
Hello my friend, I appreciate the positive feedback. I don't currently have any plans to do any kind of monetization for my channel or a Patreon, I wouldn't feel good about trying to set up any kind of "subscription" type thing since I don't have a remotely regular upload schedule and wouldn't want to take advantage of people's generosity and support. If I can ever get into a flow where I know I will be uploading 1-2 videos per month, maybe. Who knows, lol. In the meantime I appreciate the interactions, likes, and subs! I have been very slowly working on a BFDDGuide for my primary 2 Harb builds, complete with game commentary as with this guide, and I'm about 3/4 of the way to a new Thief montage + follow up guide / commentary for Thief.
I can't make any promises as to when this stuff will be ready, but I can promise it will be even better than anything else I've put out so far. Cheers, I appreciate ya
I love love the reaper class. It’s basically become my new main. My go to is was my ranger or guardian. It’s really enjoyable to play.
It's definitely a super fun and engaging playstyle. I love it with Greatsword, even tho 1 handed weapons are strong and fun, something about swinging that big ass sword around, especially with Twilight equipped, oh man hahahah. So cool. Then shift into Reapers Shroud and swing a big ass scythe, what could be better
@@KryticalError not to stereotype, but my reaper also wields a twilight xD. But yes very satisfying
@@flipingboredcritic Hahahahah it's a great legendary in general, just feels RIGHT on a Reaper
This is a great reaper guide. There's definitely room for improvement and I found myself with a raised eyebrow during a lot of the plays accidental and intentional alike. But with time you'll get better with it and likely be ready for some ATs. Looks like you're on NA so I might see you in finals one day. Good luck!
Hahahah thanks man I appreciate that. I'm not a great player or an overly serious player. I made this guide to see what I could do with a guide style video since people were also asking for it. It was fun and a good experience. I think in general every human being that exists could be better at the things they do, so you're absolutely right. I have tons of room for improvement, and believe me if you raised an eyebrow I was cringing at my own mechanics or decisions lol Appreciate the support tho! Never done any ATs but who knows? Maybe we'll meet up there one day. Cheers!
One thing I'd advice beginner reapers is to be very careful when doing spectral walk +wurm + elite combo. It uses both of your stun breaks so you need to be quick to go into shroud. Otherwise you're just free kill to anyone that can CC.
It's a very good tip, that's for sure, especially for beginners, as you said. Sometimes I'll do something in a video or show something in a guide that I chose to do in a specific moment - or maybe not even that, but just showing something is possible. It's not always a recommendation from me that other players do this thing or that thing - but I think it's useful to show mindset and approach, and from time to time show some things in the game that are possible - if not always practical or wise lol. Appreciate the tip for beginners my friend!
Amazing guide my dude! Keep it up!
Ayyyyyyy thank you so much! Hopefully it helps some newer players or new Reaper players!
To notch video and thorough explanation. 👍
Cheers very much, thanks for checking out the video and glad you found it clear and thorough!
Great vid. A written guide would be great too!
Thanks my friend! Originally I was going to have a written guide as well but over the last year and a half I had a variety of issues causing me to scrap some stuff. I even had 2 more Necro guides that were more than half finished and I had to scrap them 😭 I'll do more guide style content in the future but can't (or shouldnt) promise any kind of timeline lol. Appreciate you tho!
@@KryticalError Well no worries man, followed the guide and i can say I consistently dish out around 250k damage per pvp round. The build works well.
IF could make a suggestion: make another pvp build but with more mobility available!
Hell yeah man! Good to catch another match together earlier, will see you around for sure! GGzzzzz!
Great guide and explanation. I love my reaper and this guide deftly taught me a handful of nifty tricks and things to try out. You earned a like and sub from me man. Keep up the great work!
Wow man! Nice skills 👌
Ayyy cheers I appreciate that, I'm not the best player or editor but I do work hard to constantly improve. Appreciate ya!
Been a fan of your edits! hope u can do a little bit tutorial on how to edit gw2 montage
Hey thank you so much! I actually do have a loose plan to do that. I'm slowly moving off of Vegas for video editing, but I'm not quite ready to give it up yet, lol. But I will probably do an extreme deep dive kind of like this guide but with MMO montage editing using Vegas instead of gameplay.
I think if I can get to 1000 subs this year, I kind of have an idea in my head of what I want to do to say thanks to the community. It will be cool for sure.
This is such a great video man tysm, also what would be a good Relic to use nowadaways with it? maybe fireworks?
Hey, thank you for the kind words, so right now, I would probably NOT play Greatsword in PVP or WvW as a solo roamer - I do think you could play Greatsword for WvW if you're in a group of any size. I think the issue with GS as a solo roamer is it's a very slow weapon. It can hit like a truck, but in WvW you're going up against a lot of Willbenders, Thieves, Mesmers, Harbs and Necros who are usually running pistol or 1hand Sword. These are all fast specs and fast weapons. GS can feel a little rough as a solo VS these. I'd recommend trying 1h Sw or Pistol / Dagger or Pistol / Torch. If you're running a power build in general, Fireworks will probably do fine!
@@KryticalError I see, thanks a lot!
Epic detail on this! Also I want u to release an audio book!
Hahahahahahah thank you my brother, believe it or not my wife said the same thing lol
@@KryticalError hahha I fully believe it! And she is right!
@@gw2chief366 I bought a new standalone mic just to make this kind of content. It makes my voice sound much nicer than it really is lol
Oh hey good work!
Thanks a bunch, I appreciate you checking it out and dropping a comment!
Great info and well presented
Cheers very much, glad you were able to enjoy it and find the info useful. Appreciate you checking it out and dropping a comment. Appreciate ya!
Awesome guide!
Cheers mate, thanks for the comment and the sub! Hope you enjoy the other content! Cheers!
10/10 video my dude
Ayyyy thank you so much! I'm working on other long form guides like this as well as a bunch of mini guides / commentary vids. Appreciate the feedback bro!
Quickening thirst was replace with Overflowing thirst. What should we do then ? Still use?
Oh, I've been busy on a Harbinger guide and forgot to update this.
TLDR is take Ritual of Life. I'll explain below.
So Overflowing Thirst has literally zero value for this specific build now. Unless you choose to run a dagger and (insert off hand here) - then, you would still run it.
If you are going to run the exact build with Greatsword and Staff, I would take Ritual of Life. Blood Bond only has one way to trigger it, Mark of Blood, and the value isn't really there, compared to Ritual of Life, which will always be useful as long as you make a conscious effort to rezz downed allies.
Very good! Thank you
Thank you my friend, thanks for the sub too, welcome! Glad to have you around!
but why cant i use the greatsword?all the skills are grey
Sorry for the delay in response. I forget why that happens. But I think if you just weapon swap and then weapon swap BACK to the Greatsword, you should unlock those skills. The only other thing I can think of is maybe you still have to train the Reaper traitline to unlock all the weapon skills, but I'm not 100% sure. Let me know if weapon swapping fixed it for you!
Hi I’m new to gw2. Stumbled into this video, I know it’s 2024 now, is this build still viable especially in wvw roaming? I believe the game has gone through several patches
Hey there, thanks for checking out the video, and great question. Yes, this build is still pretty viable for roaming. There are some changes of course, and now we have the Relic system. I'm not too sure what Rune set up I would run with this build currently, anything power or survival oriented would be fine, tho. For the Relic, I'd probably run Fireworks, it's just an overall good power oriented / DPS relic. In the Blood Magic tree, Quickening Thirst was changed to Overflowing Thirst, and now it only provides life force generation for dagger, so you can ditch it for Blood Bond. The rest of the traits should still be fine.
Since you're a new player and playing Necro, pretty soon I will be publishing a new guide for my main Necro spec, Harbinger. I have several montages on my channel if you're into montages, and the Beginner Friendly Deep Dive will be EVEN MORE detailed and beginner friendly than this guide. I don't want to give an exact timeline since I'm putting so much work into it, but I hope to have it up before the end of the month, with a lot more content to follow. Cheers and welcome to the game!
Very thankful for your guide! Subscribed! I’ll be waiting for your Harbinger guide. Hopefully my char will be ready by then. 😊
Hello, just a question. When I enter Reaper's Shroud my screen goes a little bit dark but yours stays the same is that a setting?
Hey there, great question! I'm not at the PC right now, but if I had to guess, this may be due to the graphics setting "post processing" - I keep mine permanently turned off, as I will add any effects I want to add for montages and such in the editing process. Hope this helps, and I will double check to confirm ASAP. Cheers
@@KryticalError it works! thanks!
@@tokisakikurumi2557 You bet! You can set it to "Low" which seems like it just boosts the saturation and contrast. And if you set it to "High" it does that and also adds that green wash / darker screen when in Shroud. Since I prefer to add any effects and color grading myself when editing, I always forget this is a thing until I see my Necro friends videos lol
hi guy, one question, what relic do you using?
Hey there, good question, to run this build currently I think I would probably run Fireworks.
Dear lord, such a nice video. Thank you for that
How much do I pay you for a catalyst/weaver one? :D
Hahahahah man I appreciate that so much. I'm gonna be putting a Harbinger guide up here shortly after the release of SOTO, and plan to make more guides. I'm a mutliclasser really, but I've kind of become a light armor main, so you might get your wish sooner than later.
Thanks again! :D
@@KryticalError What a literal god, thank you so much for doing this! Really helps out. I have a feeling that some people get lost in guides, especially if they are new. You explaining attacks without expecting people to have the whole wiki in their heads.. just helps out tremendously.
Keep doing what you are doing, you're the best tutorial guy on youtube that I know of when it comes to gw2!
@@brewzer7911 Ahhhhhh man that's way too generous, but I appreciate the love for sure. Glad you enjoyed the video and you can expect the same level or better from me with future class guides for sure! Appreciate ya!
Thank you for the video. Is this build also PvE viable? I really have no interest in anything PvP.
Hahahah hey there, I appreciate you taking the time to check out the video, even if you're not interested in PVP!
You can run a PWR Reaper build with GS and Staff in PVE. Keep in mind you'll be tailoring it quite a bit more to PVE utility. I haven't looked at it much, but here's the Metabattle page for the PWR GS/Staff PVE take on this build.
metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Reaper_-_Power_DPS
so is rune of ice good afterall ?
I can't believe I never responded to this. I thought it was from another comment chain where I talked about it a little. I think Rune of Ice is pretty good. I don't have any hard numbers for it, but it FEELS good, if that makes sense. Sorry for the super delayed response. Cheers!
Thanks
No doubt, thanks for checking it out!
Hey do u use reshade? Ur graphics looks op...and great guide btw
I actually don't use ReShade, but I have downloaded it just to mess with it. I have my graphics in game kind of medium-high settings for the post part, and I do some color grading and image adjustment while editing. And thanks so much, glad you liked it!
@@KryticalError ahh i see...tried to install reshade once but doing that it disabled all addons so I stopped using that. Wlcm 😇
Whats the runes for greatsword and staff? For pvp
It's in the guide! Staff is Energy / Cleansing and GS is Intelligence / Savagery I think
@@KryticalError o see It but savagery Its for stuns that why a ask here xD
Would you be willing to share all your key binds?
Hey my friend, my keybinds are just the standard / default keybinds in game. I map them to a Razer Tartarus RGB on my left hand, and a Corsair Scimitar for my mouse. I have 3 different profiles that I use on the mouse for Open World, WvW, and PVP. But the binds themselves are just default binds. I don't know if my peripheral set up warrants a video or anything, but maybe?
:D
Hahahah, enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions!
I finally went all in on berserker gear and man it melts in pve and even wvw but I noticed in wvw if I get hit by multiple enemy I die crazy fast if I can’t get in and out of shroud, that’s why I started making a 2nd build of marauder gear, I already had enough chests saved so it didn’t cost me for the armor. Staff is very nice when your in a Zerg or low on heath and need to get out but the damage is pretty rough but rebuilding life force from range can really help u
Hell yeah dude! Glass can't last, but it sure can do a lot of damage when played right lol. You don't have to worry about sustain if you just kill everything fast enough! Still, whenever I'm running a power build, I rarely run full Bezerker in WvW.
Not as good as my man @esufer with that gameplay, check him out for sure, the zerk Reaper god. I do play zerker Amulet in PVP quite a bit tho, especially on bursty glassy builds. Cheers, thanks for dropping a comment on the video!
Great guide and explanation. I love my reaper and this guide deftly taught me a handful of nifty tricks and things to try out. You earned a like and sub from me man. Keep up the great work!
Heyyyy, cheers I appreciate that! I have a couple of recent Harbinger montages, and before that, a couple of Reaper montages. They should have popped up as end screens. Consider checking them out if you like montages, I always love playing Reaper and mixing it up. Appreciate ya!