Reaper Megathread

[Argyle_Darkheart]

You would probably wanna do Enshroud + Arcane Circle, Enshroud combo, Plentiful Harvest + Gluttony, Enshroud and Enshroud combo, Harvest Moon/50 Gauge attack for your re-opener.

That wouldn't work because Enshroud's recast is 15 seconds, meaning you need to use 3 filler GCDs in between Enshroud casts. If you sync Arcane Circle and Enshroud, then Arcane Circle would wear off just before the eight Void/Cross Reaping.

Moving a filler GCD (Shadow of Death) to the start of the first Enshroud and casting Arcane Circle after the second Void/Cross Reaping fits everything else under Arcane Circle neatly. The other option I'm aware of is to cast Arcane Circle after the third Void/Cross Reaping and have enough skill speed to hit the second Communio in time. The advantage to the latter is that you can use Gluttony after the first Enshroud, rather than after the second.

What the exact 2 minute window ends up looking like will depend on the final build, but it looks like you'll have to do something like this if you want to fit both Communios under buffs.

Maybe you could weave Blood Stalk + Gluttony in the middle for 3 Soul Reaver stacks afterwards. Don't know how those stacks work wrt that.

At least in the Media Tour build, Soul Reaver doesn't stack like that, and it is consumed by any GCD. So, you essentially have to combo Blood Stalk/Gluttony immediately into Gibbet/Gallows.

I wouldn't be surprised if one or both of these things is changed at some point, but I doubt it would happen prior to release—not that I think it's really a cause for concern.

[Hozomeen]

That wouldn't work because Enshroud's recast is 15 seconds, meaning you need to use 3 filler GCDs in between Enshroud casts. If you sync Arcane Circle and Enshroud, then Arcane Circle would wear off just before the eight Void/Cross Reaping.

Moving a filler GCD (Shadow of Death) to the start of the first Enshroud and casting Arcane Circle after the second Void/Cross Reaping fits everything else under Arcane Circle neatly. The other option I'm aware of is to cast Arcane Circle after the third Void/Cross Reaping and have enough skill speed to hit the second Communio in time. The advantage to the latter is that you can use Gluttony after the first Enshroud, rather than after the second.

What the exact 2 minute window ends up looking like will depend on the final build, but it looks like you'll have to do something like this if you want to fit both Communios under buffs.



At least in the Media Tour build, Soul Reaver doesn't stack like that, and it is consumed by any GCD. So, you essentially have to combo Blood Stalk/Gluttony immediately into Gibbet/Gallows.

I wouldn't be surprised if one or both of these things is changed at some point, but I doubt it would happen prior to release—not that I think it's really a cause for concern.

Oh, I see. This is gonna be pretty difficult seeing as the only GCDs you *can* fill with *during* Enshroud are Shadow of Death and Harvest Moon, apparently. I think doing two full Communio combos and a Plentiful Harvest would be the most powerful Arcane Circle window, but it's probably not worth it delaying Gluttony. It seems like only a a 4-5% gain. A second Reaping Arcane Circle with late Gluttony (this requires two Shadow of Death as Enshroud fillers beforehand) is barely behind, but at that point you're also drifting/delaying Gluttony quite a bit already. How do you envision this late Gluttony buff window to work with only one filler beforehand? Harvest Moon in the middle?

It seems to me like the early Gluttony burst would be the most comfortable to line up, since you could then avoid drifting Gluttony and wouldn't have to worry about filling the Enshroud before your burst.