Ideas on a couple scythe builds?

I used to used P/D with Aura of Holy Might and Zealous Vow, it worked pretty well but I haven't used P/D since the update. I imagine that things will be a lot easier now that there are adrenaline attack skills. Focused Anger or Soldier's Fury are probably the best way to go because of the enhanced adrenaline gain, you'll be able to spam adrenaline attacks faster than the dervish can.

What about adding GFTE + Blazing Finale + Reap Impurites? AoE degen and damage and good energy management as well. Don't need any points in command for it really, you could go 12 scythe 12+1+1 leadership 3+1 command. Also They're On Fire could replace TNTF in this kind of build, leaving a PvE slot open for I Am The Strongest, Asuran Scan, EBSoH, etc. I was playing around with this and got some interesting results. The build I ended up with was this:

P/D, Scythe 12 Leadership 12+1+1 Command 3+1
Radiant Scythe
Chilling Victory
Reap Impurities
Go For The Eyes
Blazing Finale
Focused Anger (E)
I Am The Strongest
Ebon Battle Standard of Honor

I was able to achieve ~75dps with this against master of damage, and that is with no IAS at all. O_o This should be able to put out roughly 33% more damage with +25% IAS (~92) or +50% damage with +33% IAS (~112). And it is all AoE damage and AoE burning, all the time.

I tried Soldier's Fury and Onslaught and I was able to get slightly higher DPS with them (~80) but both of these lose a lot of power compared to the Focused Anger build; the massive adrenaline gain that FA provides allows the paragon to spam adrenaline attack skills continuously and keep the burning going continuously with no effort at all. Focused Anger is almost as strong with no IAS and it has the additional advantages of not requiring a shout to power it or giving the user a -20 armor penalty or requiring 10 energy every 10 seconds. If you gain IAS through consumables like rock candy or celerity then Focused Anger wins without a doubt.

Dodge This can substituted for GFTE, this provides unblockability and a slight improvement in damage at the cost of decreased energy gain and no buffing for allies. You can slot in TNTF if you like, though I would suggest They're On Fire as an alternative, it is fully maintainable 33% damage reduction against burning foes, and this build spreads burning easily. ToF also cycles every 10 seconds so it increases the burning even more... with Blazing Finale causing 7s burning when a shout ends, this alone gives burning for 7s out of 10, and GFTE/DodgeThis will cover the other 3 seconds.

note: EBSoH gives +15 damage to every damage packet, including bonus elemental damage (e.g Chilling Victory, Sand Shards, Mystic Sandstorm) so it has a huge effect. This same build without EBSOH gives ~52dps instead of ~75. EBSoH adds +15 to all physical and elemental damage though it does not add to the bonus holy damage from Reap Impurities, I'm not sure if this is a bug or not.

another note: energy is more than fine with this build, you gain +7e from GTFE every 3 seconds and +6e from Radiant Scythe every 4.5 seconds at worst. This is at least +26 energy every 10 seconds with a party of 8. (!!) This allows the use of some high-energy skills though I am not sure that any of them would improve this build. You could use some high-cost scythe attack skills but I think the adrenaline based skills are just as good (or better) and because of Focused Anger this build can spam them without any concern for recharge.

does this use a furious or vampiric scythe? since EBSoH effects all damage packets, would it add to the 5 life steal from vamp, or does it not effect life steal? i was using eyes of the forgotten (15>50%, zealous, fortitude) but i don't think it matters too much. vampiric will add a little more damage but EBSoH won't affect that.

This is awesome! This build really has great potential

Build really looks great, i'm going try the hero build tomorrow and let him explode things with splinter weapon and strength of honor.
I guess you should micro Blazing Finale, because i'm quite sure he will use it on other party members as well. Or i can always put Blazing Finale on another para hero.
I'll probably change Natural Temper with Signet of Return. glad you like it
strength of honor, splinter weapon, orders, etc. just take this to crazy levels so have fun. it's okay (even preferable) if the hero casts blazing finale on others, since that just increases the burning... as long as he doesn't do it so much that he stops swinging the scythe. natural temper is negated by all enchantments so switching it out is probably a good idea, I just had it there for testing to help adrenaline, and there wasn't anything better to use in that slot. you could try Find Their Weakness in that slot, even at low command it is useful for spiking targets down.

if you have another paragon on the team you might want to use Anthem of Fury to help both of them gain adrenaline faster.