The Revenant is Trove’s “spirit tank”: a spear-wielding frontliner who trades health and uses spectral tools to control space, soak damage, and convert sacrifice into devastating melee spikes. this Trove guide walks you through the abilities, builds: Tank, Spirit-Spear, or speed-Farm, rotations, gem choices, emblem/flask picks and endgame tuning.
The Revenant Abilities & Passive
The Revenant’s gameplay loop is built around a handful of related abilities and passive mechanics. Learn the interactions — Bulwark Bash taunts, Spirit Spears cost health and scale with max HP, and Spirit Storm (your ultimate) pulls and heals — and you’ll understand the class.
Basic Attack: Stabs the foe in a forward thrust. Has a chance to trigger a taunt.
Vengeful Spirits: At 1 health or less, the Revenant is healed for 50% of its maximum health and spawns a Spirit Wraith that attacks nearby enemies for 40s.
- Health regen is increased by 100% and physical damage is increased by 50% while Spirit Wraith is on cooldown.
Basic Attacks and Bulwark Bash heal for 5% of the damage done after the first attack.
- Basic Attacks apply a debuff to the target for 5s, increasing damage taken from all sources by 5%. Additional attacks refresh the debuff
Bulwark Bash: is an aggressive cone bash that deals heavy physical damage and taunts enemies for a short time; it lets you lock a pack and turn ranged DPS into meat for your spear windows. Use it to force tempo and gather targets.
Spirit Spears: Damages enemies in a cone in front of the Revenant. Costs 3% of your max health to activate and 5% max health each tick. Immune to knockback while active.
Spirit Storm: is a room-changing tool: it pulls enemies in, deals damage, and contains healing pulses that offset some of the cost of spear spam. It’s your “clump + sustain” button — time it to cover ranged threats or to make a spear window safe.
The Builds
Tank
If you lead groups or want to anchor Delves, this is the most forgiving Revenant build. It leans into huge Max HP and Stability, uses Bulwark Bash to hold the pack, and only spends Spears when the team can cover you or the ultimate is up.
stats (priority): Max HP → Stability → Health Regen (optional) → Physical Damage (dump).
Gems: fill crystal/lesser with HP and Stability; choose empowered gems that play well with HP (on-kill AoE gems are good for clears).- Emblems & Flask: Vampiric + Damage Reflection Emblems and keep Death-Defying Vial ready for solo risk.
- Ally: Prowling Shadow
- rotation: Bulwark Bash to taunt → basics + shades to sustain → Spirit Storm when ranged or for clump → cast Spears during the Storm window to convert uptime into damage.
Gems: fill crystal/lesser with HP and Stability; choose empowered gems that play well with HP (on-kill AoE gems are good for clears).
Vampiric + 
Damage Reflection Emblems and keep 
Death-Defying Vial ready for solo risk.
Prowling ShadowSpirit-Spear
This is the build that scares bosses: you build an enormous HP pool, then convert percent-HP costs into massive sustained cone DPS with Spirit Spears while riding Spirit Storm for safety.
Play it like this: pre-position, pop Spirit Storm to ensure enemies are clumped and you’ll get heals, then toggle sustained Spirit Spears while watching your HP and using heals/flasks to keep the window open. Crit and Crit Damage amplify final numbers; Light scales damage vs endgame HP targets so push Light once your core stats are comfortable.
- stats (priority): Max HP → Crit Chance → Crit Damage → Light (late-game)
- Gems: empowered AoE/on-kill gems (Explosive Epilogue / Pyrodisc) for chaining with spear cone; Vampiric or sustain gems are viable if you solo often.
- Emblems & Flask: Martial + Surestrike for burst windows;
Vampiric flask. - Ally: Earnie – The most effective ally for this build, it gives Light + Physical Damage Bonus, and provide a Shield when nearby enemies die.
- rotation: Pre-pull charge/build meter → Spirit Storm to clump/heal → Sustained Spirit Spears (monitor HP) → hit Bulwark Bash when spears finish or to lock a new cluster.
Martial + 
Surestrike for burst windows; 
Vampiric flask.
Earnie – The most effective ally for this build, it gives Light + Physical Damage Bonus, and provide a Shield when nearby enemies die.Farming Build
Yes, Revenant can farm. This is the lean, mobile variant for players who want quick geode runs or topside loot. It’s not the class’s natural apex, but with attack speed, movement, and AoE gems you can zip nodes and smash spawns efficiently.
You’ll accept less HP and rely on avoiding damage and quick heals. The goal is uptime and short, repeatable spear or basic bursts to clear packs fast. Use Explosive Epilogue or similar on-kill gems to multiply the clear value of each kill.
- stats (priority): Attack Speed → Movement Speed → Physical Damage
- Gems: AS/MS on lesser gems; empowered on-kill gems to chain clears.
- Emblems & Flask: Martial + Trailblazing; Elysian Bandolier to reduce downtime.
- Ally: Earnie – The most effective ally for this build, it gives Light + Physical Damage Bonus, and provide a Shield when nearby enemies die.
- rotation: sprint to node → light Spears or basics to thin → exploit on-kill explosions → move on.
Trailblazing; 
Elysian Bandolier to reduce downtime.Gear Stats Priorities
| Slot | Tank/Hybrid | Spirit-Spear DPS | Speed/Farm |
|---|---|---|---|
 Weapon | Max HP → Stability → PD | Max HP → Crit Damage → Crit Chance | Attack Speed → PD → Movement |
 Hat | Max HP → Stability → PD | Crit Damage → Max HP → Light | Movement → Attack Speed → PD |
 Face | Max HP → PD → Energy Regen | PD → Crit Chance → Crit Damage | Energy Regen → Movement → PD |
 Ring | Max HP / Health Regen → PD | Crit / Crit Damage → PD | Movement / AS |
 Banner | Max HP / Stability → Light | Light → PD | AS / Movement |
Progression Roadmap
- Early (0–PR5k): learn Bulwark Bash + basic attack healing; stack raw HP on early radiants.
- Mid (PR5k–PR20k): pick your role and chase the appropriate gem lines; begin hunting a class gem from Everdark Vaults.
- Endgame (Long Shade / Shadow Tower): invest Mystic/Cosmic upgrades into Light and your primary gem paths; tune emblems, allies and the stat mix for combat block thresholds if you want to tank long windows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is the Revenant still good in 2026 after recent patches?
A: Absolutely. The Revenant remains one of Trove’s most reliable tanks and solo sustain classes, benefiting greatly from gem and scaling updates.
Q: What’s the best emblem combo for solo Delves?
A: Martial + Berserker — they offer the best balance of power and speed.
Q: Can the Revenant solo Leviathans or Delve bosses?
A: Yes, though it takes patience. With maxed gear and proper flask timing, you can outlast nearly any boss.
Q: Should I build more for Max Health or Physical Damage?
A: Tank builds = Max Health focus. Hybrid builds = split with PD and Crit Damage.
Q: Which subclass offers the best sustain synergy?
A: Candy Barbarian subclass provides the best healing synergy for prolonged fights.
Final Thoughts
The Revenant stands tall as Trove’s timeless juggernaut — a soul tethered between life and spirit, waging war through sheer endurance. While other classes rely on precision or mobility, the Revenant thrives in chaos, feeding on damage, laughing at defeat.