Revenant — Leech Dash
Steel Path build. Reave is a dash that steals health and shields. Thralls pay extra. Blinding Reave adds a blind. You are a vampire hallway.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Health-steal enjoyers, blending Mesmer with a heal button, people who hate standing still
Wrong drop or mechanic?
Why this build?
Steel Path for Health-steal enjoyers, blending Mesmer with a heal button, people who hate standing still
Health: Not yet — Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts still closed. Play the Starter.
- Reave is the ability people forget after they fall in love with Mesmer. It is still a full heal in a line.
- Thralls are actually useful here. On gun-Revenant they are Helminth bait.
- Blinding Reave is a CC augment that does not fight the kit.
Don’t use this for: solo level-cap
Stronger mods, Arcanes, real synergy
You don’t need the shards to run the loop. They are a later ceiling, not a gate.
Bring: Move through them — A melee or shotgun for whatever you dashed through. Reave is the sustain, Mesmer is the immortality.
Alternative if…
- Star Chart only → First Mesmer
- This is too much Forma / cost → First Mesmer — Star Chart
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- Required mods 0/9 · required — 0/9 named
- Forma 0/3 · required — 3 on the card. Codex does not track installed Forma.
- Helminth · optional — Not required
- Arcanes · recommended — 0/2 recommended
- Shards · optional — Optional unless the card says a breakpoint
Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 3 specialised mods. Typical farm ~1–2 hours. Trade if a route is vaulted.
Codex Checked · Compared against current game data for this update. · Update 43.5 · 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Current
Medium confidence. A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification. Verification is separate: Codex Checked against Update 43.5.
Your next step
Next: Mesmer Gun — Optimised
Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts before this upgrade is honest.
Mesmer Gun — OptimisedPlan
Today → next → later
Inventory unknown — mark “I own this” on a few mods. Until then this is a plan, not a score of zero.
- NextGet Brief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- After that3 FormaOne slot at a time. Rank 30 after each polarize.
- LaterAmber · Casting SpeedHelminth and shards are the last rungs. They are not the Starter.
- FinalLeech DashSteel Path · Advanced · 3 Forma
Upgrade from here
Mesmer Gun — Optimised
Locked behind Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts. Tick those on Progress first.
Open Mesmer Gun — OptimisedFarm the gap
- Eidolon augments — Mesmer Shield · Thrall Pact · Blinding Reave
Helminth & shards
What to put on the body
- 2 Amber · Casting Speed — Reave is a fire rate.Archon locked
- 2 Crimson · Strength — Fatter leech.Archon locked
Tonight
What is actually up
30 minutes, one hour, or two — matched to this loadout, not a dump of the Origin System.
30 minutes
Farm Brief Respite
One named gap. The Index / Nightwave
60 minutes
Brief Respite, then Forma
Finish the missing named card, then spend a Forma if a polarity is still fighting you.
120 minutes
One Archon Hunt
If you are logging off after this, stop at the named component. Do not start a second Forma session tired.
- Farm Brief Respite
The Index / Nightwave
Who this is for
Play this build from zero
You bought Blinding Reave and you want a hallway to be a snack.
- Time to a playable copy
- After the augment and Stretch.
- First mission to practice in
- A long Grineer hallway. Enthrall one, dash through ten.
2 button drills · 13 parts · tick the lists as you go
Before you start
0 of 3 done
Put it on the Warframe
0 of 4 done
Keep this up
Dash loop
Pocket card. Stick this on a second screen; the long version is the mission below.
- 1Mesmer Skin (2).
- 2Enthrall (1) the first heavy you see. Thralls spread if they damage allies.
- 3Reave (3) through the line, preferably through a thrall. Health and shields jump.
- 4Recast Mesmer. Dash is not a replacement for charges — it is the heal between them.
First mission — press these buttons
- 1
Enthrall the front guy
11. He is yours.
- 2
Dash through him and the pile
33. Health jumps. Blind if the augment is on.
You will know it worked when: A Sentient wall. Numbers on your health. Blinded enemies.
Common mistakes
Reaving empty air
It is a line. Aim at bodies, preferably a thrall.
When this feels easy
- 1Casting speedDash is a fire rate.
Parts checklist
0 of 13 owned. Tap How on anything you still need.
Dependencies
16 dependencies
Frame → mods → unlocks. Tick Collection and Progress. This is a decision graph, not a wiki tree.
- 1●revenantframe
- 2○Brief Respitemod
- 3○Cunning Driftmod
- 4○Blinding Reaveaugment
- 5○Blind Ragemod
- 6○Stretchmod
- 7○Primed Continuitymod
- 8○Primed Flowmod
- 9○Streamlinemod
- 10○Intensifymod
- 11○Arcane Energizearcane
- 12○Arcane Victoryarcane
- 13○Amber · Casting Speedshard
- 14○Crimson · Strengthshard
- 15○Steel Pathunlock
- 16○Archon Hunts (shards optional)unlock
Depends on
What this loadout needs
Required is a gate. Recommended is a ceiling. Optional is a later farm — don’t stall the card for it.
Required
- Brief Respite
missing · The Index / Nightwave
Cunning Driftmissing · Lua Halls of Ascension
- Blinding Reave
missing · Cephalon Suda / Perrin Sequence · 25,000
Reave blinds. Hallway CC plus the leech.
Blind Ragemissing · Run Orokin Vaults
Stretchmissing · Enemy drops
Primed Continuitymissing · Wait for Baro Ki'Teer
Primed Flowmissing · Baro Ki'Teer
Streamlinemissing · Enemy drops and early missions
Intensifymissing · Fight Lieutenant Lech Kril
Recommended
Optional
Strength
~200% (leech percent)
Duration
155% Reave window
Range
175% dash width / length
Reave through thralls for a much fatter leech. Enthrall actually matters on this config.
From the mods
Live power
Additive from max-rank Codex mods. Efficiency clamped 15–175%. Umbral set is +11% Strength per extra piece.
- Strength
- 229%
- Duration
- 155%
- Range
- 160%
- Efficiency
- 75%
- Energy
- +275%
- Capacity
- 48 / 67
Weapon HUD
Arsenal numbers
Base × damage mods × crit expectation × fire rate × multishot. No faction, no quantization. Galvanized kill stacks are a slider, not assumed.
- Damage
- 35
- Crit
- 12% × 2.00
- Status
- 26%
- Fire rate
- 9.58
- Multishot
- 1.00
- Avg hit
- 39
- Arsenal DPS
- 376
Toggle common mods
Revenant mods
- AuraBrief RespiteThe Index / Nightwave
- ExilusCunning DriftLua
- 1Blinding ReaveReave blinds. Hallway CC plus the leech.Cephalon Suda / Perrin Sequence · 25k
- 2Blind RageVaults
- 3StretchDrops
- 4Primed ContinuityBaro
- 5Primed FlowBaro
- 6StreamlineDrops
- 7IntensifyDrops
| Slot | Mod | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura | Brief Respite | The Index / Nightwave | |
| Exilus | Cunning Drift | Lua | |
| 1 | Blinding Reave Reave blinds. Hallway CC plus the leech. | Cephalon Suda / Perrin Sequence · 25k | |
| 2 | Blind Rage | Vaults | |
| 3 | Stretch | Drops | |
| 4 | Primed Continuity | Baro | |
| 5 | Primed Flow | Baro | |
| 6 | Streamline | Drops | |
| 7 | Intensify | Drops |
Move through them
A melee or shotgun for whatever you dashed through. Reave is the sustain, Mesmer is the immortality.
Arcanes
Arcane Energize
Dash spam is an energy hobby.
Eidolon
Arcane Victory
Health on headshot if you also shoot. Optional.
Eidolon / trade
Archon shards
- 1
Amber · Casting SpeedReave is a fire rate.2 · EDA - 2
Crimson · StrengthFatter leech.2 · Netracells
| # | Shard | Qty | Source | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber · Casting Speed Reave is a fire rate. | 2 | EDA | |
| 2 | Crimson · Strength Fatter leech. | 2 | Netracells |