For those who want to know benchmark numbers on the golems without adding any extra boons to myself or extra conditions to the golem, here are the results: On a WEAK golem: it did 15.8K
I appreciate these one-man-army type bruiser builds with lots of survivability and equal parts damage. Maximizing DPS is great on paper, but I feel like people undervalue survivability. DPS while downed/dead is DPS you're not doing.
Thank you, been following you for a while now, enjoy your builds and they really do work and help. Cheers :) I prefer testing in the open world over the test golem... the golem doesn't hit back nor force you to move out of "stupid".
Hit that Like Button guys, well deserved!! Wow Johny you are a busy little uploader, yet another great Reaper build to try. I'm currently using a full Lifesteal Reaper build in OW and it's great for tougher fights but less damage as it obviously centers around sustain. This will be my 3rd build template 100% as I have been slowly replacing my Exotic Celestial gear with Ascended Berserkers gear (Zojja's), so far I have 3 pcs of Armor & 2 Trinkets so abit to go. Thankyou GTJ for the time you put into your videos as I know it's a labor of love & it's very muchly Appreciated by all. Lastly, I find it funny that your Char looks like an angel but than turns into the Reaper of Death 😂😅 Ty & Tc my friend. EDIT: I forgot to ask, What cursor settings are you using to get that Yellow crosshair that's fixed to the center of your screen??
Thank you so much for the kind words! I use "Action Camera" and there are visual options you can adjust for it from the "General Options" tab, then press on "Action Camera Reticle Settings", and from there you can choose the color and shape
Great guide, I’m new to the game and thanks to you I was able to pick up reaper and run around with it like I knew what I was doing! Could you make a guide for berserker warrior for pve, no one goes into detail like you do in guide, I even learned more about the trading post thanks to this video
Welcome to GW2! I'm very happy to hear the guide was helpful to you :) I plan on making a Berserker build for PvE for sure, but I am not sure when I'll have the time for it.
Thank you Johny. I'm still using your build with Blood trait line, and happy to try this out too, but I'm doing lots of convergences, and there only seem to be big bosses in there. Is there something else I can use instead of grasp and rise, in this case? I can certainly use them in Open World content perfectly. Love your builds and theory crafting is sooo detailed and makes it so easy to use. Thanks again, Johny! 🥰
Glad to know the build is working well for you! For convergence I'd recommend the following: 1- For more DPS use "Well of Suffering" and "Well of Darkness" 2- For more Boon Strips use "Corrupt Boon" and "Nothing Can Save You" 3- For more sustain use more minions
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny ohhh thanks sooo much for your answer. That's what I thought I might try. Its what I have with the blood trait. I was thinking of You are all Weaklings because of the Might, but I see that Nothing Can Save You gives more chill. I am going to try it and let you know how much fun I have with it.....thanks again Johny 🥰
I took Spectral Grasp off of a build and I'm thinking it's time for me to put it back, esp for big content. It's not on the tooltip specifically but, per the wiki, Spectral Grasp does more than we might realize. It does 5 pulls on use and, if you are in the hitbox of a defiant mob, all five pulls can hit that boss. Each pull is 150 breakbar damage and it's possible for all 5 to hit a single target for very significant breakbar on your foe. Since there are always people who have already burned all their CC outside of the need moment or who have weak CC in their builds, being able to pop Spectral Grasp and Chilled to the Bone of Charge! on the Flesh Golem makes your reaper a major player against a boss' defiance bar. Each one also grants 15% Life Force so that adds up too as Johny mentioned in the video. It's also adding more Chill for your Reaper to exploit. So it's a very easy skill to love.
These items are not sheep indeed. I love your accent and it gave me a few good giggles thanks for that. No it's not mockery and yes I am not native English speaker myself
Gosh I love reaper builds! 🤩Thanks so much for this one, will try it out asap! I often find myself in underwater combat in PvE (for example when killing my 10 daily kraits as of lately), so could you please also advise on the best underwater utility skills to equip?
I hope you like it when you try it :) Here is the build with added water skills: gw2skills.net/editor/?PSwAExzlJkwwCbMtttYWZlecXlNdA-DSIYRU7fIBKFiQFVhA0s3GKQA7h3h+MAVA-e
@@deadclocks5828 lol, same, used to spawn all the possible minions hoping they'll just take care of things for me 🙈 But gonna try doing it the right way now!
Thank you or the guide, I am 5 weeks into the game and it greatly helped me to complete the core game and Path of Fire. I do not understand taking Putrid Defense over Flesh of the Master, however. Where is all this poison supposed to come from? I have looked everything over and I don't see one thing that inflicts poison. I do not qualify for the use of one-handed swords, is that where the poison is supposed to come from?
Welcome to GW2! I'm very glad this build helped you as much :) Your Pison comes from Reaper Shroud skill #4, which you should be using as often as possible.
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Thanks for the reply, I forgot to look at the shroud skills. I have been trying every version of Reaper build that i can find and this one works the best.
Hi Johny - thanks for another very thorough guide! Honest question - what benefit does the Relic of Midnight Kings gives to the character itself if its grants might and fury to the allies by description? Are you saying my character is also affected? I tried it in quite a few fights and never saw the relic icon appear on the buff line indicating it is activated. While I am waiting for your response I switched to Wayfinder relic for speed, replaced Signet of Locust with You Are All Weeklings and switched from Chilling Nova to Augury of Death for extra heals (running four shouts now). Do you think its a viable tweak of your build? Thanks so much for all you hard work, we really appreciate it!
Relic of Midnight does apply its effects to you as well :) In fact, most of the traits, skills, and items that say they apply their affect to allies will also include you
They're both equally good! The Double Swords Reaper build you're talking about provides a little more sustain and still very decent damage. But this most recent one provides overall more damage, and still overall enough sustain to handle most open world content.
Hey there! Awesome video! I love how in depth you explained everything. I am coming back to a game after a long break and decided to try necro. Do you think I will have an easier time with story and open world by using reaper or by using your scourge build from a few months ago? Good luck with the channel!
Hello :) Sorry but I'm not sure what do you mean by baby skill point. As for the specializations and elite and entire builds, I talk about it in details starting from 00:27
You can only put sigils on weapons. But generally speaking, the default sigils and runes that comes with any gear you buy from the trading post are not a good fit, so you can safely replace them with the recommended option from the guides
Coming back to GW2 after about a year break and want to switch my necro from Scourge/Harbinger to Reaper for a change. I have two options for equipment that I already own - full Viper's ascended armor and weapons or full Celestial exotic (from boosting at max level just to get the gear). I also have many other ascended trinket options including Berserker's in my stash. Would you recommend going for condi Reaper with the Viper's or Celestial + Berserker weapons/trinkets as more of a tanky power build? This is for solo open world mainly. I also wouldn't mind adding some minions - are minion builds still decent for open world?
Welcome back to GW2! The full Viper's set for condi Reaper would be great for damage. However, if you want a tankier build, Celestial with Berserker weapons and trinkets can be very effective in solo play, and I recommend that option. As for minions, they can still provide decent support in open world content.
Wow nice build, can't wait to try it out when my Necro has finished the Reaper skillline. What are your opnions on the Spite vs Death Magic? It seems Offensive vs Defensive?
I don't use any addons. In the "General Options" tab, look for "Cursor Contrast" and it will chance the cursor's size and visibility. Right below it you'll also find "Action Camera Reticle Options" if you use action camera like I do and want to change its cursor settings
Both builds are very good and a little different, so I'd choose the one you think you'll enjoy its playstyle more. I personally prefer the spear version and it's what I use on my own Reaper. But I also know a lot of people who don't like spear on Reaper as much.
So I play reaper power greatsword. Do I need to turn off my auto targeting? (Not auto attack) Or should I keep it on? Seems like if I don't use it the rotation dies after whatever I'm killing does. It doesn't put the skill that's in action locked onto the next enemy. I had alot of people say i needed to get used to it off but it helps me clear pve trash mobs faster.
Good job! It's very useful for many builds. As for the Relic of Zakiros, it's not a good option with this Reaper build as you don't apply that much Fury at all
cant understand you. why are there so many guides from non english speakers on yt. like sorry you cant afford to eat but these gw2 vids arent gonna feed you either
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For those who want to know benchmark numbers on the golems without adding any extra boons to myself or extra conditions to the golem, here are the results:
On a WEAK golem: it did 15.8K
Love the guide. Thanks for putting in the time and effort.
Thank you so very much for your amazing generosity! It is greatly appreciated and I can not thank you enough :)
I appreciate these one-man-army type bruiser builds with lots of survivability and equal parts damage. Maximizing DPS is great on paper, but I feel like people undervalue survivability. DPS while downed/dead is DPS you're not doing.
Glad you liked the build!
Thank you, been following you for a while now, enjoy your builds and they really do work and help. Cheers :)
I prefer testing in the open world over the test golem... the golem doesn't hit back nor force you to move out of "stupid".
It makes very happy to hear that! I agree on the golem testing, but it's something a lot of people requested, so I added it
Thanks for the changes....they worked very well in Convergence. I had sooo much fun 🥰
I'm very glad to hear that!
even though i don't play reaper, thanks for sharing your tips ! I wish you the best
Thank you very much :) I appreciate it!
I very much like your straightforward style, and your gear Tips are worth some Gold 😊
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it :)
Hit that Like Button guys, well deserved!!
Wow Johny you are a busy little uploader, yet another great Reaper build to try.
I'm currently using a full Lifesteal Reaper build in OW and it's great for tougher fights but less damage as it obviously centers around sustain.
This will be my 3rd build template 100% as I have been slowly replacing my Exotic Celestial gear with Ascended Berserkers gear (Zojja's), so far I have 3 pcs of Armor & 2 Trinkets so abit to go.
Thankyou GTJ for the time you put into your videos as I know it's a labor of love & it's very muchly Appreciated by all.
Lastly, I find it funny that your Char looks like an angel but than turns into the Reaper of Death 😂😅
Ty & Tc my friend.
EDIT: I forgot to ask, What cursor settings are you using to get that Yellow crosshair that's fixed to the center of your screen??
Thank you so much for the kind words!
I use "Action Camera" and there are visual options you can adjust for it from the "General Options" tab, then press on "Action Camera Reticle Settings", and from there you can choose the color and shape
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Tyvm my friend, sorted 😎
Thank you for the detailed build guides!
Glad you like them!
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Yes its very fun to play ^^
That's great to hear!
Great guide, I’m new to the game and thanks to you I was able to pick up reaper and run around with it like I knew what I was doing! Could you make a guide for berserker warrior for pve, no one goes into detail like you do in guide, I even learned more about the trading post thanks to this video
Welcome to GW2! I'm very happy to hear the guide was helpful to you :) I plan on making a Berserker build for PvE for sure, but I am not sure when I'll have the time for it.
Thank you Johny. I'm still using your build with Blood trait line, and happy to try this out too, but I'm doing lots of convergences, and there only seem to be big bosses in there. Is there something else I can use instead of grasp and rise, in this case? I can certainly use them in Open World content perfectly. Love your builds and theory crafting is sooo detailed and makes it so easy to use. Thanks again, Johny! 🥰
Glad to know the build is working well for you!
For convergence I'd recommend the following:
1- For more DPS use "Well of Suffering" and "Well of Darkness"
2- For more Boon Strips use "Corrupt Boon" and "Nothing Can Save You"
3- For more sustain use more minions
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny ohhh thanks sooo much for your answer. That's what I thought I might try. Its what I have with the blood trait. I was thinking of You are all Weaklings because of the Might, but I see that Nothing Can Save You gives more chill. I am going to try it and let you know how much fun I have with it.....thanks again Johny 🥰
I took Spectral Grasp off of a build and I'm thinking it's time for me to put it back, esp for big content.
It's not on the tooltip specifically but, per the wiki, Spectral Grasp does more than we might realize. It does 5 pulls on use and, if you are in the hitbox of a defiant mob, all five pulls can hit that boss. Each pull is 150 breakbar damage and it's possible for all 5 to hit a single target for very significant breakbar on your foe. Since there are always people who have already burned all their CC outside of the need moment or who have weak CC in their builds, being able to pop Spectral Grasp and Chilled to the Bone of Charge! on the Flesh Golem makes your reaper a major player against a boss' defiance bar. Each one also grants 15% Life Force so that adds up too as Johny mentioned in the video. It's also adding more Chill for your Reaper to exploit. So it's a very easy skill to love.
These items are not sheep indeed. I love your accent and it gave me a few good giggles thanks for that. No it's not mockery and yes I am not native English speaker myself
Glad I made you giggle :)
Love the builds as always! Letting me survive in Janthir. Eagerly waiting for a nice spear build form you 😅
Working on one already :) But it will take me about 2-3 weeks to post it tho
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny thank you so much!
Gosh I love reaper builds! 🤩Thanks so much for this one, will try it out asap!
I often find myself in underwater combat in PvE (for example when killing my 10 daily kraits as of lately), so could you please also advise on the best underwater utility skills to equip?
I hope you like it when you try it :)
Here is the build with added water skills: gw2skills.net/editor/?PSwAExzlJkwwCbMtttYWZlecXlNdA-DSIYRU7fIBKFiQFVhA0s3GKQA7h3h+MAVA-e
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Awesome, greatly appreciated!! 🐟🦈🐳
Beat me to it, I find myself alittle like a fish out of water X) when entering underwater combat, prob due to not being in that environment much.
@@deadclocks5828 lol, same, used to spawn all the possible minions hoping they'll just take care of things for me 🙈 But gonna try doing it the right way now!
Thank you or the guide, I am 5 weeks into the game and it greatly helped me to complete the core game and Path of Fire. I do not understand taking Putrid Defense over Flesh of the Master, however. Where is all this poison supposed to come from? I have looked everything over and I don't see one thing that inflicts poison. I do not qualify for the use of one-handed swords, is that where the poison is supposed to come from?
Welcome to GW2! I'm very glad this build helped you as much :)
Your Pison comes from Reaper Shroud skill #4, which you should be using as often as possible.
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Thanks for the reply, I forgot to look at the shroud skills. I have been trying every version of Reaper build that i can find and this one works the best.
I'm incredibly happy to hear that!
Love it! You're like, The Reaper King 👑
Awww Thank you so much!
Hi Johny - thanks for another very thorough guide! Honest question - what benefit does the Relic of Midnight Kings gives to the character itself if its grants might and fury to the allies by description? Are you saying my character is also affected? I tried it in quite a few fights and never saw the relic icon appear on the buff line indicating it is activated. While I am waiting for your response I switched to Wayfinder relic for speed, replaced Signet of Locust with You Are All Weeklings and switched from Chilling Nova to Augury of Death for extra heals (running four shouts now). Do you think its a viable tweak of your build? Thanks so much for all you hard work, we really appreciate it!
Relic of Midnight does apply its effects to you as well :) In fact, most of the traits, skills, and items that say they apply their affect to allies will also include you
Hello! Im still using your reaper swords build that you uploaded 3 months ago.. is the build in this video better in open world content?
They're both equally good! The Double Swords Reaper build you're talking about provides a little more sustain and still very decent damage.
But this most recent one provides overall more damage, and still overall enough sustain to handle most open world content.
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Thanks! Can i use the rune of the dragonhunter instead of the deadeye?
Sure you can. It will just do a little less damage
Hey there! Awesome video! I love how in depth you explained everything.
I am coming back to a game after a long break and decided to try necro. Do you think I will have an easier time with story and open world by using reaper or by using your scourge build from a few months ago?
Good luck with the channel!
Thank you and welcome back to GW2!
I think Reaper will be more straightforward to use, especially if you just came back to GW2
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny thanks a lot! Ill go for reaper then
Hey johnny thank you for the build. New player. Can you show how baby skill point should be used what specializations and elite please
Hello :) Sorry but I'm not sure what do you mean by baby skill point. As for the specializations and elite and entire builds, I talk about it in details starting from 00:27
Feels Great thank you Johnny.
I'm very happy to hear that!
So do you put superior sigil of accuracy on the exotic zhed set or leave it alone with centaur runes on it?
You can only put sigils on weapons. But generally speaking, the default sigils and runes that comes with any gear you buy from the trading post are not a good fit, so you can safely replace them with the recommended option from the guides
Thanks for guide. For sword, the SOTO expansion is required, do u recommend other weapons?
Sorry for the late reply. If you don't have SOTO, you can use Axe / Focus instead with the same stats and sigils
Coming back to GW2 after about a year break and want to switch my necro from Scourge/Harbinger to Reaper for a change. I have two options for equipment that I already own - full Viper's ascended armor and weapons or full Celestial exotic (from boosting at max level just to get the gear). I also have many other ascended trinket options including Berserker's in my stash. Would you recommend going for condi Reaper with the Viper's or Celestial + Berserker weapons/trinkets as more of a tanky power build? This is for solo open world mainly. I also wouldn't mind adding some minions - are minion builds still decent for open world?
Welcome back to GW2!
The full Viper's set for condi Reaper would be great for damage. However, if you want a tankier build, Celestial with Berserker weapons and trinkets can be very effective in solo play, and I recommend that option. As for minions, they can still provide decent support in open world content.
Wow nice build, can't wait to try it out when my Necro has finished the Reaper skillline.
What are your opnions on the Spite vs Death Magic? It seems Offensive vs Defensive?
Exactly. Spite will give you more damage, but then you lose a lot of sustain
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Okay thx for the answer :D Did you try going the Spite route?
Yes, and it wasn't worth it
what can you use instead of sword/sword? I want to use this to do the story however sword isn't unlocked until late.
In that case, I'd recommend Greatsword for melee, and Axe / Focus for range. Use the same sigils as mentioned in the guide
With Soul Eating healing in shroud now, do you think this is still the best open world build?
I think the Soul Eating trait change is great. If you needed extra sustain, just switch to that trait and you'll be fine.
What infusions do you recommend for this build?
Power Infusions
How do i get the berserker deadeye armor set
The easiest way to buy the Deadeye runes is from the Trading Post
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Thank you! Was able to kill a hero challenge solo thanks to your build haha
That's great to hear!
What is your cursor add-on?
I don't use any addons. In the "General Options" tab, look for "Cursor Contrast" and it will chance the cursor's size and visibility. Right below it you'll also find "Action Camera Reticle Options" if you use action camera like I do and want to change its cursor settings
Hi I am wondering what is your pc specs?
CPU: i5-12600K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060
RAM: 32GB DDR5
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny thank you that`s why the game is so smooth
This build and the spear build which is better?
Both builds are very good and a little different, so I'd choose the one you think you'll enjoy its playstyle more. I personally prefer the spear version and it's what I use on my own Reaper. But I also know a lot of people who don't like spear on Reaper as much.
@ can I use a spear for this build?
Sure
Thank you 🙏 but will you going to make pvp build for reaper?
I have no plans to make PvP builds anytime soon. It's not a game mode I played for a very long time. But who knows, maybe in the future I will again
hmm so no range on this?
Sword / Sword is all ranged
It's reaper....? Don't typically have ranged on it
So I play reaper power greatsword. Do I need to turn off my auto targeting? (Not auto attack)
Or should I keep it on?
Seems like if I don't use it the rotation dies after whatever I'm killing does. It doesn't put the skill that's in action locked onto the next enemy. I had alot of people say i needed to get used to it off but it helps me clear pve trash mobs faster.
Auto Target in PvE is very useful. I suggest you leave it enabled exactly for the reason you mentioned
really enjoying this build thanks so much!
Glad to hear that!
Great guide Johny! keep up the great work! btw I haven't unlock swords yet which weapon do you recommend till I reach soto?
Thank you!
If you don't have SOTO, you can use Axe / Focus instead with the same stats and sigils
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Thank you!
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Johny finally unlocked weapons mastery, question instead of relic of the midnight king, what about relic of zakiros?
Good job! It's very useful for many builds. As for the Relic of Zakiros, it's not a good option with this Reaper build as you don't apply that much Fury at all
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny Oh i see ty!
cant understand you. why are there so many guides from non english speakers on yt. like sorry you cant afford to eat but these gw2 vids arent gonna feed you either
my sorry i not eat engles or speak good thanksyou support :)
@@GamingTutorialswithJohny He’s a racist dumbass. I understand you perfectly even tho I’m from Asia.
I figured as such :) I'm glad you're able to understand my guides!