Build:P/W Imbagon

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

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=P/W spe=11+1+1 comma=8+1 lea=11+1][Spear of Lightning]["Go for the Eyes!"]["Save Yourselves!" (Kurzick)]["There's Nothing to Fear!"][Optional][Anthem of Flame][Focused Anger][Aggressive Refrain][/build] </pvxbig>

The alternative with Luxon skills has the following Skill Template: <pvxbig> [build prof=P/W spe=11+1+1 comma=8+1 lea=11+1][Spear of Lightning]["Go for the Eyes!"]["Save Yourselves!" (Luxon)]["There's Nothing to Fear!"][Optional][Anthem of Flame][Focused Anger][Aggressive Refrain][/build] </pvxbig>

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.

Usage

• Maintain Aggressive Refrain with Anthem of Flame in between fights.
• Use Focused Anger as much as possible in fights.
• 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!" as much as possible to maintain energy, and increase your physical allies' DPS.
• Use Spear of Lightning for damage.

Counters

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

Variants

• Substitute Anthem of Flame for Anthem of Weariness.
• Alternatively, trade the Anthem for "Fall Back!".
• Optional:
  • Ebon Battle Standard of Honor is the best choice, but a moderately high Ebon Vanguard rank is required.
  • Using Spear of Fury instead of Spear of Lightning will allow you to use "Save Yourselves!" as soon as your team enters combat. Remember that you need Anthem of Weariness to use it, 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!".
  • Any other potentially useful PvE skill.
• 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 Spear of Fury or Harrier's Toss.
• Vicious Attack for Deep Wound.
• Take Swift Javelin for an unblockable attack and damage.
• 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.

Notes

• Playing this with an Arcane Orders Dervish hero is optimal.
• 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.
• Also commonly known as an "Imbagon." Which also stands for "Imbalanced Paragon".
• Don't suck. You have no res because you are expected to keep everyone alive. If you screw up on your TNTF/SY chains and your party dies, it's all your fault.