Summon Reaper is Bad

They Should've made a Lich minion instead, one that shoots, heals, and summons its own minions.

Reaper just sucks balls.

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OrlocTheEternal wrote:

They Should've made a Lich minion instead, one that shoots, heals, and summons its own minions.

Reaper just sucks balls.

Just wait until Necromancer gets Elemenalist's Ascend Notable that Revives Golems and gives +1 Golem. 5 Carrion Golem + reaper = Legit.

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rekikyo wrote:

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OrlocTheEternal wrote:

They Should've made a Lich minion instead, one that shoots, heals, and summons its own minions.

Reaper just sucks balls.

Just wait until Necromancer gets Elemenalist's Ascend Notable that Revives Golems and gives +1 Golem. 5 Carrion Golem + reaper = Legit.

Has anyone really made the reaper work?

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OrlocTheEternal wrote:

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rekikyo wrote:

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OrlocTheEternal wrote:

They Should've made a Lich minion instead, one that shoots, heals, and summons its own minions.

Reaper just sucks balls.

Just wait until Necromancer gets Elemenalist's Ascend Notable that Revives Golems and gives +1 Golem. 5 Carrion Golem + reaper = Legit.

Has anyone really made the reaper work?

It works fine with Zombies/Skeles but people keep trying to run it with things like Animated Guardian or Spectres.

In Expedition I ran Zombies with Aukuna's will for free summoning fodder. More life than skeles and perpetual.

Damage-wise, it was fine. I had to skill shot my Reaper to keep it moving from mob to mob, but otherwise, the clear was absolute, because he was always fed.

My problem was Defense. I was too stubborn to take Glancing Blows on a Necromancer, or build enough block in and get enough Life.

Reaper has always been fine. It's just not as good a body Block as something like 35 Skeles and 11 Zombies and 6 Spectres on Fleshcrafter. You are constantly sacrificing minions, which makes YOU a target. If you can get around that, it's just fine.

I have a build guide for Reaper
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3155821

reaper sucks ass to play, but if you use it just as boss killer build its very strong as a 6 man carry for bosses

Reapers problem is its self defeating, it does enough damage but it doesn't clear and it actively reduces other methods of clearing.

Numerically its fine, being allowed 2 would help tbh without altering their boss DPS if they kept the bleed focus.

Makes me sad tbh I want to play it and I did the story from what 28-70 with it in expedition I think. It was legit enough but you can really feel it once pack size increases its drawbacks start to show.

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Draegnarrr wrote:

Reapers problem is its self defeating, it does enough damage but it doesn't clear and it actively reduces other methods of clearing.

Numerically its fine, being allowed 2 would help tbh without altering their boss DPS if they kept the bleed focus.

Makes me sad tbh I want to play it and I did the story from what 28-70 with it in expedition I think. It was legit enough but you can really feel it once pack size increases its drawbacks start to show.

I had no problems clearing at all with Reaper.

Awakened Increased Area of Effect or Divergent with a Cooldown recovery Reaper gem can mow through a map almost as fast as Flicker.

Put Reaper on Q, and basically rotate a Dash with tapping Q. reaper will destroy anything it travels through, and do a massive hit where you clicked.

It's like Hydrosphere except a lot more damage.

Nah you've fixed its clear that isn't the same thing i'm talking about, I realise it sounds stupid to be like you can fix it with investment is it really a problem but the problem is all the skills that don't need fixing.

Reapers a very awkward minion, some people love it and make it work but it doesn't change that its awkward.

I play with a HC perspective though so I have to be harsh on skills that require too much, I've only seen a couple of viable HC reaper builds and they were very expensive I'd prefer some usability buffs so its a little more in reach.

I'd love to be able to run it with Dervish but I know it noshes on the swords.

Yeah I'd like to try Reaper necro with elementalist golems too but those jewels are going to be stupid expensive. Maybe everyone will be gunning for Unnatural Strength and Profane Bloom and it'll be cheap....