Rubbinns wrote on Aug 29^th, 2014 at 8:57pm:


I don't see any point in slotting TF on this build. 

Rubbinns wrote on Aug 29^th, 2014 at 11:55pm:


Ha! I can throw that too!

Persiflage wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 6:51pm:


Finally ended being able to buy Druid and been thinking about splits. Really wanted to try and get a good earthquake and trapping so was thinking 15druid/3ranger/2rogue.

Then I started reading this thread and saw your build so, how did it turn out on the Earthquake DC? Working decent in EEs?

Distributed wrote on Aug 30^th, 2014 at 9:46pm:


You won't need CC. Everything you hit will already be on the ground with Balanced Attacks twisted, and then dead a few seconds later.

As to your build, you could use more feats for Shield Mastery and Natural Fighting. Evasion is nice, but won't be necessary next update since you can wear medium or heavy dragonplate.

5 Foot Step wrote on Aug 30^th, 2014 at 9:49pm:

Mostly. Mind, Leg, Body Breaker from TF do not transfer over.

Justanotherlurker wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2014 at 2:54pm:

Will not work in wolf form.

Justanotherlurker wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2014 at 2:54pm:

Why this split over 9rng 9 drd 2 ftr? Druid past life?

Justanotherlurker wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2014 at 12:14pm:

sorry, that works. I thought i quoted pswf.

Justanotherlurker wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2014 at 12:14pm:

Ah, then yeah. You'll want stalwart tier 2 and 3. Disintegrate has a fort save for reduced damage.

WelloveLLamas wrote on Sep 4^th, 2014 at 11:53am:

Correct, heal spell. Guildie wanted that and druid life. She hates melee and figured that would be easiest one for her.

WelloveLLamas wrote on Sep 4^th, 2014 at 12:41pm:


OC no longer requires great cleave nor does it have a str requirement come U23.

You'll probably want power attack anyway but cleave and great cleave are optional. With haste, wolf attack speed and gswf using cleaves lowers your single target dps and arguably does the same even when surrounded by mobs. If you're going for the ranger thingies then even more so (dance of death allows you to attack several targets simultaneously). Think carefully if you wouldn't rather have other feats.

WelloveLLamas wrote on Sep 4^th, 2014 at 4:09pm:


The only content I wouldn't want Cleave and Great Cleave in is Epic Elite.  You give up deeps in all other content by dropping them.

As im away from ddo for my yearly work session
Been looking at new changes upcoming, when im back in about a week will test it all on random builds on lama or on live.
FIrst of all, droping monk for fighter will be most probably the first thing, 2nd thing would be keeping ranger, so prolly a fighter ranger druid build base which would give you a bit higher base for damage, better defense options.

Im writing those things from top of my head bdw.
First i would shift to more druid to get better seflhealing spells even tho in any ee it proved that with plenty amp/plifes/humie amp regular cure ser and card pots with cocoon and ocasional silver flame would be more then enough.

What i would test is couple things, first of all keep swf and use orb as offhand to utilize from stalwart stance and maybe some vanguard stuff and shield feats. So it would be a triple line build with shield feats& swf feats & 2 weapon fight feats as you dont need cleaves anymore which is wonderful.
I dont know how feats act with orbs tho.
2nd i would be ap starved so i would prolly waste another 2-3 mil pp on resets again. Sigh and they pp has no worth.
Then there is the will dwarven axe and b sword provide melle spp when you pick 2 handed line? There are many questions you can ask yourself when you cant test properly.

After that as im assuming from reading the new harper tree it seems that int based builds with 2 weapon styles are getting a huge boost.
How would that interact with druid is a question that i put onto my need to test list.
Well beside that there are couple ideas i need to test, like how would my shuri/staff/dual weapon build act as a 2 weapon style user.
Build is 9 monk 6 ranger 5 rogue halfwit. I need to test that whole int thing.

All i can say in short that after testing and possibly some brainstorming with munk, we could find out a way to make this broken build even more powerfull. For now ima earn mah money and dream about random builds this new update offers.

Will be fun to find out new ideas, 2 weapo fight, shuri builds, 2 handed build etc all have huge potential atm, not gonna look at armored casters and dc casting which seem to have gotten a huge buff

I tested a few things on Lam. I went with a 9druid/8fighter/3ranger build for u23. With only a shadowplate and those 30 sheltering gauntlets I had 136prr and 100mrr which were like -58% and -50% damage.

Orbs works with Shield Mastery, but only the doublestrike, you do not gain PRR. Stalwart enhancements that state they need a shield will not work either. So no +6con or +6str or the HP. But the saves and prr will still work, as they do not require a shield.

Build:

1 fighter  Power Attack + Shield Mastery + Single Weapon Fighting
2 ranger
3 ranger  Completionist
4 druid
5 druid
6 druid  Empower Healing
7 druid
8 druid
9 druid  Quicken
10 fighter  Improved Single Weapon Fighting
11 fighter
12 druid  Improved Critical: Bludgeon
13 druid
14 druid
15 fighter  Greater Single Weapon Fighting + Improved Two Weapon Fighting
16 Ranger
17 fighter
18 fighter  Greater Two Weapon Fighting + Natural Fighting
19 fighter
20 fighter  Improved Shield Mastery
21 epic  Overwhelming Critical
24 epic  Natural Fighting
26 epic  Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
27 epic  Blinding Speed / Natural Fighting?
28 epic  ?

Did that leveling order because I started as a PDK at 15, gigantic wolves are funny. Maybe not the best for someone starting at 1. Might swap Empower Healing for something else, not sure yet how good or crappy coccoon will be.

Oh that's just personal notes for swaps, didn't pay attention to it when pasting. Planning to just take Blinding Speed until I acquire something equivalent on gear. I really hate swapping or using potions though so I might be keeping it for a while.

Good to know on First Blood though, wasn't really a whole lot to chose from as PSWF did not work on Lam in wolf form.