Items for a bear druid?

[Dayoh]

I have a bear druid which is at lvl 60,i was just wondering what would be some really good equipment for him, im focusing in lycon, bear form, heart of wolverine, carrion vine and summon grizzly are the skills im using, is that helps.

[AresOfOlympus]

What type of attack are you planning on using and what do you plan on doing with him?

[Dayoh]

I dont think ill be PvPing, mainly as a tank with the grizzly to be as a distraction in case my druid is having a hard time.

[AresOfOlympus]

K next question you going to be able to get elite gear or just a decent set up?

[AresOfOlympus]

Hmm for tanking as a priority but still do great damage with no limitations on gear I would go Cerebus Bite, a +3 shift skill ammy or as high a maras as you can get, grief phase blade and storm shield, Chains of honor armor, Verdungos belt, a 5% bul Kathos ring, SOJ, Draculs grasp gloves, and either gore riders or sandtreks. Anni (of course), Torch and some GC's mixed if you are going with bear summon.

A more reasonable build would be Jalals, Seraphs hymn ammy or anything comparable with +2 skills, shaftstop armor (upped preferrably), Storm shield, Verdungos belt (strings of ears makes a decent substitute), rings that add res and leach, and any decent weapon you can find. An alternative is a polearm in place of shield like some do with Doom runeword in a good polearm. This build would tank tremendous damage and still deal out good damage as well and could do pvm and pvp both fairly well.

[Giantfish]

Here's an idea that's only if you really want a totally different, non-serious build and have the kind of wealth to pull it off.

Get as many items with as many sockets as you possibly can. Don't bother with pumping lycanthropy anymore. Socket all of your items with those unique jewels that have cast on death mods.

So, what am I getting at here? Why, a suicide druid! See, when a druid loses all of his life while in bear or wolf form, he doesn't die. He just turns back into his human self and has 1 life left. However, this still triggers the cast on death mods. So hopefully, all those super high level skills going off will kill all the monsters around you while leaving you barely alive. Now, if your carrion vine has been doing its job, you should have gained some of that health back from all the corpses so you can feel free to change back into a bear and repeat the process all over.

Oh, and if you go with AresofOlympus's suggested equipment, an alternative to storm shield is a Phoenix runeworded shield. It's not as great defensively, but the damage bonus it gives is great.

[Dayoh]

Thx for the help guys.

[KidSephy]

Rofl Giantfish- does that really work? xD



-KS