How To Improve As Reaper — Dawntrail 7.0
On this page, we will show you some of the most common mistakes players make when playing as a Reaper DPS in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Patch 7.0).
How to Improve
Always Be Casting (ABC)
A good way to improve your damage is to make sure you are always dealing damage. Keep your global cooldown rolling and use ranged abilities if you are unable to be in range of the boss.
Maintain Melee Uptime
Try to maximize the time you are in range of a boss; most ranged DPS spells you have to use will cost you some amount of damage. It is always smarter to play safe, as dying is a massive DPS loss, but as you are learning a fight try to learn where you can get extra uptime.
Hit Your Positionals
Reaper will only have to do about 10 positionals every 2 minutes, so try to use them at the right time. Unlike other jobs you have a bit more wiggle room when you use your positionals. Furthermore, utilize True North if necessary.
Recovering from Death
Whenever you accept a resurrection, do not do any attacks unless you know there is incoming damage; give the healers some time to heal you up. Also, make sure that Death's Design is still on the enemy when you start engaging them again.
Resource Management
It is no big deal if Arcane Circle is up but you do not have enough resources to burst. Make sure that you Arcane Circle on time in order to align it with raid buffs. The Plentiful Harvest you get from it will always allow you to Enshroud once into raid buffs.
Analyze Your Logs
You may be making some minor mistakes that could increase your DPS. It is highly recommended to use a website like XIV Analysis to see what mistakes you could improve on.
Changelog
- 27 Jun. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 7.00.
- 19 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for 6.55.
- 14 Oct. 2023: Updated for Patch 6.5.
- 27 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 6.4.
- 11 Jan. 2023: Updated for Patch 6.3
- 20 Apr. 2022: Updated for Patch 6.1
- 02 Dec. 2021: Guide added.
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Ellunavi Sevald is a Veteran FFXIV player who was been theorycrafting since 1.0. He has cleared all three of the ultimate fights the game has to offer and has participated successfully in week one raid groups. He has also high parses for multiple jobs, across multiple raid tiers. He is currently a Reaper Mentor and Senior Moderator on the Balance Discord. He streams on Twitch, as well as leading some of the streams on Twitch for the Balance.
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