Slayers 2 Reaper Evil Art Guide — Best PvP Combo Routes

What is the Reaper Evil Art in Slayers 2?

Reaper is an aggressive, duel-first kit built around closing distance and staying in your opponent’s face. Four of its five slots are consistently reported as Reap of Despair, Diving Punch, Shindo and Phantom Step. Everything else about it, including its name, its fifth move and its category, is disputed.

Ouw Productions has never published a written move list for any Blood Demon Art. The only official Reaper material is a showcase video, SLAYERS 2 | REAPER EVIL ART AND SKILL TREE SHOWCASE, published on the Ouw Productions channel roughly seven months before this page was verified. It confirms that Reaper exists as a real build with its own skill tree. It does not give keybinds, damage, cooldowns or unlock requirements.

That leaves community coverage as the only source of detail, and Reaper is the worst-documented of the nine launch arts. Two independent outlets document the five-ability layout, one of them spelling out the Z, X, C, V and B binds, and every media outlet that ranks Reaper describes a five-move kit. Below that level the agreement collapses: there are four different published move lists, two different names for the final slot, three different ways of classifying the art, and two incompatible unlock routes. This page keeps only what survives cross-checking and labels everything else in place.

What moves does the Reaper Evil Art have?

Four slots are safe to write down. Community coverage agrees that Reap of Despair sits on Z, Diving Punch on X, Shindo on C and Phantom Step on V. The fifth slot, bound to B and described as the launch ultimate, is where the sources split.

Read the kit as a movement budget rather than a damage rotation. Reap of Despair and Diving Punch both exist to start an exchange from a different height, Phantom Step ends an exchange by pushing the opponent out, and Shindo is the generic repositioning tool. The practical consequence is that spending all of them in one chase leaves you with no way back in, which is the mistake every outlet warns about.

If you are learning the art, use one entry, land your barrage, and keep one movement option in reserve at all times. Track where each skill leaves your character before you commit, because two of these moves relocate you as part of the animation and you cannot cancel that decision afterwards.

Is the fifth Reaper move called Sonido Surge or Shindo Shrine?

Both names are in circulation for the same B slot. games.gg, GrindNStrat and GameGeekFusion list Sonido Surge as Reaper’s launch ultimate, while Roonby lists Shindo Shrine in the same slot. Nothing settles it, and the game’s own skill tree is the only authority.

The numbers favour Sonido Surge on paper, but the count is misleading. games.gg’s move list and GrindNStrat’s mechanics overlap closely enough that the two may be reading the same material, and GameGeekFusion carries the same five names. Roonby is a single outlet, but its description adds a mechanical detail the others do not have: Shindo Shrine requires its initial approach to connect before the finisher can begin.

There is a second reason to stay open-minded. Shindo Shrine shares a root with the confirmed Shindo on C, which fits a naming family, while Sonido Surge shares a root with Sonido, the name used by the first Project Slayers’ Reaper kit. Both readings are plausible from the outside, and neither can be confirmed without the game.

Treat this slot as unknown. Open your own skill tree and read the name there. If it matches neither published version, that is expected rather than a mistake on your part.

What other Reaper move lists are out there, and why does this page not use them?

Two community-style sites publish a completely different Reaper kit, Scythe Cleave, Reaping Pull, Grave Step, Soul Rend and Harvest Moon, built around a stacking Soul Harvest resource. A third publishes only three moves, Reaping Slash, Harvest Dash and Death Spin. They share almost no names with the media version, and none meet this wiki’s sourcing bar.

The first list looks like the best-evidenced one because two sites published it. It is not. slayers2-game.wiki’s Reaper page names the slayers2roblox.wiki article in its own sources section, which makes the second site a copy rather than independent confirmation. The originating site also fails on its own: slayers2roblox.wiki attaches precise figures to update-log-style claims that carry no version number, the exact pattern this wiki excludes. That version is unverified as a whole and nothing inside it is written as fact here. It is described so you know the list exists and why we set it aside.

The three-move version fails differently. slayers2wiki.com gives each Blood Demon Art three or four moves, contradicting the five-ability layout that BloxInformer and AllThings.How both state and that five media outlets independently list name by name. Its Reaper names barely overlap with any other published list. We record that it exists and do not build anything on it.

There is one genuine risk worth naming. The first Project Slayers’ Reaper kit also had a move called Reap of Despair, and a Sonido root. Part of today’s media list may be inherited from the older game rather than observed in Slayers 2. We do not dismiss the whole list as contamination for two reasons: it also contains Diving Punch and Phantom Step, neither of which exists in the first game’s Reaper kit, and Ouw Productions did publish a Reaper showcase for Slayers 2. So the list is neither clean nor fabricated. Community-recorded is the honest label, which is why every name above is presented as a report rather than an official table.

Is Reaper a Blood Demon Art, an Evil Art, or a Fighting Style?

All three labels are in use. Beebom reports that the current balance notes classify Reaper as a Fighting Style rather than a Blood Demon Art. Destructoid groups it with Arrow as an Evil/Demon Art, and community sites either file it inside the Blood Demon Art lists or place it above them.

Each position has a source behind it:

• Beebom: states that the current balance notes classify Reaper as a Fighting Style rather than a Blood Demon Art, while still including it in a Blood Demon Art comparison. It is the only report describing how the game’s own balance documentation files the art.
• Destructoid: tables it with Arrow under Evil/Demon Art, ranked on the same scale as the Blood Demon Arts.
• AllThings.How and games.gg: place it inside a Blood Demon Art tier list without a caveat.
• slayers2roblox.wiki: describes a separate high-tier tree holding Reaper and Arrow and positioned above the standard Demon Arts. This is the site whose figures we exclude; the framing is noted only because it shows up in other community pages.
• slayers2-game.wiki and slayers2game.wiki: the first titles its page “Reaper Fighting Style Guide”, the second writes Reaper (Speed Augmentation / Reaper Evil Art).

The uncomfortable possibility is that Reaper Fighting Style and Reaper Evil Art are not two labels for one system but two different systems sharing a name, which would explain why the sites that use both never reconcile them. Published sources cannot settle that. Practically, every tier list compares Reaper against the Blood Demon Arts, so plan your build as though it occupies a demon art slot, and check the in-game menu label if the distinction ever matters. The Blood Demon Arts tier list shows how it stacks up against the rest.

Where does Reaper sit on Slayers 2 tier lists?

Almost every outlet puts Reaper in A tier, with one B and two S placements. The spread is small: nine outlets give it A, TechWiser alone gives B, slayers2roblox.wiki gives S, and AllThings.How’s V0.98 recap also shows S while its own Blood Demon Art tier list says A.

Two caveats matter more than the letters. The AllThings.How split is internal to one outlet, so both placements are listed here rather than picking one. And Beebom and ProGameGuides assign the same tier to nearly every art across the whole list, which means they are probably not two independent votes; treat the A consensus as slightly narrower than the raw source count suggests. ProGameGuides also blocks direct access, so its row comes from search summaries and a third-party tally rather than its own full text.

How do you unlock the Reaper Evil Art?

No source has confirmed Reaper’s unlock route. The general demon-art path is documented, become a demon, use the Biwa Bell, spend an Evil Art Orb, complete the training quest, then invest in the Skill Tree, but the Reaper-specific steps are only described by two sites that do not agree with each other.

The first route runs through a vendor. It claims you need demon rank progress before the vendor appears, that the vendor sells the moves one at a time for Demon Beads with later moves also costing Beast Cores, and that the vendor only shows up once you have completed a Final Selection as a demon. We are not repeating the ranks and prices attached to it, because the only site publishing them is the one whose figures this wiki excludes.

The second route is a snow-biome trainer. It claims you must finish the demon transformation quest line first, then walk east from the main spawn into the snow biome, pass through a cave, and find a trainer called Harvest of Souls. The task reportedly asks for demon horns plus a fish caught near the Bamboo Grove Sanctuary, and ends with a boss fight against the trainer’s student. This route is not independent evidence either: the page publishing it lists the site behind the first route among its own sources.

What the two routes share is the demon prerequisite, which is the one part that is cross-checked. For that step, see the how to become a demon guide; horns and their sources are covered in the demon horns and beast cores guide; the tree itself is explained in the skill tree guide. Everything Reaper-specific after that is unconfirmed, so ask in game or check your quest log rather than planning a farm around either published route.

One related claim is worth correcting. The same community-site family states that a demon art is a permanent commitment per character. Switching is possible: AllThings.How documents a Reset Evil Art item in the Shop, under Resets, sold for 2 Ores or 25 Robux, which clears your current demon art and its skill tree progress without turning you back into a human, and two other sources describe swapping arts by spending a new Art Orb. The catch is the reset itself, since any mastery already invested in the old art is gone. The choice is expensive in time rather than permanent.

What is Reaper good at, and where does it fall short?

Reaper is a close-range PvP kit. It wins by chaining fast entries and barrages so the opponent never gets a turn, and outlets describe it as the pick for players who want to fight at point-blank range. Its weaknesses are overcommitting, thin crowd control and a weak solo PvE case.

Where it is strong:

• Staying in contact. The barrage pattern keeps pressure on a single target, and four separate outlets describe the art as PvP-first for that reason.
• Group play. Its barrage can hold a boss in place long enough for allies to land basic attacks, which makes it better in a party than its reputation suggests.
• Aggression fit. GrindNStrat files it as the best aggressive melee art, which matters if you already play a rushdown style.

Where it falls short:

• Overcommitting. Using every movement skill just to chase leaves you without options during the next exchange. Keep one repositioning tool in reserve.
• Solo PvE. The overlap that helps in a party disappears when you are alone, and no source presents the art as a universal PvE pick.
• Dungeon clearing. Reportedly behind Ice Manipulation and Dream Manipulation because its crowd control is limited.

The clearest cross-checked pairing is clan rather than weapon. Soyama’s Combat Intuition rewards the constant contact Reaper produces naturally, and games.gg, GrindNStrat and Roonby all point the same way. Kamado is the documented alternative, for close-range guard breaking and healing inside short fights. If you have not chosen one yet, the best clans for beginners page covers both.

No source pairs Reaper with a specific weapon. A general weapon tier list rates the Scythe for hitbox range and reliable stuns, but it does not tie that weapon to this art, and the scythe-kit impression comes from the untrusted move list described above. Choose a weapon on reach and stats rather than on a supposed synergy.

What changed for Reaper in v0.110?

Nothing. The v0.110 patch notes cover block fixes and Thunder buffs and this patch does not mention any Blood Demon Art, Reaper included. The last reported Reaper change belongs to v0.98, and the two reports of it point in opposite directions.

The v0.98 change is reported by GameGeekFusion: the X startup was lengthened, giving opponents more time to react to Reaper’s primary grab-barrage attack. AllThings.How’s recap of the same patch puts Reaper in S tier and credits fast startup and mobility. Those look like a contradiction and are better read as different scopes, one describing a specific change to a single move and the other describing the overall feel of the kit, so repeat them with that qualifier attached. Beebom’s per-art v0.98 section does not mention Reaper at all.

For v0.110 the correct statement is that the patch does not mention Reaper or any other Blood Demon Art. If a page describes a Reaper balance change for this patch, it is describing something the patch notes did not contain. It is also worth knowing that AllThings.How notes there is no single consolidated public changelog from Ouw Productions, which is consistent with the official channels carrying no changelog page, so every patch list in circulation is a media reconstruction rather than an official document. Patch-by-patch coverage lives in the update history and patch notes guide.

What is this page based on?

This page is built from Community Verified sources: games.gg, GrindNStrat, Roonby, GameGeekFusion, Beebom, Destructoid, TechWiser and AllThings.How, cross-checked on 2026-09-23 against the v0.110 build. The only official item on the page is the title of Ouw Productions’ Reaper Evil Art showcase video. Every other claim is community-reported and labelled as such.

What we accepted, because more than one independent source reproduces it: the four move names and their mechanics, the A-tier consensus, the PvP-first reading, the overcommitment weakness, the Soyama and Kamado clan pairings, and the fact that v0.110 did not touch any Blood Demon Art.

What we refused to write as fact, and why:

• The five-move kit attributed to two community sites (Scythe Cleave, Reaping Pull, Grave Step, Soul Rend, Harvest Moon). The second site names the first in its own sources section, so the apparent agreement is one source, not two, and the first site’s figures fall outside this wiki’s sourcing rules. That version is unverified and appears here only as a description.
• The three-move version from a third community site, which barely overlaps with any other list and contradicts the five-ability layout that two independent sources state.
• Both Reaper unlock routes, which are mutually incompatible, single-source each, and name resources that appear nowhere else. The ranks and prices attached to them are not repeated.
• The claim that a demon art is a permanent commitment, which Reset Evil Art contradicts.
• Every damage value, cooldown and roll probability. None has ever been published officially and none belongs on this page.

Still open: the name of the fifth move, whether Reaper is a Blood Demon Art or a Fighting Style, whether Reaper Fighting Style and Reaper Evil Art are one system or two, and how the art is actually unlocked. Your own skill tree settles all four faster than any list does. For the wider picture, see the Blood Demon Arts tier list and the Slayers 2 FAQ.