Archive:Team - 7 Hero Quintuple Energy Surge

Hero team build for paragon players, requires two mercenary mesmer heroes. A quintuple domination magic mesmer hero midline provides unconditional armour ignoring damage and contributes shutdown combined with additional damage. The paragon player provides additional unremovable party-wide defense while coordinating the mesmer damage, which allows to run a two hero backline in all content. Players with just one mercenary mesmer hero or a preferance for teams with minion master can use a quadruple energy surge variant of the build.

Player build
[build prof=Paragon/Warrior Leadership=9+3 SpearMastery=12+1+3 Tactics=9]["To the Limit!"][Spear of Fury][Spear of Redemption][Holy Spear][Blazing Spear]["Save Yourselves!"][Soldier's Fury]["There's Nothing to Fear!"][/build]
 * Equipment: Vampiric "strength and honour" spear of defense with a tactics "I can see clearly now" shield of fortitude. Insightful "hale and hearty" staff of defense. 5 centurion's insignias, rune of clarity, vitae and superior vigor.
 * Weapon set usage: Use your spear and shield set for attacking, switch to your staff if you happen to run out of energy but need to use one of your energy skills.
 * Use [[Spear of Fury] after [[Blazing Spear@16].
 * Use [["Save Yourselves!"] only when your team needs the protection or you need the energy.
 * If you smartly rotate through your attack skills you can either keep up SY permanently or use attack skills on every attack, depending on what's needed.
 * When you're hexed, move near foes as heroes will use [[Shatter Hex@16] as a damage skill while in combat.
 * Against particularly hard-hitting physicals let your heroes take aggro. You can protect them, but not yourself.
 * Try to hit summoned creatures with [[Holy Spear@16] for armour ignoring AoE bonus damage before spiritual pain destroys them.
 * Main article: Soldier's Fury Spear Paragon

Variant
You can play a different build which contributes to the party survival while still controlling the heroes offensively, such as an Ineptitude Mesmer.

Energy Surges (4)
[build prof=Mesmer/any FastCasting=10+3 DominationMagic=12+1+3 InspirationMagic=8+1][Energy Surge][Spiritual Pain][Unnatural Signet][Mistrust][Cry of Frustration][Power Drain][Drain Enchantment][Optional][/build] Variable skill slot
 * on two mesmers.
 * on the other two mesmers.
 * Adept domination magic staff of fortitude with "Aptitude not Attitude."
 * 5 prodigy's insignias.
 * Rune of superior vigor.
 * Rune of vitae.
 * Main article: Domination Magic Mesmer Hero

Adjustable domination magic
[build prof=Mesmer/Ritualist FastCasting=10+3 DominationMagic=12+1+3 InspirationMagic=8+1 RestorationMagic=2][Optional][Spiritual Pain][Unnatural Signet][Mistrust][Cry of Frustration][Power Drain][Aneurysm][Death Pact Signet][/build] Elite skill choices
 * for general use.
 * for offensive use in areas where foes use many skills within a short period of time, i.e. the domain of anguish.
 * for shutdown of casters.
 * for shutdown of mixed groups.
 * Only use defensive elite skills if needed.

Blood is Power Healer
[build prof=Necromancer/Ritualist BloodMagic=9+1+3 SoulReaping=8+2 Curses=5 RestorationMagic=12][Blood is Power][Enfeebling Blood][Signet of Lost Souls][Mend Body and Soul][Spirit Light][Spirit Transfer][Protective Was Kaolai][Life][/build]
 * 40/20/20 staff restoration magic.
 * 5 tormentor's insignias.
 * Rune of superior vigor.
 * 2 runes of vitae.
 * Main article: Blood is Power Healer Hero

Soul Twisting Prot
[build prof=Ritualist/any SpawningPower=12+3 Communing=12+1+3 RestorationMagic=3][Soul Twisting][Boon of Creation][Shelter][Union][Displacement][Armor of Unfeeling][Brutal Weapon][Flesh of My Flesh][/build]
 * 40/20/20 spawning power or communing.
 * 5 blessed insignias.
 * Rune of superior vigor.
 * 2 runes of vitae.
 * Main article: Soul Twisting Prot Hero
 * Variant
 * With a caster player.


 * over [[Brutal Weapon@16].

Variant: Minions (1 Mercenary)
If you prefer to have a minion master in your team or only possess one mercenary mesmer hero, drop one of the energy surge mesmers for a minion master.