This is a very nice guide, all the ideas people are putting in only make it better. Keep this up for another week then it will be in the Druid guide forums in no time.

hi i'm wu-banger. coa on druid ahahhahahahah stupid fuck.

seriously, really nice idea with LoLo and VexVex coa. never thought of that. might be good for pubs although i'd definately keep a pelt for certain 1v1 matchups.
regarding blocking; since wwbarbs/sins arguably are THE hardest opponents for a druid it makes sense to increase your chances to win. in any case you'll want max dr, pubbing with low-dr non block druids is NOT funny.

Question;

Is max-res gear on a druid really that useful? I mean, it only works when cyclone breaks and cyclone can take quite some damage if im not mistaken. Enlighten me plxx.

This post was edited by xepolite on Jun 1 2006 02:18pm

I've been waiting for this guide for a while, and it's even better than I expected (and I was expecting a lot).

Absolutely amazing guide. Really. Amazing. You should hereby be named the Wind Druid King.

wow lots of responses here. I'll do my best to answer them all the best I can here:

@Wuben: I am not arguing with you or trying to say your ideas are bad. I am just saying that your ideas don't fit in well with my build. If you go without block and go for pure vita, then you WILL without a doubt need the DR from CoA because you won't be blocking anything at all. I have seen the CoA no-block builds before and I prefer mine over it. All of the points you are arguing are valid but are for the CoA druid, not for mine

@Username: you are arguing points with Wuben when he is talking about a different build altogether and I'm not sure what you are really talking about.

@og_loc_resurection: I don't have as much dueling experience with a windy as you so any dueling tips that you add are helpful and unless I can prove otherwise, I won't argue with your points (which all seem valid to me). Interesting idea on the 60% block.

@jesus: thanks, I am glad to see the positive response this has gotten.

@GIFF: somewhere on the b.net forums there is a CoA druid guide, if you like his ideas you should check it out, its a very good non-block build, it just isn''t for me though.

@xepolite: I'm glad you are around to always challenge me. Biggest problem for a Wind Druid is a WW-sin and your cyclone armor does nothing for Poison Damage. Also, dueling a good fireball sorc w/o max resist is not fun. Cyclone Armor will absorb around 2800 damage which is pretty much 1 blizaard or 1 lightning. It always has 0 resistance regardless. If you have to sacrafice I would say skimp on the lightning/cold resist, but don't skimp on the Fire/Poison.

@voyaging: Thank you for your compliments. I wouldn't go that far though. I'm just a guy sharing some knowledge. I actually only finished it when I did because I got sooo many PM requests for it.

There, I think I did my best answering them and I think I got everything. Thanks everyone for the positive response and constructive criticism.

A few things im curious about.

According to the Arreat Summit (www.battle.net/diablo2exp) Druid Pelts cannot have resistance (no helms can).

Second, it says the pelt can have up to 3 +3 to certain skills, i.e. +3 hurricane +3 tornado +3 cyclone armor.

Any help?

Thanks!

Armor=Helms=Pelts

says at top of page

Dunno what your second question is asking

They can, mine does, I can show it to you if you want to see it sometime.



Yes, in theory that could spawn. But in order for it to be a good usable pelt, you would have to be lucky enough for a pelt with those base skills to drop and then have it be rare and then have it spawn +2 d skills, and other good mods. While it is highly unlikely, it is possible.

True, max block is another build. I guess your suggestions hold then.

@GIFF; read derisive's guide @b.net forums. It's full of nice ideas.

Hehe, alright, thanks.

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