help with my druid

[WOWTHATWASFAST]

help with my druid

hi i just started playing d2 exp again and im kinda new to the new patch that came out. i have absolutely nothing so my characters are completely wearing nothing good and i was wondering whether a wind druid is better than a fire druid or the other way around. i see lots of wind druid threads but i seldom see any fire druid threads that i could use as a guide. if anyone could help me out, i would be thrilled.

btw im on USWEST Ladder and Non-ladder

account:fatchicken

thanks again

 

[Forcefeedback]

Welcome to the druid forum!
Read the stickies and enjoy your stay.

Generally most people agree that wind druid is more versatile than a fire druid. Reasons for this are cyclone armors massive elemental damage absorb, high physical damage(physical immunes are rare) and hurricanes chill.
For untwinked a wind druid is a challenge at the beginning since it gets its damage spell at level 24 which you have to reach with melee attack or skills from a pelt.

If you want to build a fire elementalist just max the four first fire skills leaving armageddon at 0 points. Put 1 point into grizzly and oak sage when they become available. Dump the rest in oak sage.

If you have further questions don't hesitate to ask them.

Hope this helps

 

[WOWTHATWASFAST]

Welcome to the druid forum!
Read the stickies and enjoy your stay.

Generally most people agree that wind druid is more versatile than a fire druid. Reasons for this are cyclone armors massive elemental damage absorb, high physical damage(physical immunes are rare) and hurricanes chill.
For untwinked a wind druid is a challenge at the beginning since it gets its damage spell at level 24 which you have to reach with melee attack or skills from a pelt.

If you want to build a fire elementalist just max the four first fire skills leaving armageddon at 0 points. Put 1 point into grizzly and oak sage when they become available. Dump the rest in oak sage.

If you have further questions don't hesitate to ask them.

Hope this helps

thanks for the post but im just wondering, why not armageddon?
and which build is good even with crappy gear? (by crappy i mean like NOTHING AT ALL crappy)

 

[Forcefeedback]

Armageddon requires a point in all the wind skills and is a lot like hurricane. Its short radius requires you to be near monsters and a fire elementalist isn't the best character to take hits. If you want to use armageddon you will fare best if you build a werebear that uses shockwave to stun monsters into armageddons radius.

If you don't mind the annoying start(if you have friends you can ask them to mule you a khalim's will), a wind druid is much safer and versatile than a fire elementalist simply because there are so many fire immunes. A fire elementalist needs the merc to tank the FI's so you can dispose of them with molten boulder or volcano.

 

[Vindictive]

Assuming this is PvM cause of the gear issues, but Wind druids can handle PvM pretty well, can clear pits for mfing and runs into alot less immunes than a fire druid.

 

[WOWTHATWASFAST]

thanks for the posts guys ill build a windy