Thus far I have done most of Elona in HM, including endgame, with no problems. I will be testing it in DoA soon, as well as endgame areas in the other campaigns.
The player is (of course) an Imbagon. I find that I have enough adrenaline to get away with "GftE!" in addition to "SY!". I have just started using spear of fury in this build, and like the extra adrenaline over spear of lightning,however it is a hard trade off--I have to get rid of "Finish Him!" to use it
[build=SY! Player;OQGjUumI6SleWYieAh9YpbubybA] -- After testing more with Spear of Fury, I find that a decent amount of the time it will charge SY! from zero addren by itself (this is with Focused Anger and the furious mod on my spear proccing). This happens often enough to make it more than make up for loosing "Finish Him!"
[build=SY! Player Alt;OQGjUumI6SPYWYieAh9YxkpbubA]
Next up is the Spear of Fury paragon. I like it for the extra adrenaline, however I'm toying with swapping it out for Stunning Strike instead because I'm the only one that needs the adrenaline.
[build=Spear of Fury;OQCjUqmIKPBZLMRO8fhjwub5NA]
The last para is the Resto Para. This gives massive heals with 3 paras (4, if you're in NF) in the group. I can get away with one henchie monk using this, and for the most part its just extra insurance. The first time I used this build with a guild mate he said, "Wtf! all this healing is coming from a para!?" and proceeded to tell me that he was never going to do anything in HM without me and my paras with him
[build=Resto Para;OQCjUinMqOr7OMHOG/gTxqY5NA]
Finally we come to the non-para. I like running a splinter nuker for the massive damage and burning for "ToF!" (another 30% damage reduction ftw). However, I would consider this a free spot to bring whatever you need.
[build=Splinter Ele;OghjowMooOkViRR0X4NxY4iLGA]
Alternate Builds instead of the Ele:
[build=Jagged MM;OANDUslfOL1qAeAN86qHBkqK] Possibly swap PS for Dark Fury and put 4 points into Blood.
[build=Infuriating Heat Ranger;OgASc5MTghqGPGVgAAFHCbCAA] More adren = more "SY!"
[build=N/Rt Healer;OAhiYwh8IOJeSzJ3wMjVVTuA] If you find that the Resto Para and Healer henchie aren't doing enough you can always drop the healer and bring this instead.
By far I prefer to run this with another player using Sab's (or more paras
), but as far as Henchman go, if you're in NF bring another para, a monk, and whatever physicals you want. In Cantha I bring the ritualist instead of a monk.
