Fire Claw Druid Help

[wangvicousI]

Fire Claw Druid Help

Ugh so far I think I'm gonna go

Weapon: 6 Shael 15 ED Phase Blade
Shield: 399 ED Pheonix
Armor: Valor/Eth Valor
Helm: Cerberus? (4 Shapeshift of course)
Rings: Angelics?
Ammy: Angelic?
Gloves: Dracs?
Belt Hsarus's?
Boots: Hsarus's?

Skills:
1 in Werebear?
1 in Lycanthropy?
20 in Fire Claw
Max as many Synergies as possible?

Should I go for max block? What would be the ideal place to get the Cannot be Frozen mod from?

 

[Tor]

Ugh so far I think I'm gonna go

Weapon: 6 Shael 15 ED Phase Blade
Shield: 399 ED Pheonix
Armor: Valor/Eth Valor
Helm: Cerberus? (4 Shapeshift of course)
Rings: Angelics?
Ammy: Angelic?
Gloves: Dracs?
Belt Hsarus's?
Boots: Hsarus's?

Skills:
1 in Werebear?
1 in Lycanthropy?
20 in Fire Claw
Max as many Synergies as possible?

Should I go for max block? What would be the ideal place to get the Cannot be Frozen mod from?

max block is nice.

some problems i found:
phoenix: wont raise the damage that much. You are fire damage with like 100-200 physical. 400~ ed really wont do anything. Max block: use a storm shield. phoenix has horrible blocking too.

dracs: Im pretty sure you cant leech back from the fire damage. Your leech will be almost minimal and i suggest mage fists=> more damage

use valor: you arnt maxing werebear. The defense wont do anything, and it's cheaper.


i might suggest you max oak sage because you wont be getting much bonus from lycanthropy (not maxed). More life= stay alive longer.

cbf: use a raven. dex for block, ar, cbf. hsarus/angelics is kinda overkill imo

Jalas is a nice swap for cerebus. +2 all skills, and +2 shapeshifting. less ar bonus, + str/dex/resists and nice bit of fhr is nice too.

 

[wangvicousI]

I was thinking Dracs for the + to str. The Pheonix would mainly be for the -fire res with the ED being a Bonus. Gores and Dungoes instead of Hsaru's? Cham the Cerb or Jalal's? Hehe.

 

[pratt]

yeah i prefer jalal's, also you need alot of fhr if you're using bear, i dont have alot of fhr with my fc druid so i switch to wolf, 1 frame slower attacking but better fhr and 10k more ar. angelics are my jewelery of preference, switch one angelic ring to a raven frost when fighting cold enchanted players.

a high ed stone could work well due to its fhr, but i find a coh is the best as this build has low resists, i use coh and sanctuary to gain max resists in hell which allows me to last ALOT longer than usual

 

[SaiyajinGuitarist]

A good place for a bear to get CBF and some nice def and life too boot is Trangs belt. It has CBF and 66 life, which when shifted translates into aroudn 300 life. (On my bear anyway.) Plus the def is pretty nice and lord knows druids need every last bit we can muster. Using this belt frees up alot of slots IMO. An extra ring slot if you were to use Ravens or an extra socket from Cham. Leaves room for Angelic ring or a sheal or facets or whatever you want.
My Bear uses Jalals, Coh, trangs, SS and falls just short of the 50% DR cap but could be fixed with a Ber rune.
Anyway I thought I would just drop in to suggest that and say hi to s certain unfriendly bear friend of mine. Toodles.