How to counter rev?

[TheDarkness.6947]

18 hours ago, Azure The Heartless.3261 said:

It depends on the revenant you're fighting.

You mentioned high damage at range, so I assume you were fighting a renegade. They're kind of oppressive at distance, but as long as you are not standing in Darkrazor's Daring or Icerazor's Ire, this is workable, and their shortbow is pretty clunky up close. Do not allow them to freecast on you from range by blocking yourself with obstacles and pillars, and learn the above two AOE appearances so you know when to move away. 

If they run away from you, be careful when chasing, because they can fire a cc shot that knocks you down while running in the opposite direction. 

Revenants do have heavy armor, but they have atrocious condition removal. Since their Corruption traitline got nerfed recently, this is true for most builds you will see normally. Because of this, running condi as an ele will be your best bet. 

An undodged Signet of Fire can wreak havoc on their HP pool if it is condi jammed with other conditions. If you are finding yourself harassed by projectiles as tempest, Sand Squall, a completed Overload Earth, or Magnetic Wave will give you small openings to get in close while shutting down their shortbow. You can also, if you make it into range of them, drop Swirling Winds on top of them to disable their shortbow and Icerazor's Ire. 

Tempest in general is not very comfortable for specific 1v1s, but condi weaver/condi ele might be. Again, it depends on the revenant you are fighting. if you're fighting a power herald, you'll be more suitable as a condi weaver because you will pulse conditions a short radius around you by using Primordial Stance. If you're fighting a renegade, you will be more suitable as a condi tempest, provided you have obstacles to suppress fire with and make use of magnetic aura well.

Both flavors are annoyed by conditions.  

 

Thanks much for all of this detail.  This has helped me understand what’s really happening here.  At some point I’d like to play through all of these professions to get a first hand understanding, but that will take some time.