Help with helm choice

[Thunder.Chief]

Help with helm choice

Hi first post over in the druid forums

i wanted your opinion on what helm to use on my wind druid

Jalals or shako

and also should i socket with a cham so i can use 2xsoj or bk? if not what should i socket it with

thanks in advance

 

[Beowulf]

Welcome aboard.

As good as shako would seem to be in the end Jalal's is the helm of choice for most druid builds.

 

[Thunder.Chief]

Welcome aboard.

As good as shako would seem to be in the end Jalal's is the helm of choice for most druid builds.

ok thanks i suppose it looks good aswell do you think its worth to cham it saving the ring slot for another soj instead of a raven?

 

[Beowulf]

ok thanks i suppose it looks good aswell do you think its worth to cham it saving the ring slot for another soj instead of a raven?

If you have the riches I do not see why not since you do not really need the ar about the only thing you would miss is the dex to help your blocking and that can be made up pretty easy.

 

[Maestro]

You would be surprised at the number of cheap rare druid helms out there that are just godly for wind Druids.
For instance, a while back I found a rare helm that gives me 2+ to druid skills, 2+ to tornado and 1+ to Hurricane in addition to some life and other mods. Add it all up and you have 4+ skills to tornado and 3+ to hurricane in addition to 2+ skills to everything else. Naturally I'll challenge anyone to compare their so called Godly helms with mine.

I've lost count of the offers that I've gotten for this helm... last night a guy offered me an Enigma and 3x 320 20s for it but I turned him down. Maybe it was dumb to do so but the way I see it, this helm is as close to priceless for Windys as you can get in D2.

My point is therefore that you just shouldn't settle for the standard Shako, Jalal uniques just because its the "in thing" to do. Keep your eyes open for all those rare helms (specially Druidic) that we all tend to ignore... you never know what you may find.

 

[Thunder.Chief]

i can afford to cham a jalal/shako but i don't think i can afford a godly rare maybe when i get moved to non ladder :xrollseye . also should i bo with the shako or does 2 skills not make much a difference?

 

[Beowulf]

i can afford to cham a jalal/shako but i don't think i can afford a godly rare maybe when i get moved to non ladder :xrollseye . also should i bo with the shako or does 2 skills not make much a difference?

Sure prebuff all you want.

While it is true that there are some nice rares out there I am sorry to say not many of them are as well rounded as a Jalal's. Sure you get 4 to tornado which is only 2 more then Jalal but jalal gives you tons or stats, res and fhr which you will not match on a rare. In most situations the jalal will beat 99% of rares,

 

[Maestro]

Sure prebuff all you want.

While it is true that there are some nice rares out there I am sorry to say not many of them are as well rounded as a Jalal's. Sure you get 4 to tornado which is only 2 more then Jalal but jalal gives you tons or stats, res and fhr which you will not match on a rare. In most situations the jalal will beat 99% of rares,

Maybe its just me but I'd rather take the +4 to tornado and +3 to hurricane (and +2 to everything else) and then make up the other stats such as fhr using rings or charms. Socketing the helm can give you plenty resist too. Without a doubt +skill items are a lot harder to come by than items which add to stats so I'll take this helm over Jalals for a Ele druid anyday. Hell, I'll even take Shako over Jalals for a Windy druid (Windys use mana like crazy). And anyway, this is a wind druid we're talking about in case you forgot... fhr while important is not as essential for a windy as it is for melee druid... especially since i don't plan on getting hit so much anyway.

 

[bluevalentino]

what about delirium runeword in a 3 to hurricane+3 to twister helm, if u can make up the resist and life loss with ur other items its amazing :xsmile4:
dont know if its possible to get +3 to ele skills on a normal pelt but that would be the best :xsmile4:

 

[Beowulf]

what about delirium runeword in a 3 to hurricane+3 to twister helm, if u can make up the resist and life loss with ur other items its amazing :xsmile4:
dont know if its possible to get +3 to ele skills on a normal pelt but that would be the best :xsmile4:

Aftually in the case of pure +skill an magical pelt would be best as you could get a +3 elemental tree +3 cane +3 tornado help and still get 2 sockets for more res or whatever.

 

[StinkFi$t]

+2 to ele or +2 to druid skills circlet with 20fcr wud be ma top choice, but ther pretty hard to trade for. but everytime u see a circlet tiara etc imbue it, the other day i had awsome luk and made a 2+ necro skill 20fcr and 20res. traded that for a bunch of stuff.

but ye, imo rare circlet would be ma choice ^.^

-Stink