I liked to use 3rd degree burns for solo, you really stack 20 stacks fast as fuck, in combination with touch of flames.
You can test on lama now, to see what you prefer most before dedicating yourself to farm for phlogistons unless you have done what most have done.

But if you didnt, just check on lama now most t3 effects.
Mortal is defacto best trash clear and amazing on wolf, and the dance of death/balanced attacks/sense/mortal fear is a devastating combo for whatever content.
Only issue is boss dps, so a 2nd weapon for that helps alot, i take 3rd degree dragon edge and touch usually.
But i played around on lama with many setups before i decided what to make on live servers

5 Foot Step wrote on Mar 30^th, 2015 at 4:05am:


Its really good as swap in for wolf builds.
Like few seconds to max stacks, you can keep it at 20 then with a first degreee bursn edge mortal fearer tho

That makes it a bit easier, and no, I just started playing and this is my first serious build - so I didnt get any duping in, dont know any working hacks,  and I'm having to work at every inch I get in terms of gear.

That being, said, I am stuck soloing a ton, so probably going to go with whatever lets me do that best in the hardest difficulty I can manage.

I just finally tried out test server tonight and im not liking what's happening to me in ee (though I could be screwing this up).

Just in case I have to "save" this build by going the  monk/druid path with my backup +5 LR, would it be best to make  TF shortsword, qstaff, or hand axe (seeing on some posts stating you can stay centered with these in wolf form, but no explanation given) if anyone knows?

I'm also torn as the TF weapon will be my epic go to and I'm highly unlikely to get a chance at enough mats for an armor and second weapon anytime soon, so my first TF weapon will likely be my only one for a while - does fire damage really get nerfed that hard on bosses in this range?

5 Foot Step wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2015 at 1:52am:


Should be ok for temple.
If they dont put +7 tomes into freaking store like they always do, the neg damage from thforged might finally shine.
Aslo, epic vale and amarath has mostly neg damage vulenerable shit, in cse they dont put mass dward spaming tiefling clerics

The weapon I am making should be viable for soloing (not that I cant find a backup for that) quests, but mostly its for epic raiding all content from web through temple.

I'm reading in a lot of places that what was suggested with  burns/mortal/edge is the go to combo  - I'm just wondering if thats still okay with crap supporting equipment or does it shine on no matter what.

In regards to bosses in raids - will I still be able to hold my own as soon as I can get Tier 2 enchant on the weapon and if not, can I farm a piece of non-raid gear to help me
OR
do I just have a weapon switch out for raid bosses (I dunno , but I'm  getting the impression this might be whats supposed to be done regardless - confirm)?

In re the debate going on above me, please continue with supporting facts for your pov if you could, so I can learn what it is exactly that makes you feel the way you do and maybe that will give me more insight into the game.

Thanks again for the info guys.

Munkenmo wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2015 at 4:38pm:


That then defeats the whole purpose of a wolf druid exploit build as I lose all my swf feats/bonuses...right? o.O

Munkenmo wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2015 at 6:56pm:


Gotcha - hadnt thought of that but should be easy enough to do - I am so used to WOW and the delay in swapping built in that it never occurred to me  that it worked in this game. :/

I'm going to wait till tonight to make my TF weapon - hoping someone confirms that the go to on that is still
burns/edge/fear even w/o good supporting equipment on raid bosses in the areas I want to do.

On another note:

I am getting to where I am about to be able to twist in sense weakness as the OP of this builds suggests, and I am wondering on what skills/items are we relying to proc helpless in mobs.

Fail wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2015 at 7:11pm:


1st degree/dragon's edge/mortal fear is an excellent all-purpose weapon if you are only going to make 1.

Rubbinns wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2015 at 7:46am:


Warforged are a prominent exception. Any other constructs taking negative energy damage should be considered a bug.

Rubbinns wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2015 at 7:46am:


/shrug

Fail wrote on Apr 9^th, 2015 at 9:31pm:


The best thing about wolves is their rediculously fast attack speeds whilst using all their combat styles.

The best part about primal avatar is switching into tree form and attacking incredibly fucking slowly for some big assed hits.

The best part about Legendary Dreadnaught is all the melee power in Blitz, which doesn't require you to turn into a tree and attack slowly.

As you can see, LD and Wolf form can work well togther.  But Wolf form and Primal Avatar have some clashing properties.

Some builds that are centered can make good use of Tree form, thanks to the awesomeness of Whirlwind attack, but the best druid builds are not centered anymore.

I had a build that got hit a lot and wore guards, and that one didn't seem to proc all that much to me. I think it had a save most mobs could make. Mind you, I used to run Elite/red DA a lot, which we now know bumps saves.