btw here are the pictures from yesterdays duels, almost forgot (was 2-1, shaman vs hybridsin/weresin, drt1245 on aforementioned char). Very good duels, pretty close on both sides.
Duels were almost exactly like Shaman vs Kicker, or more a Shaman vs Kicker/Hybrid I suppose since those traps did some damage. Closer to kicker than a ghost or hybrid imo, since whirlwind makes it a different duel
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Nice guide, But honestly you may be a bit cocky saying all dules are pretty much easy for "shaman druid" I know for a fact half of the cookie cutters with any skill would rape this build very fast. And most people don't play gm so you will be sorbed/fced/densyinced/stacked to death with nothing to counter it )=. Mabey in gm games or jsp games with rules.
But in any pub game or bm game (which is 95% of dules on d2) this build gets gged owned with anyone who has decent skill. your fcr is so low, you will be very slow in pubs, no max block and ur vita is low for a pure vita build.
I duel exclusively in pubs and I definitely hold my own there, against all the BM necros with vives and desync joderdins and TG blizz sorcs, etc.
Sure, people with FC / desync / stack, but simple measures like sorb vs fc makes that easy enough, and playing smart vs desync (and fissure owns minion stack, and sorb owns aura stack)
But yeah, a shaman definitely isn't the best BM char. You can sit in town and make yourself a very annoying TG druid if theres an AA juvadin or fc zon or w/e. But because a shaman can't kill people in a single hit, you often get a bunch of newbs flying to akara and back over and over again- its not uncommon for me to see a BvC try to attack me, drop from 100% hp to 30% hp, then hit town and back again, 5 times in a row before he gives up. Its true that its a better char for GM duels than BM duels, but hey, at least it works as *both* a summon dudu TG and fissure dudu TG at the same time. Course I usually just end up walking out of town, teleporting around and killing the bmer's, since thats easier >.>
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My max block windy druid has the same amount of hp as ur pure vita shaman (with out oak)
Yeah thats because my gear sucks hairy balls.
0 life from charms, low stats everything, etc. I made it using mostly self found gear about 3 ladder seasons ago early into the season (when it was a very very well equipped char, mind you)
This post was edited by Hajonston on Nov 24 2009 10:30am