08-07-2003, 04:02 AM
To get your attack speed up use a large axe, for a shapeshifted druid weapon speed is more important than anything else. You commented that you did elemental damage in your wolf form like you did in normal form, all damage you do in wolf form is directly related the weapon and other such damage adding gear you use. This is why baranars star is so popular especially for fighting physical immunes in hell.
For skills I suggest:
lycanthropy: max
fury: max
oak sage: max
optional: max
werewolf: maxed (attack rating is useful)
I personally hate offensive summons they tend to be more trouble than they are worth.
As for your character you found a tir that is great! All you need now is el for a steel runeword weapon. Unfortunately playing in players 8 by the time you get to act 3 you will be too high of a level to buy a socketed great axe (you will probably die to duriel anyway with the setting that high :):) ). Also if you get this far beware of diablo, for young melee characters he is absolutely deadly. He is worse when that character swings so slow that you can't hit and run very effectively; IE young shapeshifted druid with a less than optimal weapon. If your fire resistance is less than 30% (and that is dangerously low) I would treasure hunt/shop for something to get it higher.
Young druids especially ones started from scratch face a lot of challenges you will want to find leech, a fast weapon, and resistances. Doing it in hardcore only compounds it so if you make it to any significant level at all I suggest hitting mephisto a few times and hope for sigon gear to drop. Other drops to hope for are: Aldur's mace from normal Baal and Ribcracker from NM Mephisto. If you find any of those you are luckier than I can ever hope to be. :lol:
For skills I suggest:
lycanthropy: max
fury: max
oak sage: max
optional: max
werewolf: maxed (attack rating is useful)
I personally hate offensive summons they tend to be more trouble than they are worth.
As for your character you found a tir that is great! All you need now is el for a steel runeword weapon. Unfortunately playing in players 8 by the time you get to act 3 you will be too high of a level to buy a socketed great axe (you will probably die to duriel anyway with the setting that high :):) ). Also if you get this far beware of diablo, for young melee characters he is absolutely deadly. He is worse when that character swings so slow that you can't hit and run very effectively; IE young shapeshifted druid with a less than optimal weapon. If your fire resistance is less than 30% (and that is dangerously low) I would treasure hunt/shop for something to get it higher.
Young druids especially ones started from scratch face a lot of challenges you will want to find leech, a fast weapon, and resistances. Doing it in hardcore only compounds it so if you make it to any significant level at all I suggest hitting mephisto a few times and hope for sigon gear to drop. Other drops to hope for are: Aldur's mace from normal Baal and Ribcracker from NM Mephisto. If you find any of those you are luckier than I can ever hope to be. :lol: