Revenant (strategy)

The following page contains strategies for defeating revenants.

Basics
Killing a Revenant takes careful planning and a well balanced group, those fighting Revenants at lower levels will surely perish. Be sure to have plenty of healing (both from spells and items), at least one Tank, and at least one party member that can disable opponents. As always, a tanking Warrior should bring Weapon and Shield Talents to help keep aggro off the other party members.

Effective tactics

 * Use snares to stop the the Revenant and/or slow it down:
 * Snares include: Glyph of Paralysis,
 * You can set traps ahead of time (although the demon will often resist weaker ones).
 * Slow down their regeneration: Curse of Mortality
 * Make them miss: Misdirection Hex or Death Hex.
 * Increase their vulnerability: Vulnerability and Affliction Hexes and Mark of Death.
 * Have a mage activate Telekinetic Weapons to increase armor penetration. Sunder Armor, Shattering Blows, and Shattering Shot are also highly effective, espescially if you face a Revenant early in the game where they tend to have extremely high armor versus your physical damage output.
 * Some Revenants spawn with undead allies. It might be best to cast Force Field/Paralyze the Revenant at this point and flee the battle area, aggroing its undead allies and dealing with them in a separate location. The party can then return at leisure and deal with the Revenant alone.


 * A tank maintains aggro while the other party members whittle down the Revenant's health.


 * For Mages: the Revenant is totally immune to cold damage from both staves and spells like Winter's Grasp, but Cone of Cold will serve to freeze it in place. The Revenant cannot be shattered.


 * Another much easier but slower strategy, is to wait for the revenant to attack the most threatening member of your party and just make this character run, possibly around a pillar or some obstacles. Other members are free to hit the revenant with bows or staves while he is running to catch your lure character. The obstacle is very important because when the revenant is trying to pull your character you just fall down and he always has to catch you. Sometimes, you have to flee to another part of the map to find suitable ground for the fight. This strategy is very efficient, if you can manage to first kill the less dangerous skeletons.


 * Any characters at long range will not be pulled in. Rangers and healers can all work like this.

Alternative tanking

 * Force Field: the tank uses Threat and Taunt to maintain aggro until Force Field is reapplied. The remaining party members keep their distance, using ranged weapons, spells, and fire bombs to deal with the demon. Ironically, bows work just as fine, as taking too much damage causes the Revenant to switch its attention from the tank to other party members.
 * Arcane Warrior: Attract aggro by casting offensive spells and hexes on the Revenant; spend as much mana as possible.Switch on Rock Armor, Arcane Shield, Shimmering Shield and Aura of Might and switch to heavy armor and weaponry. Thus you can easily obtain 50+ armor and survive heavy attack while dealing some damage. Flank with the rest.
 * Mage Tank: One unconventional method is to have a mage aggro the demon then run in circles around an obstacle. The other party members should be using ranged attacks to kill the Revenant. The mage can cast any heavy damage spell to attract attention; afterwards, good spells to use include Vulnerability Hex, Drain Life, and any method of healing.

Suggested groups
With the right tactics, a group of any composition can defeat Revenants.

The following are suggested teams that have been proven more successful than others.