Fire Druid

[ShadowHM]

So this basically means armageddon is useless.

I would not say that Armageddon is useless. I did say that it was useless to me.

I believe it is a matter of play style. I wanted a caster character, not a mêlée character, for my fire druid. Armageddon does have a very lengthy timer. It can be used quite effectively if one is armoured well, has high blocking, decently high faster run/walk and scampers amongst the monsters. The radius is not large and it centres on you. So if you would like to whack monsters then it is not a bad choice. It does mean you also have different needs in skill point allocation and equipment.


The timers on the other Druid Fire skills are not very long. As I said, I profitably use that time re-casting minions and re-positioning myself and my mercenary to best effect.

My Fire Druid has fairly high life, not very much mana and fairly low strength and dexterity.

If you whack monsters you will need items that give AR, as you will have no skill that gives you this. It will be difficult to achieve this. Even a four Eth weapon will not likely allow much hitting in Hell unless you have other sources of AR. Maybe gambling for clubs with the Fool's prefix would suffice, but even then, I suspect you would have a low chance to hit, and you would not be doing much damage. Using a high level Heart of Wolverine might help there too, but even so, there will still be AR issues.

I would save the Witchwild String and use it on a Hunter Druid or a Fanaticism Paladin Ranger. The only one I have found is in use on a Rogue mercenary, for what that is worth.

As to the other questions:

I am not sure of the mechanics of gambling.

Prevent monster heal, if you do get a hit in, lasts a fair amount of time. I do believe you would have time to tp to town and replenish potion supplies before it ran out.