Weapon for Werewolf Druid

[Nicodemus Phaulkon]

and this time he uses 2 weapons, neither have had a big mention in this post, but i believe are in the guide.

Firstly, there is the buriza, a nm uni crossbow...

Secondly, is the alltime favourite, the hellslayer...

They've been mentioned and discussed repeatedly in this thread, kier. Take another look. :huh:

Something you "high end" gentlemen seem to be missing is the importance of speed and the nature of Crushing Blow.

You favor huge, but extremely slow, weapons. Quoting average damages over time is lovely, but it's a statistic and subject to other considerations. The fact that a Hellslayer is doing massive damage is curtailed by two things: Global Physical Resist and the ability to get tagged yourself. It's very hard to keep up your vaunted Average Damage when you're getting hit often enough that you can't swing the damnable thing. Hellslayer certainly suffers from both of these mitigating factors... and the Buriza-Do Kyanon suffers from the GPR as well. While both have a middling amount of elemental damage, it doesn't compensate over time.

Crushing Blow. Gentlemen, in the world of Hell's Global Physical Resist, elemental resistances and scaling amounts of life... you cannot overlook this aspect. Your Hellslayer can do huge damage? That's nice... my Ribcracker/IKMaul can reduce their life by 25% AFTER I apply my initial damage. I can kill monsters on Players8 in Hell FASTER with my Ribcracker than with my Buriza-Do. That holds true with the Hellslayer, as well. When you're dealing with opponents life in the 10s of thousands... 25% loss (even with diminishing returns on repeated hits) is a devastating amount... and dwarfs the "high end" damages of such monsters as the Hellslayer.

Even if 1.10 removes the GPR from Hell (and doubles the existing life as a counter-balance) this will hold true. While Crushing Blow doesn't effect Champions/Uniques or higher... it DOES effect 95% of the opponents you encounter. NOW calculate your average damage over time on the battlefield , where it counts.

You want a killer Wolf? Trade away your Jalal's and put on a Guillaume's Face. Pull on a pair of Gore Rider and fasten a Highlord's Wrath around your neck. Socket your Ribcracker with a Lo. Voila: 100% Crushing Blow, 50-87% Deadly Strike, and a FAST weapon that includes a "Holy" Defense bonus to everything you wear and enough FHR to seriously threaten the 125% upper breakpoint.

My opinion, given without malice.

*tips helm*