My HM Team Build (Feedback Please)

If this build is working pretty well, what kind of feedback are you looking for? I don't see any reason you'd need feedback from others considering this is working well for you. I personally don't seek feedback of any kind on the way I play. I just don't agree with the way a lot of people play. My builds suit my style of play better.

In just this thread alone, people are making comments about using henchies to heal. I've always relied on henchies for healing/protecting. The only other defensive support skill I take is Enfeebling Blood since majority of damage in HM comes from physical attackers. I sometimes take a MM or daze or other skills if the area I'm going into has some other danger, but for the most part, Enfeebling Blood is all I really need for most hard mode areas (though I'm a returning player and very rusty right now... so I'm taking a MM on nearly any HM mission atm... I used to be able to h/h Eternal Grove on HM with my eyes closed and now... I can't h/h it using a Paragon with those defensive PVE skills Q_Q).

I also don't get all this raze about taking necros to heal and loading them up with Protection skills. Again, the hench healers are all I need for healing in majority of HM areas and I'd rather use my necros to specialize in their role rather than take half baked DPS and some support skills. That is not to say that I won't take additional support skills if the situation calls for it. Plus, I do have some fun builds with Restoration (Razah) and Smiter (Tahlkora) that deal damage and give additional defense/healing at the same time. But this is more because these are fun and interesting builds, not so much because I need the additional defensive support.

Another reason I don't take defensive support skills is because I constantly cycle through different heroes. I get bored using the same build so I rotate between my heroes and builds to add more variety. As such, creating a DPS/support hybrid build on all my heroes is kind of a pain. :P I just slap on Enfeebling Blood on one of my heroes and go on my merry way.

While I don't have any real feedback, I do like your build. It seems fun and interesting. I never thought to try Judge's Intervention with minions. I always saw this as an additional skill that can keep my party from deaths while adding some damage rather than a more offensive role when used with minions. I'm gonna try my Smiter build with minions now.

I'd replace IATS for brawling headbutt,and jagged/fox for GPS+falling spider.that way you have infinite energy for scans andconstant KD's to shutdown whatever you need to.You also get more D-blossoms in that way.

Since you are playing a melee ranger can I suggest R/W? Not saying is superior or inferior, just different.

Both the Hammer (earth shaker, knocks) or the Axe (few aoe attacks, easy dw and shield) paths should be viable - additionally you could have a pet (and in the case of an axe build the elite could be enraged lunge) to abuse SoH and GDW if you can add it to your build (Scavenger Strike in that situation should help with energy).

That smiter could be also replaced by a RoJ Necro (which could use a small amount of curses for enfeebling blood) with SoH or even an orders necro if besides you some of the heroes are physical damage dealers.

I don't like jagged bones - it is generally irrelevant. What to do with the slot is harder as most necro elites are meh. AotL is a decent skill I guess.