Carrion Vine for windy?

[FrozenSolid]

Carrion Vine for windy?

Im planning to make a winddruid and was wondering if 1 pt into carrion vine is worth it? With +skills it'll heal about 9% life.
I read fenris guide but since its geared towards pvp he didnt say anything about the vines.

 

[Aerath]

Had one for my FC bear last round through KTA.

Quite liked him and felt pretty much immortal as long as he was around.

He does tend to die rather quickly in Hell, but that's okay - you can recast

Of course, the life regained will be less for you, but if you can spare the 2 points, I think it's worth it. I enjoyed having to worry that much less about healing pots.

 

[TheGreatDivorce]

Vines are alright for PvM; but I suggest you just max Oak Sage, then put the rest into Grizzly.

 

[det]

I was thinking the same (is Carrion vine necessary for a Windy) but at lv 91 I have never missed it. I guess a melee wearbear is a different matter

Carrion vine would just be very convinient as you minimize the usage of reds...which is kinda small anyhow for a Windy

 

[FrozenSolid]

I think Ill put a point in it anyway. Its usefulness lies not only in its life steal but in tanking too
and grizzlys are also for tanking so I think pts in dire wolfs are better.

 

[Aerath]

You can forget about it tanking. Most Hell Critters one hit it.

It's useful only for getting life back quickly... and if that's worth 2 points to you, and less damage output on the twisters, then fine. If you want a perfect damage windy, then just settle for pots.

 

[det]

You will want to:

Max Oak
Max CA
Max Tornado
Max Hurricane
4 points to get Grizzly
1 Arctic Blast

Along those lines you can decide if you can spare points for Carrion Vine and if you want to boost Grizzly (or Dire Wolves).

but if you want a max damage Tornado and Hurricane you want to max Twister. That's 105 points then...

 

[FrozenSolid]

Oak will probably be maxed last so I will have my full dmg wind attacks at around lvl 80+
and besides that crawling thing is zxy

 

[det]

Tornado, Twister, Hurricane and CA = 80 points
Prereq's and Grizz as well as Carrion = 7 points

You are not telling me you want to start investing Oak at THAT point..like when you are in act 5 Hell?

 

[FrozenSolid]

Tornado, Twister, Hurricane and CA = 80 points
Prereq's and Grizz as well as Carrion = 7 points

You are not telling me you want to start investing Oak at THAT point..like when you are in act 5 Hell?

Bingo! I dont think its that crazy, is it? I mean carrion will help me with life just as oak will. Maybe not in the same way but it still works. I just like to have as many minions around me as possible, plz dont judge me for that

 

[det]

Hehe..I was more thinking...if you are in act 5 already by that time and are still alive...do you really need OAK at all?

Not judging anybody by anything

 

[FrozenSolid]

Hehe..I was more thinking...if you are in act 5 already by that time and are still alive...do you really need OAK at all?

Not judging anybody by anything

Hm, honestly I cant see what all the fuzz about maxed oak for hell act 5 is about. I had a windy once and his gear was not all that godly and he survived fine in hell with only a few pts in oak at the time. I didnt even go with max block. But well see, hes at lvl 30 atm, going up

 

[det]

No fuss..it only sounded like you wanted to wait until act 5 hell before you get more than 1 point in OAK. Which is fine... Peace

 

[Stuporman]

From experience with melee druids I can say that the Life boost from a max oak sage is better than the life regen of a lvl 1 carrion vine. This is not to say that carrion vine is useless, every pvp druid i've ever made has had one point into it. the key is knowing what to take 2 points away from is (i suggest cyclone armor). When i build a windy i generally do skills in this order: this is by no means the best way to do it, just an example.

lvl 1: poison vine
lvl 2:artic blast
lvl 3: raven
lvl 4 and 5: oak sage
lvl 6:Spirit wolf
lvl12:Carrion vine
lvl 13: cyclone armor
lvl 14-17: oak sage
lvl 18: spirit wolf
lvl 19: twister
lvl 20-23:Oak sage
lvl 24:Tornado
lvl:25-29:Oak sage
lvl 30: Bear
lvl 31: Hurricane
finish maxing sage
max hurricane
max tornado
max twister
any extras into cyclone