Guild Wars 2

Hi all i am new to game and still learning and i just want to know which u think has the better dps rev or necro and why.i have a lvl 27 rev and lvl 46 necro but just can’t decide which to play first
thanks ian

If you ever want to play without guild/friends, I recommend revenant as nobody loves necromancers in pve.

Rev hands down, I have a ferocity rev and hammer 2 does way too much damage, I see nerfing coming but right now I enjoying it. .)

Revenant. Can seem really cheap until you learn to dodge the big dragon move or their teleport attack evade spam. That ability should be an elite skill reserved for thieves’ next elite spec: monk (no weapons equipped would be like having two ascended zealot weapons since the intent would be a melee/healer hybrid and barehands 4 would be like solar beam but cost initiative, a little stronger, and wider radius so same healing overall since solar beam on druid is auto that heals and attacks)

Those who don’t think zerk reaper can’t keep up with zero rev, most likely don’t know the reaper dps rotation… Reaper GS hits for 7.5-10k with every hit on VG (on par with rev) and grave driggers hit for 23-27k.

Also… Its fact right now that <50% hp, reaper has best dps in the game right now, and in raids that is a massive advantage. Also, daredevil DPS is insane atm, but daredevil is selfish class compared to herald and reaper who also support. (herald more so)

Don’t listen to the rev players who don’t play other classes…. They don’t know kitten

Hawken son of Z.1367:

Those who don’t think zerk reaper can’t keep up with zero rev, most likely don’t know the reaper dps rotation… Reaper GS hits for 7.5-10k with every hit on VG (on par with rev) and grave driggers hit for 23-27k.

Also… Its fact right now that <50% hp, reaper has best dps in the game right now, and in raids that is a massive advantage. Also, daredevil DPS is insane atm, but daredevil is selfish class compared to herald and reaper who also support. (herald more so)

Don’t listen to the rev players who don’t play other classes…. They don’t know kitten

Important to point out:

- Reaper’s Greatsword Auto-Attack chain takes ~2.5s to complete, ignoring any potential aftercasts
- Revenant’s Sword Auto-Attack chain takes 1.75s to complete, again, ignoring any potential aftercasts

Yes, you can hit for around the same numbers PER hit, but undoubtedly the Revenant will hit MUCH more often.
Add in Quickness and the Revenant will come out ahead easily.

Now, Gravedigger takes 1.25s to complete, ignoring possible aftercast. Is it more than Revenant’s damage? Well, I’ll admit I don’t have that exact information here, but assuming you always do 23k damage per Gravedigger and the Revenant always does 9k per Auto-Attack hit(3 per 1.75s), then over a period of 10s, we’ll have:

- 184k damage from the Reaper (18.4k DPS)
- 154k damage from the Revenant (15.4k DPS)

This, of course, ignores potential aftercast in either(I’m almost certain Gravedigger has quite a bit), assumes the Revenant is ONLY Auto-Attacking in Sword(and you can realistically actually hit for higher than 9k) and not doing proper rotations with Shiro/Mallyx/Glint (using Sword 2 for additional damage inside the boss’ hitbox, Mallyx’s +10% stat boost, Shiro’s Quickness, Glint’s Elemental Blast, etc.). Also realize that the enemy you’re attacking MUST be below 50% health and we assume you always hit for 23k.

BUT, assuming you have a Chronomancer supplying both the Revenant and the Reaper with Quickness, then yes, I think the Reaper does end up winning the DPS race*.

*Technically, Epidemic allows Necromancers to out-DPS pretty much anything in the game (more specifically, the 2x Epidemic from 2 Necros), but this is very situational.

Someone with actual numbers could do a much better job than me, but I feel like you should know this.

Malchior.5732:

Hawken son of Z.1367:

Those who don’t think zerk reaper can’t keep up with zero rev, most likely don’t know the reaper dps rotation… Reaper GS hits for 7.5-10k with every hit on VG (on par with rev) and grave driggers hit for 23-27k.

Also… Its fact right now that <50% hp, reaper has best dps in the game right now, and in raids that is a massive advantage. Also, daredevil DPS is insane atm, but daredevil is selfish class compared to herald and reaper who also support. (herald more so)

Don’t listen to the rev players who don’t play other classes…. They don’t know kitten

Important to point out:

- Reaper’s Greatsword Auto-Attack chain takes ~2.5s to complete, ignoring any potential aftercasts
- Revenant’s Sword Auto-Attack chain takes 1.75s to complete, again, ignoring any potential aftercasts

Yes, you can hit for around the same numbers PER hit, but undoubtedly the Revenant will hit MUCH more often.
Add in Quickness and the Revenant will come out ahead easily.

Now, Gravedigger takes 1.25s to complete, ignoring possible aftercast. Is it more than Revenant’s damage? Well, I’ll admit I don’t have that exact information here, but assuming you always do 23k damage per Gravedigger and the Revenant always does 9k per Auto-Attack hit(3 per 1.75s), then over a period of 10s, we’ll have:

- 184k damage from the Reaper (18.4k DPS)
- 154k damage from the Revenant (15.4k DPS)

This, of course, ignores potential aftercast in either(I’m almost certain Gravedigger has quite a bit), assumes the Revenant is ONLY Auto-Attacking in Sword(and you can realistically actually hit for higher than 9k) and not doing proper rotations with Shiro/Mallyx/Glint (using Sword 2 for additional damage inside the boss’ hitbox, Mallyx’s +10% stat boost, Shiro’s Quickness, Glint’s Elemental Blast, etc.). Also realize that the enemy you’re attacking MUST be below 50% health and we assume you always hit for 23k.

BUT, assuming you have a Chronomancer supplying both the Revenant and the Reaper with Quickness, then yes, I think the Reaper does end up winning the DPS race*.

*Technically, Epidemic allows Necromancers to out-DPS pretty much anything in the game (more specifically, the 2x Epidemic from 2 Necros), but this is very situational.

Someone with actual numbers could do a much better job than me, but I feel like you should know this.

Me and another necro were running condi reaper builds with lichform minions/deathmagic at gorseval last night. He would epi gorse then id epi back onto gors from the adds… It was pretty insane, we had over 100 bleeds on him lol. He was running viper armor and was bleed ticking for 6.5-7k I was running sinister and bleed ticking for 7.3-7.8ish (on average). It was pretty fun!