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Michele

11-28-2022, 06:05 AM

Attributes: STR 10, DEX 6, CON max, INT 12, WIS max, CHA 10
Race: Dragonborn (racial completionist) or Aasimar (first life)
PRR: 212
MRR: 126
Healing amplification: 352
Hit points (reaper difficulty): 2703
Hit points (normal difficulty): 1825
Cold spell power (without metamagic at reaper difficulty): 1176
Cold spell power (without metamagic at normal difficulty): 1134

Feats:
Level 1: quicken spell
Level 3: maximize spell
Level 6: empower spell
Level 9: spell focus evocation
Level 12: greater spell focus evocation
Level 15: past life arcane initiate (or enlarge spell at first life)
Level 18: heavy armor proficiency
Level 21: epic spell focus evocation (epic feat)
Level 22: epic spell power cold (destiny feat)
Level 24: burst of glacial wrath (epic feat)
Level 25: epic spell power force (destiny feat)
Level 27: intensify spell (epic feat) (or enlarge spell without racial completionist)
Level 28: epic spell power positive (destiny feat)
Level 30: embolden spell (epic feat)
Level 30: scion of the plane of water (legendary feat)
Level 31: epic spell power electricity (destiny feat)

Skills:
tumble x1, umd x2, jump x6, spellcraft, balance, heal, spot, intimidate,
diplomacy (make believe quest needs 117?; test success with 14+124)

Equipment:
- Armor: legendary bronze dragonscale plate with fortification +142%, physical sheltering +33, competence healing amplification +53, false life +50, legendary hruit's influence set, mythic bonus to prr/mrr +4 (green slot: diamond of constitution +14)

- Belt: legendary green steel belt with competence bonus to intelligence skills +22 (tier 1), profane bonus to spell points +151 (tier 1), insightful bonus to intelligence skills +11 (tier 2), insightful bonus to spell points +151 (tier 2), quality bonus to intelligence skills +6 (tier 3), quality bonus to spell points +75 (tier 3), nightshield clicky

- Boots: dinosaur bone boots with wisdom +15 (scale: wisdom), insight bonus to force spell critical damage +10% (fang: force spell crit damage), quality bonus to force spell critical damage +5% (claw: force spell crit damage), sacred bonus to spell DCs +2 (horn: sacred DCs) (blue slot: the master’s gift) (green slot: essence of popura's memento) (yellow slot: set augment cruel cut)

- Bracers: legendary kopru bracers with necromancy focus +6, illusion focus +6, profane lifeforce +47, enhancement bonus to force spell critical damage +20% (scale: force spell crit damage), mythic bonus to prr/mrr +1 (green slot: diamond insightful constitution +5) (colorless slot: set augment touch of power)

- Cloak: dinosaur bone cloak with enhancement bonus to cold spell critical damage +20% (scale: cold spell crit damage), insight bonus to cold spell critical damage +10% (fang: cold spell crit damage), quality bonus to cold spell critical damage +5% (claw: cold spell crit damage), saving throws +11 (horn: resistance) (green slot: good luck +3) (yellow slot: set augment touch of power)

- Gloves: crystalline gauntlets with quality potency +25, magical sheltering +35, insightful magical sheltering +17, spell absorption 20 charges (green slot: sapphire of greater heroism) (yellow slot: topaz of wizardry +294)

- Goggles: legendary goggles of dusk with evocation focus +6, insightful evocation focus +3, quality wisdom +3, quality spell focus mastery +2, mythic bonus to spell power +1 (green slot: topaz of greater evocation +2) (colorless slot: set augment cruel cut)

- Helm: legendary elder's cap with intelligence +13, enchantment focus +6, concentration +20, spell save +11, reaper ability boost +2, legendary elder's knowledge set (yellow slot: essence of the epic litany of the dead) (colorless slot: diamond of festive wisdom +2)

- Necklace: legendary pendant of the azure sea with glaciation +142, ice lore +21%, magical efficiency +10%, sea attunement (caster level to cold spells +1, exceptional bonus to cold spell power +10, exceptional bonus to cold spell critical chance +2%), mythic bonus to prr/mrr +1, legendary hruit’s influence set (yellow slot: diamond of festive constitution +2)

- Ring left: the legendary shattered onyx with insightful wisdom +6, profane spell focus +2, insightful resistance +4, insightful dodge +6%, mythic bonus to spell power +3 (blue slot: set augment cruel cut)

- Ring right: clouded dreams with exceptional universal spell lore +5%, exceptional universal spell power +15, insightful spell focus mastery +3 (green slot: globe of true imperial blood) (yellow slot: set augment cruel cut)

- Trinket: legendary gem of many facets with kinetic lore +22% prefix, glaciation +153 suffix, insightful glaciation +76 extra, legendary elder's knowledge set (yellow slot: topaz of greater illusion +2)

- Weapon: dinosaur bone quarterstaff with enhancement bonus to universal spell power +102, exceptional spell focus +2 (iridiscent scale), spell focus mastery +5, exceptional bonus to universal spell critical chance +5% (iridiscent fang), exceptional wisdom +2 (iceclaw), offensive spells have a chance to grant you 1,000 temporary hit points (brighthorn) (purple slot: ruby of impulse +153) (orange slot: topaz of greater transmutation +2)

Weapons swapped to cast call lightning storm:
- Weapon primary: dinosaur bone club with enhancement bonus to universal spell power +102 (iridiscent scale), spells have a chance to inflict ten stacks of cold damage over time (icefang), equipment bonus to electric spellpower +149 (iridiscent claw: electric), offensive spells have a chance to reduce prr and mrr (shadowhorn) (purple slot: empty) (orange slot: diamond of insightful intelligence +5)

- Weapon secondary: dinosaur bone club with empty scale slot, spells deal a large amount of stacking acid damage over time (meltfang), equipment bonus to acid spellpower +149 (iridiscent claw: acid), offensive spells have a chance to inflict multiple stacks of vulnerability (sparkhorn) (purple slot: sapphire of spell agility +15%) (orange slot: diamond of the magi)

Filigrees (artifact):
1) Eye of the beholder: wisdom +1 (MRR +2)
2) Celerity/Vigilance: +2 Wisdom (MRR +4)
3) Lunar magic: wisdom +1 (MRR +2)
4) Frozen wanderer: wisdom +1 (MRR +2)

Filigrees (dinosaur bone quarterstaff):
1) Eye of the beholder: wisdom +1 (MRR +2)
2) Eye of the beholder/Inevitable grave: intelligence +2 (universal spell power +8)
3) Eye of the beholder: spell power +6 (universal spell power +4)
4) Celerity/Vigilance: +2 Wisdom (MRR +4)
5) Lunar magic: wisdom +1 (MRR +2)
6) Lunar magic: universal spell power +6 (universal spell power +4)
7) Lunar magic: force spell power +9 (force spell power +2)
8) Lunar magic: magical resistance rating +3 (PRR +2)
9) Frozen wanderer: wisdom +1 (PRR +2)
10) Vigilance: wisdom +1 (MRR +2)

Wisdom (108):
18 Base
8 Level-up
8 Tome
2 Class completionist
2 Racial completionist
2 Racial past life feats (Aasimar and Human)
4 Season’s herald enhancements
4 Feydark illusionist enhancements
5 Dire thaumaturge
2 Spirit boon (primal avatar destiny tree - tier 2)
1 Glitter of fame (fatesinger destiny tree - core 3)
2 Guild airship bonus from Floating rock garden
2 Yugoloth potion
2 Long lasting elixir of owl’s knowledge
2 Reaper ability boost from Legendary elder's cap
2 Profane bonus from Essence of the epic litany of the dead
6 Insightful bonus from The legendary shattered onyx
3 Quality bonus from Legendary goggles of dusk
11 Filigrees (6 in sentient weapon, 5 in artifact)
3 Artifact bonus from Legendary hruit’s influence set
15 Enhancement bonus from Dinosaur bone boots
2 Diamond of festive wisdom
2 Exceptional bonus from Dinosaur bone quarterstaff

Earthquake DC (126):
18 Base
49 Wisdom
3 Epic spell focus evocation
1 Past life arcane initiate
3 Sorcerer past lives
2 Embolden spell
4 Scion of water
4 Draconic incarnation destiny tree cores
3 Draconic spell focus (draconic incarnation destiny tree - tier 3)
3 Enhanced draconic spell focus (draconic incarnation destiny tree - tier 5)
1 Guild airship bonus from Archwizard
4 Dire thaumaturge
1 Hierophant (season’s herald - core 6)
1 Strength of the solstice (season’s herald - tier 4)
3 True power (dragonborn - tier 4)
6 Evocation focus from Legendary goggles of dusk
3 Insightful evocation focus from Legendary goggles of dusk
2 Quality spell focus mastery from Legendary goggles of dusk
2 Profane spell focus from The legendary shattered onyx
2 Sacred spell focus from Dinosaur bone boots
2 Exceptional spell focus from Dinosaur bone quarterstaff
3 Artifact bonus from Legendary hruit's influence set
2 Lunar magic filigree set
2 Eye of the beholder set
2 Topaz of greater evocation

Ice flowers DC (115):
18 Base
49 Wisdom
1 Past life arcane initiate
3 Alchemist past lives
2 Embolden spell
2 Scion of water
4 Draconic incarnation destiny tree cores
1 Magic of the old world (primal avatar destiny tree - tier 3)
3 Enhanced draconic spell focus (draconic incarnation destiny tree - tier 5)
1 Guild airship bonus from Archwizard
4 Dire thaumaturge
1 Hierophant (season’s herald - core 6)
1 Strength of the solstice (season’s herald - tier 4)
5 Spell focus mastery from Dinosaur bone quarterstaff
3 Insightful spell focus mastery from Clouded dreams
2 Quality spell focus mastery from Legendary goggles of dusk
2 Profane spell focus from The legendary shattered onyx
2 Sacred spell focus from Dinosaur bone boots
2 Exceptional spell focus from Dinosaur bone quarterstaff
3 Artifact bonus from Legendary hruit's influence set
2 Lunar magic filigree set
2 Eye of the beholder set
2 Topaz of greater transmutation

Greater color spray DC (115):
17 Base
49 Wisdom
1 Past life arcane initiate
3 Deep gnome past lives
2 Embolden spell
2 Scion of water
4 Draconic incarnation destiny tree cores
2 The magic of music (fatesinger destiny tree - tier 3)
3 Enhanced draconic spell focus (draconic incarnation destiny tree - tier 5)
1 Guild airship bonus from Archwizard
4 Dire thaumaturge
1 Familiar’s reach (feydark illusionist - core 5)
6 Illusion focus from Legendary kopru bracers
3 Insightful spell focus mastery from Clouded dreams
2 Quality spell focus mastery from Legendary goggles of dusk
2 Profane spell focus from The legendary shattered onyx
2 Sacred spell focus from Dinosaur bone boots
2 Exceptional spell focus from Dinosaur bone quarterstaff
3 Artifact bonus from Legendary hruit's influence set
2 Lunar magic filigree set
2 Eye of the beholder set
2 Topaz of greater illusion

Finger of death DC (112):
18 Base
49 Wisdom
1 Past life arcane initiate
2 Embolden spell
2 Scion of water
4 Draconic incarnation destiny tree cores
3 Enhanced draconic spell focus (draconic incarnation destiny tree - tier 5)
1 Guild airship bonus from Archwizard
4 Dire thaumaturge
6 Necromancy focus from Legendary kopru bracers
3 Insightful spell focus mastery from Clouded dreams
2 Quality spell focus mastery from Legendary goggles of dusk
2 Profane spell focus from The legendary shattered onyx
2 Sacred spell focus from Dinosaur bone boots
2 Exceptional spell focus from Dinosaur bone quarterstaff
3 Artifact bonus from Legendary hruit's influence set
2 Lunar magic filigree set
2 Eye of the beholder set
4 Mantle of the icy soul

Cold spell critical chance (74%):
5% magical training
21% equipment bonus from Legendary pendant of the azure sea
5% insightful bonus to universal spell critical chance from Essence of popura's memento
6% artifact bonus to universal spell critical chance from Legendary elder’s knowledge set
6% artifact bonus to cold spell critical chance from Legendary hruit’s influence set
5% exceptional bonus to universal spell critical chance from Dinosaur bone quarterstaff
2% exceptional bonus to cold spell critical chance from Legendary pendant of the azure sea
2% feydark illusionist
8% season’s herald
9% energy criticals
5% frozen wanderer filigree set

Cold spell critical damage multiplier (110):
15% epic spell power cold
5% epic spell power force
5% epic spell power positive
5% epic spell power electricity
25% scion of the plane of water
15% legendary bonus from Legendary elder’s knowledge set
20% enhancement bonus from Dinosaur bone cloak
10% insight bonus from Dinosaur bone cloak
5% quality bonus from Dinosaur bone cloak
5% nature’s resurgence (primal avatar destiny tree - core 3 - after using a rest shrine)

Enhancements:

https://i.imgur.com/UwBdBYj.png

Epic destiny:

https://i.imgur.com/Bz89Rz9.png

Spells:

https://i.imgur.com/IHk01HJ.png

Update 59 R10 quests

Ravenloft:
Into the mists (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMMebqJJeUE)

Feywild:
The knight who cried windmill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQMqH8E-A04)
Wake me up inside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNGGE5G6V70)

Sharn - clifftop tower district:
Lost at sea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfmloA2yXNY)
A sharn welcome (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN5vGhrXwCE)

The lost gatekeepers:
The sacred bounty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4w5Bq__jQ)
Rosemary's ballad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN4Xik2FLEI)
Heart of the problem (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn2Z7LmhdyI)

Oliphant

11-28-2022, 01:57 PM

Michele

11-28-2022, 02:24 PM

Very cool build. Did something similar to your DeathTitan a few months ago and back on again for my final druid life. Planning to park a while and check out the different angles on the build. Again, great work and helpful posts.

How are you getting so much heal amp? I'm close to your gear setup, very close in feats and enhancements and EDs but only getting 103 healing amp.

when you self heal in R10, switch to legendary green steel scepter with healing amplification on the left hand and a malleable sceptre of devotion with 10 filigrees with all healing amplification bonus on the right hand.

Oliphant

11-29-2022, 12:13 AM

Thank you

SylvanPhoenix

12-21-2022, 06:26 PM

Michele

12-22-2022, 01:58 AM

I'm curious why you took A Little Bit of Music in Fatesinger. As far as I can tell you're getting the ability to sing and +1 spell pen. Given you don't have Bard levels, I wasn't sure how much of an impact it would have. Maybe you're not intending to sing and there is some other benefit? Thanks!

From the description: Grants Bardic Inspiration if you don't already have it.

It gives a few permanent points of spell power (the bardic inspiration buff seems permanent)

SylvanPhoenix

12-22-2022, 08:51 PM

From the description: Grants Bardic Inspiration if you don't already have it.

It gives a few permanent points of spell power (the bardic inspiration buff seems permanent)

Okay, thanks. If I'm reading things correctly, it looks like 3 universal spell power.

I'm going to try this out on my next TR. This will be that toon's 3rd past life so I'll have 82 action points and 64 destiny points and thus will need to make cuts in both areas. My guess is to cut back on Feydark Illusionist for enhancements. For EDs, it sounds like you really like Greater Shout so maybe keep that but cut back on Primal? Or would you suggest ditching Fatesinger and going with Primal and something else as secondary destinies after DI?

Michele

12-24-2022, 04:05 AM

Okay, thanks. If I'm reading things correctly, it looks like 3 universal spell power.

I'm going to try this out on my next TR. This will be that toon's 3rd past life so I'll have 82 action points and 64 destiny points and thus will need to make cuts in both areas. My guess is to cut back on Feydark Illusionist for enhancements. For EDs, it sounds like you really like Greater Shout so maybe keep that but cut back on Primal? Or would you suggest ditching Fatesinger and going with Primal and something else as secondary destinies after DI?

With my first life level 32 druid in hardcore season I can spend 35 points in Draconic epic destiny and 26 action points in primal avatar (even 28 in primal avatar, depends on the free destiny tomes of an account).

Enhancements: 41 APs in season's herald, 31 APs in feydard illusionist for free enlarge feat, 6 APs in nature defender for defensive stance, 3 APs in aasimar for +1 wisdom.

Michele

01-02-2023, 03:59 AM

PedXing20

01-02-2023, 08:38 AM

Any suggestions for soloing the final fight against the dinosaur boss in "All hail the king"? I remember that I had some issues against his melee attacks and his roar sonic damage (maybe at R4 difficulty, and for sure at R6 difficulty).Slightly cheesy, but so is an instance wide sonic attack that has no way to avoid it ... when you zone into the end fight, there is a palm-like bush on the left side where the end chest spawns that you can jump on. I believe it'll prevent you form getting hit by his melee attacks.

I managed to solo that quest on r10 and that's what i did for the end fight (many, many times as i wiped to his sonic attack more than i care to admit :()

Michele

01-02-2023, 09:21 AM

Slightly cheesy, but so is an instance wide sonic attack that has no way to avoid it ... when you zone into the end fight, there is a palm-like bush on the left side where the end chest spawns that you can jump on. I believe it'll prevent you form getting hit by his melee attacks.

I managed to solo that quest on r10 and that's what i did for the end fight (many, many times as i wiped to his sonic attack more than i care to admit :()

Thank you, it works!

When he roars I usually survive by casting protection from elements spell and by using all sources of temporary hit points.

Michele

01-03-2023, 06:41 AM

removed heighten spell feat for heavy armor proficiency at level 18.
replaced great wisdom feat with burst of glacial wrath.
added cannith crafted bracers with insightful spellsight +11.

Michele

01-09-2023, 04:25 AM

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Michele

01-11-2023, 04:24 PM

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PedXing20

01-11-2023, 07:02 PM

Fisto_Mk_I

01-11-2023, 07:15 PM

+35% legendary bonus from Dinosaur bone bracers

Legendary? Not 20% Enhancement +10% Insight +5% Quality? If it's really Legendary, how they stacks with Legendary from Elders Knowledge? ;)

dinosaur bone quarterstaff with enhancement bonus to universal spell power +102

Really it's Equipment bonus to Potency, not to USP, so practically useless.

Michele

01-12-2023, 01:30 AM

Legendary? Not 20% Enhancement +10% Insight +5% Quality? If it's really Legendary, how they stacks with Legendary from Elders Knowledge? ;)

Really it's Equipment bonus to Potency, not to USP, so practically useless.

Thank you, I fixed the calculation breakdown of the spell critical damage.

The 102 spellpower of the dinosaur bone quarterstaff is used by call lightning sla and call lightning storm spell.

Michele

01-12-2023, 01:43 AM

If it's hit points you're after :D

https://iili.io/HYqpnY7.jpg (https://freeimage.host/)

That's in reaper with blood feast, affirmation and season's herald active. I tried once with shard storm, think i was about 7,500 hp

Nice, do I need 5 Blood Feast filigrees to obtain those temp hit points? If yes, does it work if I swap 1 second go a weapon with those filigrees, then cast Druid's rage of the beast from nature's protector enhancement tree and I will have my 3200 hit temporary hoints for up to 10 minutes?

Fisto_Mk_I

01-12-2023, 06:03 AM

If yes, does it work if I swap 1 second go a weapon with those filigrees, then cast Druid's rage of the beast from nature's protector enhancement tree and I will have my 3200 hit temporary hoints for up to 10 minutes?

It works exactly this way. But only 1200 tHP, as i see, not 3200. Another 1000 from Addirmation, of course. :)

Michele

01-12-2023, 07:33 AM

It works exactly this way. But only 1200 tHP, as i see, not 3200. Another 1000 from Addirmation, of course. :)

thank you very much.

PedXing20

01-12-2023, 12:38 PM

It’s not quite that easy.

5 piece blood piece will give you 100 HP per epic level when you rage. So yes, 1,200 HP from rage of the beast.

Catch is you can’t cast spells while raging and the second you stop raging the HP go away.

Shifter has the ability to cast while raging (and also gets +4 WIS). Tier 2 draconic will also allow you to cast while raging.

So you’ll need to keep that in mind. I think I get 12/13 rages that regen every 90 seconds as a shifter, so effectively limitless.

Draconic/rage of the beast don’t regen and rage of the beast only gives you 2/shrine.

I think there is an augment that’ll give you more rages? Not sure if there are other ways to regen them.

Then I get 1,000 HP from affirmation proc. I use the dryad staff with call lightning which lasts for 90 seconds. Equip staff, cast, swap back to main weapon. Works pretty well.

Seasons herald is my last clicky. It’s an easy wisdom x8 every minute. 864 more HP.

Thing I love about temp HP is it’s not mitigated by reaper. I can only self heal for 364 HP in r10, but if all I ever lose are temp HP, it doesn’t really matter.

Ultinoob

01-12-2023, 08:21 PM

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Then I get 1,000 HP from affirmation proc. I use the dryad staff with call lightning which lasts for 90 seconds. Equip staff, cast, swap back to main weapon. Works pretty well.

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Let me get this straight. equip affirmation item. cast call lightning storm. unequip affirmation item and then the affirmation still procs whenever the call lightning storm hits?

Btw. really nice idea with blood feast and shifter :)

PedXing20

01-13-2023, 01:13 PM

Let me get this straight. equip affirmation item. cast call lightning storm. unequip affirmation item and then the affirmation still procs whenever the call lightning storm hits?
That's correct. Works for a lot of things. The effect is snap shotted at the time of the spell cast. Works on death auras, fvs archon, etc...

Michele

01-13-2023, 03:13 PM

help please, I can't see legendary affirmation bonus on my legendary green scepter.
tier 1: Legendary Inferior Focus of Positive Energy + Legendary Diluted Material Essence + Legendary Cloudy Gem of Opposition
tier 2: Legendary Focus of Positive Energy + Legendary Material Essence + Legendary Gem of Opposition
tier 3: Legendary Superior Focus of Positive Energy + Legendary Superior Focus of Positive Energy + Legendary Pure Material Essence + Legendary Flawless Gem of Opposition

I put the 3 shards in the weapon slots but I don't read legendary affirmation anywhere in the weapon description: did I make any mistakes?

Fisto_Mk_I

01-13-2023, 03:56 PM

I put the 3 shards in the weapon slots but I don't read legendary affirmation anywhere in the weapon description: did I make any mistakes?

Try equip it? ;)

Michele

01-14-2023, 04:33 AM

Try equip it? ;)

You are right, by equipping the item the item description changes with legendary affirmation: DDO trolled me!

Michele

01-14-2023, 10:18 AM

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Marcb81

01-15-2023, 10:49 AM

Change the equipment to fit a legendary green steel belt with:
- competence bonus to intelligence skills +22 (tier 1)
- profane bonus to spell points +151 (tier 1)
- insightful bonus to intelligence skills +11 (tier 2)
- insightful bonus to spell points +151 (tier 2)
- quality bonus to intelligence skills +6 (tier 3)
- insightful bonus to spell points +75 (tier 3)
- nightshield clicky

I really like this latest set-up. I will try it soon. I'm still short on ED points, so I will have to make some adjustments. If you stay with DB as race, then you will definitely want the emerald of greater rage from Swin at Your Own Risk. It gives +3 rages after you rest.

Michele

01-19-2023, 02:31 AM

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Michele

01-21-2023, 05:27 PM

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Michele

01-22-2023, 11:34 AM

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Finn42

01-24-2023, 06:45 PM

Michele

01-25-2023, 12:51 AM

Some questions about spell crit chance.
1)
The universal from elders set stacks with the same 6% from hurts?!

2)
The necklace, what does it actually give?
I sounds like it's one of those things that's much better sounding than in practice.
Aka, it stacks the 2% crit chance?
And arnt spells already at max caster level so the added level from neck is only good for leveling.

3)
I don't have access to Dino crafting.
Is there any lgs that helps crit chance these days still?

I was planning on doing 7 autumn, and 4 winter as my gear,
But that gem of many facts might change things IFF that 6% crit chance stacks.

The cladding of leaves fey twisted armor just looks sooo nice for extra crit chance.

The universal from elders set stacks with the same 6% from hruit.

Dragonborn necklace gives +2 max caster level and +1 caster level, while the necklace gives the additional +1 caster level to compensate the +2 max caster levels of the dragonborn.
the +2% crit chance of necklace stacks.
the +10 exceptional cold spellpower does not stack with the +15 of clouded dreams or cladding of leaves fey twisted armor.

I still use legendary green steel items for items that buff intelligence and charisma skills.
I use dino bone staff to get the +5% spell critical chance that you get from feytwisted leaves armor, spell crit damage on dinosaur bone artifact and dinosaur bone cloak, buff and debuff bone scepters to swap when I cast a single call lightning storm every 1.5 minutes.

Maxxcore

01-30-2023, 09:14 PM

Michele

01-31-2023, 12:18 AM

Hey! Considering playing cold druid for the first time and wondering why you did not go for ruin/greater ruin, since you are already going T5 draconic? I asked some guildies who play druid, and they did not understand either, but clearly you know what you are doing lol. Thanks!

I need the +2 DC and 75 spellpower from embolden and intensify and I always have them active: my salt ray, greater color spray and burst of glacial wrath do not have 95% chance in all r10 content, so removing that +2 DC is not an option.

against reapers I use word of balance spell + Season's herald SLAs.

I tested ruin + greater ruin in R10 "Wake me up inside" and sometimes they both didn't kill 1 mob, so they are mot 100% reliable and their performance is based on luck: how does it work its spell critical chance? force spell critical chance (only 47%) for the force portion and cold spell critical chance (74%) for cold portion? For sure you don't oneshot a doom reaper or r10 red named with them.

Anyway good players in this forum demonstrated to run R10 content with only 107 evocation DC and their ice flowers damage is still good with all mobs saving it for half damage, also they will say that 75 apell power from intensify is a waste of epic feat.

I suggest you to watch the R10 videos of different druids to decide which play style you prefer.

ruin: 2366 crit force, 1087 non crit cold
greater ruin: 4732 crit force, 2174 non crit cold

at 1:48 of the video "ddo cold druid - solo r10 demon assault" at "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N37zgtPkDoQ" against a reaper.

In another video ("DDO Cold Druid - Solo R10 Ravens' Bane" at minute 1:10 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWekE6WIJ_s) Zingy's Ruin did 899 force non crit + 3447 cold crit damage, but before that he used Tsunami (for unknown damage) and Dragon Breath for 7949 cold damage: as you can see, Ruin barely removed 10% of that Despair Reaper health with critical hit and he could have obtained the same result by casting Word of Balance.

Zingy's build is dps focused and published several R10 solo videos.

Then you can see at minute 0:22 of my video "Bullywugs and booby traps R10 Druid" at "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-NCWzCaOUM"
where word of balance does double damage "1091 non crit" + "3284 crit" against a reaper.

after less than 5 seconds word of balance was off cooldown and I used it again against a bullywug dealing 3160 crit damage.

As you can see the difference of damage is not so great and consider that Zingy probably has higher spell crit damage than me from dragonsoul/coalesced filigrees (and in update 58 you will add Thorn Lance for 1d6+8 piercing damage per caster level to your spell rotation).

At this "DDO Cold Druid solo r10, Raven's bane" at the beginning of "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQoQJeWmFMU", Tulaketh barely reduced a Vengeance Reaper to 50% health with both Ruin and Greater Ruin (he spent 850 spell points for just 2 reapers that could have easily been made helpless with greater color spray and destroyed with tsunami+dragon breath).
At 2:45 of the same video he casts ruin + greater ruin to a Doom Reaper barely removing 5% of his health: as you can see all the dirty work is done by creeping cold + greater creeping cold.

Maxxcore

01-31-2023, 06:49 AM

Michele

01-31-2023, 07:45 AM

Thanks for the response about ruin/greater ruin! I assume that also applies to wellspring, which surprised me that it wasn't there. I noticed a lot of dps nukers have crush weakness, why are epic spell power positive/sonic better than that? I could be missing something, but it seems like +15% is better than +5%? Thanks :)

the 5% from each epic spell focus feat stacks: I took the last epic spell power sonic to give +5% stacking spell critical damage to cold/force/positive spells.

Crush weakness is a good choice, but I prefer to deal more damage to red named mobs with that 5% rather than +15% damage to just regular mobs that are usually killed anyway with the combo bogw/tsunami/dragonbreath.

Wellspring of power is a great choice at level 21 but I prefer the +1 evocation DC because for me it's very important to get an evocation DC as close as possible to 130 (burst of glacial wrath fortitude save needs a lot of love, especially against those orange named triceratops in R10 Wild Thing in isle of dread, and salt ray must be cheap and effective without heighten spell feat and with just quicken and embolden spell feats).

Maxxcore

01-31-2023, 08:43 AM

Michele

01-31-2023, 10:16 AM

Do you consider this the ideal settup for raiding as well? Or just for soloing/grouping r10s? It think(?) that you would want some threat reduction for raids? Also ruin/gruin/wellspring are better for raid dps? Or maybe I just have no clue whats what :)

In raids:
1) one more epic spell power feat is more useful than crush weakness;
2) wellspring of power is better than epic spell focus evocation;
3) you could equip weapon and artifact with dps filigrees instead of DC filigrees;
4) epic quiver of alacrity has 15% spell threat reduction, but it's not an issue if LH lord of blades or LH Vision of destruction boss come after me;
5) I usually spam creeping cold, greater creeping cold, ice flowers and I keep the group alive in raids, in many raids I can't afford to use ruin + greater ruin every 15 seconds due to their high spell points cost.

Maxxcore

01-31-2023, 07:17 PM

Michele

02-01-2023, 01:26 AM

Sorry for the load of question, but I was wondering if you considered Reflection of Wave Qstaff. Just been reading through as many druid builds as I can and that staff is coming up a bit, but the builds are 6-9 months old. Thanks :)

Wave staff is an option for more spell power, but Dino staff has unique bonus like exc DC +2 and cool bonus like 5% exc spell crit chance and vulnerability stacks and some more that I prefer over Wave staff.

Dino staff is also easily obtainable by doing dino sagas for a couple of days.

PadrePio

02-01-2023, 03:03 PM

How did you get 74 destiny points? I thought the max was 73.

Michele

02-01-2023, 04:31 PM

Michele

02-02-2023, 03:22 AM

PadrePio

02-02-2023, 08:31 AM

I'm not able to breakdown destiny points: if you have only 73 with all epic past lives then you probably missed a tome.

Unless there's more than 3, then it's not that..

Michele

02-02-2023, 11:17 AM

How did you get 74 destiny points? I thought the max was 73.

Fate points (57):
3 from Tome of Fate +3;
3 fate points by speaking to Draconic Incarnation NPC (arcane sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Fatesinger NPC (arcane sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Magus of the Eclipse NPC (arcane sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Divine Crusader NPC (divine sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Exalted Angel NPC (divine sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Unyielding Sentinel NPC (divine sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Grandmaster of Flowers NPC (martial sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Legendary Dreadnought NPC (martial sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Shadowdancer NPC (martial sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Fury of the Wild NPC (primal sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Primal Avatar NPC (primal sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Shiradi Champion NPC (primal sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
1 fate point by getting 3x Energy Criticals (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Enchant Weapon (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Arcane Alacrity (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Knowledge (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Eclipse Power (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Power over Life and Death (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Brace (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Block Energy (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Blessings (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Doublestrike (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Skill Mastery (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Fortification (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Tactics (martial sphere) (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Doubleshot (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Fast Healing (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Colors of the Queen (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Power (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Epic Completionist epic past life feats (probably this is the 18th epic past life feat shown in the list and in the screenshot)

Destiny points (74):
19 destiny points from Fate points: 1 destiny point for every 3 fate points;
40 destiny points from Epic levels: 4 destiny points per level;
8 destiny points from Legendary levels: 4 per level;
4 destiny points from Epic completionist: 1 destiny point for every 12 epic past lives (there are 51 epic past lives);
1 destiny point from Tome of Destiny +1 (Feywild)
1 destiny point from Tome of Destiny +1 (Historic)
1 destiny point from Tome of Destiny +1 (Dread)

https://i.imgur.com/0YLUPSP.png

You have to count 18 icons under epic past lives tree in your character window: on each icon (including epic completionist) you should read "acquired 3 times".
Also you need Tome of Fate +3 and the other 3 destiny tomes listed above.

Michele

02-03-2023, 04:44 AM

Welcome to Necropolis!

https://i.imgur.com/yXR2eo8.png

Michele

02-05-2023, 01:05 PM

PadrePio

02-07-2023, 05:34 AM

Fate points (57):
3 from Tome of Fate +3;
3 fate points by speaking to Draconic Incarnation NPC (arcane sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Fatesinger NPC (arcane sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Magus of the Eclipse NPC (arcane sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Divine Crusader NPC (divine sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Exalted Angel NPC (divine sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Unyielding Sentinel NPC (divine sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Grandmaster of Flowers NPC (martial sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Legendary Dreadnought NPC (martial sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Shadowdancer NPC (martial sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Fury of the Wild NPC (primal sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Primal Avatar NPC (primal sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
3 fate points by speaking to Shiradi Champion NPC (primal sphere) in Junction of the Spheres;
1 fate point by getting 3x Energy Criticals (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Enchant Weapon (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Arcane Alacrity (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Knowledge (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Eclipse Power (arcane sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Power over Life and Death (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Brace (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Block Energy (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Blessings (divine sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Doublestrike (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Skill Mastery (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Fortification (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Tactics (martial sphere) (martial sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Doubleshot (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Fast Healing (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Colors of the Queen (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Ancient Power (primal sphere) epic past life feats;
1 fate point by getting 3x Epic Completionist epic past life feats (probably this is the 18th epic past life feat shown in the list and in the screenshot)

Destiny points (74):
19 destiny points from Fate points: 1 destiny point for every 3 fate points;
40 destiny points from Epic levels: 4 destiny points per level;
8 destiny points from Legendary levels: 4 per level;
4 destiny points from Epic completionist: 1 destiny point for every 12 epic past lives (there are 51 epic past lives);
1 destiny point from Tome of Destiny +1 (Feywild)
1 destiny point from Tome of Destiny +1 (Historic)
1 destiny point from Tome of Destiny +1 (Dread)

https://i.imgur.com/0YLUPSP.png

You have to count 18 icons under epic past lives tree in your character window: on each icon (including epic completionist) you should read "acquired 3 times".
Also you need Tome of Fate +3 and the other 3 destiny tomes listed above.

So, it looks like you have one more fate point from feats.
And I'm not sure how or why.
I've got 3x all past lives (doublechecked them) and 4x epic completionist ..

https://i.imgur.com/t6nctap.jpg

Michele

02-10-2023, 12:35 AM

So, it looks like you have one more fate point from feats.
And I'm not sure how or why.
I've got 3x all past lives (doublechecked them) and 4x epic completionist ..

https://i.imgur.com/t6nctap.jpg

post a screenshot of all your 18 icons under epic feats. In your screenshot I read 17

PadrePio

02-11-2023, 10:33 AM

post a screenshot of all your 18 icons under epic feats. In your screenshot I read 17

https://imgur.com/a/fzbbmQJ

Michele

02-11-2023, 10:53 AM

https://imgur.com/a/fzbbmQJ

my same icons: I don't know what to say, sorry :-(

PadrePio

02-11-2023, 03:57 PM

my same icons: I don't know what to say, sorry :-(

yeah, I asked around and apparently it's a known bug .. some people got a destiny point more after the switch from the old destinies. So, lucky you and unlucky me :)

flotterjohnny

02-18-2023, 02:45 AM

Ok, now I will ask...for what all the force spell power?

Im overlooking something obviously I guess.
Thx!

PedXing20

02-18-2023, 09:08 AM

Ice flowers mostly, ruin/gruin too.

flotterjohnny

02-19-2023, 11:35 AM

Thx man! Makes sense

Michele

02-19-2023, 10:57 PM

Ok, now I will ask...for what all the force spell power?

Im overlooking something obviously I guess.
Thx!

for me ice flowers, tsunami, salt ray, word of balance.

WWen077

03-11-2023, 05:29 PM

yeah, I asked around and apparently it's a known bug .. some people got a destiny point more after the switch from the old destinies. So, lucky you and unlucky me :)

I have exactly the same problem, could really use that extra destiny point :)

Could someone on the player council please bring this up with the devs? I suggest the easiest way for them to fix this inequality is to add another epic past life, this will bring max fate point to 57 and 57/3=19 exactly, no 0.666667 bugging some and not others. The people who already have 74 will stay on 74 since 1 extra fate point will not add a destiny point whereas the people on 73 will go up to 74 with the 1 extra fate point.

Wujeck from Orien.

Michele

03-12-2023, 02:42 PM

Ultinoob

03-19-2023, 07:12 AM

Do you use finger of death and ice flowers?
If so what are your dc's on those spells?

Michele

03-19-2023, 05:49 PM

Do you use finger of death and ice flowers?
If so what are your dc's on those spells?

I use ice flowers very often when tsunami and dragon breath are on cooldown.

My finger of death DC is not usable in R10 content.

I mostly use finger of death against trash mobs in raids like Killing Time (especially against those nasty parasites) and Lord of Blades (assassins).

I added to my build the DC breakdown of finger of death and ice flowers.

Michele

03-23-2023, 07:04 AM

Please can you confirm that with shifter race I would get +7 wisdom?

1 Wildhunt shifter passive bonus
4 Wildhunt shifter rage bonus
2 Shifter enhancements

It’s not quite that easy.

5 piece blood piece will give you 100 HP per epic level when you rage. So yes, 1,200 HP from rage of the beast.

Catch is you can’t cast spells while raging and the second you stop raging the HP go away.

Shifter has the ability to cast while raging (and also gets +4 WIS). Tier 2 draconic will also allow you to cast while raging.

So you’ll need to keep that in mind. I think I get 12/13 rages that regen every 90 seconds as a shifter, so effectively limitless.

Draconic/rage of the beast don’t regen and rage of the beast only gives you 2/shrine.

I think there is an augment that’ll give you more rages? Not sure if there are other ways to regen them.

Then I get 1,000 HP from affirmation proc. I use the dryad staff with call lightning which lasts for 90 seconds. Equip staff, cast, swap back to main weapon. Works pretty well.

Seasons herald is my last clicky. It’s an easy wisdom x8 every minute. 864 more HP.

Thing I love about temp HP is it’s not mitigated by reaper. I can only self heal for 364 HP in r10, but if all I ever lose are temp HP, it doesn’t really matter.

Ultinoob

03-23-2023, 07:23 AM

Please can you confirm that with shifter race I would get +7 wisdom?

1 Wildhunt shifter passive bonus
4 Wildhunt shifter rage bonus
2 Shifter enhancements

I can confirm that.

I am actually running a shifter on my alt getting 1200 tmp hp from tage and another 1000 from din weapon and then use shard storm for some extra.
With this setup i am able to solo r4 though i only have 50 reaper points and no real past lives.

I think in reaper it is possible to have about 5000 hp from this setup.

Michele

03-23-2023, 10:40 AM

PedXing20

03-23-2023, 05:40 PM

Please can you confirm that with shifter race I would get +7 wisdom?

1 Wildhunt shifter passive bonus
4 Wildhunt shifter rage bonus
2 Shifter enhancements
Confirmed.

PedXing20

03-23-2023, 05:45 PM

I am actually running a shifter on my alt getting 1200 tmp hp from tage and another 1000 from din weapon and then use shard storm for some extra.
With this setup i am able to solo r4 though i only have 50 reaper points and no real past lives.

I think in reaper it is possible to have about 5000 hp from this setup.
1,200 from blood feast fili proc
1,000 from affirmation
Shard storm 25% of base HP = ~550 ish
Winters Heart = WIS x8 = 864
Totals 3,600ish
Those are all self
Then you can get into bard stuff, primal scream, rage
I have hit over 7,100 HP on my shifter with all planets aligned.

Michele

03-29-2023, 06:01 AM

Michele

04-06-2023, 04:26 AM

Introduced the Cruel Cut augment set in the equipment to compensate the casters dps nerf incoming in the update 59.

Michele

04-12-2023, 04:47 AM

Ultinoob

04-17-2023, 05:19 PM

How did you get your spellpower so high?
I am on a more or less first lifer fire druid and can't seem to get my fire spellpower above 700 outside reaper.

Michele

04-18-2023, 01:31 AM

How did you get your spellpower so high?
I am on a more or less first lifer fire druid and can't seem to get my fire spellpower above 700 outside reaper.

I don't know, it's the value I see.
I published all equipment, enhancements, destiny.

Consider that now my druid is level 21 with 644 cold spellpower and fire warlock equipment.

Leveling equipment at this link:

https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/526946-DeathTitan-Warlock

Michele

04-21-2023, 04:57 PM

How did you get your spellpower so high?
I am on a more or less first lifer fire druid and can't seem to get my fire spellpower above 700 outside reaper.

by putting more points in primal avatar instead of fatesinger I would reach 1172 cold spellpower instead of 1116, I would get shard storm sla + Nature's blessing + Nature's resurgence, but I sacrifice greatest shout sla and 2 poits of wisdom.

https://i.imgur.com/XqO5MMP.png

Michele

04-27-2023, 03:58 AM

Casters dps has been nerfed in update 59: I did some tests and now it's required more effort to kill mobs (about 33% less damage than before the update).

I deleted all my videos and published new R10 ones made after the release of update 59.

Changed the equipment to increase the DC of Illusion, Transmutation and Necromancy spells by introducing Clouded Dreams ring.

Added in the build the DC breakdown of Ice flowers (transmutation), Greater color spray (illusion), Finger of death (necromancy) spells.