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so i fully expect a bit of backlash from people who dont read this properly but perhaps people will read now i've said it.
anyway, alot of the time when i get to play is at odd times, late at night, early during the day when there's not alot of euro or american players from the alliance on so, i do try the odd pug but find unless i'm lucky they're pretty useless or i'm playing an unwanted profession, so....
whats the best hench team to have (8 slot), at the moment i mainly go as myself (sh ele) with 2 sandstorm ele hero's and a monk, then a monk hench, 2 warrior hench and either a necro or mes hench. it works well as a general purpose team as long as i keep an eye on aggro and flags etc.the damage output from 2 sandstorm eles and a savannah heat ele is great and can kill a good sized mob fairly quickly so the monks dont run out off energy to heal.
i've heard of a 2 necro/rit hench team thats supposed to be good, but thats about it.
this is my hench team, whats yours?
ME : ele
hero : ele
hero : ele
hero : monk
hench: monk
hench: warrior
hench: warrior
hench: mesmer/necro
i'm not promoting henchway over real ppl, OK!
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| 05/01/08 08:59 |
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Aeon
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I normally use this:
Me: axe Warrior
Hero1: SS N/Rt
Hero2: Jagged Bones N/Rt if lots of corpses, if not and not much damage, then Spoil Victor, if quite a bit of damage then Weapon of Remedy or Preservation N/Rt
Hero3: Weapon of Remedy N/Rt
Hench1: Warrior
Hench2: Warrior
Hench3: Monk
Hench4: Monk
Make sure the SS has mark of pain and barbs and everything blows up ridiculously fast.
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stanzhao1
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| QUOTE | I normally use this:
Me: axe Warrior
Hero1: SS N/Rt
Hero2: Jagged Bones N/Rt if lots of corpses, if not and not much damage, then Spoil Victor, if quite a bit of damage then Weapon of Remedy or Preservation N/Rt
Hero3: Weapon of Remedy N/Rt
Hench1: Warrior
Hench2: Warrior
Hench3: Monk
Hench4: Monk
Make sure the SS has mark of pain and barbs and everything blows up ridiculously fast. |
i use the same thing, the 3 necro build, then 2 monks, a sandstorm ele and a mes hench. it kills everything so quick, i play an sf ele usually, or whatever takes my fancy. heros although stupid, will just deal damage like theres no tommorrow. just be ready to falg their asses out of aoe.
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| 05/01/08 10:24 |
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Usually depending on campaign i've used this setup as default:
Main (can be any profession you want it to be)
Prot Monk
Healing Monk
Minion Master
Ele Hench
Mesmer Hench
Melee Hench
Usually another ele hench
Since a few months i've used a tweaked version of those N/Rt resto builds, if im online im usually doing AB, but when i do mild title hunting the party consists of:
Main: Necro
Hero N/RT
Hero N/RT
Hero Minion Master
NPC Ele
NPC Mesmer
NPC Melee
NPC Ele/Paragon/Melee
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| 05/01/08 11:17 |
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SnK Crunch
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For me i as a warrior i either run with the sabway build or bring eles along with a good monk
ME: Sword/Axe War
Hero 1: Earth Ele/ Jagged Bones MM
Hero 2: Earth or SF Ele/ SS Necro
Hero 3: Monk Heal/ N/Rt Healer
Hench: Another Monk either Prot or Heal
Hench: Another Melee, depending on campaign it could be a derv or a war
Hench: Usually another Ele or else in Nightfall i bring the Paragon
Hench: Mesmer or Necro for some degen.
Thats my normal setup, with a few variations here and there for different things but it usually follows that basic guideline, so i believe i am pretty similar to what you run as well :)
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| 05/01/08 11:29 |
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Click me and scroll down 1 post!
This is the infamous 3 Necro hero build, or "Sabway" as it is better known. I highly reccomend it for anyone to use, however you might want to tweak it a bit due to some newly buffed skills (weaken armor is a skill worth considering to add, as an example). You can really add what henchies you prefer, I usually take 1 prot hench (Lina or Menhlo) 1 war 1 interrupt and 1 earth magic ele if I have the chance. But really, it`s up to your prefered gaming style, Sabway allows most combinations to be run. It is really that powerful.
Have fun :)
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DarkAura
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i use eh...
hero: N/rt healer
Hero: N/mo aegis MM
Hero: SH ele / mesmer interupter/ HB monk
Hench: Healing monk
Hench: protection monk
hench: fire ele
hench: fighter
and another warr (me)
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| 05/01/08 11:39 |
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General set up I use is:
Me: WoH Monk
Hero: Gwen Me/E - Fast casting Savannah Heat
Hero: Vekk E/D - Savannah Heat with mystic regen
Hero: Zhed E/D - Again Savannah Heat same as Vekk
Hench: Healer / Protection monk
Hench: Another Fire Elementalist
Hench: Normaly a Domination / Illusion Mesmer
Hnech: Necromancer / Ranger interupter if available
As you can see I favour casters greatly, I just overwhelm them with fire damage! When I have another friend with me we often go 6 Savanah Heat / Searing Flame Elementalists heros + 2 healers, it's crazy!
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| 05/01/08 12:03 |
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I prefer Henches and heros over real people most of the time. Unless I am doing someplace like FoW. Why? Because they don't whine, complain, rage quit, or come up with ridiculous AFK excuses. Not one has ever done that in my group. I know when I start with 8 people I will finish with 8 people and I didn't have to listen to one single person bitch or complain about anything. My henches/heros have never insulted anyone in the group. I deal with people all day long in my job. When i play, I mostly prefer to be alone and not have to talk or listen to people. Call me anti-social if you want but I enjoy the way I play very much.
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| 05/01/08 12:05 |
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| QUOTE | Click me and scroll down 1 post!
This is the infamous 3 Necro hero build, or "Sabway" as it is better known. I highly reccomend it for anyone to use, however you might want to tweak it a bit due to some newly buffed skills (weaken armor is a skill worth considering to add, as an example). You can really add what henchies you prefer, I usually take 1 prot hench (Lina or Menhlo) 1 war 1 interrupt and 1 earth magic ele if I have the chance. But really, it`s up to your prefered gaming style, Sabway allows most combinations to be run. It is really that powerful.
Have fun :) |
That's pretty sick to have a whole way of playing named after you... Imagine.... JaffarWay!!! Defo going to try this out once i've unlocked the 2 other necro heros.
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| QUOTE | | I prefer Henches and heros over real people most of the time. Unless I am doing someplace like FoW. Why? Because they don't whine, complain, rage quit, or come up with ridiculous AFK excuses. Not one has ever done that in my group. I know when I start with 8 people I will finish with 8 people and I didn't have to listen to one single person bitch or complain about anything. My henches/heros have never insulted anyone in the group. I deal with people all day long in my job. When i play, I mostly prefer to be alone and not have to talk or listen to people. Call me anti-social if you want but I enjoy the way I play very much. |
That's exactly how I feel, the only people I ever play with is a tightly knit group of about 5 friends that I have, and of course none of those things are a problem with them. We do missions almost every evening together, always fun =)
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| 05/01/08 12:19 |
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stanzhao1
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its the same with me ele, i have pretty much retired him from using hench. i dont really use him unless its for farming or HM. otherwise i'm with the guild or a few freinds doing missions.
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| 05/01/08 12:22 |
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I usualy hench everything, because the people around are just complete retards taking the most rediculous skills. Would take twice (what? five times!) as long to MAKE a party and than twice as long to actualy do the quest/mission.
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| 05/01/08 12:35 |
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hairychimpdude
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i got a nice pug on the hells precipice mission, we stormed through the mission and bonus in no time at all, but other than that i seem to get complete nubs who:
ignore the radar and aggro patrolling groups when already fighting
ignore caster/monks shouts to allow for regen
run the wrong way, shouting at everyone that they're noobs
rage quits the first time they die after not keeping an eye on their own health level and how much personal aggro they have
werd to my froobs ya'll
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| 05/01/08 12:59 |
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| QUOTE | | i got a nice pug on the hells precipice mission, we stormed through the mission and bonus in no time at all, but other than that i seem to get complete nubs. |
Yes and that's only because it's new, so even good people are there..
IF I play with noobs I don't even enjoy playing the game, so why should I than =D
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| 05/01/08 13:10 |
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N/A: SS + Pain Inverter + Barbs + Mark of Pain (me)
Heroes:
N/Rt: Healer
N/Mo: Jagged Bones MM with Aegis and Extuiguish
E/Rt: Savanah Heat + Splinter Weapon support
Hench:
Ele (Hearta with Sandstorm or Cynn)
War (Devona)
War (Talon Silverwing)
Monk (healing)
Warior Princes Xena: Warrior lvl 20
Kamiko Princess: Elementalist lvl 20
Princes Adirill: Monk lvl 20
Il Little Ritu Il: Ritualist lvl 20
No Tears Please: Assassin lvl 20
Empress Keileena: Necromancer lvl 20
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been waiting for a topic like this to unleash my insanity...
I will always bring as many heroes as I have for my primary profession, and fill the rest with henchmen: 2 monks, a necromancer and a mesmer.
Normally most of my professions include Beast Mastery, so we end up with 4 more allies to 'tank'.
So far my fav is me and 3 ranger heroes with pets running some kind of toucher/thumper mix, followed by me and 3 monk heroes, mostly smiting with pets.
Next where there are only 2 heroes for a specific profession, like derv, para, sin or rt, will bring an MM or SS hero. Most of my pets have all been turned in for Black Bears, so that shouts/chants/echo's that affect allies trigger on Brutal Mauling.
Another fun build is to bring 3 warrior BMs with my war, then 2 more warrior hench, and 2 monks.
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| 05/01/08 15:57 |
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| QUOTE | | Because they don't whine, complain, rage quit, or come up with ridiculous AFK excuses. Not one has ever done that in my group. |
Man, you're lucky. Cynn raged on my one time. I got so mad at her we didn't speak for weeks. She kept PMing me and finally I had to set her to ignore. Ragers FTL!
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