[WIP] CheapBunny's Dual Crit Reaper of Eviscerating Necro | The Dark Monarch | Maata's Teaching
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This build guide is work in progress.
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Mercenaries of Trarthus League T16 Minotaur https://youtu.be/Pdn-mSoFwwc T16 + Al-Hezmin https://youtu.be/bkggGv0R_Q4 T17 Abomination https://youtu.be/4pAtTi3Hf9U Originator Memory Bosses https://youtu.be/dwO8W7Cu2-8 Uber Shaper https://youtu.be/RxBKGjxD3jg Uber Eater of World https://youtu.be/C9aT02HkNDc Skill Tree (POB)
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My other build guides
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 Introduction As you might already know, Summon Reaper is my favorite skill in POE, I have made multiple variant of Summon Reaper before, but this is my first build guide for Summon Reaper of Eviscerating. I have tried to make Eviscerating Reaper works before but failed, it is undoubtly the most difficult variant of Reaper to make a build with. There is a new unique helmet The Dark Monarch introduced in 3.26 Mercenary league, that finally makes Crit Reaper of Eviscerating viable in the endgame, which I am very happy to share. I think this variant strike a very good balance between clearspeed (faster and smoother than regular bleed Reaper) and bossing. Despite, the control of super powerful minion playstyle is very cool and I dont think there is any other build right now offers similar experience. Once again, Reaper is love <3. Enjoy the build! Build Thought
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This build idea started with transfigured version of Reaper, Summon Reaper of Eviscerating, I wanted to make a build for this skill gem. Reaper of Eviscerating Mechanic and Why Dark Monarch?
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Unlike the original skill, the Reaper of Eviscerating does not attack automatically. However, the ultimate dash command ability no longer has a cooldown, with higher mana cost and lower cast speed. Because of the no cooldown property of the skill, the optimal way to play it is to be able to spam it, and hence scaling hit damage is necessary. The Dark Monarch has great synergy with this version of Reaper, it double the number of Reaper we can have, it essentially double the skill dps since we are scaling hit damage. The of down side of Dark Monarch does not really concern Reaper build, because she will weaken and consume other non-Reaper Minion, so she does not really need other non-Reaper minions. Why Triple Offering with Leash of Oblation? Why scale Crit as well?
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To be able to spam Reaper's Ultimate as fast as possible, we will need to scale both cast speed and minion's attack speed, this is because Reaper's attack will be omitted if our cast speed is faster than its attack speed, she will only dash around before finishing her attack. So source of buff that can scale both cast speed and minion's attack speed is very valuable to the build. One of the biggest source is flesh offering. By default, flesh offering only grant your minion attack/cast/movement speed. When paired why Leash of Oblation unique belt, the bonus will also applied to you, essentially scaling both cast speed and minion attack speed. Since we are going to scale flesh offering buff, I decided to go triple offering to gain the most out of it, by using Queen's of Hunger. Why scale Bleed as well?
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WIP Build Mechanic
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Defenses used in this build
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1. Decent eHp (6k+) 2. 75% block/spell block 3. 100% Spell Suppression 4. 75% chaos res 5. Nearby enemies deal 10% reduced damage (Ascendancy) 6. CWDT Steelskin 7. Shock Immunity (Tempest Shield) Leveling
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WIP Ascendancy
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 Commander of Darkness -> Mindless Aggression -> Essence Glutton -> Plaguebringer Gears
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Weapon
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Early/Mid Game Minion damage/Cast Speed/Minion Minion Attack Speed Rare wand End Game (Look for +2 minion level and high critical chance) (Harvest enchant Crit Chance per Quality) Off Hand
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Early/Mid Game Minion damage/Cast Speed/Minion Minion Attack Speed Rare wand End Game Minion Crit Chance/+1 Minions Level/Minion Damage Rare Shield Crafting Guide
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Body Armour
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis Rare Body Armour End Game (Look for Offering Effect/ES Regen While Rare/Unique nearby variant) Helmet
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis Rare Helmet End Game (Corrupted Implicit : Socketed Skill Gems get a 90% Cost & Reservation Multiplier) Gloves
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis Rare Gloves End Game Minion Damage/Spell Suppression/Resis Rare Gloves Eldritch Implicit : Maim on hit/Minion Damage Boots
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Early/Mid Game Movespeed/Life/Resis Rare Boots End Game (Corrupted Implicit : Spell Suppression) Belt
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Early/mid Game Life/Resis Rare Belt End Game (Corrupted Implicit : Elemental Resistance) Amulet
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis/Attributes Rare Amulet End Game (Anointment : Whisper of Doom) Rings
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Early/Mid Game Life/Resis Rare Rings End Game Cast Speed/Minion Damage Rare Ring + Minion Damage/Cast Speed/Res Rare Ring (Look for Reflecting Mist Magnified Cast Speed/Minion Damage if possible, with ignorable negative modifiers downside) Jewels
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Gem Link
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6L Summon Reaper of Eviscerating (Body Armour)
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Auras (Helmet)
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4L Shield Charge
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4L Curses
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1L/2L Spells
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Mercenary
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Str/Dex Mercenary with Incite and Rallying Cry  Last edited by cheapbunny#0890 on Aug 2, 2025, 11:41:55 AM Last bumped on Aug 2, 2025, 12:25:30 PM
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Hi, this looks cool af. I know it's WiP, but any advice as to how soon we can transition to the build? I have a witch fresh out of the campaign and can easily level as any generic minion league start.
Last edited by bauermayers#4660 on Jul 25, 2025, 11:49:36 AM
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The biggest difference between this Reaper build and generic minion build, is it requires more mana and cast speed to feel smooth. I would suggest to only transition into the build after you have decent mana sustain (Eldrutch Battery/ES regen) and some cast speed (rings/flesh offering/haste aura).
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Why do you have a -mana/-es bone ring on your POB? I get the -lightning res with Doryani's people are doing, but I don't get this.
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" Reflecting Mist increases all of its explicit (non-implicit) modifiers' magnitudes by a certain amount randomly within a range, then modifiers are randomly distributed as positive or negative. What we need from the ring is the magnified Minion Damage and Cast Speed, -Mana and -ES is just a side effect from Reflecting Mist that does not affect the build much. |
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" Awesome, thank you! |
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Can't I use a regular Dark Monarch? Mana reservation is slightly worse, but it doesn't seem like something that would brick the build or anything, at least according to POB. Also, one with that particular implicit is rare on the market and costs more than the entire build :)
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" Yes, a normal one will not brick the build, just lower your precision aura level then you are fine. I got the helmet for couple divines, so i thought it is pretty cheap, but things might have changed since. |
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Yeah, there's only 1 right now for 60div. I can always buy a bunch and try to corrupt them myself if it comes to it.
Thanks again, hopefully I'll finish putting it together today :) |
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