Backbreaker [Glass Hammer]
I did a build similar to this but with Retribution instead of Devastation. It was pretty annoying because for my playstyle I prefer fast ranged weapons so it was always a tough choice between hammer+shiro and staff+glint because glint+hammer performs very poor in comparison with hammer+shiro and staff+glint.
If you want to go backline for a zerg I recomend Shiro and Ventari for a hammer dps build. Shiro is your main legend -spam AA’s under Imposible Odds. This build will feel awkard to use because it’s built around the notion that you do NOT swap legends often. You take Ventari because of the umbrela (protective sollace) and might refresh via nourishing roots+shared empowerment.
Umbrella hammer AA build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQFAinnNuNSyJ7JRNlVlsoyrS4UZWJIscsklZlZ9iQKxO6r/WNgDeA-w
If you don’t want the umbrela for defense vs projectiles I recomend you take Corruption in place of Salvation. Basicaly you take Maniacal persistance and spam hammer AA under Imposible Odds and spam critical strikes that give out conditions. This means you can’t take Spontaneous Destruction because you need Frigid Precission to make your criticals more dangerous. Also your other legend also determines which Adept trait you take (with Malyx you take Demonic Defiance, with Glint/Jallis you take Venom Enchantment to make your crits even more dangerous)
I will try weaving in some impossible odds. I see myself camping glint more than necessary when I could buff up with it and swap to impossible odds with either hammer ranged or perhaps even staff cleaving.
I play this 5-20 people per side. If it becomes more its just too glass and if it’s less it’s too slow. Quickness might change my thoughts on that.
I’m going to test sometime today if hammer 4 darkfield and staff 1c whirl interact. If it does I might try that for uptic healing.
Glint feels to frontline focused for me,that’s why I believe the combo of Dragon Stance+ Hammer is ineffective….unless you have a mesmer in your party to spam quickness well. The ideea behind Ventari over Glint is more for WvW than sPvP to protect you from stuff like fire staff 5 – also hammer 4 into staff is something I never tried for myself and now you made me currious.
Tested hammer 4 & staff 1c and they do combo. Its not much but its more than nothing. Perhaps just another reason to cast hammer 4. I also tested burst of strength (more for myself) and its a forward cleave striker that hits twice for a potential 20 vulnerability and each one does roughly 2k crit for 4k total. Most probably know this but its description is a little vague as it does only say nearby.
Ok guys what is a reason to take Rev in raid if hes without mallyx\glint or mallyx\jalis in some situations?) Ventari\glint is good if you wanna be some sort of dps support with power\heal\precision stats.
Ok guys what is a reason to take Rev in raid if hes without mallyx\glint or mallyx\jalis in some situations?) Ventari\glint is good if you wanna be some sort of dps support with power\heal\precision stats.
Do you mean….why you should take Shiro/any legend you want for pve? I would say it’s because it ups the speed of your AA with Imposible odds, has a stun breaker and a form of cheap cc with jade winds.
If you meant why take Ventari/any legend you want except for Glint for pve….its hard to make a good case really….Ventari/Malyx is the most nieche and usefull combo out of all the posibilities because it has access to loads of tools for handling conditions and features a toggle-able projectile block.
Ventari/Shiro will become in the furthest possible future the go to spec for f2p revenant users (because of the stun break mostly) – other than that….well the purpose of this thread was to find good builds/combos that work with Hammer for us Revenants…..