Looking for a leveling build
for weapons go sword/sword and hammer for range and for traits first to devastation, unlock shiro and stay with jalis it seems to be the best combination, for the second and third trait line maybe retribuition and invocation.
for weapons go sword/sword and hammer for range and for traits first to devastation, unlock shiro and stay with jalis it seems to be the best combination, for the second and third trait line maybe retribuition and invocation.
Why do you recommend sword/sword over sword/axe?
I thought about using this setup for leveling from 1 to 80. I will use might and precision gear for the most part. Are the specs any good?
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Why do you recommend sword/sword over sword/axe?
I believe the main reason is the block skill in sword 4, especially in unforgiving HoT maps.
I’ve been using sword/axe, hammer, and devastation traits. Grab OH sword if you need the block.
From 1-10 use Sword. If you need an Offhand, either Sword or Axe works roughly the same with Sword offering more Defense and Axe offering more CC. At 10 you want to continue using Sword/Sword and now Hammer. Hammer is useful for tagging events and with a proper Power based setup does very well.
First Legend you should unlock is Legendary Assassin. Getting up to Impossible Odds is “enough” and don’t need to go further early on. Save points for maxing out Trait Line. Sitting in Assassin just using Impossible Odds and Auto Attack should do the bulk of your work against single targets. The second legend can be Jalis, more defensive, or Mallyx, more offensive when unlocked, but early on your points should be focused on unlocking the first trait line fully.
First Trait Line you should get/max out is Corruption. The main reason for this is because of Maniacal Persistence. This might be a controversial choice, but honestly 10% crit every second in combat is huge early on and lower level when you don’t have decent crit rating. Even with a lot of precision, when you are lower level you won’t get much crit, like even in fully Ascended at 80 I drop from 40% crit to 15% crit from precision so boons like Fury and buffs like MP are great early on. Some people suggest Invocation, for Fury access, but honestly you don’t get enough Fury access yet to really make advantage of Roiling Mists until Herald.
Second Trait line can be Invocation or Devastation. Invocation is great cause it boosts Fury which is more crit. Devastation works because Maniacal Persistence gives you enough steady crit to take advantage of all that Ferocity. Either method really works, as around this level you will mostly have access to gear that adds Power/Ferocity so getting more Crit works or going more Ferocity works too.
Third Trait Line is usually whatever you didn’t pick for second. However since this is 71 you should have a fairly good handle on things.
At 80, when going for Herald, it is viable to use the third line once you unlock Facet of Nature. You can use One with Nature for Swiftness, then Impossible Odds for Super Speed to run around full speed. However I generally didn’t find Herald worth it until I got Darkness but your mileage will vary.
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From 1-10 use Sword. If you need an Offhand, either Sword or Axe works roughly the same with Sword offering more Defense and Axe offering more CC. At 10 you want to continue using Sword/Sword and now Hammer. Hammer is useful for tagging events and with a proper Power based setup does very well.
First Legend you should unlock is Legendary Assassin. Getting up to Impossible Odds is “enough” and don’t need to go further early on. Save points for maxing out Trait Line. Sitting in Assassin just using Impossible Odds and Auto Attack should do the bulk of your work against single targets. The second legend can be Jalis, more defensive, or Mallyx, more offensive when unlocked, but early on your points should be focused on unlocking the first trait line fully.
First Trait Line you should get/max out is Corruption. The main reason for this is because of Maniacal Persistence. This might be a controversial choice, but honestly 10% crit every second in combat is huge early on and lower level when you don’t have decent crit rating. Even with a lot of precision, when you are lower level you won’t get much crit, like even in fully Ascended at 80 I drop from 40% crit to 15% crit from precision so boons like Fury and buffs like MP are great early on. Some people suggest Invocation, for Fury access, but honestly you don’t get enough Fury access yet to really make advantage of Roiling Mists until Herald.
Second Trait line can be Invocation or Devastation. Invocation is great cause it boosts Fury which is more crit. Devastation works because Maniacal Persistence gives you enough steady crit to take advantage of all that Ferocity. Either method really works, as around this level you will mostly have access to gear that adds Power/Ferocity so getting more Crit works or going more Ferocity works too.
Third Trait Line is usually whatever you didn’t pick for second. However since this is 71 you should have a fairly good handle on things.
At 80, when going for Herald, it is viable to use the third line once you unlock Facet of Nature. You can use One with Nature for Swiftness, then Impossible Odds for Super Speed to run around full speed. However I generally didn’t find Herald worth it until I got Darkness but your mileage will vary.
Wow thanks for this helps me out a lot in what I was basically asking for advice wise in a thread I posted a bit ago.
(edited by Talrune.5130)
Check out the Youtube channel Brazil. he has complete Revenant builds with explanations of the traits, weapons, runes etc.
Why do you recommend sword/sword over sword/axe?
I believe the main reason is the block skill in sword 4, especially in unforgiving HoT maps.
Are people leveling in HoT though?
I have been using axe in HoT (at level 80) for helping with breakbars. Also the movement speed.
I went sword / axe, assassin stance and full berserker gear while levelling. Had no issues at all. The good thing I found with axe was the interrupt, it helped a lot against those pesky casting monsters. Open with that, pop impossible odds and let the auto attack do the rest of the work. In throngs of multiple enemies, run in, gather them up as good as possible, pop impossible odds and Unrelenting Assault and watch them turn into a pulp of dead monsters.