Don't Um the Guillaumes... What's that going to do? give you 15 to all resists?... why not get a 7fhr 15 res jewel or something else... (there are a ton of res jewels if you are going that route)

and why use Ribcracker when you can rock a 3 socketed ETOMB?

This post was edited by Dawa on Aug 1 2011 12:49pm

just lookin for ideas, ive never made a s/s druid, or any type of uber char, ive takin some ideas from uber smiter guides tho, one said um'd guillaumes
still need to know what would be the best skills
im thinkin these
werewolf
lycanthropy
feral rage
oak sage
cyclone armor
but i need opinions

tomb Reaver would be your best bet... Why use a Ribcracker with a range of 1 compared to a range of 3 with the TR Added Eth Zod'd with 2x Lo's or 2x Ber's or 2x Um's as well as the base resists and such... what have you mate... It is BY FAR going to be your best weapon...

Gear...
Tomb Reaver
Guillaumes
Draculs Grasp
Ravenfrostx2
Highlords
Fortitude/Coh (Fort = More Damage, CoH = More Resists)
Gores
TGods

35% OW
50% CB
50%+ DS

This does not include whatever you socket into your Tomb Reaver...

(base 60% ias on the Tomb Reaver)
IAS Table
5/5/5/5/9 frames per attack
4.31 attacks per second

That is what I would look into in regards to gear...

In regards to skills there are a couple of possibilities...

(Fortitude Used)
Max Fury
Max Shapeshift
Max Lycanthropy
Max Oak Sage
5 into Cyclone Armor
1 into Cyclone synergies up to Hurricane. (Adds TONS of sorb.)

(Coh Used)
20 Werewolf
20 Lycanthropy
20 Oak Sage
20 Fury
X Feral Rage
1 into prereqs and Carrion vine
Rest of points into Grizzly or Dire wolf

Your damage won't matter much compared to crushing blow. Use CoH for sure!

You need 300 stacked resist to have 75 res with meph's conviction aura. Aim for that much!

Your build will definatly work, it's the same basics as a Ubersin. Block isn't much needed in Trist so a 2h wep for sure! Tomb Reaver, as mentionned, seems like a good option mostly cause of the 3os, I'd say to put 2 ber in there for 90% cb. Don't put Lo, crit doesn't affect ubers much. And no need of Um cause you only need 10% open wounds against Ubers. So you could very well get a Eth Tomb Reaver with high ED, put Zod and 2x Ber.

As for the skills to use, you want "zeal". Also, you need about 20k+ to have 80% chance to hit Ubers. Grab a Demon Limb for prebuff enchant (will boost up your ar).

Damage Reduce is just about useless in Ubers as 3/4 of the dmg is elemental. I'd say to use Tgod all the time. Gives nice mods (str/vita) and sorb, simply can't go wrong with it!

You can check my Ubersin guide to get some of the basics stats you need against Ubers. If you have any question, feel free to pm!

Hope this helps

eth tombreaver 2* 40/15 ias + zod. otherwise gear looks good.

i used to try some budget builds for early ladder which would handle ubers and wolfie was one of them:)


i use upped shales ribcracker
jalal ul
smoke rw armor
2x raven
gores
dracs
highlord
string of ears
switch: lidless + hel'd demonlimb for enchant
stash - treachery for fade precast vs meph
inv - lots of life scs, (with ar would be nice, but as i said its budget;)
4x 13+ all res gc
light res charms (to reach 75 on hell with mehps conv, so: 30anya + 45jala + 50smoke + 50gcs + 60 treachery fade + 35 hlord = 270, while we need 300 so just 30l res from charms needed)

he hits like 3,5k very fast fury dmg + over 6k life without bo, 65 crushing blow (i dont recomend going below 60%) ,8k+ ar which is the only weak side of this dudu... but if u find some ar/life charms u can easly get 10k which is enuf.

ofc if u like comfortable playing than u can go with higher stuff like forti, etomb or mass max/ar/life charms

Just because ribcracker is a lot cheaper than etomb, doesn't mean its crap.. its a real killer in normal pvm too!

think im gonna test out ribcracker first to see how it works out

Doesn't have to be an e-tomb... just a Tomb imho... Eth just increases the damage...

But why I may ask use a ribcracker with a range of 2 of 0 resists when instead you could use a tomb reaver with resists and a range of 4... but lets compare the 2... (if perfect)... We will only look at the Needed Stats

This is the most basic comparison...

Ribracker (same attack speed) Avg. Damage = (98.5-115.5 Avg) (before upgrading and noneth)
20% Enhanced Damage
adds 30-65 damage
50% Crushing Blow
50% FHR
(0) Sockets
Range = 2

Tomb Reaver (same attack speed) Avg. Damage = (274.5-347.5 Avg) (noneth)
180% Enhanced Damage to Undead
+350 To Attack Rating Against Undead
All Resistances +50
+14 Life After Each Kill
(3) Sockets
Range = 4

considering only the 3 Boss Monsters of Uber Meph, Diablo, and Baal and the Pit Lords that come up are the only demons (everything else being undead) I would just stick with tomb reaver...

If you don't you are a fool... you can pick up FHR elsewhere and can garner 50% CB within 2 of the 3 sockets... you overall gain more damage and attack rating with tomb reaver via all other minions that are going to annoy the hell out of you and get in your way...

/mylastrantaboutetomb>ribcracker

i think tomb would be better, but im gonna try and make a cheap build and if it doesnt work with ribcracker, then ill try tomb