4b;) Is CDR Top line good for Reapers?
NEVER roll CDR topline on Reaper weapon. Here are the two reasons why you don’t roll CDR:
1;) Shadow Reaping is a crucial part of a Reaper’s DPS. CDR does absolutely NOTHING for Reapers during Shadow Reaping. Even with 9% Top line ATK Speed and ALL of the consumables popped including Lein’s Dark Root Beer (+20% ASP for 10 Seconds), you will never run into CD issues on your skills.
2;) With the new Glyphs during the Knockout Patch, you have essentially infinite rotation (with a single CDR roll at the bottom of your weapon which is crucial by the way. It’s a standard roll for all classes minus Berserkers). If you run out of CD on your main skills, Shadow Lash should ALWAYS be up which is a long enough buffer for your main skills to come off CD. Having Top line CDR actually hurts your DPS further because you won’t have enough ATK Speed to take advantage of the extra 7.2% CDR.
4c;) ATK Speed vs Enrage (Top line roll)
I think generally, ATK Speed is better than Enrage. Here are a couple reasons why:
1;) In the new dungeons, Kalivan’s Dreadnaught, Forsaken Island, and the upcoming Dreadspire 2, bosses are not permanently enraged. What this means is that you won’t benefit from top line Enrage roll 100% of the time.
2;) As mentioned in section 4b;), the new Glyphs for Reapers gave them infinite rotation. You will not get penalized for burning through your main skills faster because Shadow Lash will always be off CD (Of course, you need to have good management of your skills in order to have infinite rotation).
3;) In many situations, ATK Speed can help you finish casting a hard hitting skill like Sundering Strike, Grimstrike, Whipsaw, or Shadow Burst before a boss turns. This is especially relevant in the Knockout Patch as certain bosses turn as a part of their skill set (e.g. 1st and 2nd boss FI and even 2nd boss KD) or throw out a lot of secondary aggro (2nd boss SCHM, Perimos). In short, ATK Speed is better for bosses that require a lot of repositioning (3rd boss SCHM, Darkan) and for bosses in the upcoming Dreadspire 2.
4;) ATK Speed allows you to get more skills off. What I’ve found after a couple months of closely playing with Greenstrike from MT (Or as many of you might know him as the Reaper that solo'd Darkan and also probably the first Reaper than ever used Slaying in Score Runs) is that the damage disparity between you and a better reaper is how many more skills you are able to execute in a fight. Of course that is put simply because there are some aspects that come with “hitting more skills in a fight” (positioning for back time and skill management). What I’m getting at is that in a fully enraged boss, the damage loss from rolling ATK Speed top line vs Enrage top line will be made up from executing more skills. It’s important to remember that this is even more crucial in Shadow Reaping because that extra 9% will allow you to at least get 1 more Shadow Reaping rotation off compared to Enrage.
Gerade als Warri kann man im walk noch gut was reißen wenn man nicht gerade movement Krüppel ist. (ja solche warris gibt es)
