usage of "The power is yours!"

[build prof=P mot=12+1+1 lead=9+1 spear=9+1 comma=3+1][The Power is Yours][Go For the Eyes][Energizing Finale][Finale of Restoration][Purifying Finale][Ballad of Restoration][Aria of Restoration][Aggressive Refrain][/build] The problem I have with this build and Schmerdro's is you don't need to bring GftE! It's basically a wasted skill slot that you can stick a decent spear attack in. You'll be getting plenty of energy from spamming TPIY. And with your low command, you'll be doing more damage with a spear attack than the ocassional crit from GftE.

Personnally, I'd focus on only one or two finale's. Perhaps something to benefit your frontline as your backline would be getting the benefits of TPIY and Aria.

[build prof=P mot=12+1+1 lead=9+1 spear=9+1 comma=3+1][The Power is Yours][Go For the Eyes][Energizing Finale][Finale of Restoration][Purifying Finale][Ballad of Restoration][Aria of Restoration][Aggressive Refrain][/build] When you look at this you'll think "cool I'll be triggering all of these finales for condition removal, healing, and energy management". The reality is it won't work that way. For the finales to truly be effective you'll want to be triggering them as frequently as possible on as many allies as possible, meaning you need to make shouts/chants end, and in the case of this example build you need adrenaline to do just that. The issue that arises as a result is either the finales aren't being spread or you're not attacking enough to make the finales trigger.

So let's see how it works out over 30 seconds, 3 seconds shorter than each finale at the current 14 spec. We'll assume that 3 seconds was spent for pre-combat setup.

The auto-attacks will fly at a rate of 1.13 attacks per second so at best you're looking at 26 attacks over a 30 second period.

"Go For The Eyes!" has a 4 second recharge and takes about 5 seconds to fill up leading us to 9 seconds overall or a max of 3 uses every 30 seconds. This is assuming "The Power Is Yours!" is always used when "Go For The Eyes!" is recharging so as to avoid draining any adrenaline from its pool.

"The Power Is Yours!" will fill in about 5 seconds. Now since "Go For The Eyes!" has a recharge it would make more sense to use it first, leaving every usage of "The Power Is Yours!" to come during the 6th second in optimal conditions. To say that works out to 5 uses within the 30 seconds would be pushing it; we'll go with 4 uses to be fair.

Between the two we can conclude that we'll get a total of 7 triggers over a 30 second period; 35 energy to the paragon, 20 from the natural 2 pips, and 4 from "TPIY" ending. 59 energy in total. But to get that result it means you never cast a single finale outside of pre-combat preparations. Assuming Ballad of Restoration and Aria of Restoration are both used within the first 10 seconds of combat they could be used twice during that 30 second duration. But because we're looking at what a single paragon can do you'll probably be cycling the two skills at roughly 10 second intervals to keep Aggressive Refrain up. This would result in a total of 2 uses for one, and 1 use for the other, 3 seconds used in total, 15 energy expended.

Each finale takes a single second to use. If each finale was used once during the 30 seconds it'll be another 3 seconds and 20 more energy put to use. But now you've spent time not attacking, so you're not building adrenaline so you're going to lose a few "GFTE!" and "TPIY". However you could only cast the finales during "GFTE!"'s recharge to avoid losing any of its uses but it would still hamper the rate of "TPIY!". Enough to drop it down to 3 uses in 30 seconds in the best case scenario, for a total of about 6 triggers on a single ally. All of that results in:

6 possible conditions removed. Let's hope it got something useful at least once.
426 health returned over 30 seconds, 14.2 health a second; 7.1 pips of health regen. We can toss in an additional 243 health from Aria and Ballad, assuming Aria was the chant used twice over that time. So we get 22.3 health a second; 11.15 pips of health regeneration.
12 energy gained, 0.4 energy a second; 1.2 pips of energy regeneration. The monk will need that extra energy to heal you for the extra damage the party took because the paragon was not contributing offensively enough.

This is of course assuming every single attack over 30 seconds hits, you never break stride, and the finales are used on a single person. So... attacks will miss, enemies will die mid throw/be moving/a break when swapping targets, and using the finales on just one person is quite the waste.

Even if something in there doesn't make sense the conclusion is obvious. Get 4 paragons, one with each finale, one with "The Power Is Yours!", and no multiples of any shout/chant to truly abuse the finales. Put them all on the same bar and you provide very little offensive and defensive support.

The Imbagon bar in comparison is full of skills that do not impede the killing process. The only skill that stops you from attacking is Ebon Battle Standard of Honor, but it contributes to the mayhem. This is what contributes to the effectiveness of the bar; you're attacking not casting. Paragons are meant to do damage and support. 3 finales, 2 chants, and 2 shouts immediately tells me the balance between damage and support is heavily lopsided. Each spot on a paragon's bar that does not contribute to offense in some nature should provide a support aspect that no other profession could provide as effectively (or just as well).