worth having both reaving roar and fatal harrier?

[kendo]

I am working on a pure Druid build, focusing mainly on wolf form. currently lvl 9 and have fatal harrier, of course.

however, I am finding that the bear form comes in handy, especially in quests with skellies. switching to bear form to get bludgeon damage in Deleras made those quests so much easier.

but having reaving roar going would have just decimated groups of skellies. so as the title asks - is it worth spending enhancements, at least at lower levels, to get both roar and harrier and switch between them depending on the situation?

at higher levels, would probably reset enhancements to get rid of roar as the spell casters would have taken over for main AOE damage and buffing up your druid spells, especially cold, would probably be a better use for your enhancement points than roar.

especially as it doesn't appear that roar scales up. 13d6 AOE damage at lvl 9 is very nice. at level 20, not so much, though "free" damage is always nice

would appreciate any feedback, advice from your experiences and thoughts in this area.

[hermespan]

Can't hurt anything ;-)

That being said... If you end up reincarnating, and are around for mabar, build yourself a set of wraps of light @ ml 4/8/12/16/20 they're a great equalizer for dr bludgeon against undead in wolf form. As well if you plan on reincarnations to maximize wolf form damage, they are -awesome- for your monk lives :-p I'm doing 3x monk and 3 Druid lives myself. I may do some others too, but that's the short term plan. They are wicked good for stuff like farming wiz king.

Druid can use hand wraps with no penalty, you just lose shield stuff when using them obviously. Against undead they're worth it tho.

Happy trails!

[kendo]

Can't hurt anything ;-)

That being said... If you end up reincarnating, and are around for mabar, build yourself a set of wraps of light @ ml 4/8/12/16/20 they're a great equalizer for dr bludgeon against undead in wolf form. As well if you plan on reincarnations to maximize wolf form damage, they are -awesome- for your monk lives :-p I'm doing 3x monk and 3 Druid lives myself. I may do some others too, but that's the short term plan. They are wicked good for stuff like farming wiz king.

Druid can use hand wraps with no penalty, you just lose shield stuff when using them obviously. Against undead they're worth it tho.

Happy trails!

this is 2nd life character, first life was a monk, so definitely have some good wraps in storage. hadn't considered switching out of shield to go with wraps but that's a good idea. thank you

[smeggy1384]

Can't hurt anything ;-)

That being said... If you end up reincarnating, and are around for mabar, build yourself a set of wraps of light @ ml 4/8/12/16/20 they're a great equalizer for dr bludgeon against undead in wolf form. As well if you plan on reincarnations to maximize wolf form damage, they are -awesome- for your monk lives :-p I'm doing 3x monk and 3 Druid lives myself. I may do some others too, but that's the short term plan. They are wicked good for stuff like farming wiz king.

Druid can use hand wraps with no penalty, you just lose shield stuff when using them obviously. Against undead they're worth it tho.

Happy trails!

First i have heard of wraps turning wolf form attacks to blunt damage type. I know other blunt weapons do not do this, so is it something unique to those wraps you mentioned?

As for reaving roar vs fatal harrier, i always take reaving roar instead. What use is attacking faster if everything is dead from 1 or 2 blasts of that? Up until lvl 19ish, unless you are in a full group on elite, 1 or 2 blasts will be enough to kill most groups of mobs. Sadly the biggest problem is getting the killing blow, always someone finishing things off with glancing blows around my druid.

[kendo]

First i have heard of wraps turning wolf form attacks to blunt damage type. I know other blunt weapons do not do this, so is it something unique to those wraps you mentioned?

As for reaving roar vs fatal harrier, i always take reaving roar instead. What use is attacking faster if everything is dead from 1 or 2 blasts of that? Up until lvl 19ish, unless you are in a full group on elite, 1 or 2 blasts will be enough to kill most groups of mobs. Sadly the biggest problem is getting the killing blow, always someone finishing things off with glancing blows around my druid.

they shouldn't turn wolf attacks into bludgeon damage but they should do enough extra light damage + undead bane that they will usually overcome low level DR and, if needed, you could combine with align fang to break alignment DR as well.

I appreciate your comments on reaving. in small groups or solo, the biggest issue is dealing with large groups of mobs and wearing them down one or two at a time. roar would be a huge benefit there.

[Isildur1212]

Can't hurt anything ;-)

That being said... If you end up reincarnating, and are around for mabar, build yourself a set of wraps of light @ ml 4/8/12/16/20 they're a great equalizer for dr bludgeon against undead in wolf form. As well if you plan on reincarnations to maximize wolf form damage, they are -awesome- for your monk lives :-p I'm doing 3x monk and 3 Druid lives myself. I may do some others too, but that's the short term plan. They are wicked good for stuff like farming wiz king.

Druid can use hand wraps with no penalty, you just lose shield stuff when using them obviously. Against undead they're worth it tho.

Happy trails!

Here's another interesting thought...

Sun Flasks!

Yes you know those things people always throw at each other for fun? These things are actually freaky OP when combined with animal form. Used these the other day to farm Wiz King, was hitting nearly 70 light damage per hit, that's more than any fancy schmancy expensive disruptor or undead bane weapon .

One handed so you can wield with shield... not to mention that they are dirt cheap on the AH.
Just a thought