Black Ops 3 In Depth: Reaper Specialist (Footsteps, Scythe, & Psychosis)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 has many good specialists, but Reaper is among the best. His Scythe weapon is feared in both public & competitive matches. Also, his Psychosis ability is very unique and has several unusual interactions. In this episode of In Depth I will be covering both along with his quieter footsteps, and his story!

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[KaosClan]

3 worst things in CoD:
-Dying 1 off a nuclear
-getting sniped at beginning of s&d match
-getting killed the second you call in your specialist

[OreoTheWolf]

Reaper's footsteps were not quieter on my end. What I think is going on is the footstep sound is very different. If you're looking at an equalizer, you know how you have your high range, mid range, and low range audio? Standard footsteps put out a lot of mid range and high range (or treble) audio. Most speakers and headphones generally have a relatively easy time generating these sounds. Reaper's footsteps are quieter in the high and mid range, but they put out a pretty noticeable, bass-heavy low range ambient sound. That sound is just as loud as the footsteps of other specialists in the game, but unless you have really high end audio equipment, you're less likely to hear it.

[fuseunison]

I personally think Psychosis is one of the most useful abilities in the game. I don't use it to "distract" enemies, but I use it as more of a mini-map tool. I use it when spawns split and I'm not sure where everyone is. If you use Psychosis while stationary, they all run in various directions, so I find a corner, pop Psychosis, but don't follow the clones. Then I watch which ones suddenly have red dots pop up around them, lol.

[TieDye]

I like it with out the cosmetics. I look at those myself with ease

[yourfathersfather]

Of note is that Reaper's footstep sounds also randomly go away completely. So not only are they naturally quieter but also randomly go completely away. Very very powerful.

[Chromefall]

My favorite
Because
YOU
HAVE
A
MINIGUN
ARM

[LASAGNA_LARRY]

Actually, the scythe kills FASTER than a point blank vesper. Scythe is a 3 shot kill with 1200 rpm. Vesper does not have a 3 shot kill.

[zetahoven]

In my combat time, I noticed that the scythe has one major weakness other than the spin up time. When you're going against a Reaper spinning the scythe(aiming down) you can hear from almost a mile away. It sounds very much like a submarine and when I hear it I run around to flank it

[johnnystar]

Sure his footsteps r quieter but he makes this jingling noise and I feel like that's actually louder than ruin

[RandomDays]

Psychosis fires blanks when the clones go near an enemy.

[MrDoverfield]

Drift0r you forgot one fact. That Reaper is looking for a unicorn girl oh wait that's Jhub I get those two confused all the time.

[davesturchcgi]

I liked the cosmetic section of the review. Not everyone has them all unlocked, or any of the black market ones, so it's nice to have a preview of what you can get if you've not yet unlocked them.

[mmsuperbucks]

what happened to exodus in the game it is no longer in the rotation

[crystalf]

My favorite Specialist. Both his abilities are awesome to use and come in handy.

[LightPegasus]

Never used the ripper. Thanks for the vid. I'll try it out sometime.

[zintel]

Yes! Please add the cosmetic bits! Even though they don't change gameplay, they're interesting! Just like each Specialists background story that you still intro with.

[Nickyyy-]

The reaper has the loudest footsteps I don't get how people say they're quiet...

[mattprepperLEO]

Outstanding content, - as always very much appreciated.

[kickars]

I haven't watched you since black ops in depth I don't even play cod anymore but it's cool to see you hit 1 mil congrats

[FaclanS]

As a person who doesn't have the game but still enjoys watching these videos I thought the cosmetics were very interesting. So I would like to see them return, if a lot of people don't like them however you could put them in a separate video - but I completely understand if that's a lot of unwarranted work.

Keep up the solid work and analysis Drift0r.