THIS IS NOT A TOWN HUGGING FISSURE DRUID GUIDE THIS IS A GM DUELING 1


this is a guide for a FIRE ele druid
yes fire

this is for people who want 2 try a new build i have 1 on scl east atm and he is pretty nice

I. gear

helm: raven lore (-20 if u can afford) with a 5/5 faset fire in it thats best socket u can do

the reason this is nice is becuase 3 to ele skills -10-20 fire res res for urself not bad 4 fire at all

armor: enigma of corse do i need 2 say reasons?

wep: hoto

cast mana res +3 to skills very nice for most casters

shield: spirit monarch

nice mana good cast rate +2 to skills where can u go wrong also fhr is nice =-p

ammy: 3 ele skills ammy with life

+2 to ammy woudl work 2 but i like 3 ele skills better try 2 get a 3 ele skills of whale

belt:arch clearly the mana cast 1 to skills GFg for any caster

gloves: mage fist becuase the cast rate and the 1 to fire skills add's 2 ur fire skills(no duh)

rings: x2 sojs or x2 bk rings

i liek the sojs becuase i dont liek 2 mana pot often

boots: treks or grim spurs

grim spurs are better but if u cant afford the grims get treks they r cheap and work almost the same

on switch
cta/spirit

skills 2 max:

20 fire storm
20 fissure
20 volcano
20 arma(the move right across from hurricane)
1 into oak sage
1 into raven/spirit wolfs
rest of ur points into molten bolder

stats:
str: i liek 50 base str but depending on what gear try 2 get it to add to 156
dex: base
vita: rest of ur stats
energy: wtf is energy

your main attack skill is fissure and fissure has weak onscreen damage... BUT the fissure can hit like 8 times if the person runs around in it (avg hit in a duel is 2-3 times) my on screen is 5.5k max fissure per hit and arma is like the wind skill hurricane that gets mass damage but rarely hits mien does 12-13k

my hotkeys:
f1 arma f2 cyclone armor f3 oak sage f4 wolfs f5 tele f6 fissure ft bc f8 bo

u can edit ur keys 2 your liking but thats what i use

in stash items:
lower res wand (always good for ele chars)
trech armor for fade

good merc to use

i liek act2 holy frezze merc
wep: infinity

armor: bramble or fort
i liek bramble becuase the thornes hurts smiters when they hti ur wolfs

helm: andys or gaze

nothing really eles 2 choice from


charms:
this should be a no brainer

druid torch
anni
x9 ele gc's (lifers if u can afford)
x10 20/5's or 20 lifers with 2nd mod's again w/e u can afford


give me some feed back and tell me what i left out il ledit if there are any problems

This post was edited by mudpuppy on Jul 14 2006 09:49pm

looks good.... do you reach the 99 fhr frame ??? I don't know what stats Grim spurs give.... i'm a ladder player.

I've actually made a very successful fire druid on East.

My suggestion after dueling with him for like a month, is you ABSOLUTLY NEED 163% fcr. The fire skill's wait time is so bad/slow, that you need to tele away, and tele around strategically until you can re-cast.

It's a really fun char to play with though. Mine wasted almost all pubbys.

with 163 cast u lose alot of damage and fire has auto cast delay like orb sorc's n such so 163 is kinda pointless

idk i think u lose 2 much damage unless u did a 3/20/2 with x2 fasets but idk if that would get me 2 163 afk adding

i hit 125 cast right now what did u use to get 2 163?

This post was edited by mudpuppy on Jul 14 2006 10:42pm

Well, the point of 163, like I said, is so you can tele away and play defensivly while you wait for the skill to re-charge. 163 is pretty easy.

My druid used

+2 druid 20% fcr +17 resist all (shael'd) circlet
+30 maras
Suicide branch wand
35% spirit shield
Enigma
Trang gloves ( I like trang over magefist for the cold stack)
2x 10% fcr rings
Arach
eth treks

If I were to improve my build, I'd get a +2 druid 13%fcr+ amulet. Then, I could use dual +35% spirits, and get the 174% FHR breakpoint.

hmmm idk i like the 99 cast with more damage cuz the fire dont do enough as is =-/

You can try it. But like I said, I'm telling you from experience. You'll want to get the final fcr breakpoint. It really helps.

The damage is pretty decent. It's a lot better than the numbers make it out to be. For the most part, if you pubbing, 1 volcano will kill almost any sorc/necro. If you find good ones, 2 volcanos take them out.

The only char I had troble with is ele druids. They're nigh impossible, especailly if they BM and re-cast cyclone. Most other chars are pretty easy duels.

i cnat use valcano in duels it dont work out 4 me idk why hehe

>_>

Volcano is like....the main skill. That and fisure.

For a general rule, volcano is for casters, and fissure is for melee. Of course, there's exceptions. Different situations require different skills.

For an effective 'cano, name-lock a caster, and cast it. BAM most crappy casters are dead. Easy

hehe well i bin dueling with mine 4 awhile and i fissure every thing and i only use bolder/vacanlo cuz of phyial damage when getting sorbed

2 bad i cant duel ur druid now mien missing a soj/ele gc

This post was edited by mudpuppy on Jul 14 2006 11:24pm