Heroes team for Crit Scythe

My crit scythe sin runs with spiritway heros and never really gone for anything else - reason i like spiritway is the sin can draw initial aggro an run back then after the minions an spirits take the aggro i go in and mop up.
Its one of the team builds that can be used litterally anywhere unlike sabway ( places with no corpses ) and doesnt require certain things like conditions/hexes to work ( discordway ) and its so versatile that if you have a human team member thats already a sos rit you can switch a few skills ( or replace one with a panic mes ) and not lose any effectiveness or dmg. The biggest problem I have with pvx spiritway is that it is a generic build so you should tweak it for your own character. For example, I like having SoH, Blood Bond, Weaken Armor, and Ancestor's Rage with my melee. I dont really care for things like Putrid Bile.

Also, there might be changes to scythes in the coming weeks that would make them better on a Dervish. That could mean making Dervishes better or nerfing Crit Scythes. Linking AoHM to mysticism would be the best change in 2 years.

I don't care that crit scythe is powerful, I care that AoHM is a PvE skill specifically for dervishes, being used on a Assassin. It's like if TNTF were used on a necro or critical agility on a dervish. SY! is kind of like that, you see Save Yourselves on Paragons and everything including Warriors, however whirlwind attack (the sunspear skill) is used mainly on warriors.

The biggest problem I have with pvx spiritway is that it is a generic build so you should tweak it for your own character. For example, I like having SoH, Blood Bond, Weaken Armor, and Ancestor's Rage with my melee. I dont really care for things like Putrid Bile. I just remembered that there was actually 2 different builds - both had slightly different skills on all 3 heros - and the original one ( or the first one i saw and tried ) somehow vanished from pvx and the one now termed as spiritway took over.I always wrongly refer to what i used as spiritway ( altho i never actually knew of the 2nd ones existance till after ). And putrid bile wasnt in the first one and i agree its a skill i wouldnt use as there are better skills that can be used instead.Infact thinking back with a bad memory one was 1 n/rt , 1 sos rit and 1 n/mo the other used 2 rts and 1 n/mo.But i also agree that most hero builds are there to be tweaked to offer that extra bit of assistance to your chr and gameplay - my heros work well with my sin + hench and if i switch to a caster only team it often works better , may be down to melee and aggro.

You third hero is the most optional. But, if you have PS on your MM and your smites on your SoS, whatever you bring should have some spot heals. Yes but I find that the MM is not very responsive with his prots, so you have to really micro him if you want prots at the time when you need them. An ER is much more responsive, and you can choose to micro PS too if you dont trust it. Also a melee character needs hex removal more than a caster does.

Yes but I find that the MM is not very responsive with his prots, so you have to really micro him if you want prots at the time when you need them. An ER is much more responsive, and you can choose to micro PS too if you dont trust it. Also a melee character needs hex removal more than a caster does. I agree, I just dont like bringing an ER Prot with only 3 heros. Just keep in mind the way his build is set up now, infuse health would be the only spot heal on his hero team. I tend to opt for more damage/cc instead. Although an ER Prot wouldnt be a bad idea for his third hero, if some adjustments were made. Then you could dedicate something else to your MM, in his case either blood magic or healing prayers would work fine. When we get 7 heros, an ER prot will most likely always be on my team.

I agree, I just dont like bringing an ER Prot with only 3 heros. Just keep in mind the way his build is set up now, infuse health would be the only spot heal on his hero team. I tend to opt for more damage/cc instead. Although an ER Prot wouldnt be a bad idea for his third hero, if some adjustments were made. Then you could dedicate something else to your MM, in his case either blood magic or healing prayers would work fine. When we get 7 heros, an ER prot will most likely always be on my team. I have spot heals from the SoS rit restoration spells and infuse. It depends on the area that you are playing in, your setup and your playing style. The crit scythe assassin can dish out a lot of damage but its weakness is its defense. In HM elite areas, with only 70 armor, your assassin can really feel each hit. If you are dead or kiting, you would be doing zero damage anyway. So having sufficient defense would help your damage and vice versa. A melee character generally needs more healing than a caster because he is in the midst of the action tanking mobs away from the casters and an ER is great for supporting melee, but an overkill for a casters team.

Oh please don't run MoP. It's so unbelievably useless outside of SC's. Just make sure you bring SoH, PS, and a good healer. Everything else is pretty optional. Be unique. Unless you have something against armor ignoring damage, MoP is still useful for minions and splinter, just need to micro it. If you dont micro it and left it up to the AI, then of course he is going to miss most of the time. AI can't tell if there are adjacent targets. I have been using MoP successfully in many situations outside of SC for years.

Oh please don't run MoP. It's so unbelievably useless outside of SC's. Just make sure you bring SoH, PS, and a good healer. Everything else is pretty optional. Be unique. I have some old screenshots back home with MoP triggering through fiends MM hero to prove that MoP can indeed be used effectively outside of SC. I have also used MoP in other situations, even before the word Speed Clear was known in Guild Wars back in 2005.

For the year that i kept MoP in my Sabway (which i no longer use), i never noticed it have a decent effect. I took it out and didn't notice my team being any more or less effective. You are entitled to your opinion, but i believe that MoP is a waste of 2 seconds, 10 energy, and a skill slot because of its cooldown MoP is only 1s cast with a 20s recharge (but it lasts for 30s) and 10e is nothing to a necro with a minion bomber in the team thanks to soul reaping. My assassin has reverted back to using daggers for the past months though since I was bored with using scythe.

Like what Kunder said, MoP is either very effective if you do it right or does absolutely nothing if you do it wrong. The 20s cool down is worth it if you choose the right target to cast it on. I usually cast it on a target that would last (e.g. the healer right in the middle of the caster mob) and hit its adjacent target with splinter on, not cast it on the target that you are attacking, unless you have AP on the same bar. If you dont have AP to recharge your MoP, the trick is not kill off your target just 2s after wasting your MoP on it.