HM dungeons setup with H/H?

Me and a friend are trying to do hm dungeons with 6 heros. I'm a ritualist and he's a warrior. Currently we are usually using a setup where he takes a sabway build and I take 2 monks and a warrior, ofcourse we adept abit depending on what we are facing. We've managed a few hard dungeons but in some dungeons fights are really close and hard. Especially when we are getting party wide pressure. We arent really cornerblocking alot though, and he nor my hero warrior has a pure tank build.

So any recommedations on hero setup to counter party wide pressure or healers getting killed? Or is this a decent setup and should we just corner block more often with an actual tank build?

2-mandiscord worked for me for Slavers, Kathandrax, Rragar and Vloxen I believe and some more.

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I highly recommend using something like Spiritway. While there are other good builds out there, I've seen that Spiritway is very effective.

From my own experience: I've taken my Elementalist through all the HM dungeons. I started out with Sabway and henchmen. While that worked decently and got me through some of the easier dungeons, some areas were still very difficult. Once I switched to Spiritway and henchmen, I found it remarkably easier.

Also note that I ran a fire build the entire time. So Spiritway combined with decent pulling/aggro tactics is good enough that it can even carry a player with a mediocre build through all of HM.

I pretty much used the exact setup from that PvX link. For henchmen I usually took Zho (for interrupts), Herta (for extra defense and a some damage), Mhenlo, and Lina. Having been getting back into reading about effective builds more recently, that's probably a little too defensive. Herta and even one of the monks can potentially be swapped out for others depending on the areas.

For you specifically, as Ritualist and Warrior players, I would say: You could run either of the ritualist builds on your character, and then bring a rit and a necro hero to cover the other two. I also definitely recommend at least one hero should have an interruption build - either a Broadhead Arrow Ranger or one of the various good Mesmer builds. After that, at least one Monk, and then the last two slots as whatever seems to fit best from your experiences. Your Warrior friend can concentrate on damage-based builds (Hundred Blades, Dragon Slash, whatever) since tanking isn't really necessary most times.

For tactics: In the easier areas or with smallers groups of enemies, just run in and start the fight. In harder areas, pick a spot outside aggro range, park your heroes there, and cast the long-lived and quick-recharging spirits (Signet of Sprits, Bloodsong, Pain). Then have your warrior friend aggro to enemies and lead them back to your spot. Having minions and spirits parked and ready to go like that helps immediately tip the battle more in your favor. After that it's pretty much standard smart playing and tactics... try not to aggro more than one group at a time... try to focus down the most important/dangerous foes first (usually monks, rits, eles)... etc.

Also, consider trying to bring Pain Inverter in your build somewhere. It works well given that any area attacks by enemies could be hitting up to 8 characters, 10 or 11 minions, and numerous spirits at the same time. That can easily add up to a lot of damage put back on the enemy, in some cases nearly killing it in one blast.

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