Reaper Warrior Build and Best Skills

The Reaper Warrior Build is a build you can create for the Reaper specialization in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Learn the best skills to get, the best weapon and armor to use, the best companions to bring, and more!

Reaper Warrior Best Skills Build

Early Game Skills (Level 1 to 20)

Skill enchantments are unlocked with Caretaker Workshop Rank 5. We do not consider Shop Rank 5 to be an early-game facility as the upgrade cost is too much.

As part of the early game, Driving Kick and Flashing Fists are available right from the start, so taking them is a given here.

Titan Stomp is a free-use ability that requires no rage and can provide a decent amount of crowd control, while Bloody Advance becomes your bread-and-butter damaging ability until you access more of the Reaper Skill Tree.

Reaper Warrior Skill Tree Progression

Skill Tree Progression

The main focus of a Reaper Warrior in the early game is to stack as much Shield Toss and Necrotic Damage buffs as possible, while picking up any Rage Generation buffs along the way as a general empowerment option.

Reaper Warrior Best Weapon Builds

Early Game Weapons (Level 1 to 20)

While it normally does not matter what weapons you use early, Dark Shard provides Necrotic Damage, making it an optimal weapon for the Reaper as you will be stacking Necrotic Damage buffs.

The Flying Kite has bonus ranged damage which works well with Reaper's shield tosses, and the Anvil Breaker works as a tool for staggering heavy opponents to make it easier to combo them after.

Reaper Warrior Best Equipment Builds

Early Game Equipment (Level 1 to 20)

Most of the equipment here provides a mix of Rage Generation and overall damage buffs, especially with higher equipment rarities. Precious Decay in particular is tailor-made for the Reaper as it directly buffs Necrotic Damage.

One thing to note is that the accessories are mostly slotting into Rage Generation due to Reaper's lack of Rage Generation buffs everywhere else.

Reaper Warrior Best Rune Builds

Early Game Runes (Level 1 to 20)

While Reaper does not have any particular tailor-made runes in the early game, these runes ensure that the Warrior gets offensive buffs to their damage.

These should be used when Rook gains a damage window where the enemy is crowd controlled to take advantage of the full duration of the active runes.

Reaper Warrior Best Companion Builds

For this build, we suggest bringing Bellara and Lucanis as a primer and detonator for Sundered, with Bellara being able to apply Weakened and Lucanis able to detonate Overwhelm.

Rook's Driving Kick and Titan Stomp synergize with these two due to Driving Kick detonating Weakened and Titan Stomp priming Overwhelm.

Bellara Build

Early Game Equipment Builds

Skills
1	Fade Bolts
2	Replenish (Bellara)
3	Enfeebling Shot
Equipment
Main	Storm
Armor	Utility Dress

Bellara packs both Fade Bolts and Enfeebling Shot here due to the team's full synergy to trigger three different detonations, packing Replenish as a just-in-case healing tool for Rook if they run out of Healing options mid-fight.

Lucanis Build

Early Game Equipment Builds

Skills
1	Debilitate
2	Eviscerate
3	Soothing Potion (Lucanis)
Equipment
Main	Slender Dagger
Off-Hand	Rialto
Armor	Covert Leathers

Equip Lucanis with both Debilitate and Eviscerate to take advantage of both Sunder and Overwhelm, bringing Soothing Potion along as a sustain option for Rook.

How to Play the Reaper

Reaper's main advantages are their Necrotic and Ranged poke options against opponents, while having access to the typical all-in Warrior skills.

Poke them out from afar with Shield Tosses and detonations before coming in with a large amount of rage and using your skills to damage, prime, and detonate.

• Open with Companion Sunder
• Abuse Shield Tosses
• Cycle Between Sunder, Weaken, and Overwhelm

Open with Companion Sunder

When starting out a fight, open with a Sunder combo against a key target, then run in and use Titan Stomp to deal a generous amount of Burst Damage.

This can often clear out fodder opponents while keeping Rook relatively safe as he only needs to move in once Sunder has taken effect, along with Titan Stomp's innate crowd control potential with the impact.

Abuse Shield Tosses

With both Improved and Master Throw, Rook has a decent way to deal damage and charge Rage from a safe distance, giving their all-in combos more potency once enemy shields and armor have been chipped off.

If you are lacking rage, need to recharge, or even just reset the tempo of a fight, consider stepping back and spamming down the enemies with Shield Tosses before going in and finishing them off.

Cycle Between Sunder, Weaken, and Overwhelm

While the Reaper is already formidable with their combos, this particular team has access to three different combos, allowing them to cycle between different effects.

As much as possible, combo with your companions as the enhanced damage of the detonations combined with the Reaper's damage options can completely shred opponents.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Related Guides

All Classes and Builds

List of Class and Specialization Builds

Rogue Class
Duelist	Saboteur	Veil Ranger
Warrior Class
Champion	Reaper	Slayer
Mage Class
Spellblade	Death Caller	Evoker