Need some help building a druid

[n1x0r-]

So came back after a year off and my character is a level 1 druid! I seek a little advice since I forgot the build I wanted to make. This build will just be for heroic reincarnation, I don't intend to play wolf at the epic level.

Current statistics are:
Race human, lvl 1, druid
Stats: 17 str, 15 dex, 16 con, 8 int, 13 wis, 8 cha (All books are at least +3, dex and cha should be +4. It's a 4th life character, 2x sorc, 1x wiz).
Skills: Balance, concentration, Spot, UMD and 1 point in tumble.
Current feats: Power attack, cleave.

The stats seem well rounded for a wolf druid. The WIS makes me think I intended to split monk levels. My intended build was likely 9 druid/2 monk/8-9 fighter in order to gain spare feats for natural fighting. I did not make greensteel weapons before I reincarnated :/

However, now I have read that SWF stacks with TWF, which could be interesting to try. The problem is, I need to take out either monk or fighter in order to gain 2 ranger levels. If I take out monk, then I will lose evasion - which might be good for leveling 1-20. If I take out fighter, then I feel like I lack feats at the higher levels.

The current build I made looks like this:
Level 1 (Druid 1), Feat: (Human Bonus) Power Attack, Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Level 2 (Druid 2); Feat: (Druid Bonus) Wolf Form
Level 3 (Druid 3), Feat: (Selected) Least Dragonmark of Passage
Level 4 (Monk 1) Ability Raise: Str, Feat: (Monk Bonus) SWF
Level 5 (Druid 4)
Level 6 (Monk 2), Feat: (Selected) Great Cleave, Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist
Level 7 (Druid 5)
Level 8 (Druid 6), Ability Raise: Str
Level 9 (Druid 7) , Feat: (Selected) ISWF
Level 10 (Druid 8) , Feat: (Druid Bonus) Winter Wolf
Level 11 (Ranger 1)
Level 12 (Ranger 2), Feat: Ranger, Two weapon fighting., Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons
Level 13: (Ranger 3)
Level 14: (Ranger 4)
Level 15: (Ranger 5), Feat: (selected) GSWF (I should be able to take this due to ranger being full BAB)
Level 16: (Ranger 6): Feat: Ranger, ITWF
Level 17: (Druid 9) - For 5th level spells
Level 18: (Monk 3): Feat: (selected): GTWF
Level 19: (Monk 4): (for extra die)
I was thinking about taking 2 ranger levels by 6 in order to get TWF earlier (second level ranger after SWF). However, I will still get ITWF very late with a 9/6/4 split. I could do a 9/2ranger/9monk split instead and take ITWF at level 12. However, then I would miss out on IC: Bludgeon. In either case, I can't seem to get room for natural fighting.

If I avoided the monk levels and did a 9druid/9ranger/2fighter split, then I could still get evasion and druid form, but either evasion or winter wolf would come very late. In that case a 9 druid, 2 ranger, 8 fighter split would be optimized better for damage, but then I would lose evasion entirely and the benefit of my 13 wisdom.

So I wanted to ask, does anyone have a good build for 1-20 heroic with for a druid? Is a ranger split for a build intended to do heroic reincarnation worth it?
Is stunning blow worth it? What weapons should I use for SWF/TWF, can I remain centered with kama/shortsword+orb?

[Lonnbeimnech]

The twf swf thing is awesome dps. Problem is you will be around level 18 before you get all the feats, 24 if you also plan on getting natural fighting 3x with the help of a fighter splash.

I wouldn't bother with it for a heroic only life, stick with the monk twf handwrap stunning fist thing, it is plenty of dps for heroic content. 9 monk 9 druid 2 fighter.

[burlicconi]

Note that if you take 9 lvls monk or ranger of figher and 9 lvls of druid, you won't get druid past life, so be carefull if you need this PL!

For lvling up, I suggest you to try caster druid, it was a piece of cake for heroic lvls when I was playing it. Now, I stuggle with wolf form...

[n1x0r-]

Okey, guess I'll drop SWF. Will go with something like this then:

Level 1 (Druid 1), Feat: (Human Bonus) Power Attack, Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Level 2 (Druid 2); Feat: (Druid Bonus) Wolf Form
Level 3 (Monk 1), Feat: (Selected) Least Dragonmark of Passage, TWF
Level 4 (Monk 2) Ability Raise: Str, Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning fist
Level 5 (Druid 3)
Level 6 (Druid 4), Feat: (Selected) Great Cleave
Level 7 (Druid 5)
Level 8 (Druid 6), Ability Raise: Str
Level 9 (Druid 7) , Feat: (Selected) ITWF
Level 10 (Druid 8) , Feat: (Druid Bonus) Winter Wolf
Level 11 (Druid 9)
Level 12 (Fighter 1): Natural fighting, IC:Bludgeon (8 bab)
Level 13: (monk 3)
Level 14: (monk 4)
Level 15: (Fighter 2): GTWF, Natural fighting (11 bab)
Level 16: (Monk 5)
Level 17: (Monk 6)
Level 18: (Monk 7), Natural fighting
Level 19-20 (monk 8-9)
- Thanks for the heads up. I'll just take past life as monk, so I can try a caster druid another time

This will net me natural fighting, IC at 12 and GTWF at 15. I just miss out on the SWF.
The upside is that I found out that SWF only works if I use a single weapon in one hand and nothing in the other, or a shield. (No shield if I want to be centered).
Therefore, no handwarps and no stunning fist with SWF. So it becomes stunning fist vs SWF.
- Thanks for the heads up of stunning fist and stunning blow, didn't know they were 2 different things
My main weapon will be hand wraps, I guess. Which is fine since I do not have Greensteel anyways.