Curse

Milennin · Oct 18, 2010, 08:29 AM // 08:29

I've been trying to do Ravenheart Gloom using 6 Heroes (the other 3 from an Alliance member), but that quest that spawns like an endless horde of tormentors seems to be a bit much.=p
Wondering what would be effective to counter this seemingly endless horde of demons. The other three Heroes are provided by any Alliance member, so can't involve any micro'ing builds. Also I'm at Rank 8 Lightbringer.

mathiastemplar · Oct 18, 2010, 09:53 AM // 09:53

I completed it a while back with just about all spirits available+a barrage ranger and myself as Earth Shaker warr

Good luck!^^

Luminarus · Oct 18, 2010, 12:24 PM // 12:24

What class are you?

Try running the discord setup with 6 heroes. Especially if you call. Discord is especially good in DoA because its spike damage, which means i think its enraged doesnt gang up and destroy you.

Milennin · Oct 18, 2010, 04:04 PM // 16:04

I suppose I could try Discord-way, I never used it, but heard it's fairly effective to most stuff. Doubt it'll be effective enough since it's no AoE damage and when there's a group of 6 Demons knocking on your door at the same time you might get finished off by the other 5.

I play a Warrior, and as usually the Mesmers carry Soothing Images which will be pretty much permanently on me as long as we're in battle, so I don't see how an Earthshaker build would work effectively here. But I guess it could be worth a try.
Splinter Barrage would work fairly well I think, I tried out Splinter 100Blades on me, but without adrenaline gain it's not much use. Although would the Hero be smart enough to apply it on himself?
Maybe a Barrage Ranger with me applying Great Dwarf Weapon on him could be effective.

Showtime · Oct 18, 2010, 07:52 PM // 19:52

2 standard spirit rits (set spirits pull back)

1 AoTL MM (best if MM is set up 16 death, 25% exploit rune, Masochism, death nova, Shamblin, Aegis, rebirth)

3 roj monks (split one to prot)

Then you can AP it with PVE skills. You control Rits and MM or 1 of the RoJs. Rits to set spirits early and flag back. MM if you want to control AoTL cuz MM won't use it while it's still active and will use it when there's no bodies around. Or micro 1 of the RoJ monks to Nuke etc.

They can all be flag'd. 3 flags for your heros, 1 flag for the others and yours if not individually flag'd.

Can also replace RoJ monks with discorders. Just make sure bring a lot of curses and conditions and change AoTL MM to discord with minions.

Milennin · Oct 19, 2010, 07:42 AM // 07:42

Hmmm, since ANet has just confirmed that they will be adding 7 Hero parties, I think I will give this another try when that update has come out. Thanks a lot for the ideas, I'm going to try them out for sure.=D

aspi · Oct 19, 2010, 08:29 AM // 08:29

Hmm I did it this weekend with some guildies, and from the looks of it a discord team might not be fast enough to kill the demons. It's good enough for the city since I've done that many times with a full necro team. But gloom I dont know.

Dagoth Umbra · Oct 20, 2010, 12:06 AM // 00:06

@Milennin

But unless they add more 3 more Necromancer heroes, you won't be able to run 6 necro heroes without someone else. Although with the option to have 7 heroes, I am sure another Meta build will come out.

I hope they add a few more heroes to bring the number of heroes for each profession up to 3 each. What do we need still? Ritualist, Mesmer, Paragon, and Assassin?

Then of course it would be great if they added 3 more heroes for each profession on top of that. Can anyone imagine a 6 mesmer hero team along with a player and another hero?