Ritualist 7-Hero Help/Feedback

I have been looking around for sometime. I already know 1 thing wrong with my build and that's, my hero and I are using some of the same spirits effectively wasting 2 slots. I know I know... lots of builds out there... some of which I took bits and pieces from.

Yesterday I was able to get VSF farms with the current set up. However it was rough. In General PvE It worked wonders HM Vanquishing is easy, Missions Easy, now I am moving on to Dungeons. Any suggestions? Changes? I know there is a lot of different opinions but I truly appreciate them all. Im still learning and could use some help from all those vets out there.

*Note* Ignore the point layouts I dont know how I ended up with those in there and they are all wrong.

At first look, why are you running Discord without a caller set up? Seems like it's wasting time waiting for the minions, sipirts, or hero to cast a condition.

Get rid of Pain and Anguish from your bar. If you're gonna run Discord, there's no reason for you to not run Necrosis yourself. If you are gonna run communing on your bar. At least take control over Shadowsong. That spirit is the most important one to place.

Symbolic Celerity seems like a wasted slot on the Mesmer just to use SoLS. Your Minion Master should drop BotM and Vampiric Horror and put in Death Nova and Bone Minions so he can minion bomb properly. In general you can tighten up most of your builds a little more. Unless you want to be different. If you're looking to move up into higher end areas though, you might want to stick with the "cookie cutter" builds have been designed for certain areas.

I don't enjoy your UA Monk Bar. Drop Divine healing or Heavens Delight and perhaps add something to counter Hex Stacks, however it's not a big deal. I also hate Heroes use of Healing Breeze, just personal preference really. Anything that's made of 7-Heroes will be able to do just about everything.

PS: UA + Death Pact and Flesh of My Flesh and I think it's called Renew Life on the Mesmer?. Seems like you could remove a Res if you wanted.

To be honest... I have been thinking about getting rid of Discord all together. I have been doing some reading and it seems like a waste... kinda but I want to find out for myself. So I have been thinking of going spiteful spirit and Minion Bomber instead. Maybe with some sort of Paragon replacing one of the necromancers.

Then looking, researching and reading I see how horrible it is to bring with the Mesmer combo I have because it shuts down anything trying to cast anyway basically wasting spots again.

Confused = me.

And thank you for the advice!

I personally don't use Discord,

1 x Me W/D Enduring Scythe, Enduring Daggers or Enduring axe + SY! Spam.
2 x Necro (Jagged or AoTL Bomber, Xinrae / Rit SoLS Heals)
2 x Mesmer (Inep, Panic)
2 x Rit (SoS and SoGM)
1 x Monk (Healing Burst + Hex / Cond Removal)

I personally have tried Discord, Sabway + Spirits + Mesmer, and everything in between and this is what I've personally grown to love. I VQ, HM Mission, etc with it. Just the other week I did all of HM Factions without a single death in my whole party. I'm starting to think I have to much defense though. Both SoS / SoGM Carry Spirit Light which is a massive heal that has no downsides for them, combined with my Xinrae and the fact that both Mesmers have Paragon Supportive skills, combined with SY! and the fact that my bomber has Aegis + Protective Spirit and I think the Healing Burst could be worked into a RoJ or SoJ with Melee Buffs + Condition / Hex Removal.

6 x Interrupt (2 Monk, 2 per Mesmer)
1 x AoE Interrupt (Panic)
2 x Melee Hate (Ineptitude, Wandering)
1 x +100 AoE Armor (Save Yourselves!)
21 x Bodies (Minions + Spirits + EVAS)
1 - 3 x AoE Melee Damage (Varies based on my personal build)
3 x AoE Explosion (Death Nova, Putrid Bile, Ancestors Rage)
4 x Big Heals (Spirit Light x 3, Healing Burst x 1)
3 x AoE Heals (Healing Burst, Heavens Delight, Protective Was Kaolai)
2 x Maximum Damage Reduction (Protective Spirit, Xinraes Weapon)
3 x Pre-Prot (SoA, Protective Spirit, Weapon of Warding)
2 x Party-Wide Melee Hate (Aegis on Bomber, Displacement on SoGM)
4 x Conditions (Cracked Armor, Deep Wound, Poison, Burning [Spirit Burn] - Currently experimenting with various Condition Heavy Mesmers / Necromancers and Rangers, each have different benefits)
3 x Hex Removal (Shatter on Mesmers, Cure hex on monk)
2 x Condition Removal (Mend Body + Soul and Spotless Soul)
1 x Mass Enchant Stripping (Envenom Enchants)
1 x Painful Bond (Spirits destroy everything in sight)
10 x Spirits (SoS = 3, Bloodsong, Pain, Shadowsong, Disenchantment, Anguish, Displacement, Life on Xinraes)
1 x Splinter Weapon (Added to W/A or W/Any Enduring Daggers / Axe)
2 x Resurrection Skills (Flesh of My Flesh and Death Pact Signet but nothing ever dies so I'm starting to wonder if it's even worth it, I have like 100 Rez Scrolls anyway).


Yawn @ PvE. I sometimes think removing the SoGM would be worth it to add an AoG Dervish but then I think "Why Bother". Siege Turtle Summoning Stones + Blue / Red Rock Candie and Con's when I need them makes PvE a joke.

PS: Works best with correct runes, Superior Vigor, All Survivor Insignias, Superior Death Magic on the bomber, etc. Correctly attributed weapons are also great, Oppressor Weapons / Droknars Key items are perfect for this.

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