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PvE DPS Revenant (Updated 10/2016)

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This is the very basic all-around PvE damage spec for Revenants. In addition to dealing damage itself, this build build brings party wide might, fury and other boons, Assassin's Presence (Ferocity) and Facet of Nature (Boon duration). This build requires the Herald specialization. This build is valid also in the current Raid content.

 

Equipment

Full Berserker's gear (Power/Precision/Ferocity), ascended stat combination name is [Zojja's.. ] 

Berserker's accessories, rings, neck and backpiece

Main set: Berserker's Sword (main-hand) / Berserker's Axe (off-hand)

For offset: - (main-hand same) / Berserker's Sword (for pulling mobs to you and for blocking), Berserker's Staff (for crowd control), Berserker's Hammer (for ranged and blast finishers)

 

Runes / Sigils

Armor: [Superior Rune of the Strength] x6 

Weapon(s): [Superior Sigil of Force] & [Superior Sigil of Air]

 

Traits

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1st line: Devastation: Vicious Lacerations , Assassin's Presence , Swift Termination

2nd line: Invocation: FREE PICK! (I use Cruel Repercussion) , Equilibrium , Roiling Mists

3rd line: Herald: Radiant Revival , Shared Empowerment , Elder's force

 

Utility Skills

On Revenant the utility skills are bound to the Legendary Stances picked. In this build you should be using Legendary Dragon Stance and Legendary Dwarf Stance. 

revenantskillsglint.png This is the Legendary Dragon Stance (Glint).

revenantskillsjallis.png This is the Legendary Dwarf stance (Jalis).

Situationally: When facing heavy condition pressure, you want to swap Jalis to Mallyx, and use Pain Absorption (Mallyx utility) to pull conditions to yourself and gain Resistance. Upkeep Embrace the Darkness (Mallyx Elite) the same way you would upkeep Vengeful Hammers (Jalis), when you don't need to use Pain absorption (Mallyx utility).

 

Food & Consumables

[Seaweed Salad] (+10 % Damage while moving)

[Superior Sharpening Stone] (+Power equal of 6 % of your Toughness, +Power equal of 4 % of your Vitality)

 

Practice

Playing a Revenant revolves a lot around the upkeep skills; you should ALWAYS keep Facet of Nature up.

Before combat, start the upkeep on Facet of Nature (F2), Facet of Strength (Glint utility) and Facet of Elements (Glint utility) - This is for pre-stacking might and swiftness. At the beginning of combat, start the upkeep on Facet of Darkness (Glint utility) -> Use Elemental Blast from Facet of Elements.

Your upkeep-rotation in combat is: When Glint is active, upkeep Facets of Nature, Darkness and Strength, use Elemental Blast (activating Facet of Elements) on cooldown. When your energy is running low, swap to Jalis (F1). When Jalis is active, upkeep Facet of Nature and Vengeful Hammers (Jalis utility). When running low on energy, swap back to Glint again and repeat.

Damage rotation in combat is: Use Precision strike (2), two times per Legend.

                                            When Glint is active, you can use Unrelenting Assault (3) to stack Might if you're under 25 stacks of Might.

                                            When Glint is active, you can use Frigid Blitz (4) to gap-close or to deal extra damage.

              Otherwise make sure you keep auto-attacking with your sword (1) at all times.

Mastering the Revenant requires you to handle both aspects (upkeep rotation and damage rotation) at the same time!

Rite of the Great Dwarf (Jalis elite) is great for protecting your group, use energy on it rather than Vengeful Hammers (Jalis utility) if your group is taking heavy damage.

Your best CC (CrowdControl) combo: Use Temporal Rift (Axe 5) > Chaotic Release (Glint elite) > Swap to Staff > Surge of the Mists (Staff 5)

 

 

Attributes (if you want to compare yours for example)

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 This is what your Attributes should look like with      full Ascended Berserker's gear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope this was useful for you! And thanks to Akke.8502 for providing pictures and information! :) You can also contact him in-game for any questions about this spec.

 
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any sugestions for the strength rune replacement ? Revenant is not my main and don't want to invest a lot of gold in it...

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13 hours ago, Vortok said:

any sugestions for the strength rune replacement ? Revenant is not my main and don't want to invest a lot of gold in it...

Well basically you can also go with Scholars (but as a melee you'll struggle more with the issue of staying above 90% hp), and they are somewhat ok, however the price of Strength runes is going down too. Nowadays sets like Hoelbrak's are not that awesome since they don't give you the damage bonus (+5%). 

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13 hours ago, Vortok said:

any sugestions for the strength rune replacement ? Revenant is not my main and don't want to invest a lot of gold in it...

You can use the ogre one (1g each atm) or the eagle one wich gives you a 6% dps increase on targets under 50%hp. But the oggre gives you a cute pet :3

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3 hours ago, otretas said:

You can use the ogre one (1g each atm) or the eagle one wich gives you a 6% dps increase on targets under 50%hp. But the oggre gives you a cute pet :3

Yeah I was actually just about to add that. :D Ogre is indeed probably the best "cheaper" alternative atm. Sadly there aren't many variables. :I

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