Guild Wars 2

Last beta, I tried different builds for revenant, but it was a mess. Only think I could do was to equip staff, soldier amulet, and abuse Unyelding Anguish for free decaps and rezz/stomps while tanking with blocks, evades (+ sigils) and condi cleanse thanks to Resistance. And, right now, with weapon swap+Shiro and your wonderful Riposting Shadows (aka evade spam) you can excel at stealing and holding nodes. Super Speed ooc, UA, blocks, condi cleanse, CC, enemy boon control (Banish Enchantment) and more evades than s/d thief, all of this with reasonable damage when needed.All in all still the only build that I can make work in tPvP

Traits:

Corruption —> 2/3/1
Retribution--> 2/3/2
Devastation —> 2/2/3

Mallyx/Shiro, Staff – Sword/Axe

Soldier amulet, vampirism rune, energy and leeching sigils

Now working on a more DPS oriented build with Barbarian

Opinions?

how does this fare in team fights.

Tested it shortly in PvP on testing grounds…I like it

Deth.4109:

how does this fare in team fights.

You have some damage, and you can CC with axe 5, staff 5, Unyelding Anguish (also awesome for stomps/rezz), and boon elimination thanks to Mallyx and traits (see stability). You are not the best on teamfights, but you can do it pretty well while shining on decapping and holding. For example, you can decap and start a teamfight somewhere without the pressure of being fighting in an enemy point

This build is exactly what I was looking for. Well done.

You’re right, it’s the only that works, i tried to pull out a sustain-dps Revenant and i get squished so fast that i’m more effective downed than up.

I swap staff for hammer in wvw and boom, glorious. same build.

Happy that this build also works with a melee/range mix in WvW ^^

After awhile last night I swapped from sword to mace, and from soldier gear to dire and am running as a condi build. I’ve noticed the might stacking from Mace 2→3 seriously helps in team fights, and I’m still just rocking 1v1 without all the unpredictability (like why did I just teleport to that critter) of Sword 3.

Even went and ran a 1-9 fractal and it worked out amazing. Hammer 4 and AA + Shiro 6 and 9 kept me at full health for most of the fight. Would save Shiro 9 for my Hammer 4 cool down then AA health back.

Mace/Axe, Hammer

Sigil of Blood and Doom for Mace/Axe, Leeching and Torment for Hammer.

Celestial Amulet, Divinity Runes

Shiro, Mallyx legends

Devastation – 1(Assassin’s Presence), 2(Nefarious Momentum), 3(Assassin’s Annihilation)

Corruption – 2(Demonic Defiance), 3(Spontaneous Destruction), 1(Diabolic Inferno)

Invocation – 3(Fierce Infusion), 2(Invigorating Flow), 3(Shrouding Mists)

Open with Shiro, use the heal skill, swap to Mallyx, 2, 3, 5, 4, 1, 1, 1 repeat.

Enjoy