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Posted by: the shadowdove.2749

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Hey everyone,

I am curious to see what everyone feels is going to be the best existing armor set for this amazing new class!

So, based on the skills we’ve seen…

Is revenant a conditank, or a tanky raw damage bruiser?

What are the benefits/downsides of going either berserker or rabids as a revenant?

Is celestial viable/better in any way?

Let’s hear your opinions!

-The Shadowdove

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Posted by: Electro.4173

Electro.4173

Celestial will probably be popular initially before people come up with concrete builds, as it’ll allow people to experiment with all the different combinations without too much gear fuss.

Even after good builds come to light, I think Celestial will still be pretty popular as it’ll allow you to run 2 vastly different legends which would normally require very different stat combinations to use.

I’m sure there will also be builds that will focus specifically on offense or defense that will use the more specialized gear as well, though. They’ll just be more limited to using certain legends that compliment one another instead of vastly different ones.

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Posted by: thefantasticg.3984

thefantasticg.3984

I’m hoping Sword+Dagger will be DPS weapons and not condi crap like the hammer/mace+axe. I’m hoping that there will be legends that are all about DPS and not about worthless condis.

RNG is a bell curve. Better hope you’re on the right side.

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Posted by: Scoobaniec.9561

Scoobaniec.9561

I’m hoping Sword+Dagger will be DPS weapons and not condi crap like the hammer/mace+axe. I’m hoping that there will be legends that are all about DPS and not about worthless condis.

Hammer condition? Are we watched the same POI?

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Posted by: Electro.4173

Electro.4173

Hammer has no damaging conditions at all, I’m not sure what makes you think its a condition weapon.

http://dulfy.net/2015/02/20/gw2-revenant-weapon-skills-legendary-skills-and-traits/

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Posted by: Zaoda.1653

Zaoda.1653

I’m going with full celestial – can’t go wrong with it.

Forever a supporter of more male skimpy armor

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Posted by: Conncept.7638

Conncept.7638

I’d say celestial as well, seems they are going to be a lot like the elementalist and engineer, no matter how you build, you are going to have a little bit of everything on your bar.

Not saying that I’ll use it though, just that it is most effective. I’ve never used cele stats on any of my characters, I just don’t find building ‘jack of all trades’ fun no matter how effective it is.

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Posted by: Lazaar.9123

Lazaar.9123

Berserker stats in PvE like usual.

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Posted by: the shadowdove.2749

the shadowdove.2749

Honestly hoping its celestial > berserkers

Zerkers is lame.

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Posted by: Pandaman.4758

Pandaman.4758

Looks like I’ll have two sets:

Berserker armor, necklace, backpiece and hammer.
Rabid or Rampager armor, necklace, backpiece and mace/axe.
Rampager rings and accessories (because I’m too lazy to manually swap these).

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Posted by: Justine.6351

Justine.6351

PvE: Zerker
PvP: Celestial
PvE & PvP: Celestial

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Posted by: Garambola.2461

Garambola.2461

Is anyone considering Sinister?

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Posted by: Pandaman.4758

Pandaman.4758

Is anyone considering Sinister?

When going with a hybrid condi/power I would rather have Power or Precision as the main stat over Condition Damage – particularly with Torment, which doesn’t really do as much as other conditions (will definitely be slotting in an Earth sigil into that mace) – so Rampager’s the only option there.

If I were to main Condition Damage I would want more survivability, because I’m going to be waiting a long time for that Torment to take stuff down, so either Dire or Rabid in that case.

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Posted by: the shadowdove.2749

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Also hoping its celestial since I have around 20 ascended chests I haven’t found a use for..

They’re mix and match, but all of the ascended chests have wupwup(celestial).

It’d save me a couple of gold, and I’d rather not take from the gold I’ve been saving for new legendaries.

If rampages happens to be a thing I can probs do a set of that from chests alone too…

Think I have an extra set of zerker amulet/trinkets/etc… But I’d need to make half a set of armor since I only have a few zerk chests.

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Posted by: Lazaar.9123

Lazaar.9123

Is there really a need to quote your own post a minute after you made it?

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Posted by: the shadowdove.2749

the shadowdove.2749

Is there really a need to quote your own post a minute after you made it?

I didn’t realize it was a quote lol

I am using my phone and was trying to edit it to fix typos

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Posted by: conradpedalo.5381

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I’m thinking carrion for the vitality to help maintain all those conditions while power & condi for dps.
Replenishing Despair - Incoming conditions heal you for a small amount
Bolstered Anguish – Increased damage for every condition on you (3% bonus dmg per condition)
Along with those traits it seems to synergize well.

Just let me die so I can waypoint out this mess

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Posted by: the shadowdove.2749

the shadowdove.2749

In pvp so many people run zerkers

How well do you think this condi synergy is going to play out ?

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Posted by: Fernling.1729

Fernling.1729

Just like every other profession I play in PvE, it will be in full zerker.