Guild Wars 2

These are my impressions as of right now. I’ll update it a bit more after the weekend. Note: This is stricly on my Power build running Dual Swords+Hammer and playing PvP and WvW

So, Dual Swords. Despite the fact that skill 3 needs to have evade or blur on it, skill 2 needs either a slight damage increase or range increase, skill 4 bugging out and letting attacks through, and skill 5 rubber banding and sometimes not working….

I think the dual sword set is actually REALLY good! I mean, obviously the class is still in development so it’ll have a few hiccups here and there and anyone who immediately says, “Oh this is garbage”, you need to relax. I think Dual Swords just needs a bit of tweaks and they will be a fantastic set. You guys who keep saying that you forget to use Skill 2, don’t forget to use it. Despite it’s low damage and lame 2s chill, it’s actually really important to use right when you’re about to start auto attacking. I do think it needs a range increase but as of right now, it’s okay I guess. An important but okay skill.
Auto attack is the biggest offender to me, personally. It’s just so awkward and I really wish it could just cleave 3 enemies similar to Necro dagger. I literally preferred to stay in hammer in close range group fights because of the amazing aoe and penetrating auto attacks. Not to mention with lack of evade frames on Unrelenting Assault, I just had little to no reason to use swords when fighting anything more than 1 player.

Right now, Hammer is probably the best pvp damage output I’ve had. I can completely tear groups apart with skill 2, 3, and 5. My only complaint. Skill 4 is a little slow on the activation. I was dueling a ranger who kept tearing me apart because I’d hit skill 4 and take his entire rapid fire before the darn thing came up. Skill 5 is a really good skill and takes well skill… to use correctly. Mainly try to bait enemies into it or catch them by surprise. Then you can follow up with a Jade Winds or Unrelenting Assault.

As for the legends. I used Jarlis, Mallyx, and Shiro throughout the day. I feel like Jarlis is just WAY too slow and clunky to be used with a power build. Rite of the Great Dwarf takes an eternity to cast and I often died before it got off. Plus with the 50 energy requirement… it’s really not worth using. Heal skill for Jarlis is pretty solid, the stability road and hammers however… more super slow and costly skills that harm you more than help you AS A POWER BUILD.

Mallyx on the other hand… by the gods, what an amazing synergy Mallyx has with Shiro. At first glance, you wouldn’t think so considering you condi bomb yourself and his utilities are condition oriented but when it comes to defense, Mallyx is the best for a power build in my opinion. Simply load yourself up with condies and resistance, then pop your heal skill and you’re instantly back up to 80% or so. Also the elite skill is just amazing. Increased all your stats by 10% and gives you resistance. This lets you tank a bit AND increases your damage output slightly. I would often pop Shiro’s Heal skill, switch to Mallyx, Elite skill, and then unrelenting assault to deal out tons of damage. Also the displacement skill is just awesome. Perfect for capping points or forcing enemies off your downed teammates then switching to Shiro for a quickness boosted revive.

Last but not least, Shiro Tagachi. This one I was just a tiny bit less impressed mainly because Enchanted Daggers, is NOT a heal skill. It’s a damage skill. This is why I decided to run Mallyx instead of Jarlis. With Mallyx, I can buff my heal to make up for the poor recovery of Shiro’s heal skill. Another skill I feel needs a bit of rework is also Phase Traversal. I think it needs a slight evade frame right at the beginning. Mainly because that initial dash often gets interrupted in group fights. It’s kind of annoying. That or if it was an instant port like Steal on thief, it would be worth using a bit more, imo. But maybe that’s just because I felt I didnt need to use it as bad thanks to Hammer range. On the other hand, Jade Winds, Riposting Shadow, and Impossible Odds are just awesome. I still think Impossible Odds should provide some condition removal though. Shiro really needs some defense to conditions and I hate having to waste a legend swap to get some lazily applied burns from a guardian or ele removed. Also I mentioned in another thread Riposting Shadow was bugging out to cc every now and then… apparently you cant stun break from Reaper elite? o.o That’s crazy. Anyway, with that in mind, I think its fine.

Well that’s about it. I absolutely love the class despite several issues I feel it still has. Definitely gonna main it when HoT lands. I feel like you definitely need to think and be smart about how you use Revenant. It’s a class that rewards you for taking the time to master its intricacies. I know I definitely surprised several players today when they fought me. Though not initially as there was a big learning curve for me the first half of the day.

TL;DR
Revenant’s a great class and performs well if you know how to use it. Just needs a few tweaks and it will be perfect.