forsaken.5026 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 i'm looking to build a perma embrace the darkness rev build. replenishing despair trait should help with that, as it provides the 1 energy pip required, however, it drains you slowly from health, so the challange is to retain a positive HP gain - either by increasing healing effectiveness or some barrier generation (or something else I haven't thought of). can anyone advise on the easiest way to achieve this? i've been looking at anything that generates barrier, but couldn't find enything useful. i'm sure i'm overlooking something, as I'm 100% positive I seen another guy running this setup, and his health bar was cycling between about 25% barrier, which got slowly drained by the torment, and then gaining it back again, effectively preventing his HP from ever decreasing. i couldn't start a conversation with this guy (maybe he was AFK), but it would seem it IS possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehipone.6812 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Seems like a bit of an odd gimmick, but since you mentioned barrier, maybe this?: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Resilient_Spirit although you need to get the boons somehow. Shared empowerment would potentially help with this avenue. Was the player a herald, core or renegade? Sanctuary runes can also give barrier on heals. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Steadfast_Rejuvenation gets you healing too, but you said barrier so I don't know, and this is starting to get too many different trait lines involved. This trait doesn't trigger sanctuary runes per wiki. Was the person that you saw actually playing/fighting/using skills or just parked somewhere AFK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forsaken.5026 Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 i managed to get his build (it was core rev) afterall, but he's not very responsive after that, so no further info. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PmAUGSHdEygqpmgmUP5U0iypnkGYf9F4EKogEOOL9LPA-e I experimented with this a while ago, but couldn't prevent my rev from losing life over time, but I never had any barrier. however, now that you mention it, the other rev had a bunch of boons at the time, which might've been the thing that made it possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehipone.6812 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) Just messed around a bit with this for fun. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PmwAYlzlhQHMIyhJRNsI6hBSfMBKgj1i+JF-zRJYvRN/RkuKQxLzBC-e gets you to the point where you can just sit in town, standing still, tormenting yourself and not dying. But I think the clove ascended food or a -condi duration rune is needed. Fireworks rune isn't a great complement, but gets you passive boons for the barrier from resilient spirit. With clove food, rune of Orr should work too. I don't see the "stand still and not die" part of it as anything more than a meme build, but I took it to WvW and was able to clear a couple of camps easily. Not a major feat by any stretch, but *shrug*. It feels quite durable with tons of resolution, easy vigor, and also a bunch of stacking damage reduction traits. Any competent opponent should eat it alive though. Edited October 14, 2021 by thehipone.6812 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jthug.9506 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 fiendish tenacity (gm middle) can overcome replenishing despair depending on stats, should work great on cele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Gimmicky build but useful in lab at the mob doors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent.9538 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Tormenting runes + generosity sigil to periodically transfer the torment you have built up on yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thon.3780 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 As I know Replenish despair + permeate pestilence. And I agree with AuthorDent for torment rune+generosity sigil. Set Viper for damage or trailblazer for sustain. it should stack more torment and enough heal but.. idk how far it can transfer condition to foes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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