Mercenary Hero Teambuild for Dervish

This teambuild for a dervish with mercenary heroes has originally been a PvE adaption of the GvG trip melee fevered dreams meta back in 2012, but due to AI issues it does not make sense to run more than one melee hero, so the third dervish gets replaced by another midline character. Featuring fevered dreams and dual splinter weapon it's a team build that's fun to play, despite not being as stable as you might expect it from three ritualists and three mesmers. Reason is the hybrid character of the healer's and the inability to use quick, strong heals such as [[Spirit Transfer] without [[Blood is Power] energy support.

Exemplary Videos:

Light My Fire (normal mode version)
Light My Fire [Hard Mode Only]

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Template Codes:
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Hero 7: OACjAyhDJPYTnp17xFOhmWzLG

Variants

• Replace the dervish hero (Hero 1a) with another mesmer (Hero 1b).
• Replace the signet mesmer (Hero 2) with a third dervish (Hero 1a) for trip melee fun and AI frustration.
• Replace [[blood song] with [[mend body and soul] and all restoration magic on the other ritualist by smiting prayers support skills in areas where less healing is needed.

paw*ned² template code:

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Enjoy testing and discussing the build.

If you want to try a fevered dreams teambuild with your dervish but don't have any mercenary heroes, try this completely unrelated old unoptimized teambuild:

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Cheers.