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Jan 12 2007 02:46pm
Quote (Trae8 @ Thu, Jan 11 2007, 07:11pm)
In the dueling matchups, you forgot to mention a few very important things that are going to work against you. 

First off, any nec is going to bone prison you and no chance you can win.  Pnb, poison, summon, won't matter.  Bone prison owns you.  You can hack your way out of it pretty fast, but they can cast more just as fast, and cast a few spirits or poison nova's at the same time.

Second, vs any type of assassin your dead.  Trapper, WW sin, or Kicker.  I don't see any way possible to beat them.  Melee druids are by far the easiest character in the game to stun lock.  It gets so rediculous, that you can't move or attack.  Have you faced a good Kicker or WW sin yet with this druid?  It's flat out impossible for you to win.  You'll get 1 attack in, maybe.  But it takes much longer for your damage to kill them, then for them to easily stun lock and finish.  FADE + Stun lock = Dead Melee druid everytime.


Other then that, I like the guide.  GG for trying difficult builds for PVP, not just cookie cutters  smile.gif


Hehe necros are indeed a bitch, and this is part of where FRW is essential, with enough of it you can even desynch certain chars! I may have to experiment with harmony on switch for desynching, but I'll update with that lateer xD

With sins it can be very hard, but wwsins usually get cocky around shifters and just tele ww them in pubs, trappers ofc can be a hard battle withour sorb :<
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Second, vs any type of assassin your dead. Trapper, WW sin, or Kicker. I don't see any way possible to beat them. Melee druids are by far the easiest character in the game to stun lock. It gets so rediculous, that you can't move or attack. Have you faced a good Kicker or WW sin yet with this druid? It's flat out impossible for you to win. You'll get 1 attack in, maybe. But it takes much longer for your damage to kill them, then for them to easily stun lock and finish. FADE + Stun lock = Dead Melee druid everytime.


That has to be the stupidest comment i've ever wasted my time reading. Besides the fact that (wolf) druids have the best fhr BPs in the game (3 frames at 86 fhr) the fact is we only NEED one hit to win. Rabies switch to dweb and most sins don't have the stack to survive (the exception being WWsins or hybrids that are using bramble that yields 100 poison res).

Some basic strats...

Pure WWsins: Please don't tell me you lose to these. Throw on bramble for max poison res and antidote prebuff if you have to. Rabies once, flash dweb, shift fury. There's no way you should lose unless they are exceptional.

Trappers: Tgods to hit 85 light res and make sure you hit 86 fhr breakpoint. If they're stupid enough to summon a warrior or master rabies it and run in their direction. 95% of them will tele and have the rabies transfer to them. At that point it's over. If they're decent, wait for their traps to die down and when they start summoning a second wave run in for a rabies. Use etombs range to your advantage.

Worst comes to worst: ABSORB

Hybrids: The hardest sin for a SS druid. Keep moving and play defensive. Never run into their traps. Wait for them to resummon they're traps and land a rabies. At that point they'll play aggressive. Walk away from the traps (don't run too much or you'll get destroyed by a Flight+whirl or tele+whirl) and shift fury when they whirl through you. Key is to keep moving.

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Melee druids are by far the easiest character in the game to stun lock


Lol sorry that line deserves to be quoted again. Idiot.

This post was edited by edgie on Jan 13 2007 03:24am
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A tip vs teleporting but hard to get close to hit chars such as ele druids or trapsins... they are very likely to have a summon such as oak sage / shadow warrior, just wait for their minion to move away from the player and bite it, then run off and when they tele theyll immediatly get infected with rabies. This makes necro summoners extremely easy.

edit: also druids have VERY bad fbr which is why they are easy to stunlock, i think they are only 2nd to amas on worst fbr. simple solution is to swap for a reaver

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Sorry for noob question but what is a "FC" java zon? CS zon?
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Sorry for noob question but what is a "FC" java zon? CS zon?


CS = Charged strike. It's the main skill of a java zon
Far cast = Part of mods such as gook mod that allows javazon to turn CS into a ranged auto lock attack like FOH (Fist of the heavens) It's basically a hack.
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Sorry for noob question but what is a "FC" java zon? CS zon?


CS = Charged strike. It's the main skill of a java zon
Far cast = Part of mods such as gook mod that allows javazon to turn CS into a ranged auto lock attack like FOH (Fist of the heavens) It's basically a hack.


main skill of a charged strike zon, not all javazon's are cs, comments like these show how a small number of builds are so dominant because people are afriad to lose when trying something special like a ss druid tongue.gif

nice guide tho, as far as the ebotdgp and eth reaver, personally i think both of these have their uses, eth reaver is nifty for hammerdins - if they get in your range you can easy finish them off in 3-4 hits when doing 12k damage, ebotdgp can be useful for casters when you need to stay the hell out the way.
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Quote (Zogg @ Sun, Jan 21 2007, 05:51pm)
Sorry for noob question but what is a "FC" java zon? CS zon?


CS = Charged strike. It's the main skill of a java zon
Far cast = Part of mods such as gook mod that allows javazon to turn CS into a ranged auto lock attack like FOH (Fist of the heavens) It's basically a hack.


main skill of a charged strike zon, not all javazon's are cs, comments like these show how a small number of builds are so dominant because people are afriad to lose when trying something special like a ss druid tongue.gif

nice guide tho, as far as the ebotdgp and eth reaver, personally i think both of these have their uses, eth reaver is nifty for hammerdins - if they get in your range you can easy finish them off in 3-4 hits when doing 12k damage, ebotdgp can be useful for casters when you need to stay the hell out the way.


Well I have different names for different zons

Javazon = CS
Jabazon = Jab
Plague Zon = Psn java zon tongue.gif

Bah tongue.gif Fade+Etomb > casters
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i dueled with viral all the time hes sexxyyyyy
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i dueled with viral all the time hes sexxyyyyy


You take losing like a man biggrin.gif
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