Obviosly inspired by sabway/discordway and just the popularity of N/Rt healers. All I'm really doing is saying take some prots or your N/Rts won't be so hot on their own.
A 3 hero backline sounds like you'd be putting too much effort into defense, but they can also provide a lot of offense and utility. You can easily adjust the heroes to be more focused on offense/defense/utility depending on the area and the rest of the team.
2x N/Rt Healers
11-12 resto, 9+ soul reaping
Core skills: signet of lost souls, mend body and soul, spirit light, protective was kaolai, life/rejuvenation/recovery.
The healers can use any of your standard N/Rt variants...
Curses: SS, corrupt enchantment, pain of disenchantment, rip enchantment, weakean armor, enfeebling blood, mark of pain (micro it), defile defenses (works well with discord).
Blood: SV, life transfer, well of power, blood bond, blood ritual, mark of fury, strip enchantment.
Death: Discord, putrid bile, withering aura.
Soul: IV, foul feast
Resto: Xinrae's weapon, spirit light weapon, weapon of warding, vengeful weapon, flesh of my flesh, death pact signet.
1x -/Mo Protter
10 protection prayers, weapon of enchanting
Core skills: Shield of absorption, protective spirit, aegis.
The /Mo protter can be a lot of things, as long as the first half of the build leaves them enough energy to use their prots.
Popular builds that can fit the prots...
N/Mo MM/Bomber/Discord/Curses, most common choice, similar to sabway and discordway.
Rt/Mo SoS channeler, with spirit siphon and splinter weapon.
Mo/- or -/Mo Smiter, with strength of honor and using the open class for e-management.
Me/Mo Panic mes, with panic, some big damage dom skill, and some inspiration magic for energy.
You could do plenty of other things with the protter too, like E/Mo with AoE spells and GoLE, or even a full prot monk or heal/prot hybrid monk (or N/Mo) if you feel the need for more defense.
3 Hero Backline
Necromas
Life Bringing
This thread confuses me. I guess you're saying bring healers and something with prots? I suppose there are still people who don't know this, but its pretty much common sense. Note that you dont have to use necros as the /rts. Mesmers and rits are both excellent choices as well.
Fate Crusher
So....
Basically....
Swap the MM for a prot monk? :S
Basically....
Swap the MM for a prot monk? :S
Marty Silverblade
Pyrthas
This post could have just been (in no particular order):
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/Rt_SoLS_Healer
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/any_Minion_Bomber
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/any_SS_Support_Hero
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Me/any_Panic_Hero
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Rt/any_SoS_Channeling_Rit
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Mo/any_PvE_Smiter
Edit: Wait, I forgot, he mentioned E/Mo with aoe, etc., as well. So
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:E/any_Savannah_Support_Hero
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/Mo_SoLS_WoH_Hybrid
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Mo/any_WoH_Hybrid
I've left out http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:E/Mo_ER_Prot_Hero because he never mentioned it, but we're already in full defense territory, so it's hard to ignore now.
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/Rt_SoLS_Healer
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/any_Minion_Bomber
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/any_SS_Support_Hero
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Me/any_Panic_Hero
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Rt/any_SoS_Channeling_Rit
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Mo/any_PvE_Smiter
Edit: Wait, I forgot, he mentioned E/Mo with aoe, etc., as well. So
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:E/any_Savannah_Support_Hero
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:N/Mo_SoLS_WoH_Hybrid
http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:Mo/any_WoH_Hybrid
I've left out http://www.gwpvx.com/Build:E/Mo_ER_Prot_Hero because he never mentioned it, but we're already in full defense territory, so it's hard to ignore now.
NerfHerder
I'm not 100% on where your going with this. You pretty much just described a Sabway variant. Which I do find more useful than Discord. But I have found that an MM Prot and a SoS Resto is about all you need. The SoS resto heals almost as good as a full on N/Rt healer, and definately does more dmg. The third hero is optional if you bring a Hench healer.
Maybe the OP or thread belongs in the Sabway sticky, idk?
Maybe the OP or thread belongs in the Sabway sticky, idk?
Necromas
I'm just laying out the template cause everyone I pug with screws it up and brings just N/Rts and don't even know what the good N/Rt skills are.
Haggis of Doom