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The Revenant class was added in the first expansion for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. Since then he has become a fan favorite among seasoned players. It’s a complicated class, so only players who already know the game were able to take on it. If you are new to this MMORPG, it may be a good idea to try a different class first.

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This version focuses on imposing DPS through conditions. It is considered one of the best builds in the game right now and is crucial for a lot of teams. You’ll need a little practice to learn it – since the Revenant class has a huge range of abilities – but it will be invaluable once you get the hang of it.

While it is ideal for…

• Raids

• Strikes

• Fractals

• Dungeons

… it is easily adapted to be a survival building in the open world.

Note: The version detailed in this guide is based on the Guild Wars 2 meta at the time of writing.

Specializations

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

Choose these specializations:

Specialization	Features to use	Alternative features
Corruption	Acolyte of Torment Pact of pain Evil hell	Use Penetrating Pestilence instead of Diabolic Inferno if you’re in the open world and need a way to clear your conditions
Devastation	Unsuspecting strikes Presence of the assassin Dance of death	If the people around you don’t enjoy the ferocity provided by Assassin’s Presence (DPS players), use the Thrill of Combat instead (in open world or otherwise) Use Battle Scarred instead of Unsuspecting Strikes when playing in the open world to increase survivability
Renegade	Blood fury Heart piercer Lasting legacy	Use Righteous Rebel instead of Lasting Legacy if you don’t have two Chronomancers on your team, as this will provide readiness at a small cost in DPS

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Skills

Witnesses get a different skill set for each weapon set. Choose the following skills:

	Mace / Ax	Short bow
Healing location	Recommended skill:	Recommended skill:
Utility pitches	Recommended skills: Razogriffe’s Rage The Boldness of Darkrazor Ire of Icerazor	Recommended skills: Pain absorption Banish enchantment Call to anguish
Elite Slot Machine	Recommended skill:	Recommended skill:

Weapons and armor

Armor

The ideal gear for raids, fractals, dungeons, and strikes is a full set of Viper gear: this means it will focus on + Power and + Damage per condition, while also providing + Expertise and + Precision. All your armor pieces and accessories may have Viper stats.

The Viper gear will also come in handy in the open world, but in the open world you can also use the gear with everything:

• Celestial Stats (even split over + Potency, + Accuracy, + Endurance, + Vitality, + Ferocity, + Healing, + Condition Damage, + Focus and + Expertise), which will give you a bit more defense while maintaining a high DPS

• Trailblazer stats (focus on + Toughness and + Damage per condition, with a little boost to + Vitality and + Expertise), which offer much more defense while sacrificing a significant amount of your damage dealt

You must also equip a complete set of Superior Runes Nightmare, as they provide an incredible boost to your Condition Damage.

These are a little hard to find, so while waiting and playing in the open world, you might also want to consider:

• Superior Elementalist Runes (not as good as Nightmare Runes, but still great DPS)

• Higher durability runes (more defense if you find that you die a lot)

• Greater Runes of the Storm (these can be used if you have decided to equip Celestial Armor)

Weapons

In your first armed lunges, equip yourself with a short bow. In the slots of your second weapon, equip a mace in the primary hand and an ax in the secondary hand. Weapons must have the same stats as the armor you are using.

As long as Seals come on, you’ll want to use a Shatter Seal and an Earth Seal on both weapons. This Sigil set works when using Viper gear or Celestial gear. If you are using Trailblazer gear, use a Seal of Malice instead of a Seal of Earth. You can choose to replace one of the two seals with a superior drainage seal, as it’s so good at interrupting your enemies. However, it is not effective when the enemy has a defiance bar. Or, you can equip Seals of Energy or Seals of Purification, which add extra defense.

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Consumables

The very best consumables for this class construction are:

• Koi Cake

• Rare Vegetable Pizza

• Red lentil saobosa

• Rendang Beef Plate

• Toxic Focus Crystal

However, some of them can be difficult and / or expensive to acquire. Any Guild Wars 2 player will tell you that a little food is better than nothing! Check out this listing for cheaper / easier to find alternatives:

• Tuning Icicle (+ Condition damage)

• Mighty Master’s Tuning Crystal (+ Condition Damage)

• Bowl of Fly Soup (+ Expertise, + Condition Damage)

• Seared Beef Steak (+ Condition damage)

• Petri dish delight (+ Expertise)

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