Build:Team - 7 Hero Heroic Mesmerway

Adaptation of 7 Hero Mercenary Mesmerway for a paragon player to abuse the 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, immensely improving its offensive and defensive capabilities.

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

Ineptitude
[build prof=me/p ill=12+1+3 fast=11+2 insp=5+1, motivation=4][ineptitude@20][Wandering Eye@20][Accumulated Pain@20][Signet of Clumsiness@20][Arcane Conundrum@20][Drain Enchantment@10][Power Drain@10][Mending Refrain@8][/build]

Variant
 * over if you prefer your heroes to maintain.
 * Replace on the player build with another optional skill.

Equipment
 * Rune of Superior Vigor
 * Rune of Attunement
 * 5 Prodigy's Insignias
 * 40/40 Illusion Magic

Main article
 * Illusion Magic Hero

ESurge Command (2)
[build prof=me/p dom=12+1+3 fast=10+3 insp=6+1 command=6][Energy Surge@20][Cry of Frustration@20][mistrust@20][Unnatural Signet@20][Shatter Hex@20][Drain Enchantment@11][Power Drain@11]["Fall Back!"@10][/build]

Equipment
 * Rune of Superior Vigor
 * Rune of Vitae
 * 5 Prodigy's Insignias
 * Adept domination magic staff of fortitude with "Aptitude not Attitude"

Main article
 * Domination Magic Hero

ESurge Spiritual Pain (2)
[build prof=me/rt dom=12+1+3 fast=11+2 insp=6+1 resto=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]

Variant
 * over in areas with annoying AoE hexes.

Equipment
 * Rune of Superior Vigor
 * Rune of Attunement
 * 5 Prodigy's Insignias
 * 40/40 Domination Magic

Main article
 * Domination Magic Hero

Soul Twisting Prot
[build prof=rt/p commun=12+1+3 spawn=12+3 command=3][soul twisting@19][shelter@20][union@20][displacement@20][armor of unfeeling@20][boon of creation@19][Brutal Weapon@20]["Fall Back!"@7][/build]

Variants
 * Replace with:
 * for a third res.
 * or for additional hex removal.

Equipment
 * Rune of Superior Vigor
 * 2 Runes of Vitae
 * 5 Shaman's Insignias
 * Hale Spawning Power staff of fortitude with "Aptitude not Attitude"

Main article
 * Soul Twisting Prot Hero

BiP Resto
[build prof=N/Rt resto=12 soul=10+1+3 blood=8+1][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
 * Rune of Superior Vigor
 * 2 Runes of Attunement
 * 5 Tormentor's Insignias
 * 40/20/20 Restoration Magic staff

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 Ineptitude Hero 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.
 * Spam [["They're on Fire!@20] on cooldown (even outside of combat) to reapply [[Heroic Refrain@20] indefinitely on all party members. [["They're on Fire!@20] alone is enough to maintain [[Heroic Refrain@20] on the entire party.
 * Make sure you position yourself to be within earshot range of your entire party in order to guarantee that [[Heroic Refrain@20] is renewed on everyone.
 * 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:

Dagger Variant
If you prefer to play with daggers, you can modify the composition to better support a melee player: This provides more personal DPS at the cost of an Ineptitude Mesmer. Hero usage of will maintain Heroic Refrain on the party.

Exemplary Video
Full run of Domain of Anguish (Hard Mode) without consumables.