Need feedback on 7 hero build!

You have more hex removal in the new version, but the two healers arnt very specialized and there is a lack of prot as others have said, save yourselfs may go some way towards alleviating that, since you have those orders too, im skeptical about how useful epidemic is in particular, a lot of your conditions are already AoE and the hero might not use it at the best opportunity, your searing flames also probably won't do that well on his own, but also those heat spells are quite good at breaking the aggro from you and won't do that much damage even if they do hit fully in hard mode, if the enemies are then scattered they could start hitting your healers, and will be harder to hit with the other aoe stuff like aura and splinter. Also im not sure if the paragons will contribute much to defense and healing, as intended, the searing flames could be swapped for a minion bomber with prot secondary, or an sogm rit with shadowsong, or even a monk healer, also remember stand your ground wont stack with SY, the general idea seems cool, though im concerned that the paragon class is not quite useful enough defensively.

If you're running an ST rit you should probably put 12 points into Spawning in order to hit the breakpoint. I might also move MoP + Enfeebling Blood to the necro and the smites over to the ST. Something like 11+1+3 Communing, 11+1 Spawning and 8 Smiting. Otherwise, it looks like a fun build that I might have to try out.

well it look decent..but isnt 1 more mesmer better than the Heal as one ranger?

Interesting 4 paragon types, can this make it through your average hm area in its current state ?

I looked at ritual lord recently, if i recall the main downsides to it are that it greatly increases the energy cost of the spirits ( i think shelter may already be high ) when compared to ST, also you only get 50% recharge compared to instant with ST, also it restricts what you can have on the bar because heroes may not use binding rituals straight after like they are supposed to.

I think putting the curses onto the orders would work so well not because of the energy of soh, but because the orders is already quite 'busy' and could take too long to use all his skills, the curses can work ok on a xinraes healer though ive found.

ST is becoming quite popular recently, its difficult to tell how effective it is though and whether you would be better off using a sogm offense ritualist instead, I suppose it depends upon how much utitility can be used alongside maintaining those spirits, it seems like one of those bars which is very focused on 4 key skills, trying to make it do anything else will decrease the efficiency of its primary role, for example adding disenchantment in would use up ST and possibly displacement is then going to need to recharge.

Spirit transfer is quite a good healing skill, could swap in for ancestors rage, people like 'the pot man skill' as i call it, I always found it took X energy + removing staff, the hero then has low energy and struggles, unless he drops the pot but then he doesn't get the armor bonus, so the overall effect of the pot is 70 healing to the party for 10 energy, ive always prefered hb+heal party for that purpose, I don't think i actually use party healing at all anymore, maybe im missing out on something there.

You could also use that other blood skill on the orders ( mark of fury i think its called ) to get way loads more adrenaline if thats powering a lot of your paragons shouty things ( im bad at paragon stuff, in the past when ive had more then zero of them its not gone well ).

You may want to try using OoV instead of OoP/Cultist's Fervor. Your build isn't really EN intensive (most skills have long cooldown also), your heroes would benefit from the life steal and it would free up a slot for another skill.

@xmfd: I really like the build. I love these kinds of builds, and yours seems well constructed. I'm actually about to go check it out with my warrior. A couple quick questions: why Heal as One over Rampage as One? With Expertise, a zealous spear and adrenal skills, RaO shouldn't be too hard to maintain. Also, on the necro, are you microing Well of Ruin? Otherwise it doesn't seem as reliable as Weaken Armor.
About bringing Infuriating Heat somewhere - according to the unofficial wiki, IH is bugged and won't work in conjunction with Dark Fury. So it's either DF or IH, and DF is generally better. Of course if you wanted to use OoV then IH becomes plausible.

AI only uses HaO as a pet heal.

Ok, makes sense then. For some reason, I thought both were changed that way awhile back.