Curse

Batou of Nine · Nov 30, 2006, 08:02 AM // 08:02

Profession: Paragon/X
Name: Pyro Protector
Type: PvE
Category: Support/Damage Buffer

Attributes:
Spear: 14 (10 + 1 + 3)
Motivation: 0
Command: 11 (10 + 1)
Leadership: 12 (11 + 1)

[skill]Blazing Spear[/skill][skill]Wild Throw[/skill][skill]Natural Temper[/skill][skill]"Go For The Eyes!"[/skill][skill]Anthem of Flame[/skill][skill]Blazing Finale[/skill][skill]"They're On Fire!"[/skill][skill]Soldier's Fury[/skill]

(In case skill pics dont work)
Blazing Spear; Wild Throw; Natural Temper; Go for the Eyes!; Anthem of Flame; Blazing Finale; They're on Fire!; Soldier's Fury {E}

Summary:
So you are pretty much a party wide damage buffer. This build focuses on keeping as many enemies on fire as possible for as long as possible, while alternatively FURTHER buffing party member damage. Through all this you are helping negate some dmg with the 40% damage reduce from all foes on fire. Soldiers Fury and Natural Temper are for quick and immediate adrenaline buildup so you can spam your own spear attacks, GftE, and keep Natural Temper up. Your fuel for Blazing Finale comes from the 3 party-wide shouts that you will be spamming, 2 of which are quick initiators since they will end when the target ally uses an attack skill. Use Blazing finale on melee allies upon aggro, then as it recharges spam on other allies that are adjecant to enemies. With this usage you should be keeping all nearby foes on fire nearly at all times in conjunction with Anthem of Flame.

Notes & Concerns:

Skill cutoffs were taken into account: GFTE is just above the 60% mark, and Leadership is at 12 specifically to get just above 40% on "They're on Fire!", full 30 seconds on Soldier's Fury, full 30 seconds and 3 second burning for Blazing Finale and Anthem of Flame and 9 second duration for Natural Temper.

Energy consumption is actually not an issue since you will constantly be regaining +6 energy for EACH shout that you spam. I never really have an issue. However, my pool of energy is 40, using 5 Radiant Insignias and a Rune of Attunement.

No self heal: Possibilities to replace an attack skill with Leaders Comfort.

No rez: I often do not need a rez in a full henchy/hero party, but can take out an attack skill or Natural Temper or Anthem of Flame for Rez.

Credit:* Me?

Well, the build is of course not perfect, so i would greatly like feedback. Keep in mind i have only tested this in PvE with full henchy/hero group and have steam rolled well so far even in the RoT. Anyway, i just find i like to burn things with my paragon...

cheers!

JoeKnowMo · Nov 30, 2006, 08:35 PM // 20:35

Hey Batou,
Say "Hi" to Lamees and Art for me.

Good build. I'd suggest taking out Soldier's Fury and Natural Temper and replacing them with Aggressive Refrain and Focused Anger {E}. Unless you need Wild Throw for stance removal, I'd replace it with Spear of Lightning or Vicious Attack or a low adrenaline spear attack (Barbed Spear).

peace.

Batou of Nine · Dec 01, 2006, 06:43 AM // 06:43

80+ views and one response. BOO!!

hey Para. Ya actually i used to use the Aggressive Refrain + Focused Anger {E} setup, however i found that with my burning build i suck up WAY too much energy with the initial use of Aggressive Refrain.

That combo would suck up 35 energy out of my 40 before i even initiate combat! And my build is already using a larger then average paragon pool of energy. This amount is hard to recover with only 2 pips, and leaves hardly any room to use other energy skills until its way too late into battle.

I shoulda added in my notes about this. It is setup to be able to initiate combat and start building adren ASAP, and also be able to spam a couple shouts (energy dependant) as soon as combat starts. Soldier's Fury at only 5 energy is wonderful and at 33% faster attack i can use Natural Temper REAL quickly and can keep it up pretty much all the time. And since the focus of the build is Blazing Finale, i want to be able to spam it ASAP (10 energy cost) which is doable with this build... i figure i probly get about 50% to 60% less adren then the other skill combo, but then again i can use other skills immediatly without trouble...

I would say the Affressive Refain + Focused Anger build could work with some tweaking for immediate energy regain. Not sure how at the moment, but i can try to think of one ^_^.

Oh ya, and i'll say hi to them..
Cheers!