Build:Team - 9 Hero Deep Heroway

This build is in the testing phase. Please join the discussion and rate this build if you have experience with this or closely related builds. This build has been designed for the following use: PvE team PvE hero

This build allows three players to complete The Deep quickly and easily with little to no need for prior knowledge of The Deep. Although not required, using consumables is recommended.

Overview

• 3 / Human Players
• 1 / Ineptitude
• 1 / Panic Mesmer
• 1 / SS Heal
• 1 / SoS Rit
• 1 / MM Prot
• 1 / SS Heal
• 1 / Blood Bond Shouter
• 1 / SS Splinter
• 1 / UA Heal

Players

The players can use any build they want, but physical players are recommended. It is important that all three players bring some form of knockdown, e.g. You Move Like a Dwarf! and have at least 2 copies of recall for pads and to knock kanaxai down. Some recommended builds are shown below.

Warrior

• Build:W/any Hundred Blades
• Build:W/any PvE Earth Shaker

Assassin

• Build:W/any Hundred Blades Change to A/W

Paragon

• Build:P/A Dagger Spammer
• Build:P/W Imbagon

Ranger

• Build:R/A Pet Dagger Spam
• Build:R/W Barrage

Dervish

• Build:D/any Vow of Strength

Necromancer

• Build:N/A Assassin's Promise Death Magic
• Build:N/A Assassin's Promise Curses

Mesmer

• Build:Me/any Ineptitude
• Build:Me/any PvE Energy Surge

Elementalist

• Build:E/any Elemental Attunement Fire Magic
• Build:E/any Searing Flames
• Build:E/A Assassin's Promise with Earth skills

Monk

• Build:Mo/any Unyielding Aura Healer
• Build:Mo/any PvE Smiter

Ritualist

• Build:Rt/P Standard DwG Rit

Heroes

Hero 1 - Ineptitude

Mesmer / Elementalist 8 + 1 Fast Casting 12 + 1 + 1 Illusion Magic 10 + 1 Inspiration Magic Calculated Risk EotN Mesmer. Illusion Magic 14 Calculated Risk Hex Spell For 23 seconds, target foe's attacks do +10 damage, but there is a 50% chance that the damage from each attack will be done to that foe instead. (Maximum 94 damage.) 7 0.7 5 Ineptitude Prophecies Mesmer. Illusion Magic 14 Ineptitude Elite Hex Spell For 4 seconds, the next time target foe or any adjacent foes attacks, that foe takes 128 damage and becomes Blinded for 10 seconds. 15 0.7 10 Wandering Eye EotN Mesmer. Illusion Magic 14 Wandering Eye Hex Spell For 4 seconds, the next time target foe attacks, that attack is interrupted and all nearby foes take 105 damage. 12 1.3 5 Clumsiness Core Mesmer. Illusion Magic 14 Clumsiness Hex Spell For 4 seconds, the next time target and any adjacent foes attack, the attack is interrupted and target foe suffers 87 damage. 8 1.3 10 Signet of Clumsiness Nightfall Mesmer. Illusion Magic 14 Signet of Clumsiness Signet If target foe is attacking, that foe and all adjacent foes are interrupted and take 57 damage. Any foes using attack skills are knocked down. 8 0.2 Power Drain Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 11 Power Drain Spell If target foe is casting a Spell or Chant, that Skill is interrupted and you gain 23 Energy. 20 0.2 5 Waste Not, Want Not EotN Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 11 Waste Not, Want Not Spell If target foe is not casting a Spell or attacking, you gain 12 Energy. 15 0.2 5 Glyph of Lesser Energy Core Elementalist. Energy Storage 0 Glyph of Lesser Energy Glyph For the next 15 seconds, your next 2 Spells cost 10 less Energy to cast. 30 1 5 Template code

Hero 2 - Panic Mesmer

Mesmer / Ritualist 9 + 1 Fast Casting 12 + 1 + 1 Domination Magic 9 + 1 Inspiration Magic 3 Restoration Magic Panic Prophecies Mesmer. Domination Magic 14 Panic Elite Hex Spell For 9 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes are hexed with Panic. When a foe hexed with Panic successfully uses a skill, all other nearby foes are interrupted. 15 0.6 10 Wastrel's Worry Prophecies Mesmer. Domination Magic 14 Wastrel's Worry Hex Spell After 3 seconds, target foe and all adjacent foes take 95 damage. Wastrel's Worry ends prematurely if that foe uses a skill. 1 0.2 5 Unnatural Signet Factions Mesmer. Domination Magic 14 Unnatural Signet Signet Target foe takes 71 damage. If that foe is under the effects of a hex or enchantment, foes adjacent to your target take 47 damage. 10 0.7 Revealed Enchantment Factions Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 10 Revealed Enchantment Spell Remove an Enchantment from target foe and gain 11 Energy. For 20 seconds, Revealed Enchantment is replaced with the Enchantment removed from target foe. 0.6 10 Empathy Core Mesmer. Domination Magic 14 Empathy Hex Spell For 14 seconds, whenever target foe attacks, that foe takes 52 damage and target foe deals 14 less damage with attacks. 10 1.3 10 Drain Enchantment Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 10 Drain Enchantment Spell Remove an Enchantment from target foe. If an Enchantment is removed, you gain 14 Energy and 93 Health. 20 1.3 5 Power Drain Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 10 Power Drain Spell If target foe is casting a Spell or Chant, that Skill is interrupted and you gain 21 Energy. 20 0.2 5 Flesh of My Flesh Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 3 Flesh of My Flesh Spell Lose half your Health. Resurrect target party member with your current Health and 8% Energy. 2.5 5 Template code

Hero 3 - SS Heal 1

Necromancer / Ritualist 11 Restoration Magic 12 + 1 + 1 Curses 6 + 1 Soul Reaping Spiteful Spirit Prophecies Necromancer. Curses 14 Spiteful Spirit Elite Hex Spell For 19 seconds, whenever target foe attacks or uses a skill, Spiteful Spirit deals 33 shadow damage to that foe and all adjacent allies of that foe. 10 2 15 Mark of Pain Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Mark of Pain Hex Spell For 30 seconds, whenever target foe takes physical damage, Mark of Pain deals 38 shadow damage to adjacent foes. 20 1 10 Enfeebling Blood Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Enfeebling Blood Spell Target foe and all nearby foes suffer from Weakness for 19 seconds. 8 1 1 Mend Body and Soul Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Mend Body and Soul Spell Target ally is healed for 90 Health. That ally loses one Condition for each spirit within earshot. 3 ¾ 5 Spirit Light Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Spirit Light Spell Target ally is healed for 148. If any Spirits are within earshot, you don't sacrifice Health. 4 1 5 Protective Was Kaolai Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Protective Was Kaolai Item Spell Hold Kaolai's ashes for up to 48 seconds. While you hold his ashes, you gain 10 armor. When you drop his ashes, all party members are healed for 65 Health 25 1 10 Signet of Lost Souls Nightfall Necromancer. Soul Reaping 7 Signet of Lost Souls Signet If target foe is below 50% Health, you gain 52 Health and 5 Energy. 8 ¼ Life Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Life Binding Ritual Create a level 11 Spirit with 220 Health and 68 armor. When this Spirit dies, all non-Spirit allies within its range are healed for 5 Health for each second this Spirit was alive. This Spirit dies after 20 seconds. 20 ¾ 10 Template code

Hero 4 - SoS Rit

Ritualist / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Channeling Magic 12 + 1 Spawning Power 3 Restoration Magic Signet of Spirits Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 14 Signet of Spirits Elite Signet Create three level 11 spirits. These spirits deal 19 damage with attacks. These spirits die after 60 seconds. 30 1 Bloodsong Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 14 Bloodsong Binding Ritual Create a level 11 Spirit with 220 (+114) Health and 68 armor who dies after 142 seconds. Attacks by that Spirit steal up to 24 Health. 30 ¾ 5 Spirit Siphon Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 14 Spirit Siphon Spell Target Spirit loses all Energy. You gain 48% of that Energy. 3 ¼ 5 Ancestors' Rage Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 14 Ancestors' Rage Skill For 1 second, nothing happens. When this skill ends, all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 103 lightning damage. 10 ¼ 5 Splinter Weapon Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 14 Splinter Weapon Weapon Spell For 20(+10.4) seconds, target ally has a Splinter Weapon. Target ally's next 5 attacks deal 47 damage to up to 3 adjacent foes. 5 1 5 Painful Bond Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 14 Painful Bond Hex Spell For 19 seconds, target foe and all nearby foes are Hexed with Painful Bond and take 19 damage whenever hit by a Spirit's attack. 12 1 15 Spirit Rift Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 14 Spirit Rift Spell Open a Spirit Rift at target foe's location. After 3 seconds, all adjacent foes are struck for 118 lightning damage and suffer from Cracked Armor for 15 seconds. 5 2 10 Flesh of My Flesh Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 3 Flesh of My Flesh Spell Lose half your Health. Resurrect target party member with your current Health and 8% Energy. 4 5 Template code

Hero 5 - MM Prot

Necromancer / Monk 12 + 1 + 3 Death Magic 9 + 1 Soul Reaping 9 Protection Prayers Jagged Bones Nightfall Necromancer. Death Magic 18 Jagged Bones Elite Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, whenever target undead servant dies, it is replaced by a level 18 jagged horror that causes Bleeding with each of its attacks. 15 1 5 Animate Bone Minions Core Necromancer. Death Magic 18 Animate Bone Minions Spell Exploit nearest corpse to animate two level 14 bone minions. 5 3 15 Death Nova Core Necromancer. Death Magic 18 Death Nova Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, if target ally dies, all adjacent foes take 115 damage and are Poisoned for 15 seconds. 2 5 Masochism EotN Necromancer. Soul Reaping 12 Masochism Enchantment Spell For 34 seconds, you have +2 to your Death Magic and Soul Reaping attributes and sacrifice 3% of your maximum Health when you cast a spell. 20 1 5 Verata's Gaze Prophecies Necromancer. Death Magic 16 Verata's Gaze Spell If target hostile animated undead has a master, its bond to its master is broken, making it hostile to all other creatures. If it had no master, you become its master. (50% failure chance with Death Magic 4 or less.) 5 1 5 Foul Feast EotN Necromancer. Soul Reaping 12 Foul Feast Spell All conditions are transferred from target other ally to yourself. For each condition acquired in this way, you gain 36 Health and 2 Energy. This skill recharges twice as fast if you remove Disease from your target. 4 ¼ 5 Protective Spirit Core Monk. Protection Prayers 9 Protective Spirit Enchantment Spell For 16 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 10% max Health due to damage from a single attack or Spell. 5 ¼ 10 Aegis Core Monk. Protection Prayers 9 Aegis Enchantment Spell For 9 seconds, all party members within earshot have a 50% chance to block attacks. 30 2 10 Template code

Hero 6 - SS Heal 2

Necromancer / Ritualist 11 Restoration Magic 12 + 1 + 1 Curses 6 + 1 Soul Reaping Spiteful Spirit Prophecies Necromancer. Curses 14 Spiteful Spirit Elite Hex Spell For 19 seconds, whenever target foe attacks or uses a skill, Spiteful Spirit deals 33 shadow damage to that foe and all adjacent allies of that foe. 10 2 15 Mark of Pain Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Mark of Pain Hex Spell For 30 seconds, whenever target foe takes physical damage, Mark of Pain deals 38 shadow damage to adjacent foes. 20 1 10 Enfeebling Blood Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Enfeebling Blood Spell Target foe and all nearby foes suffer from Weakness for 19 seconds. 8 1 1 Mend Body and Soul Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Mend Body and Soul Spell Target ally is healed for 90 Health. That ally loses one Condition for each spirit within earshot. 3 ¾ 5 Spirit Light Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Spirit Light Spell Target ally is healed for 148. If any Spirits are within earshot, you don't sacrifice Health. 4 1 5 Protective Was Kaolai Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Protective Was Kaolai Item Spell Hold Kaolai's ashes for up to 48 seconds. While you hold his ashes, you gain 10 armor. When you drop his ashes, all party members are healed for 65 Health 25 1 10 Signet of Lost Souls Nightfall Necromancer. Soul Reaping 7 Signet of Lost Souls Signet If target foe is below 50% Health, you gain 52 Health and 5 Energy. 8 ¼ Flesh of My Flesh Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 11 Flesh of My Flesh Spell Lose half your Health. Resurrect target party member with your current Health and 16% Energy. 4 5 Template code

Hero 7 - Blood Bond Shouter

Necromancer / Paragon 10 + 1 Blood Magic 11 + 1 + 1 Soul Reaping 10 Command Icy Veins Factions Necromancer. Soul Reaping 13 Icy Veins Elite Hex Spell Target foe is struck for 79 cold damage. For 32 seconds, if target foe dies all nearby foes are struck for 98 cold damage. 5 1 10 Blood Bond Factions Necromancer. Blood Magic 11 Blood Bond Hex Spell For 10 seconds, target foe and all adjacent foes are hexed with Blood Bond. Whenever an ally hits one of them with an attack, that ally gains 16 Health. If one of these foes dies while hexed, all allies adjacent to that foe are healed for 79 Health. 8 1 5 Blood Ritual Prophecies Necromancer. Blood Magic 11 Blood Ritual Enchantment Spell For 12 seconds, target touched ally gains +3 Energy regeneration. Blood Ritual cannot be used on the caster. 2 2 5 "Fall Back!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 10 "Fall Back!" Shout For 8 seconds, all allies within earshot gain 12 Health per second while moving and move 33% faster. "Fall Back!" ends on an ally affected by this Shout when that ally successfully hits with an attack. 20 10 "Stand Your Ground!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 10 "Stand Your Ground!" Shout For 15 seconds, all party members within earshot receive +24 armor when not moving. 20 10 "Never Surrender!" Nightfall Paragon. Command 10 "Never Surrender!" Shout For 15 seconds, all party members within earshot and below 75% Health gain +4 Health regeneration. 15 5 Signet of Lost Souls Nightfall Necromancer. Soul Reaping 13 Signet of Lost Souls Signet If target foe is below 50% Health, you gain 88 Health and 9 Energy. 8 ¼ Foul Feast EotN Necromancer. Soul Reaping 13 Foul Feast Spell All conditions are transferred from target other ally to yourself. For each condition acquired in this way, you gain 39 Health and 2 Energy. This skill recharges twice as fast if you remove Disease from your target. 4 ¼ 5 Template code

Hero 8 - SS Splinter

Necromancer / Ritualist 12 + 1 + 1 Curses 10 Channeling Magic 8 + 1 Soul Reaping 2 Restoration Magic Spiteful Spirit Prophecies Necromancer. Curses 14 Spiteful Spirit Elite Hex Spell For 19 seconds, whenever target foe attacks or uses a skill, Spiteful Spirit deals 33 shadow damage to that foe and all adjacent allies of that foe. 10 2 15 Barbs Core Necromancer. Curses 14 Barbs Hex Spell For 30 seconds, target foe takes 14 more damage when hit by physical damage. 5 2 10 Insidious Parasite Prophecies Necromancer. Curses 14 Insidious Parasite Hex Spell For 14 seconds, whenever target foe hits with an attack, you steal up to 43 Health from that foe. 12 1 15 Ancestors' Rage Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 10 Ancestors' Rage Skill For 1 second, nothing happens. When this skill ends, all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 75 lightning damage. 10 ¼ 5 Splinter Weapon Factions Ritualist. Channeling Magic 10 Splinter Weapon Weapon Spell For 20 seconds, target ally has a Splinter Weapon. Target ally's next 4 attacks deal 35 damage to up to 3 adjacent foes. 5 1 5 Spinal Shivers Prophecies Necromancer. Curses 14 Spinal Shivers Hex Spell For 38 seconds, whenever target foe is struck for cold damage while using a skill, that foe is interrupted, and you lose 5 Energy or Spinal Shivers ends. 15 2 10 Signet of Lost Souls Nightfall Necromancer. Soul Reaping 9 Signet of Lost Souls Signet If target foe is below 50% Health, you gain 64 Health and 6 Energy. 8 ¼ Flesh of My Flesh Factions Ritualist. Restoration Magic 2 Flesh of My Flesh Spell Lose half your Health. Resurrect target party member with your current Health and 7% Energy. 4 5 Template code

Hero 9 - UA Healer

Monk / Mesmer 12 + 1 + 1 Healing Prayers 10 + 1 Divine Favor 8 Inspiration Magic Patient Spirit EotN Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Patient Spirit Enchantment Spell For 2 seconds, target ally is Enchanted with Patient Spirit. Unless this enchantment ends prematurely, that ally is healed for 114 Health when the enchantment ends. Target ally gets healed for 35 Health. 4 ¼ 5 Dwayna's Kiss Prophecies Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Dwayna's Kiss Spell Heal target other ally for 57 (+35) Health and an additional 33 Health for each Enchantment or Hex on that ally. 3 1 5 Dwayna's Sorrow Factions Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Dwayna's Sorrow Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, target ally and all nearby allies are Enchanted with Dwayna's Sorrow. If an ally dies while under the effects of Dwayna's Sorrow, your party is healed for 47. Target ally gets healed for 35 Health. 5 1 5 Mend Condition Prophecies Monk. Protection Prayers Mend Condition Spell Remove one Condition from target other ally. If a Condition is removed, that ally is healed for 5..57..74 Health. Target ally gets healed for 35 Health. 2 ¾ 5 Healing Seed Core Monk. Healing Prayers 14 Healing Seed Enchantment Spell For 10 seconds, whenever target other ally takes damage, that ally and all adjacent allies gain 28 Health. Target ally gets healed for 35 Health. 25 2 10 Power Drain Core Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 8 Power Drain Spell If target foe is casting a Spell or Chant, that Skill is interrupted and you gain 17 Energy. 20 ¼ 5 Waste Not, Want Not EotN Mesmer. Inspiration Magic 8 Waste Not, Want Not Spell If target foe is not casting a Spell or attacking, you gain 11 Energy. 15 ¼ 5 Unyielding Aura Prophecies Monk. Divine Favor 11 Unyielding Aura Elite Enchantment Spell While you maintain this enchantment, your Monk spells heal for +48% more Health. When this enchantment ends one random other party member is resurrected with full Health and Energy and teleported to your location. You get healed for 35 Health. 10 ¼ 5 -1 Template code

General Usage

• Generally, you can c-space through eveything providing you used a full conset.
• All Aspects of Kanaxai need knocking down at 75%, 50% and 25%, or they will no longer take damage.
• Kanaxai requires a knockdown at 80%, 60%, 40% and 20% for the same reason.
• Insidious Parasite, Empathy, Spinal Shivers, and Revealed Enchantment are used primarily for Kanaxai, disable them if they take too much energy.

General Equipment

Ideally all characters should have a cold weapon available to trigger Spinal Shivers on Kanaxai.

Room Specific Tactics

Start

• Player 1 should flag their heroes into room 1 (see here for room numbers).
• Player 2 and 3 should flag their heroes where the team spawns.
• All players should enter room 2 and unflag their heroes. They should then jump to you.
• Clear the room and continue.

Aspect of Lethargy

When you reach the gate, do the following. It might look complicated, but it gets easy once you know what to do. See the following video on how it works:

• Kill the group of Outcast that spawn in casting range on the far side of the gate before you open it.
• Hold down your Shift key on your computer keyboard and click the Recall skill, and Shadow of Haste, on your 3 heroes' bars. You will see a red "cancel" sign over the 4 skills. The heroes will not use these skills unless you click them. Have all 3 heroes cast Recall on you.
• Cast recall on any of your Spiteful Spirit heroes or your Ritualist heroes.
• Flag your whole party to a point beyond the closed gate.
• There are 2 pads to the left of the Fire Flower when you are standing on the middle pad, facing the gate. Flag hero 2 and 3 (which both have Recall only on their bars) on the left 2 pads.
• Flag hero 1 to the far right pad. This is the pad that is in the far right corner of the Leviathan/Slowed movement room.
• While you are standing on the pad, and have heroes 2 and 3 flagged on the left 2 pads and hero 1 flagged on the far right pad, do the following:
  • Manually have Hero 1 use Shadow of Haste. Shadow Arts should have any available attribute points, usually reaching level 2 or 3 Shadow Arts.
  • Flag Hero 1 onto the right pad closest to you. Hero 1 will have cast Shadow of Haste on the far right pad, then you flag him or her to the near right pad.
• When Shadow of Haste ends, the Guild Wars game engine will think Hero 1 is on both near and far right pads. This means that all pads will be accounted for, with you on the middle pad, Hero 2 and 3 on both left pads, and Hero 1 on both right pads. You will see the gate open. When it does, you have to do things quickly, and it might take some practice to get the keystroke muscle memory down.

1. Cancel all party flags. It is recommended that you bind flag party to a key and cancel party flags to a key. f5 to flag party and f6 to cancel party flags works. Navigate to the Control panel in Settings (default: f11 key).
2. Cancel your Recall. This will warp you to your heroes who are standing at the gate.
3. Cancel your 3 heroes' Recalls. This will bring them to the whole party.
4. Re-flag the whole party forward. This will ensure they don't waste time casting skills or run around instead of running through the gate.

Aspect of Depletion

• Kill the next outcast group and pull the Aspect with a longbow and kill it to stop the Energy Depletion effect. This will make it easier to kill the Outcast groups. As you run into the room, Nightmares will spawn in the Pad room and run to the closed gate. Do not aggro them, you do not need to kill them unless a party member got stuck behind the gate. In that case, kill all the Outcast, the gate will open again, and then you can go back and kill the Nightmares and res your party member.
• Pull the remaining outcast groups around the cliffs one by one instead of killing them where they stand. Depending on how many casters are in your team, it might be easier to stand in aggro range of both outcast groups on the left and right, behind the cliffs, and let your casters kill the outcast groups. Sometimes, it can be hard to pull the outcast groups down around the cliffs without aggroing the other two groups (Outcast Deathhands might cast Death Nova on a minion of another group).

Aspect of Failure

• In this room, spells cannot be cast.
• Flag all heroes just outside the room.
• One Player should run in and stand just underneath the rangers by the wall so they can't hit you. Wait until some of the outcast patrol's have agro then run back to the heroes.

Aspect of Fear

• Players new to The Deep should run into the room and wait just before the first bridge. Groups will come from behind. Once they are all dead, continue through the room.
• Players experienced in The Deep can ignore the groups that spawn from behind and just rush through the room.

Kanaxai's Chamber

• Flag all heroes at the entrance of the room.
• The two players with recall should use it on the third player, run to the left side of the room so Kanaxai runs to you. One should knock him down and end recall. The remaining player should wait, then knock him down as soon as he starts casting Nightmare Refuge. You should decide the order beforehand.
• This should spawn a large group of sappings. Ignore them, head to the right side of the room and kill Kanaxai. Kill any sappings that are too close to the chest and collect your reward!