Once you have gained Soul Reaver stacks, the skills Gibbet, Gallows, and Guillotine become available. The Soul Reaver stacks you accumulate can be used to execute an even stronger combo. Crucially, Gluttony grants two stacks of Soul Reaver for the same cost of 50 souls, making it a critical skill later on. At level 76, you unlock the Gluttony skill, which deals substantial damage to a single target and over an area. They also both grant one stack of Soul Reaver, which unlocks another sequence of skills. The former is a single target skill while the latter is a multitarget skill, and they cost 50 souls each. The first two skills that require souls are Blood Stalk and Grim Swathe. Now that you know how to get souls, here’s how to use them. Since Shadow of Death/Whorl of Death doesn’t break your combo, you should use them whenever Death’s Design is about to end, regardless of where you are in your combo. For this reason, it’s important to always keep Death’s Design up. This effect increases the damage you deal to marked enemies, and adds to your Soul Gauge if they are killed before the effect expires. Both the above combos grant you souls to fill the bar additionally, skills like Shadow of Death or Whorl of Death afflict enemies with Death’s Design. It’s filled by using skills or killing enemies that are under a specific effect.

The Soul Gauge is one of the Reaper’s main mechanics.

Using these skills maximises your damage output while also increasing your Soul Gauge. If you are dealing with a group of three or more enemies, you might prefer to use your area-of-effect combo, which is Spinning Scythe followed by Nightmare Scythe. Reaper’s basic single target combo consists of of Slice, Waxing Slice, and Infernal Slice. While you can press any combat skill and damage the enemy, your skills are most effective when used in a particular order. If you’ve played a melee job before, you’ll know about combos already – but in case you’re unfamiliar, here’s how they work. It’s important to pay attention to your positioning during fights to enable you to stay in close range. Your role as a Reaper is simple: hit the enemies with your weaker attacks so you can charge stronger ones. With simple positionals, and a broad kit of skills, Reapers are very fun to play. This style of fighting places you in the midst of danger, but players are also able to deal massive damage as a result. The Reaper is a melee DPS job, like the monk, dragoon, ninja, and samurai.

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