FFXIV: Endwalker Reaper Guide [Patch 6.5]

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

As a Reaper main, I actually learned a few things here, thanks for the guide.

[@AxioSxFYR]

One of the best FFXIV class guides I’ve ever seen. Especially the priority list in Rotation portion. Gonna watch your Paladin guide next 👍🏽

[@Koyu_Ruh]

Well, it's nice to see that I am not doing terrible with the rotation I got used to! Definitely good to watch this video to learn about the opener and to think about using my CDs with my group. I have yet to get to a raid or start Endwalker, but it's good to be prepared for later already. I'll certainly make sure to go through it again when I am at level 90 and got everything unlocked. It's always helpful to look something up while still learning it, to learn it right. Not gonna lie? The opener? Well, that one I completely blundered so far! Thank you for the guide, I'll make sure to get used to the opener before I head to any raids!

[@seciak595]

I just came back to this game before Dawntrail expansion and Im super overwhelm with all those skills, combos, gauges etc. This guide is a godsend, but even with that I will probably have a hard time to put this into practice.

[@adderallsenpai]

Was kinda already on the right track through trial and error but now i can refine my approach

[@TheFirstDandelione]

the actual game sound of the opener would be awesome to include in a how-to guide, for those of us who rely on our hearing (not being facetious). personally, I41 rely on the actual sounds of my abilities to designate ping for global cooldown and animation lockage. your guides are great, and this is in no way a criticism.

[@Juliacare]

i’ve never heard of someone who relies on sound like that.

[@LandSharko]

I do this as well! Glad to hear I’m not alone lol

[@Naz..]

It’s like a rhythm yeah

[@Uahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

I thought I was the only one! Sound is actullay important for us.

[@desiderata]

I rely on the sound very much too.

[@anarchicbean5888]

can someone please explain why Cross Reaping states it can only be used under the effect of “Lemure Shroud” instead of “Enshrouded”? As far as I know Lemure Shroud is not an effect, just the cost from you gauge?

[@Itsumi456]

I'm 10 seconds in and as a machinist that thinks reaper looks cool I feel personally attacked

[@1337penguinman]

I really enjoy RPR simply because of how forgiving it is on positionals. It's extremely rare that I ever have one I need to use and either can't get in position or don't have a True North up.

[@liaevans4483]

I didn't realize shroud attacks didn't have positionals omg

[@Arminhammer]

I just re-subbed to the game and try to play one of each role, glad it seems i picked the harder ones to play 😅 (Dark knight, sage and reaper) gonna be re-watching these. It sounds informative. Especially since i would like to do some raids at some point

[@MalcomMalediction]

geez seems pretty complicated but i'll still play it. I can still learn it but I am a filthy casual lol I just cant devote the time into FF14 consistently sadly cuz of real life obligations.

[@Juliacare]

You can do it!

[@alexalicious8173]

Great video, my brain hurts!

[@benfuller3413]

So many abilities, I'd never be able to remember all this. Thank goodness I don't entendre to do end game stuff in this game as I'd suck big time

[@Juliacare]

I’m sure with some practice itll become second nature to you

[@astorant7084]

As a Machinist player that intro actually hurt lol

[@xbostonboyiZfirex]

I been reaper since day 1 and having trouble doing double commio, In double enshroud it keep falling off.

[@CynaaMin]

Fantastic guide, the weapon in the thumbnail though I need to know which that is.

[@Juliacare]

I’m not sure! The thumbnails are made by an artist named SAKI, links in the description

[@CynaaMin]

@@Juliacare oooo thanks anyway!

[@MortalSora]

So I've had more trouble with my rotation than expected. For example, something I need to know is what if you have say, 10 seconds to go til Gluttony is ready but Arcane Circle is off cooldown which has happened to me more than a few times. What do I do? I don't need to let Arcane Circle drift but doing this will make Gluttony drift so I don't know what to prioritize. The other big problem I encounter is if I have, for example, 30 on my Enshroud gauge but then the boss goes untargetable. Then by the time the boss can be targeted again Arcane Circle will be off cooldown but Endshroud isn't ready. What then?

[@Juliacare]

From the reaper TC's who helped fact check the guide: "There should only be 2 scenarios where it can happen that gluttony comes off cooldown when AC is/comes off cooldown: 1.: During the very first 2 minute burst in a fight, where you just drift it to after your 2nd Enshroud window and after that keep it pretty much on cd. Don‘t forget to prioritize to keep your combo going before pressing Gluttony if you enter your burst with an ongoing combo. 2.: During fights with downtime moments where both will be off cooldown by the time where the boss becomes targetable again. In this scenario it HIGHLY depends on the fight itself, if you want to delay Gluttony or not, as there is not a simple sequence for this that you can always use. For the 2nd question, if you would not have enough gauge to use Enshroud for your burst after downtime, you would then save your previously used odd minute Enshroud to hold on to this gauge to be sure that you can use that Enshroud inside your burst after the downtime. Holding on to the gauge from the odd minute Enshroud is called deadzoning."

[@cyberus9790]

Is there a way to get that opening intro frame of the reaper as a screensaver or something? It looks amazing!

[@raarasunai4896]

I’m gonna set a macro to shout “BANKAI!” when I use Enshroud

[@MrPipegogo]

I’m new to reaper and was wondering why enter shroud at 6sec instead of 9sec on the first arcane circle after opener?

[@Juliacare]

this is because in our opener we use it very early to get our rotation going but in any later bursts we want to align the buff better with our party so they put more damage into it. This means a delay of about 1 GCD or 3 seconds

[@MrPipegogo]

Ah got it thank you so much

[@shadowdragon8168]

So I have a question that might be kind of dumb, but does reaper need to use filler GCDs anywhere in its rotation? The reason I ask is because I've been practicing the rotation on a training dummy and rotation is aligning very weirdly at the third and fourth Double Enshroud windows. Basically what's happening is if I don't use a filler at some point before the third and fourth Double Enshroud, my Arcane Circle is only at 11-10 seconds left on on the CD when I finish off my 1-2-3 combo, and I'm having to use another GCD before starting Double Enshroud. Now the reason this is a problem is because I'm only at 20 red gauge at this point and if I hit Slice as the delay gcd there, then when I come out of DE, I have to either use Soul Scythe to not drift Gluttony but drop my combo or use Waxing Slice to not drop my combo but that causes Gluttony to drift a GCD and not be used inside of buffs since that Waxing Slice will only put me at 40 red gauge. I have also tried using slice and infernal slice before this Double Enshroud but that then causes AC to drift. I don't think I'm messing up anywhere in the rotation leading up to this point and the rotation leading up to this point seems to be perfect with the timing for everything, its only when I hit the third Double Enshroud this issue presents itself and it seems like this timing on the third Double Enshroud is consistent across all my practice. I've tried a number of different things but the only thing that has seemed to work is using harvest moon/harpe at some point before this third enshroud window as a filler, but I haven't seen mention anywhere of needing to use fillers as Reaper and its infuriating me as to why I'm needing to. My GCD is 2.49 which is the recommended so I don't think its that. Am I unknowingly drifting AC at some point before this or is this just how everything lines up at that point and I just have to deal with drifting one of these CDs/losing a combo? Edit: Accidently typed Infernal Slice when I meant Waxing Slice.

[@rezan297]

There seems to be some confusion on your side. The entire time outside of your odd and even bursts are "filler phases". The scenario that you are encountering is normal. Reaper has a 123s rotation from which we cut out one GCD to be able to fit into the 120s rotation/raid buffs. This means we will lose out on one more combo GCD which will generate 10 Soul gauge which then means we lose 10 Soul Gauge every 2 minutes into the fight. If we take the third burst window (the 6m window) that you were refering to: in a full uptime scenario where we did not use Harpe or Harvest Moon up to this point, you will enter your Enshroud with -9s left on the GCD right after using Slice (as you said). This means you enter your burst with 30 Soul Gauge and 50 Shroud Gauge. Doing all of your burst up until your 2nd Communio in your burst, you will then see that Gluttony comes up but you will have to keep your combo going which will still not leave you with enough Soul Gauge (40) to use Gluttony. This means what you would have to do is: Communio > Waxing Slice > Soul Slice > Gluttony. Yes, this will drift Gluttony by a bit but it is perfectly normal and it shouldn't cost you a use. Dropping your combo in this scenario to keep Gluttony perfectly on CD will result in more potency lost because, like I said, it won't cost you a use of Gluttony. Gluttony naturally drifts with our rotation. It happens.

[@shadowdragon8168]

@@rezan297 Thank you so much for the detailed reply! I thought I was losing my mind and messing up somewhere, since everything I see for Jobs is to keep your combo going and to use everything as close to cooldown as possible with as little drift as possible. I saw people say that gluttony would drift some but I thought they meant by 1 second or so, not an entire gcd, which was sending my brain into overdrive to figure out why I was getting to this awkward moment in the rotation of do I drop my combo or drift gluttony by a gcd. But your explanation cleared it up for me, thank you again! And I do apologize for my wording in the first part about the fillers, I should have worded it differently since RPR's in between burst phases is filler. That was my SAM brain talking since SAM does use fillers in its normal rotation.

[@thomasfulton5696]

Coming over from WoW since the end of Burning Crusade just bought the starter pack yesterday and the endwalker pack today and I’ve got to say I’m stuck on this game so much better than wow glad I made the switch

[@dakotabrinson7872]

Idk man both WoW and this game have equal parts good and bad. The literal only reason a went to ff14 was to see if the community was easier to click with. Ff14 graphics are lacking though.

[@sirikalvik]

@@dakotabrinson7872 The FFXIV graphics are certainly lacking when it comes to environment and atmosphere. But a place where the graphics really shine is in bossbattles and combat abilities! Also I think FFXIV have way more fun systems to work with, over the timegating systems in WoW that are only designed to keep you grinding. But I agree. Both games are fun in their own way. I usually rotate between wow, ffxiv, eso and gw2 as I find that all four games have something fun to offer that the other games doesn not.

[@benfuller3413]

​@Dakota Brinson apparently the graphics will be majorly upgraded in 7.0

[@sundalius]

How you got a 4mo old 6.4 guide

[@Juliacare]

No changes were made to reaper since then that effect the validity of this guide, to indicate that it's still usable and up to date I changed the thumbnail and title. If it was no longer up to date I would upload a new video. Can see this for paladin and machinist for example.

[@sundalius]

@@Juliacare oh that makes sense! Thank you for the clarification - I thought something had changed because of the tag and was like “oh shit” haha

[@naxyzswtor.vindicta2088]

Hey pretty good, what about the stats please ?

[@Juliacare]

my guides aim to stay relevant until job changes are made, so for gear and bis please visit the balance linked in the description.

[@naxyzswtor.vindicta2088]

@@Juliacare thank you ! as new player i feel a bit difficult to understand all jobs patterns, tjhx for ur guides

[@bosslife914]

hi im new to ff14 i want to become reaper but im new in the game what shoukd i play for the moment ?

[@Juliacare]

You could try Dragoon, which shares the same gear set as Reaper, or Machinist who has a sort of similar rotation.

[@skrawl8374]

Is this rotation better then the one where you do gluttony first?

[@Juliacare]

It’a fight dependant but generally this one is preferred, yes.

[@Helba00]

I saw top reaper players always have 50 red gauge before their reopener, and they seem to delay their arcane circle a bit instead of pressing it on cooldown. Is this better for buff alignment? I’m using the 2.49 sks. Also, i feel like i’m always clipping the void reaping combos, maybe its a ping issue?

[@Juliacare]

If exiting downtime, the rotation will change significantly for most jobs. Reaper is no exception and actually gets fairly complex with downtime. I recommend studying how other reapers behave around downtime and reopeners in fights you’re progressing. You can do so by asking in the balance or checking their fight specific documents. I know reaper TC has a bunch of information about this which is very useful for intermediate players. In full uptime, arcane circle gets delayed once as explained in the video. After that it’ll be roughly on cd. No full uptime encounter lasts long enough for 2.49 to turn this into an issue. The clipping most definitely will be a ping issue. Try using a vpn to reroute to the server, or use noclippy/xivalexander if you’re on pc. This should solve that.

[@Helba00]

@@Juliacare thank you. is it recommended to aim for 50 red gauge in the first reopener?

[@Juliacare]

@@Helba00 yes as you won’t be generating any new until after you need to use gluttony at the end of your double enshroud.

[@Helba00]

@@Juliacare thank you so much. After trying this, the full rotation made more sense to me.

[@touchthebacon5447]

What armor is that in the thumbnail?

[@Juliacare]

I’m not sure, the thumbnail was made by an artist SAKi, their links are in the description

[@touchthebacon5447]

@@Juliacare thanks

[@vtheman1850]

Great video if I could give any feedback it'd be to check the mic gain or mouth proximity when recording. The Mouth noises can be pretty taxing with headphones on :) Great vid though not trying to be negative :)

[@TheJanstyler]

I havent played since shortly after Endwalker launch (started playing in 2017) and only now do I notice how god damn convoluted everything is. The "keep an eye out on this timer, this timer, that timer and this time" is honestly just annoying imo. I'd rather have a complex 30 button combo than having to dart around the screen with my eyes all the time for every little thing.

[@Juliacare]

Perhaps you’d enjoy Dragoon instead of reaper in that case.

[@Ancient_Reboot]

Thanks for the Guide but nah i'm Not edgy i Like the Job because it reminds me of bloodborne which is my fav Game but sadly to this day No new bloodborne in sight so atleast i can live my bloodborne live in ff14

[@adjwindu70]

Damn.. why dunk on Machinist like that!? That was a previous main of mine. Current main.... Reaper. Lol

[@burnersforhim]

hoping 7.0 adds to reaper a bit of complexity, was really hoping they would make it as action heavy / combo important as dragoon. if they ever rework it, it probably won’t be for years, like 9.0 l lol. still very fun but painfully easy even in hard content.

[@Juliacare]

Easy is of course subjective as one person might find reaper more difficult due to its rigid rotation or double enshrouding timings. I do agree that reaper isn’t very difficult, that said, I also don’t think any job in this game barring AST MNK and BLM are particularly difficult.

[@burnersforhim]

@@Juliacare true that, let’s hope

[@Juliacare]

@@burnersforhim if I can be a bit gloomy, I have little hope. The new PLD rework, SMN rework and SGE aren't exactly the most difficult with the only normal difficulty job that got released recently being reaper. I suspect any future rework or new job to go this path and that SE is trying to put a bigger focus on mechanical execution than rotational brilliance.

[@burnersforhim]

@@Juliacare and honestly that’s fine. as long as these jobs feel good in content, like we are contributing to the party, im ok.

[@benfuller3413]

For people like me tho reaper is very complex but I don't intend to do endgame so won't matter to me as much

[@popelipo6281]

Its a shame the game forces you into super wack rotations like the double shroud thing because they are dead set on designing everything around group buffs. Makes every job a pain in the ass to play.

[@Juliacare]

It's completely lossless and rewards good play by putting more damage into your own damage buff. If you dont want to do it then just play it like a priority system but theres no reason to.

[@popelipo6281]

@@Juliacare Its pretty disingenious do say ffxiv doesnt suffer massively because of the 2min burst meta. Not only does it limit job and encounter design but it also forces jobs to play in weird unintuitive ways to forcibly fit themselves inside that burst window. Reaper double shroud or weird sam rotation optimisations are 2 examples of this.

[@Juliacare]

@@popelipo6281 I didn't say anything along the lines of FFXIV not suffering because of the 2 minute rotation meta. I'm saying that reaper is one of the jobs where it actually feels good and not unintuitive. Do read my initial reply again though.

[@popelipo6281]

@@Juliacare Saying that is just wrong though, Reaper might not feel AS bad as some other jobs but it is still unintuitive and feels really weird. Doing the whole double shroud thing completely goes against what most players first instinct is which is to maximize each use of the ability.

[@Juliacare]

@@popelipo6281 but you dont loose any uses of the ability by doing double enshroud and most experienced players first instinct will be to try to pool as much potency into arcane circle as possible. I’m not sure why you’re malding so badly about this. If you don’t want to double enshroud then don’t, who cares

[@akirahill8091]

xdd reaper

[@YouChoke1v1s]

Venomous mass

[@wildrelicproductions4879]

This shit is wayy to complicated I'ma not play this class and stick too my darkinight or my Samurai

[@Juliacare]

That’s alright. The job isn’t for everyone, but I believe that if you can play SAM decently then that you can also learn RPR if you wanted to. Just rewind a few times, let things sink in, and practice a lot on training dunmies. You can do it.