LD Cleave Druid

[droid327]

On Lama, I was trying out different builds, mostly ranged, but I tried out a mostly-Druid build (WF 15 Druid/2 Fighter/3 Cleric) centered around the Cleave line and its extension into LD, with Momentum Swing/Lay Waste twisted into Fury of the Wild, alongside Cocoon.

It was immensely powerful, tearing through content way easier than any of my other trial builds, even with just a GS greataxe and Dojo gear...I got through EE Cabal for One at L20 first life, obviously couldn't test any FR Epic content with the buggy Lords of Dust chain.

Is this something that's different with the EP, or is this a build that's already really good? I don't have much experience with LD-based builds or druids, I've generally run with WF arcanes in the past :)

[sandypaws]

LD-cleaving with master's blitz is one of the best soloing lines out there.

Edit: Totally misread what happened. You're adrenalining into the +w cleaves for knockdown?

[droid327]

LD-cleaving with master's blitz is one of the best soloing lines out there.

Edit: Totally misread what happened. You're adrenalining into the +w cleaves for knockdown?

Yeah mostly adrenalin-ing into the MS or LW for the +5[w] x 400% x3/4 depending on crit mult. They seem to recharge pretty quick spamming Cleaves as they come up (though I think there's a bug that makes MS/LW come off cooldown more often than they should?)

[ThePrisoner]

Out of curiosity, what is the 3 cleric for?

[FlaviusMaximus]

Out of curiosity, what is the 3 cleric for?

[droid327]

Out of curiosity, what is the 3 cleric for?

On Lama, it was for access to T3 Cleric abilities, specifically Unyielding Sovereignty, for an "oh ****" button on top of Heal, Cocoon, and Regen; also, +3 CL on Healing spells. I never got to actually use US, though, so I'm not sure how good it works :)

Since all my offense was coming from the Cleave line (and the odd Druid DOT), the biggest need I had testing EE content was self-healing.

Also, I wanted to see how good Divine Healing 3/3 was as another layer of HOT; 60+ seconds of 4d4 healing/2 seconds sounded pretty good...turns out its not that great since you cant meta it and it apparently doesn't benefit from Positive spellpower, and its too slow to actually mitigate Epic damage as it comes in...