Skills

Demon Skills

Demon Soul Reaper (Tormentor) skills guide — shared kit with the Vesperian Reaper plus Demon racials (Demon Whisper 6s sleep, Demon Blessing +3% attack, Demon Gift sacrifice/rebound). Talents: Storm, Guardian, Executioner.

Overview

The Demon race plays one of two classes — Soul Reaper (Tormentor) or Ranger — depending on character creation. The Soul Reaper variant of the Reaper class shares its kit with the Vesperian Reaper but layers in the demon's racial offensive abilities for additional damage and control options. This article covers the Soul Reaper / Tormentor skill identity for Demon players. For the full Reaper skill list (shared across both races), see Reaper Skills.

The Demon Ranger is mechanically identical to the Vesperian/Elf Ranger — see Ranger Skills for that variant.

Soul Reaper (Tormentor) — Class Identity

The Soul Reaper is a melee DPS with a darkness-and-wind theme — fast offensive cycling, gap-control via pulls, and self-sustain through HP-percent talents. The Demon-specific version benefits from the Demon Whisper racial (6-second sleep + Fire/Earth resistance debuff), which slots beautifully into Reaper's PvP openers.

A skilled Demon Soul Reaper opens with Demon Whisper to lock down a target, follows with Wind's Grasp pull, and bursts the helpless enemy down before the sleep wears off.

Race-Specific Bonuses

Demon Whisper (Sleep)

6 seconds hard CC — one of the longest sleeps in the game
Reduces Fire and Earth resistance by 150 during the sleep
DoT effects do not wake the target (Reaper's bleed talents stack inside the sleep window)
Available at level 15

Demon Blessing

Permanent +3% base attack — keep active 24/7 (30-minute duration, no cost)
Available at level 10

Demon Gift

10-second sacrifice/rebound — buff a teammate's attack by 50% of yours, your attack drops 50%
Post-effect: your attack doubles for 15 seconds, target's drops
Risky but devastating if timed for a coordinated burst window
Available at level 20

Shared Soul Reaper Skills

For the full skill table, see Reaper Skills. The shared skills include:

Offensive

Death Wind (Air) — single-target DPS
Slashing Swing (Darkness) — 100% base + bonus
Dead Man's Shadow (Darkness AoE, 6m radius)
Executioner's Shadow (heavy single-target finisher)
Furious Wind (Air sustained)
Wind's Grasp — pull + 1s dizzy
Agile Shadow (mobility)
Dance of Shadows (multi-strike)
Blood of Fire (Air burst)

Passives

Blood of Darkness — +1% base attack
Blood of the Ancients — +1% max HP
Moonlit Night — +20 Darkness and Air mastery

Curses

Blood Redemption
Stubbornness of the Wind

Blessings

Swift Blood (self-buff)
Champion's Will — +10% crit defense to allies in 18m for 300s
Bad Blood — cleanses control, dizzies enemies in 15m for 2s
Fist of the Wind — +50% movement speed self, -20% target movement speed
Bloody War (group offensive)
Furious Heart (self-burst)

Talent Trees

The Soul Reaper has three talent branches — same as Reaper:

Storm Branch (Control)

Skill	Level	Effect
Roaring Wind	10	Control opener
Blood Whirlpool	35	Pulls enemy from 16m + dizzies 10m radius for 2s
Assassin's Blade	55	Storm tree finisher

Guardian Branch (Survival)

Skill	Level	Effect
Bloody Armor	10	Defensive self-buff
Path of Shadows	35	Toggle: -5% target speed/sec, stacks 10x, 30s duration
Poisonous Claw	55	DoT finisher

Executioner Branch (Damage)

Skill	Level	Effect
Fierce Hatred	10	+10% Darkness damage from concussion for 3s
Blood Explosion	35	+100% max HP for 15s, restores 2% HP per attack
Madness of Death	55	Burst finisher

How to Play — Demon Soul Reaper

PvE

Pre-buff: Champion's Will + Swift Blood + Demon Blessing (always).
Engage: Wind's Grasp pull → Slashing Swing → cycle Death Wind.
AoE: Dead Man's Shadow clusters; Blood Whirlpool to pull groups.
Sustain: Blood Explosion (Executioner L35) for HP buff during heavy boss damage.

PvP — Demon Special Opener

The Demon's premium opener combo:

Demon Whisper — 6s sleep + Fire/Earth resist debuff (racial)
Wind's Grasp — pull the sleeping target close
Slashing Swing + Dead Man's Shadow — full burst while sleep holds
Bad Blood — cleanse if controlled, dizzy nearby enemies in cone
Madness of Death (Executioner L55) for kill burst

Most Demon Soul Reaper PvP wins happen during the 6-second window of the racial sleep.

Pros and Cons

Strengths

Demon Whisper extends Reaper's already-strong control kit
Demon Blessing free 24/7 attack boost
Demon Gift enables coordinated burst windows
All standard Reaper strengths (sustained DPS, control, self-sustain)

Weaknesses

Same as Reaper (short range, cooldown-management heavy, fragile)
Cultural distrust from NPCs (lore-flavor)

FAQ

Q: Demon Soul Reaper or Vesperian Reaper — which is better? A: Demon for PvP — the racial sleep + resist debuff is genuinely better in coordinated fights. Vesperian for some lore-thematic appeal and Vampire-adjacent cosmetic alignment. Mechanical edge: Demon.

Q: Should I always lead with Demon Whisper? A: In PvP, yes when fighting opposing DPS or healers. In PvE, save it for enemy caster mobs that you want to silence-via-sleep before they cast their dangerous abilities.

Q: When should I use Demon Gift? A: Coordinated burst windows. Buff the highest-DPS teammate at the start of a kill window, accept your reduced attack for 10s, then capitalize on your +100% post-effect rebound. Don't use it solo or in random PvP — the timing window is too narrow.