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Posted by: Aldath.1275

Aldath.1275

Asura Revenant main here, still proud to be it.

Despite what the changes did to the Revenant (or to the community…), I am still having fun with this little guy. I know it still has bugs to be fixed and a skil tree to adjust, but this guy has not failed in entertaining me yet and not afraid to take hi into T2-T3 Fractals, switching between Soldier, Berserker and Carrion Gear.

I hope people out there still enjoys their Reves.

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Posted by: Dragonfeu.4356

Dragonfeu.4356

Honestly, I don’t get why people are whining. In my eyes, Revs are OP.

spammable PIERCING boonstrip on mallyx + resistance
aoe 50% dmg reduction/condi dmg reduction on jalis (if you trait for it)
projectile destroying field from ventari

plus shiro/herald. there’s always the argument that other classes do x better, but I think rev is in a good place and shouldn’t be cheated of a place in high end fractals. my only issue with rev are the bugs and lack of builds we can utilise (for example, legends are inherently aligned with a certain playstyle, shiro with power) and other builds, for example condi, are laughable bad

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Posted by: Lexander.4579

Lexander.4579

nice that you enjoy your “little” top class in game

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Posted by: Chungo.3169

Chungo.3169

Main rev. In pvp still it works well, but has enough counter and it is not advisable to go running alone for lack of healing.
WvW little game and I can not comment.
PvE is fun and you can do almost everything but after the last patch we are excluded from raids (it only needs to look at LFG to raid) honestly this is what bothers me apart from the amount of skills with errors.

  • I’m not very happy as the main rev *

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Posted by: Fade to Black.7042

Fade to Black.7042

I main a rev, but im not happy about getting nerfed to the point we’re out off raids.

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Posted by: CutesySylveon.8290

CutesySylveon.8290

Honestly, I don’t get why people are whining. In my eyes, Revs are OP.

spammable PIERCING boonstrip on mallyx + resistance
aoe 50% dmg reduction/condi dmg reduction on jalis (if you trait for it)
projectile destroying field from ventari

plus shiro/herald. there’s always the argument that other classes do x better, but I think rev is in a good place and shouldn’t be cheated of a place in high end fractals. my only issue with rev are the bugs and lack of builds we can utilise (for example, legends are inherently aligned with a certain playstyle, shiro with power) and other builds, for example condi, are laughable bad

A few problems here.

One, rev spamming Banish Enhancement is an energy sink, and a poor use of energy that will leave you with maybe the first three weapon skills to use. Same with Pain Absorption and RotGD. Yeah, it’s nice, but you’re not looking at the costs of these things.

Two, ventari’s block is about all the legend is ever used for.

To do these things, rev is forced into a whole range of skills that may not be useful in ANY way, but if you want that mobile projectile block, you have to take the rest of the skills too, which may be useless to you. Apply this with any legend, having something useful that you want while having X number of things you don’t, and more often than not, these niche situations don’t warrant the ‘baggage’ that comes with what you want.

I like the class, and want to see it do well and be properly balanced, but simply having the tools doesn’t mean they’re good if you can’t apply them effectively. On paper, it’s really nice and has great potential, but we all know it ends up with the same builds over and over, there’s a reason for it.

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Posted by: Omega Zoa.3859

Omega Zoa.3859

nice that you enjoy your “little” top class in game

HAHAHA, wait you are serious? Get any condi class to fight a rev and the condi class will win most if not all the time.

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Posted by: NICENIKESHOE.7128

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A few problems here.

One, rev spamming Banish Enhancement is an energy sink, and a poor use of energy that will leave you with maybe the first three weapon skills to use. Same with Pain Absorption and RotGD. Yeah, it’s nice, but you’re not looking at the costs of these things.

Two, ventari’s block is about all the legend is ever used for.

To do these things, rev is forced into a whole range of skills that may not be useful in ANY way, but if you want that mobile projectile block, you have to take the rest of the skills too, which may be useless to you. Apply this with any legend, having something useful that you want while having X number of things you don’t, and more often than not, these niche situations don’t warrant the ‘baggage’ that comes with what you want.

I like the class, and want to see it do well and be properly balanced, but simply having the tools doesn’t mean they’re good if you can’t apply them effectively. On paper, it’s really nice and has great potential, but we all know it ends up with the same builds over and over, there’s a reason for it.

You’re probably talking about PvP or some scenario where you can’t swap legend at will, but I’ll just talk regarding the scenario that OP stated.

I agree, the key thing is effective management. But in T4 fractal where majority of dps is just autoattack, you can actually live with many useless skills if one or two useful skill is available in each legend. Indeed majority of time I still run herald/shiro since that provide the best breakbar option, but in other scenario other legends do shine.

Take Mai Trin for example, the CD for her high bleed stack attack skill actually matches the time for pain absorption to recharge, and one pain absorption gives enough resistance duration to last longer than those bleeds (better with blind and cripple). If I’m lazy with rotations and don’t want to buff group with herald facets I’ll just camp in mallyx all the time without ever need to swap legend, and my entire party can stack close to her throughout the entire battle, happily dps her with 20 stacks of bleed on me.

Please don’t use banishing enchantment ever in that frac though.

In uncategorised where going through harpies takes up huge chunk of time in pug group (ofc you can always stealth past). Having ventari shield is enough for your entire group to stack during harpies focus fire, which btw without toughness or potion can quickly down people in T4. Its is even more useful when fighting mad asura which is notably the only threat that could down people during that fight. Such damage mitigation trumps all other useful skills in other legends, as it provides safe (albeit lazy) fight style that has minimal chance to mess up without costing too much party dps.

I don’t use Jalis over Shiro often though. This is because CC always works better than damage mitigation, especially with hard hitting melee vets that can chip away 50-70% of hp in one hit (eg. UB mobs). I do know it has the best dps option if mesmer provide quickness so occasionally I run that in boss fight when having a good mesmer friend around.

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Posted by: Carighan.6758

Carighan.6758

Honestly, I don’t get why people are whining. In my eyes, Revs are OP.

Yeah they might be strong in PvP, but what about the other 99,95% of us? It’s nice that all 15 sPvP players still out there enjoy the balance, but…

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