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The Revenant class was added during Guild Wars 2'south start expansion: Heart of Thorns. Since then, it'south go a fan-favourite amid experienced players. It'due south a complicated form, so but players who are already familiar with the game have been able to take information technology on. If you're new to this MMORPG, it might be wise to try out another class, outset.This build is focused on inflicting DPS through conditions. It'south considered one of the best builds in the game right at present and is crucial for lots of teams. Yous'll demand some exercise to learn information technology — since the Revenant class has a huge range of abilities — but it'll be invaluable one time you've got the hang of information technology.While it'southward ideal for...

  • Raids
  • Strikes
  • Fractals
  • Dungeons

... information technology'due south easily adapted to be a survivable build in the Open World.

Note: The build detailed in this guide is based on the meta of Club Wars 2 at the time the guide was written.

Specializations

GW2 - renegade (revenant) official art

This build uses the Renegade specialization, which is a unique set of abilities only available to players who own the Path of Fire expansion.

Choose these specializations:

Specialization Traits To Utilise Alternate Traits
Corruption
  • Acolyte of Torment
  • Pact of Pain
  • Diabolic Inferno
  • Use Permeating Pestilence instead of Diabolic Inferno if yous're in the Open up Globe and need a manner to clear your conditions
Destruction
  • Unsuspecting Strikes
  • Assassin'southward Presence
  • Trip the light fantastic toe of Death
  • If the people around you won't do good from the Ferocity provided by Assassin'southward Presence (DPS players), utilize Thrill of Gainsay instead (in the Open up World or otherwise)
  • Utilize Battle Scarred instead of Unsuspecting Strikes when playing in the Open Earth to increase survivability
Renegade
  • Blood Fury
  • Heartpiercer
  • Lasting Legacy
  • Use Righteous Insubordinate instead of Lasting Legacy if you don't take 2 Chronomancers in your squad, since it'll provide Alacrity at a slight DPS cost

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Skills

Guild Wars 2 - Revenant wielding a sword and a shield, attacking a golem

Revenants get a different fix of skills for each weapon set. Choose the following skills:

Mace/Axe Shortbow
Healing Slot Recommended Skill:
  • Breakrazor's Bastion
 Recommended Skill:
  • Empowering Misery
Utility Slots Recommended Skills:
  • Razorclaw's Rage
  • Darkrazor's Daring
  • Icerazor'due south Ire
 Recommended Skills:
  • Hurting Assimilation
  • Banish Enchantment
  • Call to Anguish
Elite Slot Recommended Skill:
  • Soulcleave'south Summit
 Recommended Skill:
  • Embrace the Darkness

Weapons And Armour

Armour

Guild Wars 2 - Charr Revenant in the woods

The platonic equipment for Raids, Fractals, Dungeons, and Strikes is a full set of Viper gear: that means it will focus on +Ability and +Condition Damage, while also providing some +Expertise and +Precision. All of your armour pieces and accessories can have Viper stats.

Viper gear will as well serve you well in the Open World, but in the Open World you could also utilise gear with all:

  • Celestial stats (fifty-fifty spread across +Ability, +Precision, +Toughness, +Vitality, +Ferocity, +Healing, +Status Damage, +Concentration, and +Expertise), which will give y'all a little more than defensibility while maintaining high DPS
  • Trailblazer stats (focus on +Toughness and +Condition Damage, with a footling boost to +Vitality and +Expertise), which provides much more than defence while sacrificing a significant amount of your damage output

You lot should also equip a full set of Superior Runes of the Nightmare, since they provide an incredible boost to your Status Harm.

These are a bit difficult to come up past, though, and so in the meantime and for playing in the Open World, you could as well consider:

  • Superior Runes of the Elementalist (not quite as practiced equally the Nightmare Runes, but yet great DPS)
  • Superior Runes of Immovability (more than defense if you find y'all're dying a lot)
  • Superior Runes of the Storm (these can exist used if you've decided to equip Celestial armour)

Weapons

Guild Wars 2 - Revenant wielding an axe and a mace

In your first weapon slots, equip a shortbow. In your second weapon slots, equip a mace in the main paw and an axe in the off-hand. The weapons should have the same stats as any armour you lot're using.

As far equally Sigils become, you'll want to use a Sigil of Bursting and a Sigil of Earth on both weapons. This Sigil ready works when you lot're using the Viper gear or the Celestial gear. If you lot're using the Trailblazer gear, utilise a Sigil of Malice instead of a Sigil of Earth. You may choose to change out ane of the two sigils for a Superior Sigil of Draining because it is so skilful at interrupting your enemies. Notwithstanding, information technology's non constructive when the enemy has a disobedience bar. Or, y'all could equip the Sigils of Energy or Sigils of Cleansing, which add extra defence.

Consumables

Guild Wars 2 - In-Game screenshot of the stats of a Plate of Sesame-Crusted Coq Au VIn

The very all-time consumables for this class build are:

  • Koi Block
  • Rare Veggie Pizza
  • Red-Lentil Saobosa
  • Plate of Beef Rendang
  • Toxic Focusing Crystal

However, some of these can be tough and/or expensive to acquire. Any Guild Wars ii role player will tell yous that some nutrient is ameliorate than none, though! Cheque out this listing for cheaper/easier to detect alternatives:

  • Tuning Icicle (+Condition Damage)
  • Potent Principal Tuning Crystal (+Condition Damage)
  • Bowl of Fly Soup (+Expertise, +Status Damage)
  • Seared Beefiness Steak (+Condition Damage)
  • Petri Dish Delight (+Expertise)

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