I'm going to play a Polar Bear build (Werebear that utilizes Hurricane). Here is the hastily-made outline for the build:




Ladder "runewords" enabled via txt edit, but no PlugY being used






Skill Allocation


Elemental:

• +1 Arctic Blast
  
• +20 Cyclone Armor
  
• +10 Twister
  
• +10 Tornado
  
• +20 Hurricane

Shape Shifting:

• +1 Werewolf
  
• +20 Lycanthropy
  
• +X Werebear
  
• +5-10 Maul

*X=remaining skill points

Summoning:

• nothing

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Gear Aspirations:

Helmet --> Jalal's Mane (Dream Spirit)

Armor --> "Chains of Honor"

Belt --> Arachnid Mesh or Nosferatu's Coil (depending on IAS breakpoint at the time)

Gloves --> Steelrend or Dracul's Grasp

Boots --> Gore Rider (Myrmidon Greaves)

Weapon --> "Doom" (Holy Freeze goes with the Polar Bear theme )

Shield --> "Phoenix" or Stormshield

Alt Weapon(s) --> "Call to Arms" (alternate alt weapon is Demon Limb [for Enchant] and my alternate alternate alt weapon is "Heart of the Oak" [for +3 all skills to boost Hurricane cast])

Alt Shield --> "Spirit"

Amulet --> Angelic Wings

Ring 1 --> Angelic Halo

Ring 2 --> Ravenfrost or Crafted Blood Ring or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band (depending on the rest of gear)


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Mercenary:

Act 2 (Defensive/Nightmare; because of Holy Freeze of course!)

Helmet --> Guillaume's Face

Armor --> "Treachery" or "Fortitude"

Weapon --> The Reaper's Toll (ethereal)

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Enter, Isbjorn!


Yeesh... I don't remember the stash being this small


Acquired Werebear just prior to clearing of the Den


This post was edited by DumbleDoraTheExplorer on Apr 18 2020 10:10pm

I love the idea, but what will deal the damage?

Maul should get the job done for the most part in addition to my merc. If it turns out that my kill speed is just horrendous as I progress, then I'll take away some skill points from Twister and Tornado and put more points into Maul. I'll deal mostly physical damage. Hurricane's main purpose is for style and to slow enemies. I may swap out "Doom" for "Beast" since the purpose of Holy Freeze and Hurricane are pretty much the same hah. Like I said, the outline was hastily made.