Hey all, I have been running Hard Mode Missions for quite some time now, and seeing the importance of the hero builds I figured I'd post them here. I do like to add, I always recommend going with 2 persons and 6 heroes as this will allow for the most universal succesful builds.

I will be editing this post and adding more builds but for now , I will post my success build to beating Gate of Madness easily in HM as an elementalist;

Core PvE only Blinding Flash 4 ¾ 15 Spell. Target foe is Blinded for 3..10 seconds. (Attrib: Air Magic) Core PvE only Enervating Charge 8 1 10 Spell. Target foe is struck for 25..50 lightning damage and suffers from Weakness for 5..20 seconds. This Spell has 25% armor penetration. (Attrib: Air Magic) Eye of the North PvE only Shell Shock 10 1 5 Spell. Target foe takes 10..40 lightning damage and has Cracked Armor for 5..20 seconds. (Attrib: Air Magic) Factions PvE only Lightning Hammer 4 2 25 Spell. Target foe is struck for 10..100 lightning damage. Lightning Hammer has 25% armor penetration. (Attrib: Air Magic) Nightfall PvE only Lightbringer's Gaze 15 1 5 Skill. Target demonic servant of Abaddon takes 100 holy damage and is interrupted. This skill strikes one additional foe in the area for each rank of Lightbringer you have attained. This skill is disabled for 15 seconds after it is used. (Attrib: Lightbringer rank) Eye of the North PvE only Pain Inverter 20 1 10 Hex Spell. For 6..10 seconds, every time target foe deals damage that foe takes 80..140% of the damage it causes (maximum 80 damage). (Attrib: Asura rank) Core PvE only Elemental Attunement 45 2 10 Elite Enchantment Spell. For 30..55 seconds, you are attuned to Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. You gain 50% of the base Energy cost of the skill each time you use magic associated with any of these elements. (Attrib: Energy Storage) Core PvE only Air Attunement 45 2 10 Enchantment Spell. For 36..60 seconds, you are attuned to Air. You gain 1 Energy plus 30% of the base Energy cost of the Skill whenever you use Air Magic. (Attrib: Air Magic)

Smokey Malloney

Strategy; just get to Shiro and the Lich, try to pull the Lich Seperately for making an easy kill, blinding and weakening them will effectively cut their damage to 3.33% of their total (10% hit chance at 33.33% damage...). After the Lich died, go cap the shrines whilst blinding/weakening Shiro, make sure you keep dual attunement up and running at all times or else your energy will drain too fast. To kill Shiro, leave to the temple exit so you can easily break aggro from Shiro, at that point it should be fairly easy to push him over the edge. Good luck.

Also, my build for beating Dzagonur Bastion in Hard Mode as a warrior;

Nightfall PvE only Flail 4 Stance. For 5..15 seconds, you attack 33% faster but move 33% slower. (Attrib: Strength) Nightfall PvE only Enraging Charge 20 5 Stance. For 5..15 seconds, you move 25% faster. Enraging Charge ends when you successfully strike a target, at which point you gain 0..4 strikes of adrenaline. (Attrib: Strength) Factions PvE only Dragon Slash 10 Elite Sword Attack. If Dragon Slash hits, you strike for +10..40 damage and gain 1..5 strikes of adrenaline. (Attrib: Swordsmanship) This attack skill has 14% armor penetration. Core PvE only "For Great Justice!" 45 5 Shout. For 20 seconds, whenever you gain adrenaline, you gain 100% more. Nightfall PvE only Enduring Harmony 10 1 5 Echo. For 10..35 seconds, Chants and Shouts last 50% longer on target non-Spirit ally. (Attrib: Leadership) Nightfall PvE only Lightbringer's Gaze 15 1 5 Skill. Target demonic servant of Abaddon takes 100 holy damage and is interrupted. This skill strikes one additional foe in the area for each rank of Lightbringer you have attained. This skill is disabled for 15 seconds after it is used. (Attrib: Lightbringer rank) Eye of the North PvE only "You Move Like a Dwarf!" 10 10 Shout. Target foe is knocked down and takes 30..80 damage. When that foe gets up, it is Crippled for 5..15 seconds. (Attrib: Norn rank) Core PvE only Wild Blow 8 5 Melee Attack. Lose all adrenaline. If it hits, this attack will result in a critical hit and any Stance being used by your target ends. This attack cannot be blocked. This attack skill has 14% armor penetration.

Stoney Malloney

Usage; Cast Enduring Harmony on yourself; followed up by Enraging Charge, only use "For Great Justice" just before hitting your target to ensure you'll have the shout lasting as long as possible. Then after getting the adrenaline for the initial hit, use flail and keep spamming Dragon Slash as it comes available. Use YMLAD to cause instant knock-down and deal damage. Just get the Warrior General down fast enough, finish his Margonite friends, then head to middle granite defense, then whack Monk General Boss, head to middle granite defense , whack Paragon Boss, then whack Elementalist General Boss; total cakewalk.

Maybe I will write more in-depth guides about these 2 missions some day. Maybe not. I will defenitely publish more PvE builds for Hard Mode though.

Nice! Thanks for sharing!