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This build is in the metagame and deserves to be stored.

This build has received an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great.

This build has been designed for the following use:

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Team composition intended for players without access to Zei Ri or Mercenary Heroes, suitable for all general HM content. Blood is Power fuels the mesmer midline while a Soul Twisting ritualist provides party-wide protection. Features both Melee and Caster variants which work well with any player DPS build.

Team Composition[]

  Melee Players         Caster Players
Ritualist/Monk  
Soul Twisting Shelter Union Displacement Armor of Unfeeling Boon of Creation Signet of Creation Strength of Honor
 or  Ritualist/Monk  
Soul Twisting Shelter Union Displacement Armor of Unfeeling Boon of Creation Signet of Creation Remove Hex
Necromancer/Ritualist  
Signet of Spirits Splinter Weapon Ancestors' Rage Signet of Lost Souls Mend Body and Soul Spirit Light Protective was Kaolai Recuperation
 or  Necromancer/Ritualist  
Xinrae's Weapon Enfeebling Blood Weaken Armor Signet of Lost Souls Mend Body and Soul Spirit Light Protective was Kaolai Recuperation
Necromancer/Ritualist  
Blood is Power Blood Bond Signet of Lost Souls Spirit Transfer Mend Body and Soul Spirit Light Protective was Kaolai Life
Necromancer/Paragon  
Animate Bone Fiend Putrid Bile Putrid Explosion Signet of Lost Souls Masochism "Incoming!" "Fall Back!" "Stand Your Ground!"
Mesmer/Any  
Energy Surge Cry of Frustration Mistrust Unnatural Signet Shatter Hex Spiritual Pain Power Drain Drain Enchantment
Mesmer/Ritualist  
Energy Surge Cry of Frustration Mistrust Unnatural Signet Shatter Hex Spiritual Pain Power Drain Flesh of My Flesh
Mesmer/Ritualist  
Energy Surge Cry of Frustration Mistrust Unnatural Signet Shatter Hex Spiritual Pain Power Drain Flesh of My Flesh

Hero Builds[]

Gearing on a budget[]

With the mesmer teams dominating any other hero setup, it has become quite expensive to fully setup your heroes with the suggested equipment. Fortunately, you don't need a Rune of Superior Vigor on every single hero! For more information, check out this small guide: Gearing on a budget

Soul Twisting Prot[]

12 + 1 + 3
Creatures you create have 60% more Health, and weapon spells you cast last 60% longer.
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Variable Skill Slot

  • Strength of Honor Strength of Honor as a melee player. Drop Spawning Power to 10+3 and raise Smiting Prayers to 8.
  • Remove Hex Remove Hex for hex removal.
  • Flesh of My Flesh Flesh of My Flesh for a res.

Equipment

Note

  • If playing as a melee and running the "Protection Prayers" variant of the Variable hero, consider instead taking Strength of Honor Strength of Honor on the Variable hero over Shielding Hands Shielding Hands (drop protection prayers to 10, increase smiting prayers to 8). This allows for additional points in Spawning Power for higher health defensive communing spirits.


Variable N/Rt Resto[]



Protection Prayers variant[]

These heroes can be used as an alternative to the Variable N/Rt Resto. By trading the second set of Restoration Magic skills for the Protection Prayers line of the Monk profession, the teams damage mitigation capabilities increase substantially. This enables it to perform better in situations where the damage is focused on single targets, rather than spread out over the entire party. This variant is a good choice for areas with plenty of opportunities for corner-blocking. These benefits can be improved even further with increased micro-management from the player, such as casting the protective spells onto the character that performs the body-blocks.
While this variant is an improvement in the situations mentioned above, it gets outperformed by the double Restoration Magic backline, and thus should not be considered for general play.



BiP Resto[]

Gain 11 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies, up to 3 times every 15 seconds.
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Equipment

  • Rune of Superior Vigor
  • 2 Runes of Vitae
  • 5 Tormentor's Insignias
  • 40/40 Restoration Magic
    • Alternative weapon: 40/20/20 Restoration Magic Staff
    • The hero will be wielding Protective Was Kaolai Protective Was Kaolai for most of the time, and immediately recast it when it gets dropped. If Protective Was Kaolai Protective Was Kaolai is already on cooldown, chances are that you're in a tricky situation, and that more healing (40/40) is preferable over 4 extra energy (40/20/20) IF Blood is Power Blood is Power runs it's entire duration AND the energy doesn't get wasted because of a full energy bar.


Minion Master[]

Gain 11 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies, up to 3 times every 15 seconds.
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Variants

  • Withering Aura Withering Aura - When playing melee and your build requires a condition. Replace Putrid Explosion Putrid Explosion
  • "Find Their Weakness!" "Find Their Weakness!" over "Stand Your Ground!" "Stand Your Ground!" if the player build runs and can reliably maintain "Save Yourselves!" "Save Yourselves!"

Equipment


ESurge (3)[]

You activate Spells and Signets 46% faster. (No effect for non-Mesmer skills with a cast time less than 2 seconds.)
In PvE, the recharge time of your Mesmer Spells is reduced by 39%.
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Variable Skill Slot

  • Drain Enchantment Drain Enchantment on one Mesmer.
  • Flesh of My Flesh Flesh of My Flesh on the other two.

Variants

  • Panic Panic over one mesmer's Energy Surge Energy Surge for increased AoE shutdown for more difficult areas/quests such as Domain of Anguish HM or UW.
  • Hex Eater Signet Hex Eater Signet over Shatter Hex Shatter Hex in areas with annoying AoE hexes. Do not run as a melee due to the risk of the hero running into the front line.

Equipment


Usage[]

  • Hero AI mode:
    • Set backline heroes to guard Guard
    • Set midline heroes to fight Fight or guard Guard
      • Fight Fight will make heroes more proactive when engaging the enemy and less likely to waste time kiting.
      • Guard Guard will prevent heroes from accidentally aggroing nearby groups.
  • If you play this team as a melee, micro the Soul Twisting Prot to maintain Strength of Honor on you.
  1. Invite the hero to your party.
  2. Click on the number next to the hero in the party window. This opens the hero control panel.
  3. Hold down left shift and left click once on strength of honour. A red crossed circle shows that it is disabled.
  4. Target yourself (standard hotkey: F) and left click once on strength of honour. The hero will now cast the enchantment on you and maintain it.
  5. Repeat step 4 if the enchantment gets removed in combat.
  • Advanced users can set a custom hotkey for Action: Order Hero # to use Skill # in the controls options to force heroes to use certain skills. If playing a melee frequently it is recommended to make such hotkeys for both strength of honour and Splinter Weapon.
  • Before starting a particularly difficult fight, you can force the communing prot to use ShelterUnionDisplacementArmor of Unfeeling 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 #.


Notes[]

  • If a specific hero is required and you're playing the melee version of the team, drop the minion master or a mesmer for damage dealing heroes or the soul twisting communing prot for backline heroes.
  • If playing easy content or normal mode, replace the Variable hero hero in the caster version of the team with another damage dealing hero.
    • This includes Nightfall missions and quests which require you to bring a specific hero.

Variants[]


Exemplary Video[]

The Rescue Attempt as a mesmer player.

See also[]

Related Team Builds[]

Related Individual Builds[]

Note that not all variant skills on these individual pages are suitable for inclusion in this specific team build (due to skill overlap or conflicts with other bars).

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