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Pistol + Torch Condition Reaper

Build Rating (Subjective)

Criterion	Rating
Burst Damage	4/5
Sustained Damage	5/5
Utility Options	3/5
Survivability	5/5
Difficulty	2/5

Condition  Reaper is one of the burstiest Condition damage build for instanced content by applying massive amounts of  Bleeding very quickly. The iteration I use here retains the same gear as  Scourge and/or  Harbinger, making it much easier to swap between all three builds. It's also an excellent pick for solo gameplay, as it can provide itself with good amounts of many essential offensive boons ( Quickness,  Protection,  Fury and  Might). Through its second health bar in the form of   Reaper's Shroud, it becomes inherently resilient and further provides excellent Defiance bar damage.

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Playstyle & Skills

Skill Type	Skills
Shroud Skills
Scepter + Dagger Skills
Pistol + Torch Skills
Utility Skills

Rotation Concept

• The main idea of condition  Reaper is to abuse  Deathly Chill by applying  Chilled as often as possible, together with additional amounts of  Torment,  Poisoned and  Burning.
• Via  Chilling Darkness and  Shivers of Dread, both  Fear and  Blinded will also apply  Chilled, which in turn applies even more  Bleeding.
• The synergies between these traits and your skill kit allow you to stack up massive amounts of  Bleeding very fast, making it one of the burstiest condition builds in the game.
• In the entirety of the rotation, you want to use   Well of Darkness on cooldown.   Well of Darkness is the strongest single skill in your kit, as it applies boch  Blinded and  Chilled one per pulse.
• Always cast   "Suffer!" right after   Blood Is Power:   "Suffer!" transfers the self-applied  Bleeding and  Torment instantly when you cast it.
• In the same vein, you can pair   Deathly Swarm and   Plaguelands.

Opener

• Start with the following skills on Scepter & Dagger:

1.   Plaguelands,
2.   Blood Is Power,
3.   Well of Darkness,
4.   Blood Is Power,
5.   "Suffer!",
6.   Deathly Swarm,
7.   Enfeebling Blood
8.   Devouring Darkness &
9.   Grasping Dead

• This way, you get all the damage skills off quickly while transferring the self-applied conditions to the enemy.
• Then, swap to Pistol + Torch.

Step 1: Pistol + Torch + Reaper's Shroud

• After swapping to Pistol + Torch, use all available weapon skills end enter   Reaper's Shroud.
• In shroud, the most important combo is to use   Soul Spiral inside the Ice Field from   Executioner's Scythe in melee range, as that will lead to 12 Whirl finishers, each applying  Chilled and thus 48(!) stacks of  Bleeding through  Deathly Chill.
• After that, use 3x   Life Rend,   Life Slash &   Life Reap and exit   Reaper's Shroud.
• Use all available skills on Pistol and Torch and then repeat from Scepter + Dagger.

Step 2: Scepter + Dagger

• Always start + end the Scepter + Dagger loop with the combination of   Grasping Dead and   Devouring Darkness.
• In between, follow the general rotation concept described above.
• Use   Enfeebling Blood and   Well of Darkness on cooldown.

CC Skills for breakbar damage:

•   Vile Blast
•   Terrify
•   Executioner's Scythe
•   Oppressive Collapse
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" is an excellent CC option instead of   Plaguelands for  Stability on demand. It also applies  Bleeding through its  Chilled.

Gear

Important Stats in Hero Panel (descending in Importance):

1. 60% Condition Duration in the hero panel:  Barbed Precision and Superior Sigil of Agony give the remaining 40% for  Bleeding.
2. Maximize Condition damage
3. Maximize Critical chance to trigger   Barbed Precision reliably.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Head	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Shoulders	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Chest	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Gloves	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Legs	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Boots	Viper's	Superior Rune of the Trapper
Trinket	Prefix
Amulet	Viper's
Ring 1	Viper's
Ring 2	Viper's
Accessory 1	Viper's
Accessory 2	Viper's
Backpack	Viper's
Weapon	Prefix	Sigil
Pistol (Main Hand)	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Agony
Torch (Off Hand)	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Earth
Scepter (Main Hand)	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Agony
Dagger (Off Hand)	Viper's	Superior Sigil of Bursting
Purpose	Item Type	Source
Damage	Ascended Food	Cilantro and Cured Meat Flatbread
Damage	Non-Ascended Food	Meaty Asparagus Skewer
Survivability	Ascended Food	Peppered Cured Meat Flatbread
Survivability	Non-Ascended Food	Oysters Gnashblade
Damage	Utility	Toxic Focusing Crystal
Survivability	Utility	Potion Of Karka Toughness
Damage	Relic	Relic of the Fractal

• For a budget variant, simply replace all ascended armor pieces and trinkets of Viper's with rare/exotic Ritualist's.
• If you want easy Exotic stat-selectable armor for additional pieces of Viper's, Ritualist or Celestial, take a look at TEID-07 Unified Vendor System in WvW and Bladed armor in PvE.

Traits

Curses
Soul Reaping
Reaper

DPS Rotation Showcase

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Open World Build

You can find my most recent open world build showcase here.

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For OW, it can make sense to make a build more forgiving, so that you can sustain on your own.

Increasing General Survivability

• The first step for increased survivability is to use  Death Magic and  Parasitic Contagion. That way, you obtain massive amounts of Toughness, permanent coverage of  Protection and passive healing at a fairly small damage loss:

Death Magic

•  Putrid Defense &  Corrupter's Fervor stack up Death's Carapace very fast and thus provide pulsing  Protection when you have more than 25 stacks. Each stack of  Poisoned you apply grants 2 stacks! Starting combat with   "Chilled to the Bone!",   Reaper's Shroud,   Executioner's Scythe and   Soul Spiral will stack up 30 stacks within ~3 seconds of starting combat.
•  Deadly Strength also gives large amounts of  Power and  Condition Damage per stack of Death's Carapace.
•  Parasitic Contagion heals you for 5% of your outgoing  Condition Damage, which is a nice passive heal you get as long as you keep applying conditions.
• If you want, you can change your gear to the following for little cost. That retains the 100% duration on  Bleeding and gives you a good chunk of additional Toughness.

Gear

Armor	Prefix	Rune
Vatlaaw's Mask …	Rabid	Superior Rune of the Afflicted …
Vatlaaw's Pauldrons …	Rabid	Superior Rune of the Afflicted …
Vatlaaw's Coat …	Rabid	Superior Rune of the Afflicted …
Vatlaaw's Gloves …	Rabid	Superior Rune of the Afflicted …
Vatlaaw's Leggings …	Rabid	Superior Rune of the Afflicted …
Vatlaaw's Boots …	Rabid	Superior Rune of the Afflicted …
Trinket	Prefix	Upgrade
Polished-Resin Orichalcum Amulet	Ritualist's	…
Polished-Resin Orichalcum Ring	Ritualist's	…
Polished-Resin Orichalcum Ring	Ritualist's	…
Polished-Resin Orichalcum Earring	Ritualist's	…
Polished-Resin Orichalcum Earring	Ritualist's	…
Any Crafter's Backpack (Any Crafting Profession)	Celestial	Embellished Brilliant Chrysocola Jewel

• The trinkets are optional, but will help with maintaining Boons due to the additional  Concentration. You can use both Ritualist's or Celestial interchangeably, depending on what you have or can afford.
• More Celestial or Ritualist's pieces will facilitate Boon coverage and further increase survivability. It is not necessary at all though, as you reach incredible survivability without it.
• If all of that isn't enough, use the survivability food and utility item listed above for another -10% damage taken and 220 Toughness!
• If you can, make use of jade protocols!   Jade Tech Offensive Overcharge and   Jade Tech Defensive Overcharge give 150 additional Toughness, Vitality, Condition Damage and Power as well as all boons aside from  Stability,  Resistance and  Resolution on entering combat. These effects can be pre-stacked by using an Enchanted Snow Diamond Tonic repeatedly when out of combat.

Boon Coverage

• In order to cover more  Might and Life force, we'll also make use of  Chilling Victory. This also makes sustaining Life force much easier, as it also works in   Reaper's Shroud.

1.   Well of Power,   "Chilled to the Bone!" and   Oppressive Collapse provide additional  Might, the latter also in an area.
2.  Furious Demise and   "Chilled to the Bone!" apply  Fury.

• Relic of the Chronomancer paired with the following four wells and will allow you to maintain  Quickness on yourself.
•   Well of Blood applies  Regeneration and is a Light field that you can use to cleanse conditions.

1.   Well of Darkness is incredibly strong for area damage and also for maintaining Death's Carapace.
2.   Well of Power is a Stun break, provides  Might and converts Conditions into Boons on each pulse.
3.   Well of Suffering applies 2 stacks of  Vulnerability on each pulse, again maintaining more Death's Carapace.
4.   "Chilled to the Bone!" is a very overloaded skill these days, it does it all: Stun,  Might,  Fury,  Quickness and  Stability,  Vulnerability and massive AoE damage via  Chilled and  Bleeding. You gain  Might,  Fury and  Stability per enemy hit by this!

Dealing with Conditions and Control effects (CC)

•   Well of Power cleanses 1 condition in an area with on every pulse and is a Stun break.
•   Deathly Swarm transfers 2 conditions to enemies.
•   Spectral Walk cleanses conditions, allows you to cover  Swiftness on yourself and is a Stun break.
•   "Chilled to the Bone!" grants  Stability, allowing you to bypass incoming Disables.