Quote (0perator @ May 28 2022 02:30pm)
1. Up'd Ribcracker if druid is poor
2. Last wish PB if druid can get expensive gear, because PB cannot be broken, Lw gives high crushing blow, an added offensive aura, fade and life tap
1. Eth Ribcracker has too low %ias to launch life tap with 5% life tap Dracul's grasp, more hits with high %ias, more probabilities you have for life tap
2. Grief doesn't add crushing blow, only deathly strike. Crushing blow > Deathly strike for the Uber mode
Why not ? The high ladder auras are more awesome in D2x because they make full HD characters especially where there is high light radius.
Shael'd up'd Ribcracker can work fine for the Uber mode with a Fury druid like I half previously stated above.
Last wish doesn't have added %ias, but werewolves of any sort can still be fast enough once werewolf skill has been maxed including some %ias bonus in gear. Of course, werewolf or werebear shapes are always slower than human shape.
First of all, you have not checked IAS tables. This is crucial to many melee builds including wolf. And
some %ias bonus in gear doesn't work at all in LoD (an example given below).
As for Phoenix, its Firestorm interrupts your attacks, while Firestorm from Torch doesn't. (This has been fixed in D2R afaik) And this is why Paladins or Assassins don't use Phoenix in LoD, be it as a weapon or a shield.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Phoenix and use it on Sorc and Zon.
And
werewolf or werebear shapes are always slower than human shape. is based on what?
Now let me take LW PB (no off weapon IAS) as an example:
Human 14 frames
lvl 2 werewolf: 11 frames (which doesn't change with either lvl 20 werewolf or 100 off weapon ias) (and 11 frames attack is too slow to my taste)
Hope what I wrote helps you understand some aspects of this great game
