PSA: Recluses, Please Use Your Fists to Revive
I saw a post mentioning picking up any random weapon to revive. If you as a Recluse are not wanting to pick up a weapon to revive (and I guess I can understand not wanting to pick up some trash weapon taking up your inventory space), then just use your fists.
It's actually probably faster using fists to revive than any other weapon (other than fists, HAHA). Maybe daggers might have a slight advantage over fists. Now I'm not gonna call out glintstone pebble revive Recluses because I wouldn't have known this if I hadn't seen a Recluse doing it first. Obviously the only time that's advantageous is if you need to raise from afar.
Edit: Yeah, if you have things like Cannon of Haima (best reviving spell, I think it's 1.5 bars) and Stars of Ruin (ticks off one full bar per cast) then obviously use those. Of course consider how long these spells take to cast when reviving also and how safe you are when casting them or you'll just get downed too. This is more a PSA for the early stages of the game.