Build:P/W Focused PvE Paragon

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.5 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE general

This PvE Paragon gives constant damage reduction to your party using powerful PvE-only skills and deals decent damage with its spear.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Paragon / Warrior 11 + 1 + 1 Spear Mastery 8 + 1 Command 11 + 1 Leadership Spear of Lightning Nightfall Paragon. Spear Mastery 13 Spear of Lightning Spear Attack If this attack hits, it deals +18 lightning damage. This attack has 25% armor penetration. 6 5 "Go for the Eyes!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 9 "Go for the Eyes!" Shout For 10 seconds, the next time each ally within earshot makes an attack, that attack has an additional 57% chance to critical. 4 4 +1..6 Anthem of Flame Nightfall Paragon. Leadership 12 Anthem of Flame Chant For 10 seconds, the next attack Skill used by each party member within earshot also causes Burning for 3 seconds. 10 1 5 "Save Yourselves!" (Kurzick) Factions Warrior. Kurzick rank "Save Yourselves!" (Kurzick) Shout For 3..6 seconds, all other party members gain 100 armor. 8 "There's Nothing to Fear!" Nightfall Paragon. Sunspear rank "There's Nothing to Fear!" Shout For 4 seconds and 1 second for every 2 ranks in Leadership, all party members within earshot take 15..35% less damage. Affected party members are healed for 20..60 Health when this Shout ends. 20 15 Ebon Battle Standard of Honor EotN No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of Honor Ward Spell You plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 10..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +5..15 damage and an additional +5..10 vs. Charr. 20 1 10 Focused Anger Nightfall Paragon. Leadership 12 Focused Anger Elite Skill For 45 seconds, you gain 120% more adrenaline. 60 10 Aggressive Refrain Nightfall Paragon. Leadership 12 Aggressive Refrain Echo For 21 seconds, you attack 25% faster but have Cracked Armor for 20 seconds. This Echo is reapplied every time a Chant or Shout ends on you. 20 2 25 Template code

The alternative with Luxon skills has the following Skill Template:

Paragon / Warrior 11 + 1 + 1 Spear Mastery 8 + 1 Command 11 + 1 Leadership Spear of Lightning Nightfall Paragon. Spear Mastery 13 Spear of Lightning Spear Attack If this attack hits, it deals +18 lightning damage. This attack has 25% armor penetration. 6 5 "Go for the Eyes!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 9 "Go for the Eyes!" Shout For 10 seconds, the next time each ally within earshot makes an attack, that attack has an additional 57% chance to critical. 4 4 +1..6 Anthem of Flame Nightfall Paragon. Leadership 12 Anthem of Flame Chant For 10 seconds, the next attack Skill used by each party member within earshot also causes Burning for 3 seconds. 10 1 5 "Save Yourselves!" (Luxon) Factions Warrior. Luxon rank "Save Yourselves!" (Luxon) Shout For 3..6 seconds, all other party members gain 100 armor. 8 "There's Nothing to Fear!" Nightfall Paragon. Sunspear rank "There's Nothing to Fear!" Shout For 4 seconds and 1 second for every 2 ranks in Leadership, all party members within earshot take 15..35% less damage. Affected party members are healed for 20..60 Health when this Shout ends. 20 15 Ebon Battle Standard of Honor EotN No Profession. Ebon Vanguard rank Ebon Battle Standard of Honor Ward Spell You plant an Ebon Battle Standard of Honor at your current location. For 10..20 seconds, non-Spirit allies in this area strike for +5..15 damage and an additional +5..10 vs. Charr. 20 1 10 Focused Anger Nightfall Paragon. Leadership 12 Focused Anger Elite Skill For 45 seconds, you gain 120% more adrenaline. 60 10 Aggressive Refrain Nightfall Paragon. Leadership 12 Aggressive Refrain Echo For 21 seconds, you attack 25% faster but have Cracked Armor for 20 seconds. This Echo is reapplied every time a Chant or Shout ends on you. 20 2 25 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor's or Centurion's Insignias on all pieces.
• A 15^50 Sundering or Vampiric Spear of Fortitude and a Command Shield of Fortitude.

[edit] Usage

• Maintain Aggressive Refrain with Anthem of Flame between fights.
• Use Focused Anger on recharge.
• Keep "Save Yourselves!" and "There's Nothing to Fear!" up as much as possible. Chain "TNtF!" with allies, if applicable.
• Spam "Go For the Eyes!" when you need energy.
• Use Spear of Lightning for damage.

[edit] Counters

• Anti-shout skills such as Vocal Minority
• Anti-adrenaline hexes such as Soothing Images
• Blind/Missing, Blocking, and Hexes that trigger on attacks

[edit] Variants

• Substitute Anthem of Weariness for Anthem of Flame. If you are running a Paragon hero, put the Anthem on its bar and take an additional attack skill (like Vicious Attack). Be sure to micro the Anthem between battles.
• Alternatively, trade the Anthem for "Fall Back!".
• Using Spear of Fury instead of Spear of Lightning will allow you to use "Save Yourselves!" as soon as your team enters combat. This tactic requires Anthem of Weariness, as Anthem of Flame will not trigger the conditional adrenaline gain.
• "For Great Justice!" for constant double adrenaline, by alternating between it and Focused Anger
• "Finish Him!" or "You Move Like a Dwarf!".
• If your party is bringing Order of Pain, Order of the Vampire, Barbs or Mark of Pain, swap Spear of Lightning for another spear attack, like Swift Javelin.
• Use Wild Throw to get through blocking stances.
• Combat hexes with Hexbreaker Aria in caster parties and follow-up with Spear of Fury to quickly regain adrenaline. Maintaining "Save Yourselves!" should be prioritized over Hex Removal, but you can still manage both.

[edit] Notes

• Playing this with an Arcane Orders Dervish hero is optimal. In this situation, "Go for the Eyes!" and Spear of Lightning should be traded for Swift Javelin and Vicious Attack.
• Your Kurzick/Luxon rank should be at least 3 for the build to work efficiently, and a Sunspear Rank of at least 8 is preferable. If using Spear of Fury, your Kurzick/Luxon rank should be at least 4.
• Commonly known as an "imbagon."