The Revenant Is Now Much Weaker, Here's Why - Phasmophobia

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The Revenant used to be extremely strong in the early days of Phasmophobia. Since the addition of player sprinting, the Revenant is now a much weaker ghost.
On the vast majority of maps, which are small maps, you can deny it of its power extremely easily with the new sprinting mechanic. You even have plenty of options to do this on the larger maps and it only poses a major threat in particularly open areas. Even then, careful positioning can keep you safe.
The Revenant also has a weakness which is very exploitable and detrimental to it in comparison to other ghost types. As well as lacking a way to hunt early, unlike some of the other ghost types.
In this video I have some great footage of why I think the Revenant is no longer a big threat.

[@woebetide871]

Kinda makes me miss the old days when we all feared the dreaded Rev. Great video though, Nuzzgard, as always.

[@ShikiKiryu]

Revs are much more deadly on larger maps, long corridors and spaces like the gymnasium or the campsite pathways can make them terrifying where they can just sprint down the corridor before you know whats happening and its too late. They're always going to be weaker on the smaller house maps where theres more furniture, twists and turns and smaller rooms you can duck around to evade them.

[@Astaticembrace]

Also small maps if they spawn on you. You can break LoS but they can turn corner and get LoS again very fast on small maps if they spawn in an unfortunate spot.

[@Sassy_T]

I always forget they are slow when they can't see you, I just automatically think they are zoomy all the time! This is a great reminder!

[@jasonhounsell3297]

I wouldn’t go as far to say a rev is one of the weakest, on bigger maps where it’s not always easy to break LOS it’s still terrifying. It has a decent advantage to kill you during a hunt over many other ghosts, you could argue that because it’s easy to identify then you have less chances to make mistakes. It’s not the worst ghost now especially since big maps are not much played in nightmare anymore. It’s still miles above ghosts that have no hunt advantage or ways to kill you.

[@sovietstevey1174]

*kilometres

[@quave4744]

Revs sometimes do scare me when they catch me off guard and get line of sight.

[@shadedergu9921]

I mean Rev still punishes mistakes well beyond a lot of other ghosts and on large maps they are really strong. It is the smaller maps that merc them so their difficulty depends mostly on what map you are on and how often you mess up.

[@retribv_tion]

There’s one thing i really hate about this guy. The fact that he has only 58.9k subs and not 100k, man is really underrated in my opinion. Nuzzgard’s voice is really soothing and calm, he is a really nice guy and I love to watch along while I’m in school when we are doing an assignment. (yes my teachers let us watch streams/videos on our phones as long as it doesn’t cause a major disruption)

[@Happy_girlbff1]

Agree! We need to get him to 100k NOW!!!

[@CrackManT]

The problem is that the Nightmare patch pretty much indirectly nerfed the Rev, it was very dependent on having 50 seconds to hunt. Perhaps an unique strength where their hunts are longer is in order?

[@lucid4851]

9:44 "look how slow they are" *proceeds to run faster than Usain bolt*

[@BespectacledView]

Its like that primal, inborn fear of the rev needs to be overcome like the bogeyman and cooler minds will triumph.

[@gum_ao]

The nodding at the door genuinely made my night

[@oroontheheels]

Haven’t watched your channel for a while (was busy a bit) and wow new equipment, new ghost and graphics! This game is getting cooler and cooler!!

[@MemeDogelol]

That sound though, scary af

[@Kaisdemise_]

Thank you for posting this video. I was always hoping I dont get a revenant because I was so scared of them. Now I dont have to be

[@DinnerForkTongue]

From testing and watching Nuzz here, Insym and Psycho, revs are really not an S-tier threat at all, it's low-mid A at best. Keep an escape route to a hiding spot in mind, mind your smudges, and make full use of a hunt's grace period.

[@CrackManT]

@@DinnerForkTongue I've commented this separately but I'll reply here as well, all the threat the ghost poses to you is dependent on your experience, inexperienced people are bound to be caught off guard more often by Revs, it is the ghost that no one expects because it hunts at 50%, and if by that time you don't have all 3 evidences or is playing on nightmare, you are simply bound to get caught off guard, when you get to levels like 2000 and above or have similar experience, you simply know exactly what to expect whenever you get certain evidence types, you know what to test for, where and how, there is no S tier threat when you have this amount of experience. I have yet to die to an Twins, Onryo or the Raiju since they came out, the Raiju is currently stupidly overrated, all you have to do to escape it is turn your flashlight off, it immediately looses it's speed, it's not that difficult to escape it's range in the dark, especially in houses. If you happen to be in an hallway escaping from the ghost in a straight line, well you are dead either way, an Rev would simply kill you faster.

[@Laevaryl]

@@CrackManT Completely disagree, sure both are easy to identify and avoid, but at least the Raiju can cover ground without LOS, whereas the Rev is a complete joke unless it can actually see you.

[@CrackManT]

@@Laevaryl Well there are a couple of things you assume incorrectly so as to make you disagree and be incorrect in your statement; (MY TL:DR is: Both are a joke, for any 3000 lvl player or with similar experience, neither are an threat) Good players as soon as an Raiju is an possibility, will leave all the equipment on the ground turned off Even better players will plan an route of escape away from said equipment that perhaps is turned on for the exact reason of testing for an Raiju, something that can be done even on an different floor Absolute Pros will of course be playing on Nightmare, while doing so other than the above test, you can leave only an dots or thermo in the corner of the room and stay away from the ghost's room for an quick & easy test for the Raiju while controlling the sanity, if the evidence combination is EMF5 + DOTS, the ONLY possible ghost that hunts early is the Raiju, if the evidence combination is ORBs + DOTS, eliminating Yokai and Banshee are ridiculously easy via specific tests, if you get EMF5 + ORBs you immediately know it's an Raiju because the only option other than it is the Obake, which *always* gives Fingerprints. I'm sorry but no, Raiju is an overrated actual P.O.S, Demons, Twins and Onryos have more interesting mechanics going on right now than it, and as I said, *when you are on this level, there is no S tier threat, the only ghosts that can offer some excitement by this point are Yokais and Demons because they hunt so fricking early, other than that, any

[@spugelo359]

@@CrackManT Insym is level 6k+ and according to him Raiju is anti him ghost. Even with all that experience Raiju can shaft him due to early hunting and in general spending more time playing on each map, because it's Nightmare mode with 2 out of 3 evidences. If it were professional difficulty, could understand why you think Raiju isn't that bad since you can easily finish a small map on professional without getting hunted even once just munching on those sanity pills, if they are even needed at all.

[@UNKANNYENTERTAINMENT]

i notice another huge lack of ghost events...all hunts? im having the same issue.... great video i had no idea they are so slow! even the foot steps are a good tell for it being a rev. Thanks!

[@spotwhite3577]

I love watching your videos. It’s such a good way to spent the time

[@frostfirex7467]

The strength of a revenant basically comes down to what map you’re own and where the ghost room is/is around with nightmare and professional allowing it to change rooms. Asylum lower hallway as is highschool hallway or gym is a nightmare, but edgefield or ridgeview is a cake walk. Corners dictate the revenant entirely. Whenever I play larger maps a rev makes me quake in my boots but any small map I give no fucks.

[@kwagiajhYT]

Btw why do a Lot these wannabes kiddo really afraid of Revenant's idk since I play phasma even the new sprinting update they never ever kill me is easy to counter Rev just stick room that many break line of sight or many corridor,people needs to more learn that the ghost is more manacing is the one who effecting your sanity, they really can catch off your guard in anytime.. Btw is weirdly fucked up that the low tier ghost always kill me like,spirit, wraith and jinn 😭☕🥴

[@IZAQ_]

I think they should make the rev faster because the sprinting makes you able to outrun them for a bit.

[@champlynyang5809]

Or another idea nerf the sprint speed for player this could make rev more stronger

[@poisonbcm5275]

Revenants are super easy sometimes when you are in an unsafe hiding spot in willow basement and they go upstairs and are so slow they never find you or even come close

[@Happy_girlbff1]

I remember when the Rev was on the top the most dangerous ghost in phasmo and now rip. When i saw how slow it was i was surprised. Even a walking player is faster than a slow Rev. Not only that but when u are on big/especially small maps u can hear it's footsteps if it's close. It's like 1 footstep every 3-4 seconds. Oof, if i could play Phas i would for sure say more but idk. Ik, i talk a lot.

[@Haise-san]

Yes, that's right. It was indeed a lot more dangerous back in the day when the player sprint speed was stupid

[@Happy_girlbff1]

@@Haise-san Yeah also because of "New" Willow and it's glass doors, we can see through easily. Before we couldn't see how slow Revs where because there was no thing that you could see through. Also we were scared of Revs back then because they were a lot stronger without the new zooming sprint that we have. But new players will be more afraid of Revs. If you would put me right now to play Phasmophobia with a Rev in a small map, i would be terrified but i would try to remember this video to calm down that revs are just, slow.

[@Nepu_Nep]

I wouldn't go so far as to call them the weakest. None of the ghost's in Phas are particularly powerful to begin with especially since the addition of sprinting. simply bolting for the nearest hiding spot or safe spot as soon as your lights start flashing is already so powerful that no matter what ghost you're pitted against you won't die as long as you have a smidge of gamesense. Rev I feel is still leagues stronger than a Raiju due to the Raiju's ability being easily avoidable and it's early hunt potential being so rare. I find that the hardest ghost's now in the game are the ones that either rapidly drain sanity, like Jin's or Phantoms, or ones that have a considerable chance to early hunt, like demons and occasionally banshees. On larger maps however the power scale shifts back to the rev as breaking line of sight on highschool is considerably more difficult and during a hunt you could get caught by surprise when a rev catches sight of you from across the map. Revs are still definitely a force to be reckoned with, but only if you're a cheeky player that likes to loop the ghost or someone who enjoys playing on larger maps. On the other hand, keep an eye out for those sanity drainers and those super early hunters.

[@halogd5939]

The devs should buff revs. Maybe make them not as slow when they don't have line of sight. I want revs to overthrow raijus and be the scariest ghosts again.

[@lude7771]

"You can hide, but you can't run" -Rev probably

[@annekkipu]

Me and my friends have really hard times finding any clues lately. I’m not sure if the game changes or we have (lots of) bugs but we may play for over half an hour on a small location and get one clue and that’s it… I’m looking for some sort of information on that but I haven’t heard Nuzzgard mentioning anything close lately 😟 has anyone got the same problem?

[@naitruan]

You need to figure out where the ghost is (the most). Often, that's the ghost room, but not always. You don't need to actually find the ghost room, though, since all evidence can be gotten directly from the ghost except for Ghost Orbs (only favorite room). The easiest way is to... 1. Use Candles to stop sanity drops & activate the breaker 2. Bring in Equipment and drop it in a central location 3. After ~3-5 minutes, most ghosts have the place they're the most often at cooled down. Heavy wanderer can take about 10min. 4. Use a thermo to check the rooms. Rooms above 10 degree celsius are very unlikely to be the ghost room, rooms below 10 degree celsius are likely the ghost room (breaker on, all rooms had time to heat up) 5. Observe the ghost's actions. - If he touches a door, check it with EMF and UV. (EMF5 & Fingerprints check) - Have a DOTS projektor in the room, if you see a silhouette sprinting across the room, you have DOTS. - Check the room for Ghost Orbs, if you don't find any but suspect it might be dots and you're dealing with a roaming ghost, also check the nearby rooms for Ghost Orbs. - Make sure to place a Ghost Writing book where the ghost is often hanging around early. When he's near it, there's a chance he'll write in it if it's a Writing ghost. - Place a spirit box near where the ghost is. If the spririt box is in the dark and the ghost is nearby, there's no more than 1 player in the same room as the ghost, and that player is also in the dark, the ghost will respond to the spirit box every couple seconds (automatic trigger for people without microphone) or when promted by talking into the spirit box. You can use a candle to keep your sanity up in the dark, only lamps & ceiling lights stop the ghost from responding. - If the ghost is freezing, he'll eventually cause the room he's in the most to go below 0 and your breath will start fogging up. (This does not necessarily have to be the ghost room! You can have ghost orbs in one room, freezing in another) A freezing ghost will cause the temps on the thermo to drop below 0 into negative. A non-freezing ghost will never do that. A non-freezing ghost can lower the lowest displayed temperature on a thermo to a minimum of 3 (Misty & Clear Weather), or 0 (Rain, Storm, Snow, Windy - the skybox is moving past instead of almost not moving) An easy way to train yourself to spot evidence and find the ghost is the Training Mode. Enter the Training Mode, do NOT look on the board for the ghost room location, just enter the house & figure things out. No risk, super-easy to get used to spot things & get a feeling for how everything works. (Solo player only)

[@annekkipu]

@@naitruan hey! Thank you! Actually we’ve been trying to do all those things and during Halloween event everything went smoothly but finding any signs like handprints or ghost orbs (with a few cameras!) just became so much harder lately 😅

[@lolroflroflcakes]

I would not say it's the weakest; it's not the strongest, but make a wrong turn and you are not getting away. The Rev's strength is that it can punish poor play. Its weakness is that it requires poor play in the first place. However, can anyone who has done any public match in any game ever really say that poor play is rare?

[@sonsofmothers]

Revs are the glass cannons of ghosts

[@Honeybee19109]

I don’t care what ppl say, revenants scare the living daylights out of me

[@anthonyk3952]

Revenants are the absolute skill gate ghost of this game. They're the type of ghost that will absolutely murder inexperienced players, but having the most exploitable weakness in the game makes them even bigger pushovers than Spirits, Obakes or even Shades for more experience players

[@RARosie1]

Me: Oh my gosh it’s going so fast…RUN Nuzz: Look how slow they are Me: Oh yeah so slow, easy 🙁

[@unitzulu1836]

I think the rev should get a meaty buff, i believe they move 2x speed with line of sight, i propose making it 3x speed or perhaps 2.5x speed, and i think its 0.25x speed without line of sight, bump that up to 0.5x or even 0.75x speed

[@moltenking2362]

Ye Revs did get Omega nerfed. It's real bad how weak they are.

[@Havok91]

Edit: I forgot the LOS speed buff doesn't apply to Revs so feel free to ignore this question but, if you feel like answering for other ghosts, that'd be great. Hey Nuzzgard, did they change they make a change to the hunt mechanics? Don't the ghosts maintain the speed they've gained from line of sight until they've CHECKED where they last saw you?

[@asik6566]

Maybe if devs will do something like it will walk to the last point where it saw you

[@PantherFox]

one of the easiest ghosts on nightmare, because you can hear the footsteps and identify it instantly. i still think it's one of the scariest ghosts on other difficulties, especially for newer players, because if you're not ready for it they can really mess you up regardless of sprint.

[@Blitzcreeper239]

It's funny how the ghosts you don't want changes with difficulty and player skill. New players: No please don't be an early hunter Professional players: No please don't be fast Nightmare: No please don't be Yurei Oni Shade

[@CrackManT]

In my thousand hours, I still see Revs catching off guard and killing more people than Raijus or Jinns, not sure what you mean by Rev being weak, I have yet to even be endangered by an Raiju meanwhile an Rev and even the lowly Banshee with it's nigh b.s. ability have killed me more often than these new ghosts, and that statistic, I am considering only from the point where they've been released, for example I have not died yet at all to an Twins, Onryo or the Raiju, the latter is dead obvious, more than the Revenant since you can hear it's stompy speedy footsteps all over the place near, primarily, DOTS projectors, while the Revenant is only obvious if you know how to spot for it (slow footsteps, l.o.s speed test) and have an smudge ready, escaping an Rev in certain situations is nigh impossible while the Raiju all you have to do is turn your flashlight off and sprint, almost the same with the Jinn, all you have to do is block line of sight and it's ability to run goes away. *All of this is more dependent on experience than the threat the ghost poses, people like me and some streamers that are beyond Lvl 4000 (or similar experience) already know to counter ghosts by the book of untold rules, when you get to this amount of experience, there is no S tier threat, you know how to counter everything, in a sense, our opinion kind of becomes "invalid" because we are not part of the largest demographic of the game anymore.*

[@mikefrost1706]

How do you know exactly when to smudge? I’m a newer Phasmophobia player and I don’t know when to use the smudge exactly

[@kfaulkner730]

I see how the revenant is not as bad now but I can't help that my favourite and Nemesis ghost is so low in ranks of others ghost it breaks my heart 💔 😢 I wish it got a huge buff it always will be a S Tier ranking for me its the most ghost I always die to the then the other ghost the Jinn the bin is the ghost i fine weeker then revenant when I play solo

[@theglidingglacier]

40 minutes and no ghost events! That would be terrible to get if you had the ghost event objective. To be fair though if the ghost events were guaranteed the game wouldn’t be as random or as scary.

[@Purgious]

Just hope you don't get one while camping. One wiped out everyone on my team except me lmao

[@Serlixe]

❤️

[@Chompzilla23games2.0]

Rip Revenaut we will always remember how dangerous you were rev will always be my favorite ghost therory I think raiju is the son/ daughter of revenaut and jinn or demon

[@Hazzardgurl]

This is why I didn't agree with Revs being an "S" tier ghost on the community tier list. They can be deadly in open spaces or when they catch you off guard, but once you exploit that weakness, they are just laughable. And yeah. The sprint has been a big help at outrunning Revs. If anything, I'd rank them a high "B" /low "A" tier ghost. Still dangerous in many ways, but you have a greater chance at surviving compared to the higher tier ghosts. (cough) raiju (cough) Let's face it. Revs are a meme now.

[@gothjesusdarklordintrainin9877]

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