Rev relevant in raids?
Auto-Attack is still alright and since Precision Strike will now always hit 3 times (although you’ll need to be inside the boss’ hitbox for certain encounters) then it should be fine, although I don’t have any exact math to confirm whether this next patch will be a DPS gain or a loss.
A revenant will still be highly desirable for the chrono group.
Achieving that 50% boon duration by different means would cause a quite big DPS loss for the mesmer, and the revenant is also handling the fury and providing decent DPS.
On top of that, Jalis is way less energy dependant than Shiro. In order to fill in the precision strikes, we are looking at 2 seconds at most without vengeful hammers.
Since precision strike is currently situational (seekers close to the VG, ghosts or a wall near Gorseval), it’s hard to say wether the class will see its damage cut down or experience a damage increase. In any case, the difference will be too small to worry about losing the spot.
The whole thing may be different for the second subgroup.
Since the 50% boon duration boost is not really that interesting there, Revenant is far from mandatory. It helps at covering might and fury, but this can also be achieved with other classes.
If the mesmer doesn’t hop between subgroups (so the 2nd subgroup lacks quickness the majority of time), which I guess is the most common scenario, then the revenant will still be a good damage choice (even if the change probably hurts shiro more than the other legends) on top of a boon/ferocity source.
If the chrono hops, then this second revenant, which is already expendable, could have indeed a harder time getting a raid spot.
(edited by Vargamonth.2047)