Harbinger Wolf Druid Full Guide [1.3]

fkfhnis wrote:Would you put
Toesie Warmer

Geleb's Greed
Geleb's Greed
Light Gauntlets (Sacred)
Defense: 1608 to 1830
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 115
1% Chance to cast level 37 Fire Fountain on Death Blow
+1 to All Skills
-15% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(23 to 31) to Pyroblast
+200% Enhanced Defense
+5 Fire Absorb
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (4)

Curse of the Zakarum
(Zakarum Set)

Dryadbark
as some options for fire druid? I didn't know these existed since they weren't on your list lol. They aren't bad until you have something better. Also the poison druid too

only honorable mention of those items i would give to geleb's greed since it has significant amount of good stats. others aint so good that i would rly use them myself.

I was watching bojacs stream today and he was talking a lot about wolf and fautz. He said that

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%

is the BEST amulet to farm fautz with. Would you agree?

fkfhnis wrote:I was watching bojacs stream today and he was talking a lot about wolf and fautz. He said that
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%
is the BEST amulet to farm fautz with. Would you agree?

No. The bonus damage to necrobots only works on direct Melee hits. The only thing you gain from that amulet is some resist, skills, and flat lightning damage. Hive is pretty useless since you move so quick, it won't activate near you to notice it often enough. The flat lightning damage is only nice if you have enough pierce to make it worth using. Botsk and botsq are two of the best. QT Talisman if you need more pierce.

L H wrote:
fkfhnis wrote:I was watching bojacs stream today and he was talking a lot about wolf and fautz. He said that
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%
is the BEST amulet to farm fautz with. Would you agree?

No. The bonus damage to necrobots only works on direct Melee hits. The only thing you gain from that amulet is some resist, skills, and flat lightning damage. Hive is pretty useless since you move so quick, it won't activate near you to notice it often enough. The flat lightning damage is only nice if you have enough pierce to make it worth using. Botsk and botsq are two of the best. QT Talisman if you need more pierce.

Beads of the Snake King

Beads of the Snake Queen

Beads of the Snake Queen
Amulet
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
4% Chance to cast level 33 Scorpion Blade on Kill
Adds 5-10 Damage
Stun Attack
+(200 to 500) Defense
(20 to 25)% to Strength
(20 to 25)% to Dexterity
+100 Life after each Kill

?? What does the first one even do?

L H wrote:
fkfhnis wrote:I was watching bojacs stream today and he was talking a lot about wolf and fautz. He said that
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%
is the BEST amulet to farm fautz with. Would you agree?

No. The bonus damage to necrobots only works on direct Melee hits. The only thing you gain from that amulet is some resist, skills, and flat lightning damage. Hive is pretty useless since you move so quick, it won't activate near you to notice it often enough. The flat lightning damage is only nice if you have enough pierce to make it worth using. Botsk and botsq are two of the best. QT Talisman if you need more pierce.

very much this.

Beads of the snake queen gives you venom spirit on striking and vitality + dex boost. good option
Beads of the snake King gives you Huge defense bonus and blast wave on kill. this is what i would use if i had this.

Quov tzin talisman -25 all res. even better if you have much elemental damage like path of flames or rainbow damage from ahriman + bad mood rings.

Any idea what cold items like gloves boots belt and chest would be best if going cold? Is

Stareye's Claws

Stareye's Claws
Gauntlets (Sacred)
Defense: 1674 to 1959
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 120
Adds 100-150 Cold Damage
+25% to Cold Spell Damage
-15% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+200% Enhanced Defense
+50 to Dexterity
15% to Dexterity
Maximum Cold Resist +2%
+5 Cold Absorb
Socketed (4)

Henchmen Trophies
(Legendary Set)

Looks decent not sure how rare these are. Crafted are probably better since gloves can get multiple prefixes/sufixes of cold spell damage and pierce. I still think

Epicenter (Xis)

would be best more survivability = more time to kill things less time worrying about dying and the cb is good too.

Dementia

Dementia
Belt (Sacred)
Defense: (3111 - 3348) to (3272 - 3524)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 690
Item Level: 120
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(15 to 25) to Fowl Fight
Slow Target 5%
+(120 to 140)% Enhanced Defense
+500 Defense
Maximum Life +2%
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Physical Resist 5%
Requirements +20%
Socketed (2)

is the only belt I can think of that is ok survivability wise and damage wise that benefits cold.

Really not sure what the chest piece would be since I can't make auhe rw.

Just really looking for some suggestions and your thoughts/opinions.

fkfhnis wrote:Any idea what cold items like gloves boots belt and chest would be best if going cold? Is
Stareye's Claws
Stareye's Claws
Gauntlets (Sacred)
Defense: 1674 to 1959
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 120
Adds 100-150 Cold Damage
+25% to Cold Spell Damage
-15% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+200% Enhanced Defense
+50 to Dexterity
15% to Dexterity
Maximum Cold Resist +2%
+5 Cold Absorb
Socketed (4)

Henchmen Trophies
(Legendary Set)
Looks decent not sure how rare these are. Crafted are probably better since gloves can get multiple prefixes/sufixes of cold spell damage and pierce. I still think
Epicenter (Xis)
would be best more survivability = more time to kill things less time worrying about dying and the cb is good too.
Dementia
Dementia
Belt (Sacred)
Defense: (3111 - 3348) to (3272 - 3524)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 690
Item Level: 120
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(15 to 25) to Fowl Fight
Slow Target 5%
+(120 to 140)% Enhanced Defense
+500 Defense
Maximum Life +2%
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Physical Resist 5%
Requirements +20%
Socketed (2)
is the only belt I can think of that is ok survivability wise and damage wise that benefits cold.

Really not sure what the chest piece would be since I can't make auhe rw.

Just really looking for some suggestions and your thoughts/opinions.

You are in right track on those gloves and belts. those gloves are kinda rare tho.

Below is just some options that i found fast when i was looking. probably best option would be lumen, natascha or sahuagin skin if you need pierce tho.

Chest piece options:

Lumen Arcana (Xis)

Natasha's Legacy (Xis)

Erawan

Erawan
Body Armors
'LemKoCham'
Runeword Level: 83
15% Combat Speeds
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
(27 to 30)% to Vitality
Physical Resist (13 to 15)%
(15 to 20)% Bonus to Defense

Linga Sharira

Sahuagin Skin

Cold spell dmg and pierce. all skills.

Icetomb

Icetomb
Field Plate (Sacred)
Defense: (5937 - 7017) to (7053 - 8335)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 105
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+50 Spell Focus
+(20 to 30)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(20 to 25)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 40) to all Attributes
(11 to 15)% to Strength
Maximum Fire Resist -1%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (6)

boots:

Steppe Sleeper

Steppe Sleeper
Boots (Sacred)
Defense: (1302 - 1627) to (1342 - 1677)
Required Level: 80
Item Level: 1
+1 to Barbarian Skill Levels
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(100 to 150)% Enhanced Defense
30% to Strength
Requirements -100%
Socketed (4)

Tundra Walker
(Barbarian Windcarver Set)

dat 40% str bonus witouth runes woot

Problem with cold items is there are no good cold items with mana strike or mana after each kill. Pretty sure cold has to rely on ON crafted runes making sure all the MAEK are max rolls. I don't think that is enough honestly. I can't find anything that helps cold mana issues.

fkfhnis wrote:Problem with cold items is there are no good cold items with mana strike or mana after each kill. Pretty sure cold has to rely on ON crafted runes making sure all the MAEK are max rolls. I don't think that is enough honestly. I can't find anything that helps cold mana issues.

That is probably the only way if you wanna make extreme cold build but honestly do you wanna sacrifice all mana regen just for gold damage. If i were you i would probably use hel rune belt or pollice verso with some ON rune jwl crafts. Rest can ve cold items since mana issues are solved

Tkorpi wrote:
fkfhnis wrote:Problem with cold items is there are no good cold items with mana strike or mana after each kill. Pretty sure cold has to rely on ON crafted runes making sure all the MAEK are max rolls. I don't think that is enough honestly. I can't find anything that helps cold mana issues.

That is probably the only way if you wanna make extreme cold build but honestly do you wanna sacrifice all mana regen just for gold damage. If i were you i would probably use hel rune belt or pollice verso with some ON rune jwl crafts. Rest can ve cold items since mana issues are solved

Which procs actually hit hard? Do you think we can go half cold half lightning and keep wyands since it has + lightning damage on it and my mana issues should be gone with just this 1 item... Right? I wonder how this would work.

Pierce
Coldhunger 29 - 35 cold pierce
Flying saucer 22 - 28 cold and lightning pierce
Black Dwarf 15 - 21 cold and lightning pierce
Dementia 7 - 18 cold and lightning pierce
Stareye's Claws 15 cold pierce
Bad mood rings 8 - 11 cold and lightning pierce X2

That's 104 minimum cold pierce and 60 minimum lighting pierce
That's 139 maximum cold pierce and 89 maximum lightning pierce
This doesn't include charms like Elemental prism which would be another +5 pierce and Six Angel Bag is another +5 pierce. I'm not sure if there are more charms with pierce as I don't have many charms. Or trophy bonuses.

Spell Damage
Black Dwarf 16 - 20 cold and lightning spell damage
Wyand's Fervor 11 - 13 lightning spell damage
Stareye's Claws 25 cold spell damage
Mark of the wild ???
Sharks bloodlust ???

That's 41 minimum cold spell damage and 27 minimum lightning spell damage
That's 45 maximum cold spell damage and 33 maximum lightning spell damage
This doesn't include charms like Scroll of Kings with is another +10%. There are some with energy factor to spell damage too but i'm not sure if they even add much. Not sure if there are more charms with spell damage as I don't have many charms. Or trophy bonuses.

Would love a response as cold druid is love even if I have to settle for a hybrid

If you feel like you can improve this any way please do so. I kept out boots due to wanting epicenter xis since a lot of these items have low defense so use greaves and I wanted it for the life bonus to help.

EDIT: Also instead of bad mood rings we can use +supernova or another proc, +sk, +pierce + spell damage which is probably better anyways.