Reaper Melding, Stat Priority, and Consumables — Dawntrail 7.0
On this page, you will find the best melding choices and consumables, as well as the stat priority they are based on, for Reaper in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Patch 7.0).
Reaper Stat Priority
- Weapon Damage;
- Strength;
- Skill Speed to preferred GCD tier;
- Critical Hit Rate;
- Determination / Direct Hit Rate.
Weapon Damage and Strength will almost always produce more damage than focusing on substats.
Skill Speed
Skillspeed is a hard stat to pin down because it comes with a lot of caveats. For Reaper, there are very few interactions that it has with their kit since most heavy resource generators come on a strict cooldown. However, it can change things like how far into your GCD you are when Arcane Circle or Gluttony comes up, or it can allow you an extra GCD before a boss phases. The currently preferred GCD tier is 2.49 as it allows you to Arcane Circle nearly on cooldown and allows for comfier GCD times in current Savage fights. 2.5 and 2.48 are also optional GCD tiers if slower or faster fits your playstyle.
Direct Hit vs. Determination vs. Critical Hit
Critical Hit Rate is currently better than both Direct Hit and Determination. If you are unable to meld Critical Hit, then meld whichever stat is currently the lowest between Direct Hit and Determination. Alternatively, you can use the gear planner made by Jahadaunt and Makar to evaluate your gear options. You can find the planner here: http://bit.ly/Gear-Planner. (Note: Make a copy of the gear planner to use it and close out of it afterward to lessen traffic on the planner.)
Tincture of Strength
Potions (tinctures) in FFXIV are fairly straightforward. Simply use the highest tier of Tincture of Strength that you can afford because the highest tier offers the best stats.
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.
Guides from Other Classes
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.
- FFXIV - Live Letter, Alliance Raid, and Patch 7.1!
- FFXIV - Crossroads Special Site and 7.1 Teasers!
- FFXIV - Letter From the Producer Live LXXXIV
- FFXIV - The Beans are Coming Back! Join the Fall Guys Event!
- FFXIV - A Golden Opportunity!
- FFXIV - 2024 Korean Fan Fest Highlights!
- FFXIV - All Saints Wake Is Returning!
- FFXIV - Moogle Treasure Trove: The Hunt for Goetia!