Another Change to Core Rev - [Suggestion]

[Ealandur.1876]

#Why Change Things ?

 

Since the rework of our Off-Hand Sword, we are now the **Only** Profession without a Core (so without Specialization) **Defensive/Support Off-Hand Weapon**.

Being the case, some legends do not work well without Glint, which provides that needed Defensive Off-Hand Weapon.

This breaks cohesion in the Class for some Legends.

 

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One Example is **Ventari's Philosophy of Peace**, which doesn't quite work when the only Defensive Weapon for that is Staff, which means there is no useful alternative on the Weapon Switch , since all others are **Offensive** ones.

 

Another Example would be **Mallyx**, which play style functions mainly with Condi' Mace, but needs some defensive Skills to work well in a PvP environment, and as you know, the only defense outside of our Elite Glint Spec' is again Staff, this is quite a problem, since that weapon has no conditions on it, meaning that it has no cohesion with **Mallyx's Play-Style**.

 

These are only 2 examples, but these problems **will persist** for as long as our **Only** Defensive Off-Hand Weapon is tied to an Elite Specialization Line.

 

 

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So my suggestion for solving this issue, is adding a **Focus** as Off-Hand Defensive Weapon for the **Core Revenant**, since would be simple yet effective.

Additionally, this change would not really impact the Offensive Revenants builds, since these really need to play with offensive Off-Hand Weapons.

 

 

 

#The Skills - Focus Off-Hand Weapon:

**Focus Skill 4** [Refreshing Gust] (Cost 10 Energy / Cd 12s)

Clear 2 Conditions on you and your Allies [Radius 240] [Number of Targets: 5].

Inflict Chill on your Foes [2s] [Radius 240] [Number of Targets: 5] [Combo Finisher: Blast].

 

**Focus Skill 5** [Cold Presence] (Cost 10 Energy / Cd 20s)

Bloc Incoming Attacks [2s] [Mobile Bloc] (Similar to our old Sword 4), after that gain Frost Aura [3s].

 

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Now the question is, **Why** did I choose Frost Aura and Chill ? It is because these 2 have a **Perfect Synergy** with our 4 Core Legends:

 

**[Jallis:]** -10% Damage with Frost Aura, which is a trait of a "Tanky" Character.

**[Mallyx:]** Abyssal Chill.

**[Ventari:]** His "Philosophy of Peace", which prevents your Foes from fighting (Chill) also he is a Centaur which can outrun Humans [Joke].

**[shiro:]** Makes it so that it becomes easier to chase enemies as well as kiting them.

 

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Edit: I hope this wall of text does not scare you too much. ;)

[MarshallLaw.9260]

> @"Ealandur.1876" said:

> Since the rework of our Off-Hand Sword, we are now the **Only** Profession without a Core (so without Specialization) **Defensive/Support Off-Hand Weapon**.

 

I agree that there is no Core offhand defensive weapon but there are 2 points which could partly answer why.

1 - Staff is the (most) defensive weapon as far as I know (core).

2 - Revenant is an odd-one-out profession since there was no period of time where it was purely "Core" - Herald elite spec has been available since day one for this class.

 

I agree that this puts different limits on Rev since shield is the best defensive wep but is also tied into Herald so can never be used in a build with any other elite spec (or without Herald line).

[Ertrak.9506]

Actually yes. This would be nice to have.

[NecroN.8306]

The solution; delete the REV and role with a Warrior. Problem solved.

[Za Shaloc.3908]

Something like this would be very nice. I think chill in general is fitting for the revenant, and it would be so nice to have access to a more defensive offhand, especially as a core rev.

 

On this topic, shield needs some serious love. Aside from the obvious #5 skill needing movement enabled (even at the cost of healing), I have a huge issue with the #4 skill. It is so incredibly unreliable when trying to use on allies, it frustrates me so much. My suggestion for this would be to make it a large cone like mesmer's torch 5 phantasm, having the heal and protection proc together. Maybe tack on a blind too.