I'm somewhat curious... the huge advantage to a Woof build is/was the freakish speed with which they can lay down the DPS.. Back when Eveningstar first debuted I was accused several times of using cheats and exploits because the beat downs on Epic Elite beasties was so fast it looked like I was one-shoting them.

But with all the changes, do Woofs have any advantage with TWF over THF now? What about the glorious double dip of SWF/TWF?

I'd be interested in what Sym of the other compulsive grinders have come up with... you KNOW its just a matter of time

wolves and bears do not need to use a thf weapon. the mainhand can be any weapon you like and the offhand can be anything that doesnt break druidic oath. the mainhand gets the full crit/dice/procs/etc on it, and the offhand can only carry over passives since it will never register an attack. very useful for orb/shield/rune arm/ or another weapon with passives like hamp/armor pierce/ doublestrike/alacrity/ etc.

dunno. dont have one at cap and didnt get around to testing them last lama. I will next time that lama comes up. Some animal variations mostly using kensei, vanguard with offhand shield in form, or barb trees. I will check to see what offhand can do with pulverizer and headmans chop

Am playing monk atm, I'll roll up a druid next. Just cranking out asamir racials and doing some rxp.

I've played around with a wolf build that worked pretty nicely on Lamannia.

Dex Based Halfling Centered Kensei Wolf...
Alignment must be Lawful Neutral!
6 Monk (Monk Stances, Evasion, 25% incorp, Dex to Hit and DMG)
6 Fighter (Feats, Tier 5 in Kensei, Dodge, Haste Boost etc.)
8 Druid for Winter Wolf.

Probably shitty to level since it only comes together at lvl 20 and its kinda iffy to get all the feats in at the right time

The build had standing 45 Attack speed through wolf, 87% standing doublestrike (non optimized) in Air Stance, Monk like dodge (think around 43%), usable evasion and overall good saves. Been using U38 Falchion and twisted in dance of flowers from GMoF. Crits were 14-18*3/ 19-20*5

Feats you should consider:
3x natural Fighting
2x Monk Stances Feats
Imp Crit Slashing,
Power Attack, Cleave, great cleave
Or Precision, Dodge, Mobility

Just some food for thought

Swaggy wrote on Jul 24^th, 2018 at 4:02am:



Wut?  Shouldn't this be blunt?

kensei tactics bonus does not work for bear charge dc. I think it is every wording that states tactics will not grant the dc bonus and wording with stunning/trip will?

assuming the above this would mean that the following will not work

Fighter tactics feat -tested
kensei tactics boost -tested

not tested;
racial tactics boost in dwarf and toaster tree
stalwart defender tree
pdk knight training
harper kta
divine might
fighter past lives
astral scion
ld tactics tier 1 twist
gmof +3 to tactics
combat mastery items

5 Foot Step wrote on Jul 25^th, 2018 at 2:55pm:



Mind you, trust is an issue....

I hear if Rubbinns isn't doing well he tries to stick his finger in yer butt....