Guild Wars 2

Hi
I cant decide what trait line i should use
ive playing Retribution or Invocation and for me it works but why all revs play with Retribution .
Can someone explain this traitline to me (i know 1 stack stabi but is this enough to lose the 20% kritchance?)

Well, you can have both. Use Retribution, Invocation and Herald. Although you lose some dps without Swift Termination, you’re tankier.

I run invocation/retribution/herald atm. Perma crits are far better than rng+some dps increase. We play with retribution due to the weakness trait and stab on dodge mostly. Apply weakness to power rev without this trait and its basically gg as all you will see is glacial hit glacial hit all day long

I also run invocation/retribution/herald. Honestly, you can get very decent dps without devastation.

Demented Yak.6105:

I also run invocation/retribution/herald. Honestly, you can get very decent dps without devastation.

I feel like devastation is pretty useless atm. It offers some sustain, aoe fero boost but damage wise invocation is better with 100% fury uptime by miles due to critting every single hit. Not to mention minor cleanse on swap, stunbreak and the little healing for skill usage.

Burtnik.5218:

Demented Yak.6105:

I also run invocation/retribution/herald. Honestly, you can get very decent dps without devastation.

I feel like devastation is pretty useless atm. It offers some sustain, aoe fero boost but damage wise invocation is better with 100% fury uptime by miles due to critting every single hit. Not to mention minor cleanse on swap, stunbreak and the little healing for skill usage.

Devastation is extremely strong when combined with invocation on hammer builds.

Malicious Reprisal goes hand in hand with Cruel Repercussion and allows you to hit CoR against X seconds lasting blocks. You get another 7% damage modifier against targets with vulnerability (chance to cause vuln on crit) and 20% more damage against targets under 50% health.

It doesn’t really go well with Mallyx (which is too dependant on stab/dodge for survivability), but works pretty well with a Glint/Shiro setup.

No Pulse.2967:

Burtnik.5218:

Demented Yak.6105:

I also run invocation/retribution/herald. Honestly, you can get very decent dps without devastation.

I feel like devastation is pretty useless atm. It offers some sustain, aoe fero boost but damage wise invocation is better with 100% fury uptime by miles due to critting every single hit. Not to mention minor cleanse on swap, stunbreak and the little healing for skill usage.

Devastation is extremely strong when combined with invocation on hammer builds.

Malicious Reprisal goes hand in hand with Cruel Repercussion and allows you to hit CoR against X seconds lasting blocks. You get another 7% damage modifier against targets with vulnerability (chance to cause vuln on crit) and 20% more damage against targets under 50% health.

It doesn’t really go well with Mallyx (which is too dependant on stab/dodge for survivability), but works pretty well with a Glint/Shiro setup.

That means pure glass with no herald as power rev doesnt fuction without Glint. If we talk about x/retri/herald build then invocation is superior to devastation.

I tend to run Devastation, Retribution, and Herald with Marauder gear in PvP for the added protection. It’s been a build that has treated me well.

Corruption, Retribution, and Herald.

Mallyx doesn’t really give enough resistance without Corruption.