bloody hell this build looks amazing, looks like an old cele guardian build i ran in the first year of the game. I haven't touched gw2 in over a year after reaching 6k hours but damn this makes me want to come back :o you've got some really crazy looking builds for roaming
A super fun build and it works even with my high ping connection from australia since it doesn't rely on projectiles or movement abilities that miss with ping, just hug the opponent and cycle through stuff. Reminds me of the good old celestial chronomancer that got me into spvp in this game. The biggest change I made to this build was running endurance regen food over celestial, I feel like the extra dodges make up for so much more than a bit of stats
After all the hype the Vindicator created, this build works really well for me again. Antitoxin is a great rune and for the build, and combined with sigil triggers on legend swap back on the menue there are a lot of things you can archieve by simply playing into the strenghts of the build anyway.
This is awesome. I'm currently experimenting with rev. I made a healer build for Fractals that heals 800 health per second as regen, plus 1200 health every 3 seconds. With shield and staff 4 giving bursts of 4.5k. As well as permanent protection. And this is with mostly exotics, no food or utility. I think rev's kit has the best potential to experiment out of all classes. Thanks for this build, something on rev I'd never have considered.
i like the Jack of all trades nature of celestial, it's just so sad that it has no concentration but expertise :( otherwise it would be a real alternative for healers that want to be a bit more agressive than it is possible with minstrels
I played cele rev like this for a bit, then I realized, just go full Vipers or Grieving. Big Bang, Big Buck, it's got enough blocks/evades that you can whip about and damage mitigate while exploding bursts like mad. Overall, glad to see you of anyone make public the weapon swap/legend swap sigil bomb. Imagine 5 of these in a zerg
Thanks for sharing this build! Started testing it out and even with no clue of what I'm doing yet I've survived attacks from multiple combatants quite well. I have 2 questions if/when you get a chance. 1- Is there a preferred weapon set for a given legend? Usually that is the case but didn't notice any specifics on that. 2- What do you think about adding some Trailblazer's pieces or Accessories to tweak those stats (tough/vit/condi/exp) a bit? This also would lend to using Magnanimous Tuning Crystal and should buff the Condi nicely. Haven't tried yet. Just FYI for peeps trying to go Celestial - IF you have a Weaponsmith, Crafting Mistcleaver and Mistrender may be a quicker way for you to get the Axe and Mace with Celestial stats than banking the Crystals you would need. They both have selectable stats (celestal/crusader/trailblazer)
i generally like sword with glint and shiro with mace, but i dont always quadra swap so sometimes they get mixed differently. Since im going for a more bursty build trailblazer wouldnt be too good because it removes the power damage im adding on top of the condis, which makes the build less counterplayable than a normal trailblazer rev which can be ignored if you have enough cleanse
@@Vallun Thanks for the quick reply. ;-) That was the natural feel to me sw/glnt mac/shir so I'm glad my instinct was on the mark there. I just pieced out my helm/gloves/boots so they are now Celestial also (warbeast) till I can get the crystals for the Ascended. Working on the jewelry too. So looking for Might Infusions to tweak the Power also? And is +45 all stats or dodge/endurance regen food better?
Hi! i know its old etc, but, how to deal vs ranged classes on rev? like soulbeasts/renegades/sc weavers.. Also, have u tried hybrit with Mallyx instead of Shiro?
A question Could a shiro -> mallyx with a corruption -> devastation (with all the lifesteal) result in an even tankier variant? could be a handy template swap
mallyx isnt tankier than glint, the facets provide too much versatility and the light facet is insane. I did however play a core version of this build with shiro mallyx with the retribution traits and that was good for more sustained condition damage, but I prefer the more bursty utility herald.
@@Vallun Thanks for the reply! i think you got me wrong, i mean swaping shiro for mallyx and swaping corruption for devastation so basically a change from power-legend and condi-traits to condi-legend and power-trait for the sustain by the battlescar mechanic devastation provides yes, glint is just the GOAT legend in herald tbh
@@apoFinalEnd oh then you literally want the meta condi herald build, yes that is good too lol and about corruption being replaced by devastation tbh that can work too since the corruption traits arent giving much
i kind of forgot that the meta condi build is using devastation instead of invocation anyways rn so yea the only change wouldve been devastation/invocation/herald instead of devastation/corruption/herald in the metabuild I thought the battlescars would scale more of powerdmg than they do shouldve searched b4 asking, sorry :D Thx for your reply
nice guide ty first, but how can i get sigil of cleansing recipe. in wiki says that random drop from foes in southsun cove. i tried for one hour killing karkas and get useless grawler sigil. do u know the exact mob
Nice job but doesn't seems to work for me. Yes, makes us tankier, but ouside the burst each 10 seconds the damage is low, and tanky builds won't go down just with the swap (bunker eles, Holos/Scrappers, some Firebrands will endure eating the burst and then outealing under pressure. I think that Dire/Traiblazer Herald with Glint + Mallyx and condi Renegade with Jalis + Shiro and shortbow + staff do provide more pressure while keeping the sustain. The other problem (not your fault) is that is very hard to transfer to PvP since most of those sigils and runes were ditched to avoid having to balance them. Anyway, always a pleasure to try new builds. Thanx for this one.
If you can craft Warbeast armor that's quick for Exotic Armor since those stats are selectable. There are some achievements that offer Ascended armor that is stat selectable also. Otherwise you are going to need to make those Charged Quartz Crystals and craft the armor. 25 Quartz Crystals charge at a "place of power" Hero Point makes 1 Crystal, once per day. If you buy Gift of Quartz (25 laurels + 15 gold) you will have an extra node to farm every day in your home instance. That node (only) has a chance to drop 0-2 Charged Quartz Crystals in addition to the Quartz Crystals every day. There are also a few achievements with Charged Quartz Crystals as rewards...but not many. The Quartz Crystal nodes throughout Tyria are all in Dry Top and Crystal Oasis. (also Labyrinthine Cliffs during the Four Winds Festival which runs in July)
usually they will be in the thresholds of objectives, so when you look at the map theres generally a green side and a blue side and a red side, but each side is always pushing into the other at some point. Either there or just go cap a sentry and it will show you on the map when players pass by, or cap camps because pip farmers love to cap those and u can defend the camp when they come
bloody hell this build looks amazing, looks like an old cele guardian build i ran in the first year of the game.
I haven't touched gw2 in over a year after reaching 6k hours but damn this makes me want to come back :o you've got some really crazy looking builds for roaming
A super fun build and it works even with my high ping connection from australia since it doesn't rely on projectiles or movement abilities that miss with ping, just hug the opponent and cycle through stuff. Reminds me of the good old celestial chronomancer that got me into spvp in this game. The biggest change I made to this build was running endurance regen food over celestial, I feel like the extra dodges make up for so much more than a bit of stats
yea i did notice its a bit low on dodges, good call
The most creative rev build i saw in a while! Gj
After all the hype the Vindicator created, this build works really well for me again. Antitoxin is a great rune and for the build, and combined with sigil triggers on legend swap back on the menue there are a lot of things you can archieve by simply playing into the strenghts of the build anyway.
Congratulations!!! You always show new and interesting builds on your channel and explain them with details. Learning a lot with you. Thanks!!!
This is awesome. I'm currently experimenting with rev. I made a healer build for Fractals that heals 800 health per second as regen, plus 1200 health every 3 seconds. With shield and staff 4 giving bursts of 4.5k. As well as permanent protection. And this is with mostly exotics, no food or utility.
I think rev's kit has the best potential to experiment out of all classes. Thanks for this build, something on rev I'd never have considered.
Hey just had a really fun roaming session with this build! Highly suggest trying it out :P
Honestly celestial gear is underrated
i like the Jack of all trades nature of celestial, it's just so sad that it has no concentration but expertise :( otherwise it would be a real alternative for healers that want to be a bit more agressive than it is possible with minstrels
This was a really good idea for a roaming build
Sure 25 might is okay on herald but op on ele. RIP 2014 cele ele
you can get 25 might very fast with ele now
Vallun the best teacher ! ty for another guide ^_^
I played cele rev like this for a bit, then I realized, just go full Vipers or Grieving. Big Bang, Big Buck, it's got enough blocks/evades that you can whip about and damage mitigate while exploding bursts like mad. Overall, glad to see you of anyone make public the weapon swap/legend swap sigil bomb. Imagine 5 of these in a zerg
5 useless spots cause all condi gets converted to boons. This gives 0 value in zergs. Its a roaming build.
@@PinchOfLuck irrelevant amt of power damage for zergs in melee range. No need for reply ty.
Hey Vallun,
Ist this still viable?
Awesome Guide as always!
Hi Vallun I play Wvw with groups of 10 people. Don' know if it would be good to run te Zerg backline hammer build or Hybrid roaming Herald?
probably a roaming type herald, hammer isnt so good unless you are coordinating with many other players for a bomb
Thanks for sharing this build! Started testing it out and even with no clue of what I'm doing yet I've survived attacks from multiple combatants quite well. I have 2 questions if/when you get a chance. 1- Is there a preferred weapon set for a given legend? Usually that is the case but didn't notice any specifics on that. 2- What do you think about adding some Trailblazer's pieces or Accessories to tweak those stats (tough/vit/condi/exp) a bit? This also would lend to using Magnanimous Tuning Crystal and should buff the Condi nicely. Haven't tried yet.
Just FYI for peeps trying to go Celestial - IF you have a Weaponsmith, Crafting Mistcleaver and Mistrender may be a quicker way for you to get the Axe and Mace with Celestial stats than banking the Crystals you would need. They both have selectable stats (celestal/crusader/trailblazer)
i generally like sword with glint and shiro with mace, but i dont always quadra swap so sometimes they get mixed differently. Since im going for a more bursty build trailblazer wouldnt be too good because it removes the power damage im adding on top of the condis, which makes the build less counterplayable than a normal trailblazer rev which can be ignored if you have enough cleanse
@@Vallun Thanks for the quick reply. ;-) That was the natural feel to me sw/glnt mac/shir so I'm glad my instinct was on the mark there. I just pieced out my helm/gloves/boots so they are now Celestial also (warbeast) till I can get the crystals for the Ascended. Working on the jewelry too. So looking for Might Infusions to tweak the Power also? And is +45 all stats or dodge/endurance regen food better?
Very cool. Sad because I do not have Legendary gear. Only Ascended Jewelry and Legendary Shortbow...
ascended and legendary have the same stats......only difference is u have to farm a diff set cos u cannot swap stats on the fly for ascended
Hi! i know its old etc, but, how to deal vs ranged classes on rev? like soulbeasts/renegades/sc weavers..
Also, have u tried hybrit with Mallyx instead of Shiro?
shiro is how you deal with ranged classes
A question
Could a shiro -> mallyx with a corruption -> devastation (with all the lifesteal) result in an even tankier variant?
could be a handy template swap
mallyx isnt tankier than glint, the facets provide too much versatility and the light facet is insane. I did however play a core version of this build with shiro mallyx with the retribution traits and that was good for more sustained condition damage, but I prefer the more bursty utility herald.
@@Vallun Thanks for the reply!
i think you got me wrong, i mean swaping shiro for mallyx and swaping corruption for devastation
so basically a change from power-legend and condi-traits to condi-legend and power-trait for the sustain by the battlescar mechanic devastation provides
yes, glint is just the GOAT legend in herald tbh
@@apoFinalEnd oh then you literally want the meta condi herald build, yes that is good too lol and about corruption being replaced by devastation tbh that can work too since the corruption traits arent giving much
i kind of forgot that the meta condi build is using devastation instead of invocation anyways rn
so yea the only change wouldve been devastation/invocation/herald instead of devastation/corruption/herald in the metabuild
I thought the battlescars would scale more of powerdmg than they do
shouldve searched b4 asking, sorry :D
Thx for your reply
nice guide ty first, but how can i get sigil of cleansing recipe. in wiki says that random drop from foes in southsun cove. i tried for one hour killing karkas and get useless grawler sigil. do u know the exact mob
just buy the recipe off of the trading post lol and then craft it
I believe herald can no longer swap legend for sigil prock maybe im wrong but that was happening to me
I have heard this is true as well. It’s sad because it’s not like other classes don’t have way more powerful mechanics
Would you say this would be a nice build for 5v5 conquest?
Nice job but doesn't seems to work for me. Yes, makes us tankier, but ouside the burst each 10 seconds the damage is low, and tanky builds won't go down just with the swap (bunker eles, Holos/Scrappers, some Firebrands will endure eating the burst and then outealing under pressure. I think that Dire/Traiblazer Herald with Glint + Mallyx and condi Renegade with Jalis + Shiro and shortbow + staff do provide more pressure while keeping the sustain. The other problem (not your fault) is that is very hard to transfer to PvP since most of those sigils and runes were ditched to avoid having to balance them. Anyway, always a pleasure to try new builds. Thanx for this one.
How do i get the celestial gear fast? I have like 500g but dont know how to farm mats efficiently and where to get the recipes
Verdan Brink farm or WvW reward tracks.
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If you can craft Warbeast armor that's quick for Exotic Armor since those stats are selectable. There are some achievements that offer Ascended armor that is stat selectable also. Otherwise you are going to need to make those Charged Quartz Crystals and craft the armor. 25 Quartz Crystals charge at a "place of power" Hero Point makes 1 Crystal, once per day. If you buy Gift of Quartz (25 laurels + 15 gold) you will have an extra node to farm every day in your home instance. That node (only) has a chance to drop 0-2 Charged Quartz Crystals in addition to the Quartz Crystals every day. There are also a few achievements with Charged Quartz Crystals as rewards...but not many. The Quartz Crystal nodes throughout Tyria are all in Dry Top and Crystal Oasis. (also Labyrinthine Cliffs during the Four Winds Festival which runs in July)
verdant brink bladed armor is easiest way
Could I use this in open world? If not, what are some good open World rev builds?
yes its good but you may want to go more towards the condition side of the build if u are hitting pve mobs
@@Vallun so what would I change to lean more on conditions? Weapons?
@@jonahk6577 just stick in the mace axe set more often or go more vipers than celestial
@@Vallun oh okay. thanks for the help
nice :)
With the incensed response nerf recently, is this build still viable ?
+1
How do you find ppl in wvw? I tried to play but theres little to no players
usually they will be in the thresholds of objectives, so when you look at the map theres generally a green side and a blue side and a red side, but each side is always pushing into the other at some point. Either there or just go cap a sentry and it will show you on the map when players pass by, or cap camps because pip farmers love to cap those and u can defend the camp when they come
I dont know what server your on, but there are plenty of people on most times. If I can't find a tag to run with I'll usually run jaks or take camps.
I'll check again and see. Thanks
Search for a commander in one of the maps and just follow him. It´s the easier way. He will have a coloured tag above his head.
I go one around 4 pm -7pm US
Can we use this for ranked pvp?
nope its bad, cele gives way less stats in pvp and the might trait is super nerfed there too
@@Vallun this fills me with sadness, looked really fun.
how to beat a half decent thief with that?
be aggressive, you wont out sustain them. Dodging their steal is out of the question but you can use the shield block to avoid the stolen abilities
How would this fair as just a pve build
with just vipers it could be pretty good in pve
this is busted aaaaaaaaaaaaf 30mins of game play and ready to outnumber with weapon swaps LOL