You always need to be careful when starting with new skills, as no matter how much people theorycraft, noone knows how exactly they are gonna function. If you really want to start with it, I'd recommend an ascendancy that can easily be converted to another build you'd want to play.
External link →Because of this modifier on Reap's skill gem, spell damage modifiers will work the same way as damage over time modifiers, so poisons you apply with reap will be modified by pain attunement and other spell damage increases/more multipliers.
While afaik spell damage doesn't affect poisons you apply with BV. So unfortunately there's not much synergy if you go reap+bv poison and stack spell damage, your reap will have good damage with poison but the spell damage wont buff BV poison.
Edit: nevermind, this doesn't work anymore. My old ass building knowledge is showing lmao.
The mod that Reap and Essence Drain now only works for the skill's own DoT, it used to work for ignite/poisons but doesn't anymore. Build ruined.
Because of this modifier on Reap's skill gem, spell damage modifiers will work the same way as damage over time modifiers, so poisons you apply with reap will be modified by pain attunement and other spell damage increases/more multipliers.
No. "this Skill's Damage over Time" refers specifically to the damage over time effect that belongs to that skill - the specific one it applies as part of it's skill effect and which is unique to it. It does not affect poison, other ailments, or other additional DoT effect like Decay.
How does Reap interact with spellslinger? Does it reserve life since it doesn't cost mana like normal skills?
No. Spellslinger specifically gives each supported spell a base mana reservatrion, and calculates it's own rewservation based on adding those together. It doesn't care what cost a skill has.
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