Bow Druid - WIP

[Pub]

Oh boy, I remember somebody telling me to try bow druid. Laughing ghost with TU Viper bow has to be the funnest leveling experience ever.

Does it work well?

It takes a bit of time to grind the shards for gear to play untwinked but once you assemble the pieces and spam strength, you just erase everything. The single target is still lacking though but once you hit a pack of stuff at once, holy shit @ the proc chain.

[redicomerade]

Tested like 90% of bows and druid bows in this game for hours in dcow while leveling to 121, and in my experience the best (dont have mr painless though) is suprisingly SSU composite bow Gjallarhorn. Boy its a beast, the stormblat proc do the job and it have nice range like almost a screen. Outclasses azgars mark easily. Best in clearspeed and safety beacause something comes for you survived the proc chains?- stormblast to the face.

[iamq1803]

Yup, many decent choices out there As for my previous build

Mr. Painless

Mr. Painless
Recurve Bow (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: (222 - 244) to (369 - 393)
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 725
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.19 per Dexterity)%
9% Chance to cast level 50 Punisher Bolt on Striking
+4 to Druid Skill Levels
40% Attack Speed
Adds 25-150 Damage
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Damage
-(25 to 30)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Slow Target (21 to 25)%
+100 to Dexterity
Physical Resist 10%
Socketed (6)

was still the best
Btw, any good suggestion for strong single target?

[Loremaster]

Hey! I am definitely still working on this guide. I just got done moving and am still unpacking boxes and etc. I will be finishing this guide, and it will be top notch.

P.S. Why do you think the guy with 27 posts cares about a forum badge?

[Crowned]

Great guide so far, that's why I chose to play along with this. Hope MO's are coming soon!
Bow druid was one of my first Median Builds, so I am looking forward of getting further than Black Road this time.

Some additions:
1. 1 pt into Poison Flash increases your speed by a ton. Underground Passage is a pain in the ass untwinked.
2. Single target dps is lacking (using Salamander) - Nova shot used to be my goto, but now I have to rely on wolf reanimates and my ranger merc. Same Problem werewolves have atm. Trying to keep my AR up top with MO's and Amethysts.
3. I have 5k defense with my Jitan's Kamon (5) filled with Ith runes and it will probably stay that way until I get my class charm. Is there something I can do besides TCD ED MO's without sacrificing too much damage?

[romanN1]

@Loremaster you can modify the last mentioned user (Betianu Alin) to romanN1. It's actually me xD. Btw if you need further suggestions on the guide feel free to pm me .

[adamo68]

I am guessing we wont be getting any updates on this? I am playing a bow druid for the first time, and am looking for help.

[DreamTeam]

adam, how's it going so far? What level is your new bow druid?
I started a rat druid last night. It's challenging and fun at the same time.
About to hit level 45 as I save Anya in act 5. I've been soloing the entire time.

I'm thinking of dipping my toes into any random public game to check it out.
But I am nervous playing with others as I'm a major newbie learning the game.

The level 1 challenge is causing me a lot of stress. I don't know if I can do it.

[iamq1803]

Just ask questions and other people will help you out.
p/s: Bow Druid is always my favourite farming char.

[adamo68]

@dreamteam; it is going alright. up to level 50 and its been mostly fun.

@iamq1803; the last character I made a serious attempt on was my xbow necro. I am curious what gear I should be looking for (sacreds, sets, higher level runewords) in order to be able to comfortably do destro. (maybe you could list the gear you last bowdruid used?)
--- What should my target AR, Def, Str, etc be?
--- As for the talent trees, I maxed Life Shield, Symbiosis, Faerie Fire, Cascade, and Spore Shot... while getting my Effin to 1000%.
--- Any and all suggestions are super appreciated.