Then there are others who go virtue-fishing, another strategy I loathe and avoid. There was a time when MAA+ANT comps would casually push into the thousands with no healing other than said ANT(s) - unsure if this is still possible. Then there are those with the patience to employ dodge strategies, which no doubt come with Men-At-Arms, though I'm out of touch with this as it is the playstyle I like and play the least (as in never), plus the fact I believe this was altered somewhat via balance changes. Highwayman is also a good pick because the value of Riposte coupled with his damage and crit, which can essentially serve as psuedo-stress-healing (ontop of just being one of the best all-round DD's). Most will tell you Shieldbreakers are good given the reach she has (and the fact that said reach passively has piercing, great for the sleeper and a lot of trash mobs in general).

Safe to say that the Vestal and Jester will feature prominently on any list, given they are hands-down the best Healer and Stress-Healer without equal.

I went in there solely for the 300 achievement (and for fun) and didn't really care what happened after that - a goal that can be accomplished by an OK scope of comps/heroes, whereas if you're looking to go on for literally as long as you possibly can and fill that inventory almost exclusively with a big wad of currency, things are different. As for meta, well, that is defined by how far you really want to go. You're picking the wrong content if you have an express interest in making gold from it, so I assume you meant the CoM currency.

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