My Hero Build

Its not like im using the ele skills on recharge, or right after each other. I use them when either the foes are nicely balled up and id get some great aoe dmg, or when i need some spike dmg (e.g. a monk when there are two monks in the group, or a boss). and the combination of the zealous sword and the TPIY paragon make up for the energy easily That's what hundred blades is for coupled with your whirlwind attack, you don't need SY up as often as people will tell you, only under extreme pressure.

I also recommend you couple your FGJ with Enduring Harmony, otherwise you will be waiting for it to recharge far too long to make it a viable choice for vanquishes or similar.

Drunken master is... not great even at max rank, unless you really walk around drinking to buff it.

2. Not all conditions are worth spreading. Degen is weak in PvE. Blind, dazed, deep wound, and to, a lesser degree, cripple and cracked armor are worth spreading. (Weakness would make the list if it weren't redundant with blind.) Other conditions are not. You'd be better served to use only one or two builds to provide the strong conditions, and use the remaining space for strong non-condition-focused builds. The conditions are more for getting the damage from fragility rather then spreading degen. The heros can get the conditions on the target very quickly which will give 210 aoe dmg. Then when i use crystal wave thats another 210.


also i changed around a few things (got rid of FD). I also made it so that all conditions are covered without myself needing to supply any. This will free up my build to run w/e i am feeling like.

1. For spreading conditions, EC is better than FD, especially if the job is left to a hero. FD > EC. I fail to see why this would change on a hero bar. Unless they're absolutely shit at getting FD on the required target (which wouldn't surprise me).
FD causes dazed, this basically means it will cause a large AoE interrupt every few seconds. Extend conditions just doesn't add anything and he only has one condition that's worth spreading around that doesn't already get spread. Not to mention I don't like Steam for blind.

I will be honest though, I've never run a Fevered Dreams hero, if only because my human version of the bar looks so much stronger in comparison.

FD > EC. I fail to see why this would change on a hero bar. Unless they're absolutely shit at getting FD on the required target (which wouldn't surprise me).
FD causes dazed, this basically means it will cause a large AoE interrupt every few seconds. Extend conditions just doesn't add anything and he only has one condition that's worth spreading around that doesn't already get spread. Not to mention I don't like Steam for blind.

I will be honest though, I've never run a Fevered Dreams hero, if only because my human version of the bar looks so much stronger in comparison. There is little choice for an ele to spread blind, steam really is the best for FD, as it spreads burning, blind and will inflict Daze on the second skill.
I can imagine people say FD is rubbish on a hero because you will have to wait for FD to be cast before being able to inflict conditions, or the elite would be rendered useless.

Extend Conditions is weak though, it doesn't stress mobs enough.

Edit: I like the synergy between Fragility and Crystal wave. Also I WOULD run 16 Illusion, because this is where most of your damage comes from. Also I'd think about having another profession with that skill...

There is little choice for an ele to spread blind, steam really is the best for FD, as it spreads burning, blind and will inflict Daze on the second skill. Didn't think this one through. On my Mes I run Ash Blast because I can take YMLAD (and if I really want burning, I bring a smiter hero with RoJ).
A hero has no such luxury and hence Steam would be better.

I still doubt the value of FD on a hero. You have Steam and Blurred Vision - the hero isn't going to be clever and chain these two. I think you would be much better served by a curses Necro with Reckless Haste.

As for Crystal Wave - adjacent AoE and I doubt heroes will use it effectively (15e too, melee attackers will suffer). Yeah, it has some nice synergy with Fragility but I've always considered fragility as a bonus. If improperly used, wave good bye to those lovely conditions keeping the enemy mob pinned to the floor.


Something I missed first time through - Virulence.
Honestly, this is nearly redundant. Death Nova causes poison and weakness is very, very easy to inflict. There are better elites.

with icy veins. Why? Could you honestly not think of anything better?
Xinrae's Weapon.
Weapon of Remedy.

IV is bad. There's really nothing going for it.