Guild Wars 2

I do. Everyday. I’ve ran into multi revenants who run hammer + Sword/sw or sh. Everytime they bring the hammer out I swap right to my staff and just beat them down. Hammer is by far the easiest thing to fight against. Plus always making sure to /laugh at my opponent after I stomp his corpse.

Hammer rev is he’s running in a team or zerg. Try running hammer solo and see how far it gets you vs using a staff.

@Dave. Well I understand where you’re coming from with different outcomes in WvW vs pvp but the problem seems to be a bit more on the skill side for you.(Not sounding condescending its just how it sounds.) Sw/Sh + Staff is always my setup when running solo or in small man groups. Sometimes I do Sw/Sw just to be silly. Now on to the issue of you getting killed quickly. Condi pressure when really destroy a power rev if you eat their burst and dont try to cleanse yourself.(Staff 4/Legend swap if running invocation). If you are fighting something like the Chronophantasma mesmers(http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Chronomancer_-_Chronophantasma_Shatter) the best way to deal with their burst is shield 5. Once that’s over try to land sword 2 and 3(w/ enchanted daggers). That build is usually pretty squishy so if you block against the burst and pressure them equally in return you can usually down them before they get another burst off. Now when fighting a mallyx revenant the biggest thing you have to pay attention to is confusion stacks. If a revenant spams banish enchantment on you try to cleanse it once you see 9-12 stacks of confusion on your bar. The confusion won’t deal much damage if you clean it quick enough. Once that’s done then you will have your window of opportunity to spike them down. Spam your AA and use 2/3 when its available. Also be sure to block their Sword 3 with shield 5.

I run full zerker on my rev with ret/dev/herald. Just like the PvP build except the damage is much more awesome because of ascended gear.

That rotation sounds pretty on point. I use a similar rotation when I open fights and I usually swap to staff and use #5 to either interrupt if I’m in a team fight or CC chain a single target to eat away the last of their HP.

It sounds like you’re not pressuring hard enough during team fights. I average out 6-700k per match. my lowest is usually around 400k and my being 1.2mil(full 15 minute game.) My current setup is Marauder + Scrapper runes. Fire/Air on Sw/Sh and Leeching/hydro on Staff.

I tried this build out in PVP and I managed to go on a rampage and get 10 kills on my second game

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after reading the OP

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=laugh+harder

Hammer has no place in PvP right now. I’ve seen plenty of revs walking around using TDM’s build thinking its hottest thing because of CoR. Staff is a much more viable option in PvP. Staff #5 has amazing point control if done properly. The #3 is one of the best blocks in the game. 2s duration w/ 10cd and a blind at 600 range is just beautiful. The AA damage is enough to keep pressure going on your targets while you wait to swap to Sw/sh.

Making unrelenting assault a ground target would be a straight up nerf to how the skill works. This skill itself is still buggy and there are plenty of ways to counter it.

Obal has a fantastic guide here :

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/revenant/Guide-DPS-Revenant-for-PVE

It goes over just about everything you need to know for Revenant. In terms of sPvP the Revenant has 2 major builds

Power Shiro
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Herald_-_Power_Shiro

Condition Mallyx
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Herald_-_Condition_Mallyx

Both have their own play styles that you can experiment with. I personally prefer Power Shiro over the two but I use mallyx as well depending on the teams I get put up against.

from my experience quickness will not speed up the channel if you get it mid channel. If you have prior to activating it then it will speed up the channel and you will be able to get the full cast in half the time.

If you’re working on leveling you want Shiro/Jalis for maximum dmg output until you unlock the herald line. But if you’re looking for a build right now until you have Jalis or glint you can try this

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQNAsXmnvNeNS6JvJRVlHlsrykSYW5SJYssrkFNlQd++Pdb8sdIoB

Actually perfect balance would be achieved if all the classes had exactly the same of everything. Problem with that is the game will get boring hella fast since everyone will figure out the proper combos and rotations to use every time.

Dat 1337 sell price thou

its 2 stacks of unblockeable. Meaning your next 2 attacks for 5 seconds are unblockable.

that didn’t prove anything.

One thing they could do with skills like Well of Precog, is that in conquest it doesn’t contribute to point capture. A simple Stronghold variant would be this skill only works on non NPCs

Nothings going to change until the next league system. Its pretty obvious how much Anet cares.

Condi reapers can corrupt resistance and throw all your condis you hit them with back on to you. I’ve only played mallyx/rev against a team that doesn’t have a reaper. The boon corruption on it is absolutely amazing. My only beef with shiro/mallyx is the sustain is subpar compared to Shiro/Glint. Maybe its just me. But I tend to have an easier time rolling people with power shiro than I do condi. Even if I’m matched against other mallyx/shiro revs its easier for me to burst them down.

You also get it from hotjoins as well. So removing it would be moot.

If you’re running warrior in ranked you deserve the point loss.

See if you can get a few pieces of sinister while you’re working on vipers gear. Also I recommend crafting a full set of Runes of the Berserker. Its your go to rune set for hybrid DPS.

Nihevil.8024:
This is what I’m currently running. I’m in ruby.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vlAQRApX8unvNeNS6JvJRVlHlsrykSYW5SJYssrklTlxO93vXNjOKJNgEWA-Tpw+AAQZga/BA
Nice Warrior build m9! Why aren’t you diamond yet?

I see what you did there

If they are smart, they wll do the same fooling you with invs gyro then walking around you just until you pop skill 5 and facet. They can go toe to toe against shiro stance coz of their skill 4 blocking and attack. That skill always used on a oh kitten moment.

Even if they pop their shield I just hit them with phase travel for a few unblockable attacks. Also save Facet of Darkness for when their low on HP. Most of the time they will pop stealth gyro and bail but just hit the active and use the 5s of revealed to finish the job. Its more fun with mallyx. I love watching the torment stacks finish them off as they run away.

Celestial avatar takes awhile to build up. Where as if you pair berserk with Cleansing Ire and Smash Brawler you can cure up to 3 condis every 5 seconds.

You can beat them on mallyx/shiro and Shiro/Glint. If your using condi try to use unyielding anguish along with Embrace the darkness for passive torment stacking. Strip their boons with banish enchantment. If your using viper your sword will still do good damage. Especially if its paired Enchanting daggers.

mmmm no. I just took the information they provided here on metabattle.

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Herald_-_Condition_Mallyx

I tested some rotation ideas around on the golems in the dps trials just to get a feel for axe/mace and seeing what would combo best. Some basic tips I can provide are this.

Mace 2/Axe 5 should cover as much of a point as possible. Usually you will have to aim those skills in front of your target if they are strafing that way you have a better chance of it landing.

Axe 4 is an amazing chaser especially when paired with Phase Travel in Shiro Stance.

But here’s my personal break down if I’m caught in 1v1 scenarios.

Ele/Auramancer – I start with Sword/shield use Enchanted daggers and Unrelenting assault to burst down their diamond skin. Force them into water attunement and when they pop their heals swap to mallyx and auto attack away on sword. Once they break under 90% swap to mace/axe and spam Embrace the Darkness and banish enchantment. Also use frigid blitz to keep chill on them and the #5 on axe for CC. Spam the AA for torment and poison and eventually you will win the battle of attrition.

Chronobunker – Axe/mace or S/Sh. I prefer axe/mace to condi stack. If your running enhanced bulwark save a dodge for when you see the gravity well drop. Then spam your AA on mace and the #2/3 for might stacking and extra fire/torment. Use embrace the darkness when then use an evade. The pulsing attacks from embrace the darkness are unavoidable so you can keep stacking torment. They will eventually melt like the Eles. The perk here is you don’t have to worry about them having any sort of condi immunity.

Mally/Shiro rev – The best way to deal with this match up is to keep torment on them and burning from your attack skills. If you see them swap to shiro and equip s/sh swap to mallyx immediately and cast banish enchantment. If you can try and double cast it and dodge roll while they attack. Confusion procs 7x on Unrelenting assault so that damage will usually melt them and put them in a very bad spot. From there its just keeping up the condi dps and stripping Resistance with banish enchantment.(They can also do this to you so try keep the pressure going that way they have to play on the defensive end.)

Scrappers – Your AoEs are your friends here. unyielding anguish, Mace 2, Axe 5, Embrace the Darkness. Boon strip often and keep the pressure on them. If they start getting your HP under 50% swap to S/sh and shiro stance for some healing and ED + UA combo.

That’s my basic plan when dealing with the current meta setups.

I run Enhanced Bulwark over Soothing bastion. I find bastion can really screw up my rotations even when my health is getting low .(Usually have ele friend on point with me to keep me going) You’re also running the tankier amulet for that build. I run Vipers for for damage on sword. I’ve been able to hit 1k auto attacks on squishy targets non crit with viper amulet. Plus it helps peel diamond skin off of eles so that you can drop torment bombs on them with mallyx.

To be honest it really depends on the enemy composition you go against. Most necros especially ones running celestial signet can really shut a mallyx rev down without too much effort. I recently hit diamond with my rev and I did most of my climbing on Power Shiro. I’ll swap out glint for mallyx in the event I see the enemy team has at least 2 eles or 2 mesmers. Banish Enchantment and Embrace the Darkness are almost paramount in my opinion when dealing with this current bunker meta.

@thebatman – That’s intended. In this context dual-wielding means a main hand weapon and an off hand weapon. The shield counts as an off hand weapon.

Makes sense I guess. I just figured the trait was exclusive to using something like S/A or S/S

something I found out last night while experimenting in HotM. The trait Ferocious strikes will give you +150 ferocity with a shield. Not sure if that’s working is intended though. Seeing as it says +150 ferocity when dual wielding.