How to Play Reaper

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So you’ve given up all hope for the miserable species that is the human race.
You’ve been cast aside, forgotten, and left to rot in the hellhole known as the Overwatch Forums.
Well then I’ve got just the character for you!
Reaper sympathizes with all your hormonal angst and you can master him with just three easy steps!

Step 1. Edginess
You must change your entire personality to reflect the awesomeness that is the Reaper.
You have to be dark, mysterious, and so scary that people will mistake you for a Halloween costume!
No, not a cyborg ninja.
A good way to become edgy is to listen to hours of metal and loud rock.
Literally, I want you to press your ear against a piece of iron or stone until you understand the concept of edginess.
I’ll show you an example of me doing it:
1 Hour Later
I don’t hear anything and I’m bored.
Another Hour Later
I just saw a cute dog that I want to pet, but I won’t because that’s not edgy.
5 Minutes Later
I ended up petting the dog, calling him a good boy, and giving him treats.
His name is Freckles and he likes to play fetch.
I think I hear an ice cream truck…
3 Seconds Later
I was too shy to talk to the ice cream man, so I ended up getting no ice cream.
I am very sad.
1337 Days Later
I finally realized it!
I hear nothing from this metal, because life means nothing!
Hooray… oh no Freckles is back.

Step 2. Style
Gabe (he does mind if you call him that) has a unique fashion sense.
His clothing is made up of spikes, darkness, and even more spikes.
This is truly the source of his power and you must replicate it to gain his strength!
In order to copy him, you need to go on a fabulous shopping spreeeeeee!
The edgiest store near you is Hot Topic.
How do I know it’s near you?
I am looking at you through your window.
I know what you’ve done.
You can’t escape me.
Anyways, let’s buy some leather pants and spiky cleats to start the transformation!
…
OH MY GAWD THIS PLACE IS EXPENSIVE!
Screw this, let’s just look through a dumpster for clothing.
I think we’ll find Reaper’s style, as well as clothes for Mei, Bastion, Torbjorn, Symmetra, Doomfist, and Sombra (?) since they’re all accustomed to trash.

Step 3. Hormones
Grimm hates everyone and everything, so you should too!
The best way to do this is complain about everything, no matter how stupid or unimportant it is.
Look at Mercy.
Now call everyone who plays her boosted, a noob, gay, female, or an idiot without any information at all!
Look at Winston.
Now call him a stupid monkey that is useless to the team, despite being the second most (?) picked tank in the OWL.
Look at a random dog.
Now call that dog a good boy, because all dogs are good boys that deserve love and affection.
The only ones that don’t fit that description are literal… beaches.
In the end, just hate on everything for no apparent reason (except doggos because puppers are cute).

Tl;Dr Reaper is wearing another mask under his mask

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I went to GM after following this guide

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Blasts Marilyn Manson out of speakers

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I’m more of a Linkin Park Fan

RIP Chester Bennington :sob:

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Instructions were too complicated, I became emo instead

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The frustation of playing Mercy in comp…

Turned me into a QP Reaper main lol.

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There is really not a difference between emos and Reaper mains

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Ah I see. I thought edgy and emo were 2 separate entities

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You see, an emo is a fledgling edgelord. An edgeling, if you would.

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I will follow this guide and be the best I can, but there is someone who I believe will be the best at following this guide.

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Be edgy, say rawr xd alot, and blast Three days grace songs and you’ll be in top 500 no time

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You forgot to add the part where you get one-shot by roadhog even without hook

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Why would I need to say I love you as Reaper?

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Instructions unclear, kicked the dog under ice cream truck.

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You need to type Rawr xd in the chat to confuse the enemies.
Example
You type rawr xd in chat and everyone just starts bashing you and losing their minds. Thus causing you to win ;)))

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Great guide!

I would also like to add the following:

  • Pick the edgiest flavors and food to consume - for Ice cream, that would be strawberry (because it is red [like blood]).
  • South Park has confirmed that in order to be emo and edgy, you have to drink coffee and smoke (although I do not encourage smoking because cancer)
  • Now the edgiest thing of all - the voice. Take some notes from batman and learn to sound like you are gurgling marbles everytime you talk.
  • Along this note, always be super melodramatic and go overboard with the doom and gloom with every sentence. For example:
    - Instead of “It is a lovely day. I think I will walk in the park and eat ice cream”, you could say “It is another hollow day in my cursed and forgotten existence. Time for me to travel the wasteland in search of sustenance to quench my unending hunger.”

PS. Reaper is also wearing a mask under the other mask that is under his main mask.

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How to play Reaper?

Play, play, playyyyyyy!!!

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you need to mention the play of plays, where me a reaper , hide behind the corner, close to enemy spawn area, wait for someone, than kablam!! i one shot them with 2 shots of my gunz! do a quick tactical crouch up and down to avoid getting shot than i fade into the void! :point_left::face_with_symbols_over_mouth::point_right: :+1:

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Been following this strategy since day 1, but might I add a #4?

  1. Account name.

Change your account name on PS4, Xbox, or pc to something really edgy and cool like XxX_LordOfTheUnderworld_XxX or 666_DarknessAwakens_666

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This post is so edgy, it cuts me in half and became a Genji’s main D:

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