The Thornwarden

Creepy/Abandoned/Weird for weapon. Creepy or Abandoned for shield.

Nimmenjuushin

Nimmenjuushin
War Axe (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: (98 - 110) to (221 - 284)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 464
Item Level: 105
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
8% Chance to cast level 10 Claw Tornado on Striking
+(4 to 5) to Druid Skill Levels
+12% Bonus Damage to Mark of the Wild
(151 to 175)% Duration Bonus to Mark of the Wild
30% Attack Speed
50% Hit Recovery
+(101 to 150) to Maximum Damage
(8 to 15)% Life stolen per Hit
+(115 to 140)% Enhanced Damage
(21 to 30)% to Strength
Requirements -20%
Socketed (6)

is the best 1h wep in the current patch if you can find one.

Oh okey thank you, and what about shield bother with crafting or there is unique bis?

Which merc would be the best choice for Thornwarden?

wlochaty22 wrote:Oh okey thank you, and what about shield bother with crafting or there is unique bis?

Sorry I didn't see this before.

The Flying Saucer

The Flying Saucer
Small Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (3627 - 3957) to (3907 - 4262)
Chance to Block: 1% + Class%
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 500
Required Dexterity: 499
Item Level: 120
1% Chance to cast level 60 Cryo Beam on Striking
1% Base Block Chance
30% Movement Speed
-25% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-25% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(120 to 140)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (4)

is bis currently. Otherwise a crafted shield with high defense/dr%/skills is okay.

nobrainnopain wrote:Which merc would be the best choice for Thornwarden?

I've only used a5 merc in mid/late game. They can be geared cheaply for crowd control through procs/reanimates. With more expensive gear they can provide nice buffs. While they are very tanky, barrels in Duncraig or multiple arrowsides in Tran Athulua will kill them. A3 would be useful for phys immunes provided you can keep them alive.

Hows thornwarden feel after the changes to thornstrike and uniques? Has anyone managed to do all ubers with it?

Can someone explain why you need attack rating with thornstike? Is the % chance to hit listed on the character sheet for thorn strike mean the % chance for each thorn to actually hit the enemy?

Just from the animation and the fact that thornstrike doesn't proc "on attack" type items, I thought it was acting more like a spell and all of the thorns that are on the ground are hitting the enemies.

Do you guys have 1 point in it or max it for the bit of extra damage?

Hi All,

Can someone confirm that TreeWarden doesn't block at all even if you raised your dex and have 75% block on paper?
I opened the speed calculator and block rate is greyed out so I assume he doesn't block.

Thanks

Liquidmetal777 wrote:Hi All,

Can someone confirm that TreeWarden doesn't block at all even if you raised your dex and have 75% block on paper?
I opened the speed calculator and block rate is greyed out so I assume he doesn't block.

Thanks

Anyone?

Liquidmetal777 wrote:
Liquidmetal777 wrote:Hi All,

Can someone confirm that TreeWarden doesn't block at all even if you raised your dex and have 75% block on paper?
I opened the speed calculator and block rate is greyed out so I assume he doesn't block.

Thanks

Anyone?

yes , you block , but the morph has no shield , so it has no block animation -> it can not make use of faster block rate (reason why you can't see it in the calculator). it uses faster hit recovery to block faster .

Jmadman311 wrote:Can someone explain why you need attack rating with thornstike? Is the % chance to hit listed on the character sheet for thorn strike mean the % chance for each thorn to actually hit the enemy?

Just from the animation and the fact that thornstrike doesn't proc "on attack" type items, I thought it was acting more like a spell and all of the thorns that are on the ground are hitting the enemies.

Do you guys have 1 point in it or max it for the bit of extra damage?

weapon damage attacks need attack rating to succesfuly hit . it's not a spell , it's an attack , so it needs attack rating .

you may keep Thorn strike as 1-pointer to avoid higher mana costs . the damage bonus per hard point is insignificant

Does bonus dmg from thornstrike adds to weapon dmg and multiplies by EWD% ?