Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, this is a short interactive guide where I showcase a few 1v1s with a pure power based Revenant build against 3 of the current meta builds you would typically
see in a regular sPvP match. (In this video i was only able to capture fights vs Signet Necro, d/d Cele Ele, and Zerker warrior, 2 clips per profession, 1 win and 1 loss and why i won/lost. Off capture recording I have done fine vs Thieves, but Mesmers destroy the Revenant)
Would also like to note that, while revenant does OK in 1v1s, it does not do that great when he gets +1’d or gets focused in some kind of teamfight or skirmish.

First up, the build that was used:

Traits: http://dulfy.net/gw2traits#build=AgYBnAK4BfQ~
Amulet: Soldier (I’ve experienced good results with Crusader aswell)
Weapons: Sword/axe – Staff
Sigils and Runes: Leeching Energy on both sets and Rune of Vampirisim.

It is interactive because I explain why I do the things I do in the fights. You may have to watch the fights twice since the explanations do distract you a little from the actual gameplay. Hence why i made an interactive panel with video timestamps that you can click on, to skip to a fight you want to see, or rewatch.

The video:

Hopefully some of the devs working on the Revenant will also watch this, so they can have a view of what a Revenant can do when played by someone who has spent this entire weekend trying to figure out and understand the profession.

I believe it has great potential and am looking forward already to the next BWE.

Feedback or any other remarks/questions are appreciated

This is awesome man. Great gameplay it was quite informative. The Rev definitely has mad potential though I am a bit worried about the obvious flaws this video uncovers. The fact that you are having to save your energy for essentially 1 Utility per Legend is a bit concerning. I hope they intend to allow us at least a few build options where we can actually play the aggressor here it seems more of slowly whittling down your opponent while using Reposting Shadows if you get cc’d and Pain Absorption if you get condis on you lol. You barely even got to use ulti’s except for on the Necro. I also hope this isn’t going to become the new standard of gameplay where it takes 14 years to kill a single person because that’s really gonna make PvP a bore.

You also seemingly proved a point I was trying to make in a few other threads that Legend Swapping on cooldown was not optimal ,but rather you use it as the parameters of the fight change which is exactly what you did so cheers for that.

All in all great job man I think you created some excellent footage of a Rev playing at a high level and that should definitely help them going forward with the class.

Hey Scarlet!

Great video. Only other thing that I’d note is that given Pain Absorption and Banish Enchantment have similar energy/resistance cost, sometimes it’s better to throw in the banish enchantment to strip fat ele/necro might stacks and the like.

Griffith.7238:

This is awesome man. Great gameplay it was quite informative. The Rev definitely has mad potential though I am a bit worried about the obvious flaws this video uncovers. The fact that you are having to save your energy for essentially 1 Utility per Legend is a bit concerning. I hope they intend to allow us at least a few build options where we can actually play the aggressor here it seems more of slowly whittling down your opponent while using Reposting Shadows if you get cc’d and Pain Absorption if you get condis on you lol. You barely even got to use ulti’s except for on the Necro. I also hope this isn’t going to become the new standard of gameplay where it takes 14 years to kill a single person because that’s really gonna make PvP a bore.

You also seemingly proved a point I was trying to make in a few other threads that Legend Swapping on cooldown was not optimal ,but rather you use it as the parameters of the fight change which is exactly what you did so cheers for that.

All in all great job man I think you created some excellent footage of a Rev playing at a high level and that should definitely help them going forward with the class.

Thanks for watching man!

Yeh I think the energy costs on some skills are too high, aswell as the energy cost on the weaponsets really necks the revenant to be truly viable. Not sure what the best way is to solve this though. Personally i’d say remove energy cost of off the weaponskills, but i’ve seen alot of people disagree.

I also agree that Legend Swapping off CD is wrong currently. It probably worked in the BWE prior to this before we got weapon swap because “on swap” sigils affected it.

Recursivision.2367:

Hey Scarlet!

Great video. Only other thing that I’d note is that given Pain Absorption and Banish Enchantment have similar energy/resistance cost, sometimes it’s better to throw in the banish enchantment to strip fat ele/necro might stacks and the like.

Yup definitely true, good point. Think Banish Enchantment is probably alot more effective vs signet necro as they basically only have might, so its very easy to remove.

Wow great video, this was really educational and well made. It’s unfortunate you weren’t able to record some thief or engineer fights though. Would have loved to see how you would handle those matchups

You should watch this as well Roy Cronacher! This must be great data from a sPvPing perspective!

Ganry.2834:

Wow great video, this was really educational and well made. It’s unfortunate you weren’t able to record some thief or engineer fights though. Would have loved to see how you would handle those matchups

You should watch this as well Roy Cronacher! This must be great data from a sPvPing perspective!

Yeh I wish I recorded some more fights, I only started figuring out the playstyle of this class towards the end of Sunday/Monday as the BWE ended.

I myself am interested if I can beat engis, does look tough on paper when I think about it though.