With recent updates in Type Soul, Soul Reaper has become one of the strongest types of characters to play in both PvE and PvP. With so many build and weapon combos, there is great versatility to making Soul Reaper viable in pretty much every situation. Here are the best Soul Reaper builds and Weapons you should strive for in Type Soul.
Best Soul Reaper build in Type Soul
In Type Soul, the best Soul Reaper build is Blood Soul Reaper. With a crit-based weapon, Blood Soul Reaper has a high amount of damage and survivability which makes it the best Soul Reaper build in Type Soul at the moment. Theatre and Flower are both extremely powerful options as well, especially if the playstyle of either of those builds clicks with you better.
Speed build
The strongest overall build right now for Soul Reaper is a Speed build. Most of your SP goes into Speed, with 5 points also going to Kendo for the defensive skills Safeguard and Brace. Here are the exact skills you want to grab with the Soul Reaper Speed build:
- Flashstep
- Flash Tension
- Flashstep Mastery 1
- Blooming Cut
- Flashstep Mastery 2
- Phantom Trick
- Enhanced Steps
- Perfect Flashstep
- Dropping Fang
- Floating Strikes
- Passing breath
- Fast Fang
- Waterfall Dance
- Specter Step
- Time Cut
- Safeguard
- Brace
With the above skills, here is your full SP breakdown for the Soul Reaper Speed build:
- 60 Speed
- 5 Kendo
Hakuda build
For Soul Reaper Hakuda builds, you want to focus most of your stat points into Hakuda with a few points in Speed and Kendo as well. The main skill here is Shunko, specifically Fire Shunko, which excels for Soul Reaper Hakuda. For survivability, you want to pick up Safeguard and Brace under Kendo. You want to try and get the Death Slayer as while all skill boxes are good for this build, Death Slayer specifically is very good.
The SP breakdown for a Soul Reaper Hakuda build is:
- 40 Hakuda
- 20 Speed
- 5 Kendo
Kendo build
A solid option specifically for Theatre and Flower builds is Soul Reaper Kendo. This build requires a bit of luck as there are specific Kendo and Speed Skill Boxes that are crucial to the build. There are two main potential skill combos with this build depending on the skill boxes you get, which are Ghost Cleave Eviscerate or Ghost Cleave Sonata Flow. The build relies heavily on the 40 SP Kendo skill Pressure Shift, which is an extremely powerful counter.
Here is the SP breakdown for the best Soul Reaper Kendo build:
- 40 Kendo
- 25 Speed
Best Weapon for Soul Reaper
The best weapon for Soul Reaper in Type Soul at the moment is the Katana. You’re going to want to get a crit-based Katana, as it’s effective in essentially all forms. While the Katana is a great option for Bankai, these build are extremely powerful as a Shikai.
Both Longsword—usually for builds favoring its guaranteed crit—and Dagger are also solid options as well. All three weapons will get the job done with the right build, with Katana still being the favorite for Shikai and Longsword being a slight favorite over Dagger for Bankai.
Here are the recommended weapons for Shikai and Bankai Soul Reapers:
Best Shikai Weapons
- Katana
- Longsword
- Dagger
Best Bankai Weapons
- Longsword
- Dagger
- Katana
