New druid

[Warpig]

New druid

Just lost my druid, pressed the esc key whilst being mobbed and panicked. Anyhow anyone tried spirit of the barbs,dire wolves and thorns merc? Just thought of making a purely defensive druid, maxing barb and maybe adding hurricane and cyclone as added defense.

 

[cougar]

how ya gonna kill elemental monsters then?

 

[Warpig]

bugger, ehhh hurricane?

 

[cougar]

yeah, kill time on that can be sorta slow tho. Dunno, you could try it, i just wouldn't expect to be a killing machine

 

[viamede]

From what I have read spirit of barbs is pretty useless. Only oak and wolverine are generally used. You could go Huntermentalist which would use summons (Dire and ravens) along with hurricane and cyclone. Not sure if oak or heart is used (there are certainly guides on druid forum) Get a might merc to increase summons damage. Get a big damage bow. sit behind your summons, armour and hurricane and fire away. Should be a fairly safe build but not a fast killer. I see people are starting to use poison creeper as well but not certain if you would have enough points to make it useful.

What was your last build? Windy shouldn't get mobbed. Werebears get mobbed a lot but use shockwave to keep that from happening too much.

 

[STINGER]

Most monsters unfortunately for this build dont hit hard enuff or fast enuff, or regen to fast or dont use melee and I think your build here will greatly upset you in the end.

I mean, Thorns convert was a big killer in 1.09 and it was fixed as not to kill your frineds in 1.10 but nobody I have seen tried one and I believe it is simply the reasons above

 

[Warpig]

I've used hunters in the past, great fun. Just thought that you never see barbs being used by by anyone. Last build was a volcano druid, I pressed the esc button instead of f1 and got mobbed by a pack of those spitting things from act1 on the way to the ancients, the boss was extra fast and lightning enhanced. Crap to die in NM.

 

[viamede]

iirc thorns was severely nerfed at some point...summoners used to use thorns merc when they could summon hordes of skellies but not anymore that I am aware of...well there is nothing like trying it out to see if you can make it go. I would check it out on a skill planner. I also wonder if the thorns from spirit and the merc would stack....you might want to check that out too. Good luck if you decide to give it a shot :thumbsup: