Modern ROJway

To EFGJack:

First of all, great builds! I just have a few questions on the workings though, and what your micro "routine" is for maximum efficiency.

* For Strength of Honor, do you disable it and micro it on yourself? I've noticed heroes can vary between sucky and good when it comes to casting this in combat then dismissing it at the end of it.
* For the constant-upkeep Shield of Absorption, is this part of your micro? I have next to no experience with this skill whatsoever.
* I'm pretty sure the last time I tested the combination of Judge's Insight and Strength of Honor, they didn't stack. Which would you say is the more valuable skill to be kept?
* What is BIP buying you? You've got GoLE and at least one other energy management skill on just about everybody. If you got rid of BIP, who would be running out of energy?

Sorry for the questions, just trying to take my heroing "to the next level" or so and your build here looks incredibly great.
Right. I micro SoAs on myself as the cooldowns allow, with 2 copies of 'em I have one on me at all times. I force the ritualist to maintain Judge's on me and if I have hexes or conditions on myself I smite them off for increased AE damage. I rarely micro ROJs or Panic as the heroes use them well most of the time, unless I know I'm facing a tough pack that needs to be dealt with properly, then I disable ROJs, Binding Chains and Panic and use them after balling up. I've got Ancestor's Rage & Splinter Weapon bound and Splinter is pretty much always on.

C - Target Closest
Space - Attack
N - Self-target
T - Smite Hex #1
G - Smite Hex #2
B - Ancestor's Rage
Y - Judge's Insight
H - Splinter Weapon
Mouse #4 - SoA #1
Mouse #5 - SoA #2

...And some others that I've forgot. I haven't played GWs in a few months. Anyway, with the keybinds above my "micro routine" is basically SoA rotation that is easily achieved by hitting N & Thumb button #1 -> instantly hit C after issuing the command for SoA #1, and repeating that with Thumb #2 after SoA #1 runs out. This I keep doing at all times if I deem it necessary. I add Smite Hex and Condition into the routine if there are hexes or conditions in the area.
Ancestor's Rage is pretty easy to micro on cooldown by simply pressing N->B->C and continuing with what I was doing. N->Y->C for Judge's and N->H->C for Splinter.
There's obviously more than just using skills: flagging heroes, using the odd spirit, Shatter, ROJ, Binding Chains, etc., but those are situational.

Strength and Honor - keep it disabled and use it on yourself. It stacks with Judge's Insight as you learned from testing it on your own.
Shield of Absorption is one of the strongest skills in the game as you can tank pretty much anything with your standard SoA rotation. Covering it with junk enchantments is recommended in some areas. You be the judge of what to change and when.
BiP and GoLE are skills that I bring for several reasons. The most obvious is the fact that they provide heroes with energy. One reason hides within the fact that heroes are bad at using their skills properly: if a hero has 4 skills that do the same thing (heal or damage) and 3 of the skills do 20 damage/healing and 1 does 100 damage/healing, and they're all on a 2 second cooldown, there's a small chance the hero will not use the skill that does 100 damage at all (heroes suffer from aftercast delay as well). Because of this I generally try to avoid having more than 3 skills that do the same thing.. which is why my heroes are always built with the following template in mind: 2-3 damage skills, 2-3 utility skills and 2 selfish skills. And that BiP suits the build well. For example: having the heroes at decent levels of energy in DoA/UW/etc is better than PoD.

Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.