Ultimate Reaper Builds for Overwatch Stadium Mode Revealed

In Season 16, Overwatch 2 introduced a fresh, speedy gameplay mode called Stadium mode. This mode features a restricted number of playable heroes without the ability for mid-game hero swaps, and instead, players earn currency after each round which can be used to customize their chosen hero by combining Powers with Items from categories such as Weapons, Abilities, and Survivability.

Each category provides potent enhancements that significantly alter the way your selected hero performs throughout a game. Ranging from ability boosters, new abilities, passive traits, speed and damage improvements, and many more, there are numerous possibilities when constructing a build for Reaper. If you’re eager to enter the Stadium as Overwatch’s famed edgy DPS character, some of the most effective build combinations are detailed in the guide provided below.

Overwatch Stadium: Best Reaper Builds, Explained

In the Overwatch Arena, Reaper’s builds often prioritize boosting his damage output, maximizing lifesteal, enhancing the effectiveness of Death Blossom, and increasing his resilience and self-healing capabilities. By combining these abilities and strengths, two primary builds have emerged as effective starting points for mastering Reaper in the Arena.

The first build emphasizes Reaper’s role as a potent backline damage dealer with unique survivability enhancements and high damaging potential. The second build concentrates on optimizing Death Blossom and farming Ultimate Charge, allowing you to deal heavy damage to multiple enemies, potentially turning the tide of a team fight, and ultimately winning those quicker mini-matches.

Overwatch Stadium: Backline Damage Reaper Build

Backline Damage Reaper Build – Powers

1st Round Ability: Ghostly Recovery – During Ghost Form, recover 10% of your Health Points every second. Increase this recovery rate when your Health is below 50%.

Round 3: Spirited to Slay – Eliminations reset your cooldowns.

5th Round: Spinning Wreckage – Up close (7 meters), a blast from the Hellfire Shotgun temporarily increases attack speed by 5% for 1 second, with a maximum of 8 stacks.

Round 7: Strangle Step – After using Shadow Step, double your Lifesteal for 3s.

Instead of boosting Reaper’s power in the background, this strategy emphasizes acquiring crucial abilities. The healing on Wraith harmonizes flawlessly with the item allowing flight during Wraith form, providing excellent mobility for self-healing. This results in robust self-reliance in the backline. The eliminations resetting your cooldowns are straightforward – essentially, you get to refresh your self-heal wraith and shadow step frequently to keep tidying up the opposing team.

Finally, you engage in speed stacking at short distances and the ability to absorb life from a Shadow Step lets you move towards the enemy’s backline, fire until they are defeated (or use Wraith’s self-heal to stay alive until you can secure a kill), then repeat this process.

Backline Damage Reaper Build – Early Game Items (Round 1-2)

(WPN) Weapon Grease – +5% attack speed
(WPN) Compensator – +5% weapon power.
(SURV) Heartbeat Sensor – +5% movement speed, enemies below 30% health are revealed to you
(WPN) Frenzy Amplifier – Eliminations grant +10% attack speed and move speed for 3s.
(SURV) Wretched Wings -+25 HP, while in Wraith form gain the ability to fly and gain 20% move speed. (note: This is an all-in round 2 purchase – depending on your preference or the match progression, it may be safer to buy this item in the Mid Game instead, and instead opt for some of the Rare item options below)
(WPN) Stockpile – +5% attack speed, +25% max ammo.
(WPN) Icy Coolant – +10% weapon power, +5% cooldown reduction.
(WPN) Aftermarket Firing Pin – +10% attack speed, +5% move speed.

Backline Damage Reaper Build – Early Game Items (Round 3-5)

(SURV) Wretched Wings -+25 HP, while in Wraith form gain the ability to fly and gain 20% move speed.
(SURV) Dauntless Draught – +50 HP, +15% move speed during Wraith, +33% Wraith duration.
(WPN) Stockpile – +5% attack speed, +25% max ammo.
(WPN) Icy Coolant – +10% weapon power, +5% cooldown reduction.
(WPN) Aftermarket Firing Pin – +10% attack speed, +5% move speed.
(WPN) Harlight Accelerator -+10% weapon power, +10% cooldown reduction, when you use an ability gain 5% weapon power for 3s – stacking up to 3 times.
(WPN) The Closer – +20% weapon power, +10% critical damage, critical hits reveal the target for 3s.

Backline Damage Reaper Build – Early Game Items (Round 6-7)

(WPN) Harlight Accelerator -+10% weapon power, +10% cooldown reduction, when you use an ability gain 5% weapon power for 3s – stacking up to 3 times.
(WPN) The Closer – +20% weapon power, +10% critical damage, critical hits reveal the target for 3s.
(SURV) Pocket Mist – +25 HP, while below 50% HP gain 20% move speed.
(WPN) Salvaged Slugs – +10% attack speed, +30% damage to barriers, dealing weapon damage to barriers has a 50% chance to restore 1 ammo.
(WPN) Eye of the Spider – +25% weapon power, deal +10% increased damage to enemies below 30% HP.

Overwatch Stadium: Death Blossom Reaper Build

Death Blossom Reaper Build – Powers

Round 1: Death Step – After using Shadow Step, cast Death Blossom for 1.5s with 50% reduced damage.

In the state of Wraith Form, recover 10% of your health each second. This healing rate doubles when your health drops below 50%.

In Round 5: Hidden Shrapnel, activating Wrath Form boosts the count of projectiles per shot in your following magazine by a quarter and widens the shot spread by half.

5th Round: Spinning Demolition – At a close proximity (7m), a blast from the Hellfire Shotgun temporarily increases attack speed by 5% for 1 second, with a maximum of 8 stacks.

This Reaper setup emphasizes enhancing Death Blossom by incorporating it into Shadow Step skill, significantly increasing both weapon swiftness and ability damage. Consequently, your mini-Blossoms become potent in dealing damage and charging Ultimate quickly. Subsequently, you can utilize additional items to boost Reaper’s survivability beyond his Wraith healing, by means of lifesteal and cooldown reduction.

This implies that you’ll be able to send your Shadow Step or mini-Blossom into the opposing team more often, dishing out a good deal of close-range damage thanks to your enhanced attack speed. You can then escape using Wraith to heal yourself (combine this with the Wraith fly item for added usefulness). This also triggers Shrouded Shrapnel, giving you an opportunity to regroup and initiate another round of damage. Essentially, repeat this process!

Death Blossom Reaper Build – Early Game Items (Round 1-2)

(WPN) Weapon Grease – +5% attack speed
(ABL) Power Playbook – +10 ability power
(WPN) Compensator – +5% weapon power.
(SURV) Heartbeat Sensor – +5% movement speed, enemies below 30% health are revealed to you.
(SURV) Wretched Wings -+25 HP, while in Wraith form gain the ability to fly and gain 20% move speed. (note: This is an all-in round 2 purchase – depending on your preference or the match progression, it may be safer to buy this item in the Mid Game instead, and instead opt for some of the Rare item options below)
(ABL) Nano Cola – +20% ability power.
(ABL) Energized Bracers – +10% ability power, +10% ability lifesteal.
(ABL) Wrist Wraps – +5% ability power, +10% attack speed.

Death Blossom Reaper Build – Early Game Items (Round 3-5)

(SURV) Wretched Wings -+25 HP, while in Wraith form, gain the ability to fly and gain 20% move speed.
(ABL) Nano Cola – +20% ability power.
(ABL) Energized Bracers – +10% ability power, +10% ability lifesteal.
(Surv) Phantasmic Flux – +10% weapon power, +10% ability lifesteal, +15% weapon lifesteal, +15% ability lifesteal, while at full HP lifesteal grants up to 100 HP.
(ABL) Wrist Wraps – +5% ability power, +10% attack speed.
(ABL) Wreath of Ruin – +20% ability power, +25% Death Blossom radius, +20% move speed whilst in Death Blossom.

Death Blossom Reaper Build- Early Game Items (Round 6-7)

(ABL) Wrist Wraps – +5% ability power, +10% attack speed.
(ABL) Wreath of Ruin – +20% ability power, +25% Death Blossom radius, +20% move speed whilst in Death Blossom.
(SURV) Devastation – +15% ability lifesteal, each Death Blossom elimination increases your HP by 25 until the end of the round. (max +100 HP)
(ABL) Champion’s Kit – +40% ability power.
(ABL) Iridiscent Iris – +20% ability power, +10% cooldown reduction, after spending your Ult. Charge gain 100 Overhealth for 3s.
(ABL)Nightcreeper – +10% movement speed, +30% Shadow Step cast speed, using Wraith reduces the cooldown of Shadow Step for 2s.

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