So which of those 7 hero builds are working?

Since you noted that you were using it for NM...isn't the ST defensive hero sorta pointless? For chuckles, just because I can. You know I'm trying to avoid overkill, lol.

yea, i was playing this after noon and it seemed like gwen was constantly dropping heals and didn't have time for PI, so i think i'll move her away from healing to something else. I've found Gwen to be an ideal channeler, smiter or protter, for some reason the AI forces a hero with healing skills to dedicate 80% (if not more) of their time to healing, and thus healers with PI only use it at the start of the battle, when everyone is on full health.

And a hero should not be given Union and Armor of Unfeeling, unless you like to micro the crap out of him. Heroes don't know that Union should be cast after Shelter and they don't know when to cast Armor of Unfeeling at all. Just give the hero Soul Twisting, Shelter and two other spirits, for example Displacement and an offensive communing spirit with utility (Dissonance for interrupts, Shadowsong for blind etc). I'd have to test it, I'm curious if they only cast Armor of Unfeeling of the spirit itself is being attacked (which of course would be worthless).

It does seem like when I bring a Soul Twisting Ritualist that my party's red bars hardly even budge during a battle.

I did Warband of Brothers last night in HM and purposely overaggro'd that room full of Charr at the beginning of the 2nd level. Between the mesmer's effectively shutting down the mob and the ST Ritualist providing partywide protection support, it was almost comical. Even with a single minion master, I found the protection spirits seemed to be maintained at almost all times. Otherwise the only other healing in my group was a single UA Monk hero and 2 restoration heals on a discord necro.

Is there a way to get those team-templates into Pawned2?
I don't know the skills from the icons or short names (ST defensive rit?) so it might be usefull to read the full descriptions to understand the build or help me make better teambuilds myself.
What I've made myself so far have 1 thing in common: they don't work.... Getting it into Pawned is impossible unless the code is posted with it, the best way of recognition is just holding the skills lists of the respective classes (wiki has it) next to it.
ST means Soul Twisting.

And expertise in buildmaking isn't something you only get by talent - you can learn it just as well, just keep trying!

That looks brilliant for a ranger, though do drop wastrels spells from mesmer heroes, they keep on casting them on recharge and running out of energy and even reapplying them. CoF + Overload make better choices for hero mesmers. Ok, thanks for the feedback, i am tempted to try this build out acctually.
Don't really know where to get frost insignias for shields so i will probably only go for +10 elemental on chest and maybe legs (unless i remember incorrectly spell damage is applied to chest? Or how does that work with Conf + winter?).

Don't really know where to get frost insignias for shields so i will probably only go for +10 elemental on chest and maybe legs (unless i remember incorrectly spell damage is applied to chest? Or how does that work with Conf + winter?). There are no shield insignia, I think you mean inscription. In that case, the +10 vs. Cold damage inscription is called "Leaf on the Wind". You can identify it yourself from a shield or focus or just buy one from other players (e.g. in Kamadan).

Damage (including spells) is always randomly applied to a body part: head, hands and feet each have 1/8th chance, chest has 3/8th chance and legs have 2/8th chance. So to have the insignia actually work on every attack you need to put one on each armor piece.

Ok, thanks for the feedback, i am tempted to try this build out acctually. Don't use that build as it is. I think it needs some major revisions: e.g. 1 or 0 point to inspirational magic for mantra of frost, dual stances, etc?

There are no shield insignia, I think you mean inscription. In that case, the +10 vs. Cold damage inscription is called "Leaf on the Wind". You can identify it yourself from a shield or focus or just buy one from other players (e.g. in Kamadan).

Damage (including spells) is always randomly applied to a body part: head, hands and feet each have 1/8th chance, chest has 3/8th chance and legs have 2/8th chance. So to have the insignia actually work on every attack you need to put one on each armor piece. That's not fully true, the "exact" mechanic is this:
Melee/Projectile under normal circumstances ;
* 12.5% hits hands.
* 12.5% hits feet.
* 37.5% hits chest.
* 25% hits legs.

Projectiles (Spears/Bows/Projectile offensive spells) are affected by the compared height of youself and your enemy, the exact mechanic currently is unknown, but obviously, the higher you are in relation to the enemy, the higher the chance to hit the head (this also deals more damage in the case of bows/spears, not sure about spells)
EDIT : higher self-position = higher position hit, lower self-position = lower position hit.

Certain spells (or i believe so) always hit certain areas, examples are Bed of Coals, Fetid Ground, Aftershock, since these are ground oriented they should always hit the feet (speculation of my own, relate to the section below till this is proven).

Any spell not stating it hits a certain area and that's not a projectile always (ALWAYS) hits the chest, which is why poor people always should get a max AL chest before anything else.

That's not fully true, the "exact" mechanic is this:
Melee/Projectile under normal circumstances ;
* 12.5% hits hands.
* 12.5% hits feet.
* 37.5% hits chest.
* 25% hits legs.

Projectiles (Spears/Bows/Projectile offensive spells) are affected by the compared height of youself and your enemy, the exact mechanic currently is unknown, but obviously, the higher you are in relation to the enemy, the higher the chance to hit the head (this also deals more damage in the case of bows/spears, not sure about spells)
EDIT : higher self-position = higher position hit, lower self-position = lower position hit.

Certain spells (or i believe so) always hit certain areas, examples are Bed of Coals, Fetid Ground, Aftershock, since these are ground oriented they should always hit the feet (speculation of my own, relate to the section below till this is proven).

Any spell not stating it hits a certain area and that's not a projectile always (ALWAYS) hits the chest, which is why poor people always should get a max AL chest before anything else. The only true thing in this post is that projectiles have a different chance of hitting each armor piece depending on height difference between attacker and target (you forgot the head piece though). On average this will of course even out, unless you always try to find higher ground. In general though, it's fair to say that the chance remains largely the same. In any case, the difference isn't really enough to have a practical effect, necessitating buying certain pieces first.

The other points about 'ground oriented' spells and non-projectile spell damage always hitting the feet or always hitting the chest are nonsense. Spells always follow the 3/8, 2/8 and 3x 1/8 rule. Also, there is no such thing as a spell that states that it hits a certain area.

The only true thing in this post is that projectiles have a different chance of hitting each armor piece depending on height difference between attacker and target (you forgot the head piece though). On average this will of course even out, unless you always try to find higher ground. In general though, it's fair to say that the chance remains largely the same. In any case, the difference isn't really enough to have a practical effect, necessitating buying certain pieces first.

The other points about 'ground oriented' spells and non-projectile spell damage always hitting the feet or always hitting the chest are nonsense. Spells always follow the 3/8, 2/8 and 3x 1/8 rule. Also, there is no such thing as a spell that states that it hits a certain area. Like i said, the Bed of Coals = feet hit thing was an assumption, but it IS true that every spell not based on a projectile always hits the chest.ALWAYS. attempt to test it if you do not believe me, wear only 60AL chest armor and have a guildie use a spell like Searing Flames on you - it will just hit for the stated amount, not even the slightest bit higher, which is strange if it would hit other areas.

Like i said, the Bed of Coals = feet hit thing was an assumption, but it IS true that every spell not based on a projectile always hits the chest.ALWAYS. attempt to test it if you do not believe me, wear only 60AL chest armor and have a guildie use a spell like Searing Flames on you - it will just hit for the stated amount, not even the slightest bit higher, which is strange if it would hit other areas. To be sure, I did test it before I posted that reply, wearing 60 armor on chest only and naked on the rest. I used Glowing Gaze. You should probably test it yourself before making claims, instead of making claims and telling people to test something to refute that claim. Same goes with Bed of Coals, took me a couple of minutes to test ingame.

To be sure, I did test it before I posted that reply, wearing 60 armor on chest only and naked on the rest. I used Glowing Gaze. You should probably test it yourself before making claims, instead of making claims and telling people to test something to refute that claim. Same goes with Bed of Coals, took me a couple of minutes to test ingame. That's really strange, cause that would mean i've triggered the 3/8th 30 times in a row