New to Revenant - Cant find a use for Mallyx.

New to Revenant - Cant find a use for Mallyx.

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Posted by: fashion.6712

fashion.6712

Well, i can assume Mallyx can be good for enemies applying pressure with conditions but other than that, he doesnt have a “switchable” Ability thats useful just all those condition removing thingies. Ventari comes to shine with a lot of healing which is a no no when i try to complete solo PvE. I end up using Shiro 99% of the time.

Also selfhealing seems very decent on the Rev. Please proove me wrong.

PS: Why does the warrior compared to the Rev seem to never lose health at all, even in groups of PvE mobs? Is it the healing signet of warrs?

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New to Revenant - Cant find a use for Mallyx.

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Posted by: Euthymias.7984

Euthymias.7984

>What is Mallyx good for?

Condi Pressure via Torment and mild access to Poison, Confusion, and Chill (which traited adds more torment), Boon Removal, and Personal/Group Resistance.

The latter his is a bigger deal in WvW and sPvP since you’ll often find AoE condi pressure all over the place. Being able to grant Resistance in such instances via Pain Absorbtion (or traited to trigger every few seconds when a Mallyx skill is used) can be a really big deal and can easily relieve a ton of enemy pressure by negating that damage type.

As for dealing with condition clears, its true that Condi Rev doesn’t have a lot of access to “trash” condis to cover their main ones, but they can apply torment/poison/chill regularly enough for that to not be a big of an issue.

In general PvE, Mallyx+Jalis are “Meta” for Raids, and pretty good for Fractals and even Open World, particularly against groups of trash mobs who are more likely to move around and ramp up your Torment damage, so its pretty relevant at the moment.
>Self healing is decent
Eh, depends on what context.

Shiro’s is more of a dps increase than a proper heal, and gets consumed by blinds, blocks, evades, ect. Reflected ones can also heal the enemy.

Jalis’ got a nice base heal, but its slow (can be interrupted fairly easily), and since it clears conditions after the heal, susceptible to poison’s healing reduction.

Ventari’s healing modifiers are mostly for outgoing healing, so while your allies get a lot of strong heals, your own incoming healing isn’t going to be that great.

Mallyx’ heal is great if you’re loaded up with conditions since you can use Resistance to stop their damage/effects (especially poison’s) and recover a good chunk of health.

Glint’s can give you a second wind or do little else, as it depends on how heavily you’re hit during.

>Why does warrior “never lose health” by comparison?
Their Healing Signet grants a good amount of personal sustain on its own with large ticks, and they can trait for Adrenal Health with gives additional healing stacks from its own buff every time they land a Burst skill. Warrior sustain is far more passive than ours, and much more potent on that front.

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