Revolution

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Revolution (colloquially revo) is a combat mode that automatically uses abilities for the player. It was released on 24 February 2014. It can be toggled from the Combat Settings interface, or by right-clicking the gear icon in the action bar. Revolution automatically triggers the first available compatible ability on the action bar, and can access any number of slots in the bar.

Settings

Clicking the gear icon in the action bar opens the Combat Settings interface. In this menu, players can choose how many abilities are automatically triggered by Revolution. This number can range anywhere from 1 to 14 abilities. Next to this, the player can also choose which types of abilities are automatically triggered. The types are basic abilities, threshold abilities, enhanced abilities and ultimate abilities.

Only the main action bar can be used by Revolution; additional action bars are not used.

Revolution with threshold abilities set to automatic is sometimes called "Revolution+" (or informally "revo+"). Revolution with all abilities set to automatic is sometimes called "Revolution++" (or informally "revo++").

Recommended bars

Revolution/Bars documents some Revolution bars that players generally find effective, and optimal bars in some scenarios.

Default setups

The first time the Revolution setting is activated, the interface offers to suggest a basic initial setup for the abilities in the action bar; depending on the type of fighter a character is, default setups suggested differ for Melee, Ranged, and Magic warriors. An average ability damage per tick value is given for comparison with customised bars such as ones listed in the section above. The default setups are generally viewed as not very effective as simply reordering the abilities can greatly increase their damage output.

The average damage per tick is calculated by using this open source program with its default options, except that the target is assumed to be stationary and immune to both stuns and binds. It assumes 100% hit chance against a single enemy, and that Revolution is set to trigger all kinds of abilities.

Melee

Melee two-handed single target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Melee dual-wield single target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Melee two-handed multiple target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Melee dual-wield multiple target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Ranged

Ranged single target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Ranged multiple target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Magic

Magic single target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

Magic multiple target

[Unknown] average ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Necromancy

Necromancy single target

[Unknown] ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 -

Necromancy multiple target

[Unknown] ability damage per tick.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

patch 5 May 2026 (Update):
- Resolved an issue where using revolution with a 1 tile range weapon would sometimes cause you to chase the target longer than expected. No longer should you be having a polite standoff with an opponent as they walk around!

patch 16 March 2026 (Update):
- Enhanced abilities can now be toggled on or off during revolution combat

patch 12 December 2022 (Update):
- Revolution now supports untargeted Agility abilities, so Escape and Surge can once again be put on a Revolution bar, if that's how you roll!

patch 12 July 2021 (Update):
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Revolution bar on mobile to not draw correctly.

patch 17 May 2021 (Update):
- Users can no longer interact with the Elemental Balance in the Player Owned House if they are using Revolution Combat Mode.

patch 29 March 2021 (Update):
- Revolution Combat Mode will now fire off Abilities more consistently after a channelled Ability is used, bringing it more in line with Full Manual Mode.

patch 21 January 2019 (Update):
- Performing abilities whilst moving with revolution enabled will now correctly play attack animations.

patch 23 April 2018 (Update):
- The default action bars attached to Setup Action Bar have been updated to suit Revolution++.

patch 8 January 2018 (Update):
- It is now easier to consistently cast debuff and bind spells while revolution is active in combat. These spells still obey the global cooldown and may now be cast via ability queuing on the action bar.

patch 20 November 2017 (Update):
- Regenerate is no longer triggered by Revolution.
- Revolution now fires combat abilities when stats are boosted.

patch 13 November 2017 (Update):
- Players can now choose whether or not Revolution activates basic, threshold or ultimate abilities in the Combat Settings interface.
- The Cleave ability can now be used by Revolution while action bar slot 6 has a queued ability.

hotfix 13 November 2017 (Update):
- Revolution will no longer trigger special attacks.
- Revolution will now continue to trigger abilities after using a stun-based threshold or the Salt in the Wound ability.

update 6 November 2017 (Update):
- Revolution is now more laid-back than ever: with enough adrenaline, you can now automatically trigger thresholds and ultimates; and, with a resizeable window, you can now tailor exactly how many of your abilities should be automatic.

patch 3 July 2017 (Update):
- A check has been added to ensure that Revolution functions correctly with a shield equipped.

hotfix 12 June 2017 (Update):
- Queuing threshold & ultimate abilities in certain situations no longer halts revolution until the queued ability is triggered.

patch 22 August 2016 (Update):
- Players are now able to switch between revolution and full manual mode whilst engaged in combat.

patch 18 July 2016 (Update):
- Revolution no longer stops working when Storm Shards is in the first slot of an action bar and the target already has 10 stacks.

patch 2 March 2015 (Update):
- Revolution will now start up faster after all basic abilities have been on cooldown.

patch 28 July 2014 (Update):
- Made revolution begin firing abilities faster, to prevent revolution from not starting for a couple rounds of combat.

patch 17 March 2014 (Update):
- An initial tutorial and popup has been added to tell players about Revolution.

patch 10 March 2014 (Update):
- Revolution will now activate basic shield abilities with shieldbows.
- An issue with Revolution not behaving correctly when using auto-retaliate against multiple enemies has been fixed.
- Revolution will no longer use the Create Gatestone spell from the action bar.

patch 3 March 2014 (Update):
- A selection of non-combat spells can no longer activate the ability queuing system.

update 24 February 2014 (Update):
- Upon release into the main game, the Revolution ability was removed and replaced with the persistent Revolution combat mode.

update 24 January 2014 (Update):
- The Revolution ability was introduced for testing as part of the Combat Improvements Beta.

Trivia

During the Combat Improvements Beta, Revolution was a basic ability that was toggled on and off with an animation identical to Rejuvenate.
Revolution was inspired by a player-made idea on the forums called Conservation.
Originally, Revolution would automatically trigger only basic abilities, forcing the player to activate threshold and ultimate abilities manually. This was changed on 6 November 2017.