Reaver

AVAILABLE ON: Eden, Blackthorn, Live

While the noble Paladins of Albion selflessly lay down their lives in defence of the realm, a Reaver of Arawn would never consider such folly. The Lord of the Underworld cares not how or whence the souls who enter his domain arrive, only that they continue to do so. As such, he has imbued his champions with abilities to hasten death by drawing the very life-force from living beings into themselves, so that they may continue their dark works.

Reavers are a very versatile class, being part light tank and part disruptor, with a lot of sustaining abilities. With pulsing point-blank area-of-effect damaging spells, instant life-drains, snares and the unique Acuity de-buff*, Reavers are strong anti-mage fighters.

*Acuity de-buff is not available on Blackthorn

PvE:

Due to their many life-drains, in addition to wearing Chain armour and wielding a Shield, Reavers make strong solo combatants capable of chaining several enemies in a row.

In groups, Reavers are strong off-tanks due to always wielding a Shield. Their point-blank area-of-effect melee damage de-buff will also help the entire group tremendously against melee enemies and, should the need arise, their instant cast damage and life-drain spells can shut down enemy casters fast.

RvR:

Reavers are one of the best solo duellists on Albion, with a strong argument to be made that they are the best solo class.

In groups, Reavers typically fall into the off-tank/harasser play-style. Though they are capable of significant burst damage with their level 50 Flexible combat style “Leviathan,” they spend a significant amount of time Guardian, harassing, peeling and exerting pressure on the enemy team.

Part of what makes Reavers so strong compared to other light tanks, is that they are capable of dealing high damage without swapping weapons. Armsmen, Paladins and Mercenaries all have to swap between their Shield and Two Handed weapon to achieve the same results as Reavers. Reavers will always have a Shield equipped, thus they will always have Guard up and will always have Slam and Guard available.

Character planners:

Eden: https://eden-daoc.net/charplan?c=Reaver

Blackthorn: https://blackthorn-daoc.com/class/Reaver

Live: https://daoc.gg/charplanner/overview#c=REAVER

Suggested starting stat point distribution:

10 Constitution / 10 Dexterity / 10 Strength (Briton / Saracen. Replace any one stat with 10 Quickness if playing as Inconnu)

Suggested class skills:

50 Flexible, 42 Shield, 39 Soulrending, 13 Parry (Standard)

50 Flexible, 42 Shield, 41 Soulrending, 6 Parry (Variant with area-of-effect crowd control)

50 Flexible, 50 Soulrending, 31 Shield, 4 Parry (De-buff)

Suggested realm skills:

Long Wind 1