Build:Team - 7 Hero Non merc Heroic Refrain

Mercenary-free team build for a paragon player centered around the new Anniversary elite skill Heroic Refrain. Blood is Power fuels the mesmer midline while a Soul Twisting ritualist provides party-wide protection. Heroic Refrain provides a maintainable +4 to all attributes on the entire party.

Player Build
[build prof=P/W Leadership=12+1+3 command=10+1 spear=7+1 tactics=4]["Stand Your Ground!"@15]["There's Nothing to Fear!"]["For Great Justice!"]["To The Limit!"@8]["Save Yourselves!"]["They're On Fire!"@20][Aggressive Refrain@20][Heroic Refrain@20][/build]

Weapons Equipment Main Article
 * "Strength and Honour" spear of defense with an "I Can See Clearly Now" command shield of fortitude
 * Use a Furious Spearhead if running with, otherwise use a Vampiric Spearhead
 * Insightful "Hale and Hearty" staff of defense
 * 5 Centurion's Insignias
 * Rune of superior vigor
 * Rune of clarity
 * P/any Heroic Refrain Spear

Thunderclap Elementalist
[build prof=Elementalist/Paragon AirMagic=12+1+3 EnergyStorage=9+1 Command=8 Motivation=4][Thunderclap@20][Chain Lightning@20][Lightning Strike@20][Shock Arrow@20][Mending Refrain@8][Aura of Restoration@14][Air Attunement@20]["Fall Back!"@12][/build]

Equipment
 * Insignias: Full Blessed Insignia
 * Runes: Appropriate attribute runes, best Vigor you can afford, Vitae on rest
 * Weapons: 40/40 Air Magic

Main article
 * Build:E/any Air Magic Hero

BSurge Elementalist
[build prof=Elementalist/Paragon AirMagic=12+1+3 EnergyStorage=8+2 Command=10][Blinding Surge@20][Chain Lightning@20][Lightning Strike@20][Shock Arrow@20][Shell Shock@20][Aura of Restoration@14][Air Attunement@20]["Fall Back!"@14][/build]

Equipment
 * Insignias: Full Blessed Insignia
 * Runes: Appropriate attribute runes, best Vigor you can afford, Vitae on rest
 * Weapons: 40/40 Air Magic

Main article
 * Build:E/any Air Magic Hero

ESurge Mesmer 1&2
[build prof=Mesmer/any DominationMagic=12+1+3 FastCasting=11+2 InspirationMagic=6+1][Energy Surge@20][Cry of Frustration@20][Mistrust@20][Unnatural Signet@20][Shatter Hex@20][Spiritual Pain@20][Power Drain@11][Drain Enchantment@11][/build]

Variants
 * Swap in for difficult content (like DoA/UW/WoC HM). For other content,  will provide faster clearing

Equipment
 * Insignias: Full Prodigy's Insignia
 * Runes: Appropriate attribute runes, best Vigor you can afford, Attunement on rest
 * Weapons: 40/40 Domination Magic

Main article
 * Domination Magic Hero

ESurge Mesmer 3
[build prof=Mesmer/Ritualist DominationMagic=12+1+3 FastCasting=11+2 InspirationMagic=6+1 RestorationMagic=2][Energy Surge@20][Cry of Frustration@20][Mistrust@20][Unnatural Signet@20][Shatter Hex@20][Spiritual Pain@20][Power Drain@11][Flesh of my Flesh@6][/build]

Variants
 * over in areas with annoying AoE hexes.

Equipment
 * Insignias: Full Prodigy's Insignia
 * Runes: Appropriate attribute runes, best Vigor you can afford, Attunement on rest
 * Weapons: 40/40 Domination Magic

Main article
 * Domination Magic Hero

Soul Twisting Prot
[build prof=rt Communing=12+1+3 SpawningPower=12+3 resto=3][Soul Twisting@19][Shelter@20][Union@20][Displacement@20][Armor of Unfeeling@20][Boon of Creation@19][Brutal Weapon@20][Flesh of My Flesh@7][/build]

Variants
 * for additional hex removal

Equipment
 * Insignias: Full Blessed insignia
 * Runes: Appropriate attribute runes, best Vigor you can afford, Attunement on rest
 * Weapons: Hale Spawning Power staff of fortitude with "Aptitude not Attitude"

Main article
 * Soul Twisting Prot Hero

BiP Resto
[build prof=N/Rt SoulReaping=10+1+3 BloodMagic=8+1 RestorationMagic=12][Blood Is Power@13][Signet of Lost Souls@18][Spirit Transfer@16][Mend Body And Soul@16][Spirit Light@16][Protective Was Kaolai@16][Recuperation@16][Life@16][/build]

Variants
 * If you don't want the hero to lag, replace with:

Equipment
 * Insignias: Full Tormentor's insignia
 * Runes: Appropriate attribute runes, best Vigor you can afford, Attunement on rest
 * Weapons: The hero will be holding the majority of the time, so weapons don't have that much effect. There are 2 options:
 * 40/40 Restoration Magic - Gives an extra chance at reduced cooldown of Restoration Magic spells
 * 40/20/20 Restoration Magic Staff - Gives 2 extra seconds on

Main article
 * Blood is Power Healer Hero

Usage

 * Maintain [[Heroic Refrain@20] on your whole party
 * First, cast it on yourself for the +3 attribute bonus.
 * Then recast it on yourself. The second cast will provide a +4 attribute bonus due to the higher leadership
 * Proceed to cast it on each party member until the entire party is affected.
 * If desired, you can simultaneously micro the Thunderclap elementalist to use [[Mending Refrain@8] on your whole party for a maintainable +3 health regeneration. Wait until the hero is buffed with [[Heroic Refrain@20] before casting [[Mending Refrain@8] to ensure a +3 health regeneration bonus.
 * If [[Heroic Refrain@20] expires on a party member (due to death or being out of range of shouts), recast it on that party member.
 * The BiP Resto and/or the Soul Twisting Prot may lag behind the party and thus be out of range of the shouts. As a result, you might find yourself recasting [[Heroic Refrain@20] on those two heroes more often.
 * Cast [["Stand Your Ground!"@15] and [["There's Nothing to Fear!"] during combat for defensive party support.
 * Before starting a particularly difficult fight, you can force the Soul Twisting Prot to use [[Shelter@20]↦[[Union@20]→[[Displacement@20]⇥[[Armor of Unfeeling@20] so your team is fully protected right away.
 * If you're afraid of area damage, you can also flag the heroes apart. It is recommended to place them in a single line, so heroes won't push forward to get into casting range of foes and thus ball with the heroes in front of them again.
 * Natively only the first three heroes can be commanded individually. For the remaining four heroes you need to set up custom hotkeys in the controls option for Action: Command Hero #.

Counters

 * The following skills will prevent the use of shouts, preventing you from maintaining [[Heroic Refrain@20] on your party: