Hey folks, relatively new to the game and most especially with builds from the game. Played D&D for decades but not DDO and of course, the builds are a bit different. I have a female Wood Elf Druid 6th level and I am trying to figure out a really good build for her. I don't mind changing a few things here and there, but race stays. I like the idea of a Wood Elven Druidess. So far here is what I've got.
Ygraynne Willowwind
(112,000/160,000)
STR: 15 (10 Base = +3 from Boots, +2 Univ. Tome)
DEX: 16 (10 Base = +3 same Boots as above, Feat - +1 Elven Dex, +2 Univ. Tome, should also have +3 Natural AC from Cloak but for some reason, it's not working)
CON: 19 (14 Base = +3 from Belt, +2 Univ. Tome)
INT: 15 (11 Base = +2 Helmet, +2 Univ.Tome)
WIS: 22 (18 Base = +2 Goggles, +2 Univ. Tome)
CHA: 10 (8 Base = +2 Univ. Tome)
HP: 145
Spell Points: 400/400
AC: 34
FORT: 11
REF: 10
WILL: 14
BAB: +4
Spell Resist: 20%
Fort: 45%
Resists: ACID: 15 COLD: 5 ELECTRIC: 5 FIRE: 5 SONIC: 5 PHYSICAL: 14 MAGICAL: 10
SPELLS
Level 1: Maul, Magic Fang, Entangle, Takedown, Summon Nature's Ally 1
Level 2: Pack Presence, Bear's Endurance, Bull's Strength, Splinterbolt, Summon Nature's Ally 2
Level 3: Protection From Energy, Spiderskin, Baiting Bite, Summon Nature's Ally 3
SKILLS
Concentration: 16
Diplomacy: 5
Heal: 11
Hide: 6
Intimidate: 4
2Listen: 14
Move Silently: 6
Spellcraaft: 12
Spot: 21
Swim: 0
Tumble: 6
UMD: 4
Balaance: 5
Bluff: 2
Disable Device: 5
Haggle: n/a
Jump: 5
Open Lock: n/a
Perform: n/a
Repair: 4
Search: 8
FEATS
BASIC:
Attack
Dismiss Charm
Heroic Durability
Improved Heroic Durability
Sneak
Wilderness Lore
DEFENSIVE FEATS:
Defensive Fighting
DRUID FEATS:
Call Wolf Companion
Revive Wolf Companion
Druidic - Spontaneous Casting
Druidic Oath
Goodberry
Wild Empathy
WILD SHAPE:
Wild Shape - Bear
Wild Shape - Wolf
MARTIAL FEATS:
Sunder
Trip
METAMAGIC:
Extend Spell
PROFICIENCIES:
LIGHT ARMOR PROFICIENCY
MARTIAL WEAPON PROFICIENCY:
Longbow
Long Sword
Rapier
Scimitar
Shortbow
MEDIUM ARMOR PROFICIENCY
SHIELD PROFICIENCY: General
SIMPLE WEAPON PROFICIENCY:
Club
Dagger
Dart
Quarterstaff
Sickle
Unarmed
RACIAL FEATS:
Elven Keen Senses
Enchantment Save Bonus
Immunity to Sleep
RANGED FEATS:
Point Blank Shot
SPELLCASTING FEATS:
Augment Summoning
Magical Training
ENHANCEMENTS
ACTIVE: Child of Nature
PASSIVE: Arcanum
Athletic Hunter
Elven Accuracy
Elven Dexterity
Keen Senses
Natural Adept
Nothing Is Hidden
Snapping Jaws
Wood Elf Weapon Training
Wood Elf Weapon Training
Wood Elf Weapon Training
I honestly had no idea what to take, all I knew is that I wanted a shapechanger and I could really use some help with fixing her up to become viable later on when it comes time to raid. I do however want to keep a sense of the character's background, race, etc. So nothing that doesn't make sense for who and what she is. Thanks if you can help. Please keep in mind all of my toons are 1st generation. There are no legacies or any of that stuff. If I need to rebuild, please help if you can with the best way to go about doing it, as I have not done yet.
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11-11-2021, 11:28 PM #1Community Member
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Wood Elf Druid
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11-11-2021, 11:44 PM #2Build Constructionist
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Your build seems a little...unfocused. If you haven't used it yet, you may want to use your free Heart of Wood to LR into a different build. Two basic kinds of pure druid builds you'll find: casters and melee DPS. For a caster build, see this thread; for a bear druid, see this thread. Wood elf is a good alternative to human for the latter thanks to racial falchion bonuses especially Rugged Upbringing: "While Raging, gain +5% Doublestrike with Longswords, Rapiers, Scimitars, and Falchions."
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11-12-2021, 12:27 AM #3Community Member
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Hey thanks so much for the help and info. I added you if that's cool. You seem very knowledgeable in builds and I will follow your advice. Which do you think is the best route? The Bear/Wolf or the caster build. I really had my heart set on Wolves cuz I love the Winter Wolf but I am flexible. Why do you think the bear is so much better now? Oh yeah, I have not used the Heart of Wood. I wanted to have a concrete build to go on before using it. I definitely like the falchion idea. So far I focused on Longswords. +2 Vorpal Longsword of Crit Slashing 3
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11-12-2021, 07:06 PM #4Build Constructionist
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Bear and wolf builds are very similar, the main difference is how they spend their APs on Enhancements. The wolf focuses on Nature's Warrior while the bear focuses on Nature's Protector. The tl;dr summary is wolf has higher single-target DPS while bear is better for fighting trash mobs.
Originally Posted by Storm_Lord
Wolf pros: +30% attack speed with Winter Wolf form + Swift Hunter (tier-5 Nature's Warrior); sneak attack dice (8d6 on pure druid with NW capstone); higher run speed; temp HPs from Jaws of Ice; wolf-only CC abilities (Takedown, Jaws of Ice and Snowslide).
Bear pros: higher base damage when using 2H weapons OR access to Ursa's Protector bonuses (+HPs/CON/MRR) when S&B; Strikethrough; bear-only CC abilities (Savage Roar, Tremor, Bear Charge); can equip metal armor & shields (Force of Nature); +5/10% attack speed from the last two Nature's Protector core enhancements.
When you shapeshift, your melee damage is based on your equipped weapon, so normally wolf/bear druids will use 2H weapons for max DPS. Falchions are nice for their 18-20/x2 critical threat range. [EDIT: that's partly because a pure druid only gets a +1 crit multiplier bonus from Nature's Warrior and partly because Essence of the Shrike is a proc-on-crit effect: so higher crit chance means more temp spell points.] Elves also have access to racial bonuses to falchions.
Adapting my human bear druid to wood elf wolf is pretty straight-forward.
Code:Woodsy Wolf Druid 20 True Neutral Wood Elf Stats 28pt 32pt Level Up ---- ---- -------- Strength 18 18 4: STR Dexterity 10 10 8: STR Constitution 14 16 12: STR Intelligence 10 10 16: STR Wisdom 10 10 20: STR Charisma 8 8 24: STR 28: STR Skills 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ------------------------------------------------------------ Concent 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 Heal 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 Spellcr 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 Spot 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 ------------------------------------------------------------ 16 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Feats 1 : Martial Weapon: Falchion 3 : Natural Fighting 6 : Quicken Spell 9 : Power Attack 12 : Improved Critical: Slashing 15 : Natural Fighting 18 : Maximize Spell OR Empower Healing Spell 21 Epic : Overwhelming Critical 24 Epic : Natural Fighting 26 Destiny: Perfect Natural Fighting 27 Epic : Epic Damage Reduction 28 Destiny: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting 29 Destiny: Dire Charge OR Deific Warding 30 Epic : 30 Legend : Scion of: Ethereal Plane 2 Druid : Wild Shape 1: Wolf 5 Druid : Wild Shape 1: Bear 8 Druid : Wild Shape 2: Winter Wolf 11 Druid : Wild Shape 2: Dire Bear 13 Druid : Wild Shape 3: Water Elemental 17 Druid : Wild Shape 3: Fire Elemental Spells- Ram's Might (1), Jump (1), Takedown (2), Magic Fang (4), <Any>
- Resist Energy (3), Barkskin (3), Align Fang (4), <Any>, <Any>
- Baiting Bite (5), Sleet Storm (5), <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
- Freedom of Movement (7), Ice Storm (7), <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
- Animal Growth (9), Cold Breath (9), Death Ward (10), Cure Critical Wounds (12), <Any>
- Jaws of Winter (11), Frostbite (11), Greater Creeping Cold (12), <Any>, <Any>
- Regenerate (13), True Seeing (13), <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
- Howl of Terror (15), Heal (15), <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
- Snowslide (17), Mass Regenerate (17), <Any>, <Any>, <Any>
- Natural Adept, Nature's Senses, Nature's Bounty, A True Hunter, Howl of Winter, Beast Form Mastery
- Extra Wild Empathy III, Beastial Nature I
- Flight III, Ghost Wolf, Double Strike Boost III
- Fight III, Prey on the Weak II, Ghost Wolf Pack, Essence of the Shrike II
- Fatal Harrier III, Four Legs Good, Ferocity III
- Alpha Strike III, Swift Hunter, Throat Rip, Jaws of Ice, Go for the Kill
- Nature's Protector, Nature's Defense, Magical Beast
- Rage of the Beast II, Enchanted Defense III, Fey's Blessing III
- Primal Beast II, Grizzled Defense III
- Enduring Beast II, Strength
- Undying Beast, Beast Awakened
- Elven Accuracy I, Strength, Elven Accuracy II, Strength
- Elven Weapon Training I
- Elven Weapon Training II
- Rugged Upbringing
- Child of Summer
- Beguile III
- War0 Natural Adept; War1 Beastial Nature I; War1 Extra Wild Empathy I, II
- War1 Extra Wild Empathy III; War2 Double Strike Boost I, II, III
- War0 Nature's Senses; War2 Flight I; War3 Essence of the Shrike I, II
- War2 Flight II, III; War3 Fight I, II
- War3 Fight III; War2 Ghost Wolf; War3 Ghost Wolf Pack
- War0 Nature's Bounty; War4 Fatal Harrier I, II, III
- War4 Four Legs Good; War4 Ferocity I, II, III
- Pro0 Nature's Protector; Pro1 Fey's Blessing I, II, III
- Pro1 Enchanted Defense I; Pro0 Nature's Defense; Pro1 Enchanted Defense II, III
- SH0 Child of Summer; SH1 Beguile I, II, III
- War3 Prey on the Weak I, II; (Bank 2 AP)
- War0 A True Hunter; War5 Swift Hunter; War5 Jaws of Ice; War5 Go for the Kill
- War5 Alpha Strike I, II, III; War5 Throat Rip
- Pro2 Grizzled Defense I, II, III; Pro0 Magical Beast
- Pro3 Strength; Pro1 Rage of the Beast I, II
- Reset Season's Herald
- Nature's Protector
- (none)
- Primal Beast II
- Enduring Beast II
- Undying Beast, Beast Awakened
- Wood Elf: Elven Accuracy I
- Nature's Protector
- WE1 Elven Weapon Training I; WE0 Strength
- War0 Howl of Winter; WE0 Elven Accuracy II; WE0 Strength
- WE2 Elven Weapon Training II; WE3 Rugged Upbringing; SH0 Child of Summer
- War0 Beast Form Mastery; SH1 Beguile I, II, III
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11-13-2021, 08:23 PM #5Community Member
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I just want to take the time to thank you VERY much for your patient help and explanations. It is very much appreciated on this end. You really do know your stuff. That's for sure. Oh yeah.....and I will most definitely be taking your suggestion on the build and putting it to use. Thanks again!! Originally Posted by unbongwah
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