In Backpack Battles, the Reaper class is easily the most difficult one to create a good build for. However, with options like the Cursed Dagger that come along with the Hexblade subclass, you can create a great Reaper Build, if you’re lucky enough to roll the rest of the items needed to go along with it. The Cursed Blade is rather unique in that it not only attacks, but it also adds debuffs to your opponent and increases the accuracy and crit chance of other weapons based on the number of debuffs the opponent has.
Backpack Battles: Hexblade Reaper Cursed Dagger Build
The whole idea of this build is to get as many debuffs as possible on the enemy so the Cursed Dagger increases the effectiveness of your other weapons, all while damaging and hindering the opponent. Let’s check out what items we should use for each round.
Pre-Cursed Blade
First, let’s start out with a basic weapon, a Whetstone, a Fly Agaric, and at least a couple of Pocket Sands. For the first round, since the Wooden Sword is cheaper than other first round options, I chose it so I could afford more Pocket Sand.
Each item should be placed within the Storage Coffin in the first round, since it gives them a 25% chance to inflict the Poison debuff on the opponent upon activation. It’s important to note that the Whetstone must be connected to the weapon so it increases its overall damage, as well. Additionally, you shouldn’t skip purchasing Pocket Sand, either. Pocket Sand give opponents the Blind debuff, in addition to possibly poisoning them from being within the Storage Coffin.
- Wooden Sword placement: Top left corner of the Storage Coffin, standing upright so it’s all within the coffin.
- Whetstone placement: Below the Wooden Sword in the Storage Coffin, turned so that the star is activated on the Wooden Sword.
- Pocket Sand placement: Any Pocket Sands you purchased can be anywhere within the Storage Coffin.
- Fly Agaric placement: Anywhere as long as it’s within the Storage Coffin.
Now, let’s add in some additional Pocket Sand, and even a Shield if you can afford one. The Pocket Sand should be in your Storage Coffin as well as the others, but you have a bit of room to work with your Wooden Shield. The image above doesn’t show a shield, since I didn’t have the Gold for it, but it’s still a great idea to have it.
The Wooden Shield will give you a bit of protection against attacks, while the additional Pocket Sand inflicts Blind on the opponent and lowers their overall accuracy, making them miss more shots on you.
As we grow and build our backpack, it’s important to keep in mind how the Storage Coffin works. Typically, you just need to have an item touching it or even just barely within it in order for the effects to still apply to those items. That said, if you’re careful and thoughtful, you can have many more items creating Poison debuffs than if you were to attempt to fit everything within the coffin fully.
- Pocket Sand placement: Anywhere as long as it’s still within the Storage Coffin.
- Wooden Shield placement: Anywhere, as long as at least one corner of it is within the Storage Coffin.
Now, let’s start focusing on the things that will help to remove your opponent’s buffs and leave them with nothing but debuffs. We’re going to add in a Lump of Coal and Garlic, as well as another Whetstone. The Whetstone will upgrade your Wooden Sword to a Hero Sword, which will increase your overall damage and gain the ability to buff the weapons around it and give them two extra damage. The Garlic gives you the ability to gain armor, all while potentially removing buffs from the opponent. The Lump of Coal gives you a random buff while adding a random debuff to the opponent.
- Lump of Coal placement: The Lump of Coal should be within the Storage Coffin so it has a 25% chance to inflict Poison.
- Garlic placement: The Garlic should be partially within the Storage Coffin, while touching the Fly Agaric.
- Whetstone placement: The second Whetstone should be touching the Wooden Sword, and isn’t required to be within the Storage Coffin.
Next, we can get into a bit more buffing and debuffing as we add in more useful items. By this point, your Wooden Sword will have been upgraded to a Hero Sword, and can be moved around and adjusted to be sure it’s only touching the Storage Coffin in one spot. Now, however, it’s time to bring in some new items. First, we’ll bring in Healing Herbs, then a Banana. The Healing Herbs give you the Health Regeneration buff, which heals you over time. The Banana heals you, regenerates Stamina, and causes the surrounding foods to activate faster.
- Healing Herbs placement: Anywhere.
- Banana placement: The Banana can be placed anywhere near food, but since we only have Garlic and Fly Agaric at this point, we should place it so it touches both of them at the same time.
This time around, we’ll be rearranging some more things and shoving some back into our storage while we build a bit more and create a more aggressive build. We’re going to be adding in another Lump of Coal, Leather Armor, and a Dagger. The Lump of Coal will be placed into the Leather Armor this time, creating a different effect that resists debuffs and grants additional armor. We’ll be removing the Pocket Sand and Banana from our backpack for the time being while we add the others in. The placement of the Dagger and Leather Armor matters little, as long as it’s still placed within the Storage Coffin in some way.
Next, we’re going to add some of our Pocket Sand back into the picture and grab another Fly Agaric to increase the Poison debuff output. Additionally, it would be wise to obtain some extra backpack storage at this point as well.
- Fly Agaric placement: The Fly Agaric should still be touching the Storage Coffin, so it has a chance to deal double the Poison to the opponent.
- All Items in Storage Coffin: Fly Agaric (2), Hero Sword, Dagger, Lump of Coal, Leather Armor, Pocket Sand, Healing Herbs.
As we approach Round 7, we need to begin to shape our build into what it must be once we get the Cursed Blade in the next round. For this round, we’ll be selling a few of our items and making room for new ones. First, we should sell the Pocket Sands and Banana. Next, purchase a Pestilence Flask, as well as a Goobert if you can afford to. Both of these will help tremendously in the overall build for a Hexblade Reaper. Since we don’t have any other potions as of right now, the placement of it matters little, and the Goobert should be sitting in your storage waiting for the next round to go out.
With Cursed Blade
In Round 8, we get to make the important decisions. First, before you do anything else, make sure you pick up the Cursed Blade offered under the Hexblade title in the shot. The Cursed Blade inflicts debuffs on opponents and buffs nearby weapons. That said, the Cursed Blade should be beside your Hero Sword. Additionally, we want to start making more Poison Weapons, so you should move your initial Dagger over by the Pestilence Flask to turn it into a Poison Dagger.
- Cursed Blade placement: Touching your Hero Sword, and near the Dagger.
- Flask of Pestilence placement: Touching the Dagger to turn it into a Poison Dagger.
Now that we’ve got our Cursed Blade, it’s time to get serious. Yes, we can really begin on the Hexblade Reaper build in Backpack Battles. First, we’ll start by merging our Hero Sword and Goobert to make a Steel Goobert. The Steel Goobert increases weapon damage and gives buffs based on item activations, so it’s important to keep your placements right. On all of Goobert’s diamond slots, you should have weapons, while the star slots should be occupied by items that regularly activate. Additionally, you should grab a Light Saber as soon as possible.
Now, things will get a bit more stressful as we struggle to find the right items within tight timeframes. For the remainder of your rounds before the end of your match, there are some key items you need to find. First, you should stock back up on Pestilence Flasks. These will keep the poison debuffs coming, while increasing the damage of your Poison Dagger based on the amount. Next, you need to find a Cursed Crystal so you can merge your Light Saber into a Dark Saber. Finally, you need to get a Death Scythe and ensure that it, along with the Darksaber and Poison Dagger are all in close proximity with your Cursed Dagger to guarantee that you deal the most damage as possible, all while taking minimal damage.
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