Talk: Team - Racway/Archive 1

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Same? Racthoh 16:54, 20 May 2008 (EDT)

I would personally take Spear of Lightning > Swift Javelin. Just maybe put Swift in Variants for areas with heavy blocks. --GuildofDeals 07:30, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

Orders, though. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 10:30, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

What is the advantage of using D/N over N/D or N/Any? Zealot 11:44, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

Well, given that six of the skills, 97 of the attribute points, the headpiece, and the rune are all devoted to healing and energy management... -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 12:13, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

Well, I saw the Orders thing, but the damage and recharge is lower. For areas with blockers, I would take Javelin, but otherwise I'd take SoL. --GuildofDeals 16:09, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

You don't really get much from using Spear of Lightning; just 6 extra damage+25% armor penetration (which isn't significant in Hard Mode), which is outclassed even by Swift Javelin (because of OoP, of course). Blazing Spear would be fine in place of Swift Javelin (or Vicious Attack, as noted). Spear of Fury would have been one of the best choices, but it isn't worth the loss of one of your other PvE skills. Also, wurs the critical hit for Vicious Attack? The only reliable Deep Wound you've got is Merciless Spear on your Motigon. -Mike 16:49, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

Deep Wound is not needed in PvE, especially when stuff is dying as fast as Vicious Attack can recharge. Merciless Spear is pretty much there in case that extra 100 damage is needed to break a mob; heroes from my experience are quite good with it to boot. If that doesn't work, Stunning Strike will. Pretty much the only reason Swift Javelin and Vicious Attack are on the player's bar is because they are the two fastest recharging non-elemental non-pve 5 energy spear attacks. With all the energy SY returns, mash away.

That bar has a strict focus on keeping SY up as much as possible. No other adrenaline skills, no chants, nothing to stop you from attacking and building adrenaline. The exception to this is EBSHonor. Personally I only cast the ward when Dark Fury is up; it allows me to maintain SY without significant downtime. The bar always functions the same way no matter the circumstance provided you are kept clean of hexes/blind/change targets when blocking. As an example if GftE! was on the bar in place of Swift Javelin to get that Deep Wound, and the party was starting to break the last thing I want to do is take a strike of adrenaline away from SY. Energy on the monk(s) in those situations has probably gotten tight; I don't want to make things harder on the healer by dropping SY even for a second if it can be avoided. As such with the two attack skills I can continue to pump out damage in the same manner despite the party's condition, compared to GftE! + Vicious Attack where GftE! only works against your odds of survival. It becomes a burden in a situation that matters.

Overall that is the purpose of all the builds, and why there are the variants for every situation. Powering SY and maintaining it as much as humanly possible gives you the greatest chance of survival. Miss hexes, reduce attack speed hexes, degen hexes, AKA damage that SY can't prevent, hex variant keeps you clean. Blind (no SY), degen conditions (SY doesn't help), you have Song of Purification. Multiple healers that you can't break with damage alone, Stunning Strike to the rescue. It is a strong hero combination that gives you fallbacks and preventatives in the situations that will actually pose a threat to the party's survival. Racthoh 18:03, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

You forgot to mention that Spear of Fury is bad. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 20:13, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

If you don't need Swift Javelin's unblockable, the +damage is greater. But that only applies if you're not taking EBS. -Shen 20:32, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

D/N's party healing is the main advantage. If you want to take a necro for orders, it'll be using Splinter Weapon and IV or something. -Shen 20:36, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

Armond, I understand your point about avoiding downtime, but when Dark Fury is up, you're able to spam Blazing Spear, "GftE!" and "SY!" without downtime (well, I've got 5 seconds of "SY!"). And if things start to look bad, it's as easy as not using the other adrenal skills or skills with activations (except EBSoH). -Mike 21:21, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

If you don't have to worry about downtime, then of course there's no problem. If things start to look bad, being able to hit for more is better than having useless slots. -Shen 21:26, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

Downtime? I don't care about downtime. I can maintain it with blazing spear (a better skill than vicious attack imo, but it may just as easily have been that I was too lazy to get it on my gon) spam with a 4 second sy, but then I don't use ward. I just don't like wasting a PvE skill on Spear of Fury because the damage doesn't make up for the PvE skill slot loss and the conditional adrenaline gain is useless when you're charging SY in two hits anyway. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 21:43, 22 May 2008 (EDT)

The thing with Spear of Fury was that it could deal 30+ damage (with high enough ranks), more than most Spear Attacks, has a 1 second activation, and could be used after Anthem of Weariness to make up for the downtime, but you will get more from EBSoH. -Mike 07:02, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Also, Spear of Fury doesn't need to hit to give the adrenaline gain, so even against mobs that block, you're able to fully recharge SY at least every 8 seconds, if all your attacks are blocked, unlike Swift Javelin. ScythXIII 09:23, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

If things are blocking, change targets. There's no excuse for not charging SY every two hits. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 10:36, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

When fighting raptors in GWEN, they all seem to be blocking ._. ... ScythXIII 11:47, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Ctrl-spacebar. Shit dies when seven spears get chucked at it. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 11:48, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Not saying that things aren't dieing, just that the blocks prevent adrenaline gain = no SY. Killing it would still mean no SY <_< ... ScythXIII 11:51, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

...Because it really matters if you've got SY up if they're dead? -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 11:57, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

True...ScythXIII 12:07, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Mirror of Disenchantment for Raptors, or necromancers over paragons. Racthoh 15:41, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Possible variant for block heavy areas (stances/enchantments)? ScythXIII 18:21, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

Wee.. correct indent ScythXIII 18:22, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

Commandgon vs. Motigon + Imbagon

If Imbagon is Imbalanced and Paragon, shortened, and Motigon, Motivation and Paragon, shortened, why is Commandgon, Command and paragon, with just Paragon being shortened? Yes, the names are irrelevant, but something like "Commagon" or "Commgon" would be nice... just to make thing consistent (Abbreviation + gon). Yes, I was bored enough to think about it... ScythXIII 19:48, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Because those sound just as dumb. IMA KILL YOU WITH MY COMMAS or IMA KILL YOU WITH MY COMMUNICATION -- Mafaraxas 20:11, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

That's dirty. >.> Besides, there are different ways of looking at it; each of them have 3 syllables. -Mike 22:27, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

Commagon sounded less awkward (and less laughable) than commandagon did. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 00:05, 24 May 2008 (EDT)

Commandogon--RELYK ʞlɐʇ ʎɯ 21:24, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Did someone say Commando? ــмıкεнaшк 21:31, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Focussed + "FGJ!"

Just an observation from having used this build myself:

Focussed anger lasts for 45 seconds with a 60 second recharge, FGJ lasts for 20 seconds with a 45 second recharge. Point is this, on entering a battle, use FGJ just before focussed anger, you get extra adrenaline gain at the start for faster SY, and by the time focussed anger has run out, FGJ is recharged, allowing you to carry on with the normal chain.

Just to clarify why I bothered to post what most people have already worked out, a guy in my alliance insisted on waiting for FGJ to expire instead of triggering focussed as soon as it recharged because "pvx said not to let them overlap". Please make the instructions either clearer or non-existant, because there are a lot of idiots playing the game, and some of us get the joy of monking for them...

It doesn't matter, but having them overlap does absolutely nothing (because the adrenaline gain is capped at +100%) and using them both at the beginning of a fight does nothing but waste your energy (which is probably already low because you should have just used aggressive refrain). -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 21:34, 27 May 2008 (EDT)

Eh, just cast AR when you load the area and maintain with TNTF, a hero's Anthem of Flame, or take "Fall Back!" instead of EBSoH/FGJ and alternate that with TNTF (for more breathing room instead of TNTF alone). -- Mafaraxas 21:43, 27 May 2008 (EDT)

Fall Back is bad, TNTF costs a chunk of energy, anthems take time out of running. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 22:23, 27 May 2008 (EDT)

Having to spend 25 energy and 2 seconds at the beginning of every battle is worse, in my opinion. Fall Back isn't good if you need the constant double-adrenaline, but it naturally complements AR in that it refreshes it itself and gets your group between battles quicker, meaning the heroes refreshing your AR for you. Chaining TNTF and Fall Back isn't as bad as you make it to because of Leadership. -- Mafaraxas 02:06, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

Maintaining AR with TNTF is much mor easier and energy efficient than casting AR at the start of every battle, not to mention if you're getting the full +6 energy from leadership, you'll still be gaining energy (-15e + 6e + 10e = 1e) ScythXIII 10:59, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

Having Focused + "FGJ" on the same bar seems wasteful. If FA's 15sec downtime is causing probs, your team must be no good. P A R A S I T I C 18:05, 14 June 2008 (EDT)

Hexbreaker Aria

Is going to be going to be mostly useless due to only 2-3 characters having spells. I suggest that its removed, it basically just lowers that Para's dps. — Teh Uber Pwnzer 23:50, 27 May 2008 (EDT)

Frees up the spell casters that do have hex removal to remove them from others, instead of themselves. ScythXIII

10:55, 28 May 2008 (EDT)

Since when does anyone else need their hexes removed? (If hexes are serious enough that the melee characters actually need theirs removed and the monk can't keep up, you should be running the hex-heavy build.) -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 17:16, 1 June 2008 (EDT)

Also with the hex heavy setup Empathic is a spell therefore two hexes and a condition can be removed from that para, the Orders derv is a spell machine, and EBoH is also a spell therefore removes a hex.(Mr Pink57 17:05, 1 June 2008 (EDT))

Imbagon Attributes

The imbagon has 8 command but no command skills. Shouldn't he take those points and raise both leadership and spear mastery? Deezee 00:05, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

The imbagon has 8+1 command in order to use a shield. Kabu To 00:33, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

Just to elaborate a little, leadership won't improve the build much since the energy is already fine, and a shield is pretty important when you're cruising around with 60 AL. Kabu To 00:43, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

Actually, paragons have a base of 80 AL, and you should always have Centurion's insigs for 90. Even without an insane RC bot, you ought to be able to guarantee yourself about 100 AL at any point in time - which is about half as much as the rest of your team, making you the squishiest member of the party. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 01:07, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

Ah, I forgot about Centurion's. Kabu To 04:14, 15 June 2008 (EDT)

Plus shield, plus shield inscription... Paragons are pretty nuts. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 12:10, 16 June 2008 (EDT)

Derwish

In 8 man areas I had the problem that the Derwish often got aggro and got killed. So I changed my Derwish from wind- to earth prayers and replaced Watchful Invention, Mystic Healing, Dwayna's Touch and Vow of Piety with Aura of Thorns, Mystic Regeneration, Vital Boon and Signet of Pious Light. It works quite well. The advantages are he stays in the backline, Aura of Thorns help him to escape melees and still excellent selfheal. Partyheal is NOT that good anymore. :(

Party-wide healing is still very important, and even more so when you haven't any devoted tank (+100 armor=no need for usual tank). Also, make sure they've got a staff, and not some caster weapon, because apparently they won't use it properly without one (see Build:D/N_Arcane_Orders_Dervish.) ــмıкεнaшк 17:37, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

The AI is incredibly stupid and chooses most of its actions from its weapon, it seems. For example, AI mesmers won't use backfire if you switch to your shield/spear set - it's pretty awesome to sit there as an assassacaster and tank Empathy, Clumsiness, etc, because you're wielding a spear. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 20:20, 1 July 2008 (EDT)

Imbagon

Could the Imbagon be replaced with another Save Yourself spammer? Such as

for non para primaries?--Cursed Condemner 22:22, 11 July 2008 (EDT)

Conceivably, but then you're missing out on TNTF. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 09:13, 12 July 2008 (EDT)

Other characters

What do you suggest for people without paragons or that have paras, but not as their main? Rangers can use IH + SY, dervishes SY and so on, but what for example Monk build I can run? Bonder, SY dragon slash (;p) or something like LoD hybrid? — Abedeus 10:59, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

Roll a para, or group with one. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 12:54, 13 July 2008 (EDT)

"paraway"

This is not paraway, it is not all paragons. Paraway is 8+paragons working together. end of discussion.--71.67.243.230 02:52, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

Er, so? It's close enough. Do keep in mind zergway involved only four or five SS warriors (the "zergers"). -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 11:17, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

Mending Refrain?

Makes a lot of sense in the build ofc, but do heroes use it manually and intelligently, or should it be microed? Also, I've used that orders derv, but I have a very hard time believing it completely replaces a monk, can somebody convince me otherwise? Gabe 22:26, 20 July 2008 (EDT)

They use it pretty well themselves, but I've microed it upon entering an area so I could have it on my whole party. This was before the 15 second duration, however. ــмıкεнaшк 00:33, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Yeah, that may be problematic. Also, if mending isn't good why not replace it? Im not sure with what though. And wat about this derv healer? Does it, in fact, heal better/equally as a monk? Gabe 17:14, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Derv healer? I can only see an orders derv, and don't expect it to heal u much tbh as it constantly sacs and needs heals itself.--Sazzy 18:07, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Oh I'm sorry, I meant the orders dervish. It explicitly says on the build page that it replaces a monk, I'd like to know if that is true, because I'm doubting it. Gabe 18:10, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

It and the imbagon that you should be running can replace a monk in most situations, yes. --Mafaraxas (talk) 18:30, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Fair enough, I haven't even tested this build yet. But anything with imbagon is win. So, what about mending? Yes or no? Gabe 18:35, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Well, it's not as good as it was after the many nerfs, but it'll still work fine as long as you have another energy-based shout ("Charge!"/"Fall Back!" or something useless like "We Shall Return!"/"They're on Fire!" that don't need attribute investment) somewhere in the party to alternate with TNTF outside of battle so that it's maintainable. The other option for that slot is Aria of Restoration/Ballad of Restoration, depending on the team and the area. --Mafaraxas (talk) 18:52, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Ya, just take some extra Shouts/Chants (or one with a shorter recharge) or micro your heroes' Shouts/Chants, but I probably wouldn't bother with that myself. XD ــмıкεнaшк 18:54, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Mending lost a single pip of regen from the nerfs. That's... not very fail.

Honestly, I keep mending on my heroes because I can't find anything better to put on instead. It's not like it'll really make a difference, though - I've vanquished areas with mending disabled. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 09:01, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

4 man group

Different build.--RELYK ʞlɐʇ ʎɯ 19:00, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

Soldier's Fury buff

I found this to work better after the buff with only heroes/henches, since henchmen seem to fail miserably at tanking and SY tends to put all the aggro on you. The Tactics stances let you block a lot more attacks, and SY can still be maintained with Soldier's Fury. You also get a higher IAS and no Cracked Armor. Since you have shouts on you all the time anyway with the other paragons, it's easier to maintain Soldier's Fury than AR. Aequus 10:56, 14 August 2008 (EDT)

Spear Mastery: 10+1+1 Leadership: 11+1 Tactics: 10

That build's a little less flexible because you need somewhat higher rank to maintain "SY!" if your Orders Dervish isn't doing his job right (which is common). ــмıкεнaшк 11:04, 14 August 2008 (EDT)

...What? Since when does Melonni not do her job right? And... do bear in mind that the bottom end duration just got buffed a chunk. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 22:33, 14 August 2008 (EDT)

They need to be using a staff, and then they win @ Orders. --71.229 22:59, 14 August 2008 (EDT)

No. They sacc like madmens when being pressured, fail to maintain Dark Fury and so on. Overall they perform better than usual with the build, but that's not saying a lot tbh. Godbox 06:18, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

Huh. I've never noticed a problem, but there's a reason I don't HB. --71.229 06:25, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

mine has a casters sword and still wins tbh. And since it's pve, don't flag the orders hero in a mob of foes >.< Then she won't be pressured and do her job well. Not like she needs to stand next to u to cast the order —şąɀɀƴƿooɧ 07:14, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

Since when is the orders hero supposed to maintain dark fury? -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 08:58, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

dark fury is an order too perhaps? (though not having the order name, the way it works is identical to an order) And it would be stupid tbh to have it on the bar if they're not going to maintain it during the fight. Though point being, they do maintain it. —şąɀɀƴƿooɧ 10:16, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

Unless they changed the AI since I left, Melonni's horrible at maintaining both Dark Fury and Order of Pain - because she, like a smart hero, cycles through them both, combining the best of both enchantments. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 20:51, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

wow...

I finally mulled over the PvX wiki's version of paraway, and this is flat out terrible. This isn't anywhere near what paraway actually is. This is some random assortment of builds that almost work well together and an Arcane Dervish to give an adrenaline boost and mild healing. There, I've said it, now what?--72.189.85.47 17:52, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

If this is PvX wiki's vision of what paraway is, it's no wonder that paragons are so hated and massively underrated in Guild Wars.--72.189.85.47 17:54, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

Instead of complaining, give us some suggestions to improve the build. Personally, I would never run more than one Paragon in a team, anyway, especially if I'm playing the Imbagon. ــмıкεнaшк 18:02, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

I wouldn't pay attention to Ikimono if I were anybody reading. The IP above (Ikimono) believes this is bad and that this and this are good, which really shows how much he/she knows.

Also, just why wouldn't you want more paragons on your team? — Teh Uber Pwnzer 18:43, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

They don't deal that much damage, don't have AoE, and their added support is just mediocre when you've already got an Imbagon. I'd probably take some Incendiary Arrows/Barrage Ranger and a frontliner instead, tbh. ــмıкεнaшк 18:47, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

1) Paragons deal as much or more damage than warriors in PvE under most circumstances. Ever notice how often melee has to run around to catch their targets? They have to just about every time they switch. You don't have to when you've got a spear.

2) Yeah, no AoE does hurt a little, but things dieing in 2 seconds whenever you ctrl click them makes up for it imo. Makes taking out priority targets much easier.

3) Dealing 19 more damage for everybody's next attack skill is mediocre? Removing 3 conditions from every party member every few seconds is mediocre? Burning multiple targets is mediocre? Imo, the only skills in the build that could possibly be considered mediocre are Mending Refrain, Aria of Zeal and Hexbreaker Aria. Those skills, imo, should be replaced with Ballad of Restoration, Finale of Restoration and "Go for the Eyes!" — Teh Uber Pwnzer 19:14, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

The 1.75 seconds spent activating a Chant could have been used to hit twice as a melee or use Barrage/Volley/Incendiary Arrows, which, because of the faster attack rate and higher +damage for melee or the AoE from the Ranger, you lose a lot more than you think. Tbh, that time spent activating that Chant would be better spent using a Spear Attack + auto-attack because it comes out to pretty much the same amount of damage, anyway. Anthem of Flame is also mediocre if you're all attacking the same target. I also don't run the Orders Dervish anymore, because I'd rather take a N/Rt with Splinter Weapon to go with my Barrager/Incendiary Arrows. ــмıкεнaшк 19:47, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

See comments bellow, And no. Rangers have a much slower attack speed than a spear. Paragons have the highest single target DPS in the game and it's ranged, fyi. Unless you count Wand Spike and that is.--IkimonoThe Ursan Monk 21:44, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

• Furthermore, dispatching 1 target extremely quickly vs getting rid of a few targets slowly and allowing healers to heal, hexes to get cast, and damage to be dealt by that target slows down combat greatly.
  • additionally, the damage given from chants greatly increases party DPS, and you are greatly overstating the damage you think is lost when a paragon is not throwing a spear. How much time is lost when a ranger has to use a preparation, wait for healers to remove conditions, suddenly draw back because of a sudden health loss, and rely on either pets or minions to take the damage for them? How long do they have to sit out and wait for their skills recharge after their pet dies? How often do they have to use healing skills to make sure their pet doesn't die so their skills aren't Ko'ed? Additionally, what happens if suddenly 1 monk is killed? The team has to freak out and normally retreat while they get into a position where they are safe to get the monk back up. That is if the other monk is able to keep up with the healing and the party isn't wiped pre-res. However, with a good paragon team, the team stands sturdy, tanking through the mild damage as 1 party member resurrects the fallen paragon and the rest of the party continues to beat the ever loving crap out of monsters and can function generally, just the same.--IkimonoThe Ursan Monk 21:44, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

First off, your grossly underestimating the amount a warrior has to move around.

Second, in the setup I was describing, the only chants/anthems were Anthem of Envy, Anthem of Flame and Song of Purification. In a team with 6 physicals (which you should be running at minimum), Envy basically adds 114 armor ignoring damage. Hmm, I didn't know warriors or paragons could attack twice and hit that high when mobs have 100+ armor. Incendiary might be able to match it, maybe even go above it a bit. However, its an elite that effectively has a 5 second recharge (activation + recharge). What is your hero going to do while its on recharge? Attack once? Attack twice and raise its effective recharge by another second? Use volley and most likely hit one target thanks to adjacent range being so small? In the same amount of time, a Paragon under AR could attack 3 times. Purification is just awesome, as it removes blind, weakness-- two things that limit physical damage dealers. Anthem of Flame, while not as great, is still pretty good. Between ctrl clicks (and occasionally even while spamming ctrl like crazy-- its annoying when they do that), Heroes tend to switch targets, giving a decent chance to add burning to a few enemies. Not only that, it can be used to keep Aggressive Refrain up between battles and heal allies under Finale of Restoration.

Fourth, not running Orders is probably the worst thing you can do, seeing as 6 physicals hitting for +12 almost every attack adds up to a ton of damage. The double adrenalin also adds lots of damage and defense.

Lastly, running damage/support on every bar means you only need one hench healer, even in most hard mode areas. This means even more damage. — Teh Uber Pwnzer 20:47, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

^Wise one is wise.--IkimonoThe Ursan Monk 21:44, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

^ that. I run warriors a lot in PvE (NRA Battle Rage, Dslash/Steelfang/Brawling Headbutt/SY!, Earthshaker), and by the time the fight's halfway done I'm spending more time running than fighting. --71.229 20:52, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

(EC)If you're putting together a team of 6 physicals, you probably won't even use Heroes; you'll take imba PvE-only skills like Great Dwarf Weapon. I didn't say I was dropping an Orders altogether, just the Dervish for a N/Rt Orders with a better Elite, Splinter Weapon and Foul Feast, which eliminates the need for Song of Purification. Hexbreaker Aria will also be quite useless if you're taking 6 physicals, anyway, and a better spec into Blood Magic means that you can make up for the loss of those Anthems through OoP. Incendiary Arrows (which is now my favourite Ranger Elite for PvE)+Ignite Arrows+EBSoH+Splinter Weapon kills shit FAST, and the nearby range is quite large. This build sacrifices a lot of damage for defense, but hey, that's what you get with Heroes, and I'm overestimating their AI and treating them like organized groups. >.> ــмıкεнaшк 21:03, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

I run 6 physicals H/H, because its still the best H/H build around.

Yeah, Hexbreaker Aria is near useless, thats why I recommend replacing it.

I agree that Incendiary is a great elite. Still, just autoattacking at something with orders/EBSoH gets nearly the same without sacrificing what the two paras give (deep wound, daze, condition removal, lots of party healing, removal of stances, etc).

I see what you mean on the necro, but aren't you spreading your attributes quite thin with Soul/Blood/Channeling/Resto? And if you don't take resto, you'll need way more healing in your team, cutting damage (keep in mind, this build is mainly for hard mode, attack skills from enemy melee often hits for 70+, even under SY. Boss damage is also quite crazy). If you lower blood, you won't have very strong Orders. If you don't have very high channeling, you'll have a weak splinter (removing the reason you go N/Rt anyways). Don't have high soul reaping and you'll run out of energy super fast. Not to mention, Foul Feast will be spammed on you to remove cracked armor quite often, blowing your necro's energy. Foul Feast also wouldn't be able to nearly keep up with the rate conditions are applied in some areas.

Anyways, I don't think your build is that bad. I just don't think its quite as good as this. — Teh Uber Pwnzer 21:49, 15 September 2008 (EDT)

...you know what...i'm just going to submit my guild's version of Paraway. And If you guys say it is bad, then it just an obvious show of statement, "Lol, we rule here, get out." Which frankly disgusts me. This should be a place where if ideas are submitted and they are bad, they should be explained, critiqued and as a last measure, deletion. Not the thumbs down Caesar that has formed over this wiki. I will work on it tomorrow and the next upcoming days. Oh and by the way — Teh Uber Pwnzer is rediculously right. you should try listening to people before shutting them down; or as Sean Connery put it, "...goose stepping morons should try reading books instead of burning them."--IkimonoThe Ursan Monk 00:08, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

oh and 1 last note, that para-infuse build still works *wink* and the hammer build was just for lols and never was really finished.--IkimonoThe Ursan Monk 00:08, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

You obviously don't understand the point of a wiki that exists to document the best builds. Backbreaker monks work; they get glad points in RA. So does echo mending. Does that make them good? Nope. -- Armond Warblade{{sysop}} 02:09, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

I chuckled when I saw echo mending and the words "...work;...So does echo mending."--IkimonoThe Ursan Monk 21:26, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

"HAY GUYS I'M GONNA POST A BUILD AND IF YOU SAY IT'S BAD IT'S CAUSE YOU'RE ALL ELITISTS KK OH AND I'M GONNA COMPARE YOU TO NAZIS TOO"

PvX, like all wikis, is the way it is because of its userbase. If you want to improve it, make the bad people stop making idiotic votes or get more intelligent players to drown them out. Or just stop crying and try to find a better build site. I'd suggest you start with guild sites since PvX, as bad as it is, is the best of the public build sites.

tl;dr: Q___________________________Q --71.229 02:33, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

Obvious troll is obvious.--IkimonoThe Ursan Monk 21:26, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

Pretty sure 71.299 was being serious. — Teh Uber Pwnzer 21:44, 16 September 2008 (EDT)