Curse

uby · Jul 24, 2010, 10:50 PM // 22:50

P/Me
Leadership 10 + 3 + 1 = 14
Spear Mastery 10 + 3 = 13
Illusion Magic 11
Command 1

Centurion's Insignia on armor (+10 armor)
Don't use Runes of Vitality or Survivor Insignias, this build requires you to have low health!

Fevered Dreams {E}
Fragility
Illusion of Weakness
Burning Refrain
Slayer's Spear
Spear of Fury (PVE)
"Go For The Eyes!"
Rez/Optional

The idea is that, with two superior runes and Illusion of Weakness, your maximum health will be quite low. Luckily, as a back-liner, with proper positioning and support that shouldn't be a huge problem.

Having such low health means that you should usually be striking foes with greater health than you do. Thus, Burning Refrain and Slayer's Spear should be able to spread burning and deep wound conditions when you target a foe hexed with Fevered Dreams. Fragility should increase the damage each time conditions are transferred and expire.

Spear of Fury is for adrenaline building since there's no room for an IAS. GftE for energy management, charged by Spear of Fury for the most part.

Edit to add: Since you don't have at least 9 in command or motivation to get +armor from a paragon shield, use an Illusion Focus for off-hand with 20% HSR/HCT/+1 Illusion or +15e/-1regen mods. The added +12 energy will help in setting up hexes and spear attacks.

Comments/suggestions are welcomed!

Lanier · Jul 24, 2010, 11:37 PM // 23:37

Interesting idea, ill have to go give it a try.

uby · Jul 25, 2010, 12:33 AM // 00:33

As usual, a secondary Paragon might do better than this build.

Example:

Me/P
Illusion 11 + 3 + 1
Inspiration 10 + 3
Fast Casting 10 + 3

three superior runes helps lower your max health even more than prior build.

Fevered Dreams
Fragility
Illusion of Weakness
Mantra of Persistance
Burning Refrain
Accumulated Pain
optional
Rez/optional

@ 0 Leadership, burning from Burning Refrain only lasts 1 second -- making every auto-attack cause 14 damage from degen + 40 damage from fragility to all targets hexed with fragility in the area when striking a foe hexed with Fevered Dreams

Accumulated Pain can more easily spread Deep Wound than Slayer's Spear

Options can include:
hexbreaker aria to refresh burning refrain (if only to save on energy of recasting it),
energy management from mesmer inspiration skills,
Illusion of Pain for massive single target degen,
Cry of Pain/Ether Nightmare (PVE) for AOE degen,
Hypochondria to spread conditions even more,
etc.

uby · Jul 25, 2010, 12:57 AM // 00:57

In fact, it looks like the OP build might not work well.

Fevered Dreams only applies the condition to foes in the area if it's a NEW condition. Re-applying burning continuously with burning refrain does NOT spread the condition unless it is allowed to expire.

Mustache Mayhem · Jul 25, 2010, 01:39 AM // 01:39

I was doing something like this couple weeks ago.. but using the pve skills- fevered then move like a dwarf, cry of pain, finish him.. they are left cripple dazed cracked with deep wound

then have a hero or other player with virulence.. arcane mimic and you have something nasty

Chthon · Jul 25, 2010, 05:16 PM // 17:16

The big question is: how does this compare to the Me/E build that spreads Blind+Dazed+Cripple+DeepWound+CrackedArmor?

TBradly · Jan 02, 2011, 04:40 AM // 04:40

I'd say it certainly has potential, just gotta find the right balance between energy and adren output. Spear of Fury is a crazy skill, with around 4 adren gain and around +35 damage is insane for a spear. Gonna tinker around with this idea I think.