Lord of the Stomp [pDPS]

This is a pretty foundational build for Revenant. Simple, solid and focused.

Notes

Power Vindicator is a very strong and straightforward damage build for instanced content. The iteration provided here uses Dual Swords, but it works in a similar way with Hammer and Greatsword too.

Vindicator also a great pick for solo gameplay, as it can provide itself with good amounts of the most essential offensive and defensive boons: Quickness, Protection, Fury and Might. Through its frequent Dodges, it can avoid a lot of incoming damage and therefore be quite survivable, even in damage gear.

Gearing

 Relic of the Eagle is an almost equally good alternative

• Food:  Cilantro Lime Sous-Vide Steak or  Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup
• Enhancement:  Superior Sharpening Stone

Build

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Rotation

Power Vindicator follows a simple priority based rotation:

Rotation Priority:

1. Energy Meld
2. Spear of Archemorus
3. Shackling Wave
4. Deathstrike
5. Chilling Isolation

And you want to press these skills as often as you can off cooldown. Ideally, you do not want to interrupt your auto attack chain, as seen in the video demonstration, for maximum DPS.

On top of the above rotation, you also want to Dodge periodically to cast Death Drop, as well as to ensure that your endurance is not full. Try to fit in the Dodges while your skills are all on cooldown to maximuse DPS output.

Crowd Control

Depending on your secondary weapon, you will have a different set of CC skills.

Staff:

1. Surge of the Mists

Hammer:

1. Drop the Hammer

Shortbow:

1. Scorchrazor

It is recommended to bring either Staff or Hammer over Shortbow. Staff does the most CC, especially if the enemy has a large hitbox, while Hammer allows you to upkeep the best DPS. Note that swapping weapons to perform CC will result in a DPS loss, and you should swap back to Dual Swords as soon as possible.

You also have:

CC Skill:

1. Reaver's Rage

That will always be on your utilities bar, and in many situations might be all the CC you require.

Build Concepts

Dodge & Tenacious Ruin

• On Vindicator, your Dodge becomes an integral part of your damage rotation. Instead of diving into a specific direction, it causes you to "jump" into the Mists and deal damage upon landing by default.
• With Forerunner of Death, you gain 25% Strike damage done for 10 seconds whenever you Dodge. This is one of the strongest single damage modifiers in the game. It is therefore crucial to Dodge at least once every 10 seconds.
• That's not a problem though, because Death Drop is great damage while providing that damage modifier.
• The Dodge requirement is reinforced by Leviathan Strength, which increases your damage done when your Endurance is not full.

Energy Meld

• Another part of the profession mechanics is Energy Meld.
• By default, this grants you 25 Endurance for 10 Energy.
• In the damage rotation, we'll use Reaver's Curse to reduce the cooldown of Energy Meld and double the damage that our Dodges deal.
• In case you want to have extra Energy on demand, you can also make use of Angsiyan's Trust. This removes the Energy cost and grants 25 Energy instead. This can be helpful if you want to use costly skills.

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