Revenant Guide - Apex Legends

Revenant is an offense-focused character in the popular battle royale Apex Legends. Best suited for those willing and confident enough to charge forward even with a lack of a concrete game plan, Revenant likely isn't an ideal pick for newbies. Still, he can be a monster in the right hands and when played to his full potential. In the following guide, we'll go into the minutiae of this synthetic nightmare and provide some tips on which characters best pair up with him. We'll also go into his strengths and weaknesses, as well as how to best overcome the latter.

Deadly abilities

Once a human and the greatest hitman for the Mercenary Syndicate, the simulacrum known as Revenant desires nothing more than to take revenge on his former masters for turning him into a living machine without a will of his own. With a glitch in his programming preventing the Syndicate from bringing him back under their control, the higher-ups within the organization decided the best way to escape Revenant's terrifying grasp was to throw the synthetic nightmare into the Apex Games, where his lust for murder helps the company market the machine as the latest villain to join the blood sport.

As you can probably surmise, Revenant's backstory translates into an incredibly aggressive legend to play. Your entire strategy for playing as Revenant can be summarized in one word: attack. While playing as Revenant, you should always be on the hunt for another squad to kill and the first one to enter the fray once you've found a target. This may mean you're also one of the first in your team to be downed in a fight, so you have to be sure that you're dealing as much damage as possible before that happens. If you prefer looting for supplies on the outskirts and slowly moving in on squads only once the circle is small enough, Revenant may not be the right legend for you. You need to be as bloodthirsty as Revenant is in order to succeed with him.

Revenant's passive ability is Stalker, which allows him to climb twice as high as the other legends (two stories as opposed to just one), as well as moving about as fast while crouching as the other legends do while walking.

His tactical ability Silence throws a device that causes enemies to take 10 damage, be stunned, and disable their tactical and ultimate abilities for a short while. Similar to Octane's Stim, Silence can be used in tandem with other actions, meaning you can use the ability while healing, reloading, aiming, shooting, or throwing a grenade.

It takes a few seconds for Revenant to fully construct his Death Totem ultimate ability, and players need to actually interact with it first for it to take effect. But once used, the totem will transform you your teammates into a shadow that can only take health damage--your shields won't be affected. When you die, you'll return to the totem's location, but you'll only have 1 HP.

Pick weapons that play to your strengths

Revenant's abilities are all geared towards fighting at close- to mid-range, so securing some form of assault rifle, shotgun, or submachine gun is ideally what you want to do first. Both pistols and light machine guns work too, of course, but the former requires you to have very good aim and the latter can be difficult to control when trying to hit a target that's not in your face. Generally speaking, sniper rifles won't capitalize on your kit, as the limited range on Death Totem means that you won't be able to really use it as a way to put significant distance between you and an enemy upon death.

Silence is your most useful tool

You want to lead every attack with the use of Silence. With the ability to use two of them in rapid succession and a short cooldown, you should have enough time between engagements for Silence to recharge. Combat strategies for certain characters are defined by their tactical (players who use Gibraltar and Wraith typically rely on their tactical abilities to get them out of a sticky situation, for example). Taking someone's ability away can cause less experienced players to panic. Crypto alone is entirely defined by his tactical ability. Take that away and the character is basically useless.

It's worth noting that Silence is only preventative. Revenant stops others from using their tactical and ultimate abilities. If they're already active, then all Silence will do is stun and do small damage. You want to throw it out before Wraith's Voices from the Void give her enough warning to disappear Into the Void. You want to throw it out before Caustic and Wattson have time to set up their defenses and a team bunkers down. After the fact will do nothing substantial for you, which is why it pays to be aggressive when using Revenant. If you see another team, then you attack before they have a chance to see you and prepare.

Death Totem has pros and cons

Death Totem charges fairly quickly, so use it if you're at all worried that your push is going to be met with more resistance than you can handle. Make sure you have a Med Kit equipped so you can immediately heal after you die. And though it may sound strange, you do want to die when using Death Totem. You've got just under 30 seconds before Death Totem's effect wears off, and if it does while you're still fighting, you won't have a way to easily retreat and you'll have to commit.

Carefully planning out your attack and then executing a well-orchestrated ambush isn't Revenant's strong suit. Use Death Totem, throw out Silence, and just recklessly run forward. When you revive at your totem, heal and push again--essentially allowing you and your teammates to third-party enemy squads on your own.

Know who to pair with...

Because Revenant is at his best when he engages with reckless abandon, he pairs best with legends who can join him in a fast assault. Encourage teammates to play as Wraith, Octane, Bloodhound, Pathfinder, or Bangalore. For added protection, it's also good to team up with Wattson or Caustic players, who can use their tactical abilities to set up defenses around your Death Totem--it may keep squads off you just long enough for you to fully heal.

A popular choice for many teams is to have Revenant use his Death Totem before using Octane's Launch Pad to quickly descend upon an enemy squad. A combo like this will ensure that you catch people off guard more frequently, letting you deal some hefty damage and disorient the opposition.

..and where you're best utilized

Because Revenant grows less effective when he can't quickly close the distance between him and an enemy, he's at his weakest when in large open fields. Stalker and Death Totem make him a more viable attacker in areas where there's a lot of verticality, so it's best to try and drop in urban areas and then stick to them. Revenant struggles in the more rural spots on the outskirts of the map, where it's easier to see him coming and dodge his Silence.