WereBear Grillz- New Player Friendly Build

[Bliyadolubov]

Werebear build sucks.
Harvesters make gameplay clunky. They get in the way and prevent proper attack lanes, meanwhile you keep getting hit.
Life Regen was surprisingly lackluster. High damage, but so many drawbacks make it unenjoyable.

AVOID THIS BUILD new players.

if it not the yesiest one build, then i dont know what new players should play

[Diaco]

Werebear build sucks.
Harvesters make gameplay clunky. They get in the way and prevent proper attack lanes, meanwhile you keep getting hit.
Life Regen was surprisingly lackluster. High damage, but so many drawbacks make it unenjoyable.

AVOID THIS BUILD new players.

Harvesters are not necessary for werebear. Only benefit you get from them is the movement speed. Regarding Life regen, werebear has no source of It besides symbiosis. If you are referring to the Life steal, you must be lacking a lot of dmg if It doesn't put you at full health after two swings.

Werebear is actually more newbie friendly than ever now that Lifeshield was replaced with Barkskin

[lampogriz]

werebear suck. All melee chars suck in this patch.
caster druid is much more newbie player friendly btw

[Victor]

werebear suck. All melee chars suck in this patch.
caster druid is much more newbie player friendly btw

That’s lazy to be honest. Not all builds are equal, you gotta learn how to play to your build’s strengths and minimize its weaknesses.

Like IRL.

[Jampula]

Werebear build sucks.
Harvesters make gameplay clunky. They get in the way and prevent proper attack lanes, meanwhile you keep getting hit.
Life Regen was surprisingly lackluster. High damage, but so many drawbacks make it unenjoyable.

AVOID THIS BUILD new players.

if it not the yesiest one build, then i dont know what new players should play

They should play a char they like, isn't that why people play games, every build can get to at least mid-game. Werebear can go far without much effort.

[Kirito]

Completely outdated skill you say in this guide does not even exist anymore lmao you might 2ant to update it or delete it its useless

[Jampula]

Completely outdated skill you say in this guide does not even exist anymore lmao you might 2ant to update it or delete it its useless

What skill?

[Victor]

Completely outdated skill you say in this guide does not even exist anymore lmao you might 2ant to update it or delete it its useless

What skill?

He probably meant these changes:
Lifeshield -> Barkskin
Circle of Life -> Hunger

Still, the guide is mostly up to date as of 1.8 but lacks end-game content. An update in 2.0 will be great.

[nejikisame]

Guys i dont want to be rude but this guide is pretty bad... This endgame build doesnt work very well. Im not very good at this game but i did everything except Samael and Deimos on werebear and here is my built. Keep in mind its not the strongest possible build ofc but it worked very well for me until now. Im new on this forum so i will just tell you the names of items i use:
For farming:
Weapon: Nimmenjuushin
Helmet: Coldhunger
Armor: Wolverine Skin
Amulet: Beads of the Snake Queen
Shield: Lifeforge
Rings: Emphyrean Glory and Assurs Bane
Boots: Wind Runner
Belt: Lilith's Temptation
Gloves: Mercy ( rune XIS ofc)
Secondary weapon: Shamanka ofc
And with build i can farm whole Duncraig or Fauztinvile without any potions or even using Idol of scooglen, Its very tanky with solid dmg. You can clear whole map playing with one hand.

And build for uberbosses.
FULL WEREBEAR SET.
Armor: Candlewake
Boots: Wind runner
Amulet: Beads of the Snake Queen
Rings: Emphyrean Glory and Assurs Bane/Ripstar
Secondary weapon: Ofc Shamanka
And yes, set is very strong, it gives more dmg than gotterdammerung or any other weapon, it also gives 15% avoid dmg so with farie fire and symbiosis i have 52% avoid damage and over 20k hp and 300k def. I do Xazax in about 1 minute, same with Banisher of light. You can also pretty ez farm runestones on Spirit of Giyua, its not the fastest but very safe.

And here are my point is skills:
Werebear morph: MAX
Barksin: MAX
Symbiosis: MAX
Harvesters: 20 points to reach 20sec hp regen on symbiosis
Elvensong: 26 points to reach 20% avoid dmg on symbiosis
Faire fire: I have it on 7 points but you should put enough points to reach 20% avoid dmg.
Rest of points put into Idols of Scosglen or Hunger, it doesnt really matter to me. But i think its worth to put enough points into hunger to reach hit recovery frame point. And rest in IoS to have this extra def if needed.
And skill tree is pretty much the same for farming and bosses. Its only few differences for instance on Brother Laz you dont want Faerie fire bcs it destroys his totems so you can put point into survival instinct, its not good either but atleast it wont make it harder for you to beat Brother Laz.

So that would be it. And again i probably made some mistkaes in this build so im not saying its perfect, all im saying is that it works very well for me, much better than items suggested in this guide.

[Victor]

And this was my setup for end-game, basically a max-str wdm build:

Weapon: Almighty

Gotterdammerung

Gotterdammerung
Great Axe (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 496 to 673
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 5400
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
Mega Impact
Thunderfury
Area Effect Attack
50% Attack Speed
Adds 250-400 Damage
+200% Enhanced Damage
Requirements +800%
Ragh nar Rook
Socketed (6)

Head:

Greenwalker's Charge

Greenwalker's Charge
Antlers (Sacred)
Defense: (2372 - 2657) to (2577 - 2886)
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 3000
Item Level: 120
Idol of Scosglen has no Cooldown
+(1 to 2) to Druid Skill Levels
Adds 30-50 Damage
+(11 to 20) to Rend (Druid Only)
10% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(150 to 180)% Enhanced Defense
+(100 to 200) Life on Melee Attack
Requirements +500%
Socketed (4)

for Idol of Scosglen uptime (mobility + physical resist)
Chest:

Rebel (Xis)

for flat str, ewd and resists for labs
Hands:

Hammerfist

Hammerfist
Gauntlets (Sacred)
Defense: (1227 - 1450) to (1436 - 1697)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 105
Adds (1 to 15)-(20 to 30) Damage
5% Life stolen per Hit
+(15 to 25) to Spiral Dance
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
Weapon Physical Damage +(30 to 60)%
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
Elemental Resists +15%
Socketed (4)

for ewd
Waist:

Black Void

Black Void
Heavy Belt (Sacred)
Defense: (3060 - 3442) to (3304 - 3717)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 120
20% Attack Speed
Adds 10-15 Damage
(10 to 15)% Life stolen per Hit
Slow Target 10%
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
10% to Strength
10% to Dexterity
Target Takes Additional Damage of (25 to 50)
30% Magic Find
Socketed (2)

or

Cinadide's Anvil

Cinadide's Anvil
Plated Belt (Sacred)
Defense: (3271 - 3680) to (3583 - 4031)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 337
Item Level: 1
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
Adds 13-25 Damage
Adds 50-100 Fire Damage
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Strength
Requirements -50%
Socketed (2)

Cinadide's Craft
(Paladin Honor Set)

if you still need str,

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)

for labs
Feet:

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)

for 40% str or

Wind Runner

Wind Runner
Boots
'SilElqSilGul'
Runeword Level: 100
+(0 to 1) to All Skills
50% Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Adds 25-68 Damage
250% Bonus to Attack Rating
(12 to 15)% Life stolen per Hit
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense

or

Akarat's Trek

Akarat's Trek
Light Plated Boots (Sacred)
Defense: (1960 - 2352) to (2170 - 2604)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 120
2% Chance to cast level 30 Hammertime on Melee Attack
2% Chance to cast level 30 Thunder Wave on Melee Attack
2% Chance to cast level 30 Thunder Hammer Nova on Melee Attack
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(15 to 20) to Charged Strike
Weapon Physical Damage +(60 to 90)%
+(150 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
10% to All Attributes
+10 to Light Radius
Socketed (4)

Fingers:

Giant's Knuckle

Giant's Knuckle
Ring
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
20% Attack Speed
Adds 10-15 Damage
(5 to 10)% Life stolen per Hit
5% Deadly Strike
+25 Life Regenerated per Second
Physical Resist 5%

and

Adrenaline Rush

Adrenaline Rush
Ring
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
+1 to All Skills
40% Combat Speeds
40% Movement Speed
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%

or

Empyrean Glory

Empyrean Glory
Ring
Required Level: 50
Item Level: 120
1% Chance to cast level 40 Singularity on Kill
(6 to 10)% to All Attributes
Maximum Life +5%
Maximum Mana +15%
15% Gold Find

Neck:

Dyers Eve

Dyers Eve
Amulet
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
5% Chance to cast level 5 Time Strike on Striking
+2 to All Skills
Adds 15-20 Damage
5% Life stolen per Hit
Elemental Resists +10%
Physical Resist (1 to 10)%

or

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

+2 max resists

Perfect diamonds in gear, resist gems for labs

With werebear, if you get 507 total ias and 168 weapon ias you can reach 5 FPA. With 209 weapon ias 4FPA is possible.

266 wias - 3 FPA if you push with relics