Cold Werewolf Druid

[Siosilvar]

Why +%cold spell damage not increase damage of harbringer?

Because it's not a spell.

[Theologist]

ah nvm

[Listerine]

Messing around with Cold Wolf before season starts and wanted to try my hand at crafting a crystal sword. So many potential modifiers makes this very difficult.

200 abandoned shrines later and here's my 2 best swords:




Life Spark + Life on Melee Hit were the bare minimum affixes to keep. I RARELY saw those two together.

Missing out on things like cold pierce, +life, etc. Still not sure if any of these beat a blessed honorific crystal sword since you can add lifesteal to it and gain cold pierce through Feed the Pack

[nikulo]

is there an update to this build for 2.10?

Ive also heard that for a crystal sword (i finally got a cold blood) you need the 120% IAS on the weapon, because it only counts there, is this true?
also does this count as a Elemental Weapon? Because the Lucky Upgrade only gives IAS on elemental Weapons i wanna know before i try

Thanks for the awesome guide!

Nico

[Siosilvar]

is there an update to this build for 2.10?

do not bother with cold spell damage. it's not worth MO space and never was.

max harbinger for leveling and farming, most of your damage will come from the flat bonus on the skill. mana cost is irrelevant because of mana pulse. against large bosses it's ok single target, too, but not great.

twisted claw rework *should* make it much more reliable, but you probably have to respec to max it for bossing. unfortunately there's not enough skill points to go around to get both harb and TC maxed at the same time while also having everything else you want.

Azgar's Crystal

Azgar's Crystal
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 45
Two-Hand Damage: 65 to 67
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 130
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
While in Werewolf Form:
Adds 50% of Current Mana as Cold Damage
100% Attack Speed
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
-100% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 5)%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (4)

and a full gear swap to scale mana fixes the skill point problem by having enough raw damage that 1pt in the damage skills is fine. you may have heard it's a UMO heavy build, but it can do scosglen reasonably well without them

Ive also heard that for a crystal sword (i finally got a cold blood) you need the 120% IAS on the weapon, because it only counts there, is this true?

no, that was changed years ago

also does this count as a Elemental Weapon? Because the Lucky Upgrade only gives IAS on elemental Weapons i wanna know before i try

yes, crystal sword has innate elemental damage

[doba7a]

Azgar's Crystal

Azgar's Crystal
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 45
Two-Hand Damage: 65 to 67
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 130
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
While in Werewolf Form:
Adds 50% of Current Mana as Cold Damage
100% Attack Speed
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
-100% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 5)%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (4)

and a full gear swap to scale mana fixes the skill point problem by having enough raw damage that 1pt in the damage skills is fine. you may have heard it's a UMO heavy build, but it can do scosglen reasonably well without them

Can you share example build for wolf with

Azgar's Crystal

Azgar's Crystal
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 45
Two-Hand Damage: 65 to 67
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 130
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
While in Werewolf Form:
Adds 50% of Current Mana as Cold Damage
100% Attack Speed
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
-100% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 5)%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (4)

? Thanks in advance!

[itsmars]

Can you share example build for wolf with

Azgar's Crystal

Azgar's Crystal
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 45
Two-Hand Damage: 65 to 67
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 130
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
While in Werewolf Form:
Adds 50% of Current Mana as Cold Damage
100% Attack Speed
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
-100% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 5)%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (4)

? Thanks in advance!

Go to the multiplayer ladder, sort by Class: Druid, type "wolf" in the search bar at the top right, then click on the word "werewolf" in the build column. It pulls up that person's skills and gear.

Big_Bad, BigPig, and CJW are three examples of a wolf druid using

Azgar's Crystal

Azgar's Crystal
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 45
Two-Hand Damage: 65 to 67
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 130
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
While in Werewolf Form:
Adds 50% of Current Mana as Cold Damage
100% Attack Speed
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
-100% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 5)%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (4)

.

[Siosilvar]

Can you share example build for wolf with

Azgar's Crystal

Azgar's Crystal
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 45
Two-Hand Damage: 65 to 67
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 130
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
While in Werewolf Form:
Adds 50% of Current Mana as Cold Damage
100% Attack Speed
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
-100% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 5)%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (4)

? Thanks in advance!

The ladder builds you were linked are pretty good examples of high-end builds*, but there are some budget options too if you can't assemble the whole thing all at once:

Vizjerei Brilliance

Vizjerei Brilliance
Circlet (Sacred)
Defense: (1111 - 1313) to (1256 - 1484)
Required Level: 90
Required Dexterity: 175
Item Level: 1
+(1 to 2) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +(20 to 25)%
+50 Mana after each Kill
Requirements -33%
Socketed (4)

Vizjerei Dominion
(Sorceress Arcane Set)

+

Vizjerei Grip

Vizjerei Grip
Heavy Gloves (Sacred)
Defense: (1082 - 1279) to (1148 - 1357)
Required Level: 90
Required Strength: 351
Item Level: 1
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +20%
+50 Life after each Kill
Requirements -33%
Socketed (4)

Vizjerei Dominion
(Sorceress Arcane Set)

(with max rolls this is 2 slots for +15% energy and +60% max mana)

Overseer's Slippers

Overseer's Slippers
Boots
'HemIo'
Runeword Level: 105
Abyss Knights: Chance to cast Chaos Nova on Kill Doubled
4% Chance to cast level 11 Force Blast when Struck
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
Attacker Flees after Striking 10%
+(25 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(31 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+50% to Summoned Minion Attack Rating
+200% Enhanced Defense
-111 Defense
+(200 to 250) to Energy
(25 to 30)% Magic Find

(probably 2nd best standalone boots after angelics, 3rd best overall counting Fangskin Scales with 2pc set bonus)

Hypersurface

Hypersurface
Leather Armor (Sacred)
Defense: (8272 - 8918) to (8579 - 9257)
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 315
Item Level: 1
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+2000 Defense
+200 to Energy
+(401 to 500) to Life
+(101 to 150) Life after each Kill
Requirements -40%
Socketed (6)

Universal Law
(Assassin Psionic Set)

(not at all exciting, but 200 energy is 200 energy)

* though i would like to point out - the spell damage from a Shamanka or MotW-boosting swap is not worth the time casting it, because you have no spell procs that actually use it, it does nothing for Harbinger, and direct melee hits are at most 6-7% of your total Twisted Claw damage.

[nikulo]

is there an update to this build for 2.10?

do not bother with cold spell damage. it's not worth MO space and never was.

max harbinger for leveling and farming, most of your damage will come from the flat bonus on the skill. mana cost is irrelevant because of mana pulse. against large bosses it's ok single target, too, but not great.

twisted claw rework *should* make it much more reliable, but you probably have to respec to max it for bossing. unfortunately there's not enough skill points to go around to get both harb and TC maxed at the same time while also having everything else you want.

Azgar's Crystal

Azgar's Crystal
Giant Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 45
Two-Hand Damage: 65 to 67
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 480
Item Level: 130
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
While in Werewolf Form:
Adds 50% of Current Mana as Cold Damage
100% Attack Speed
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
-100% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 5)%
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (4)

and a full gear swap to scale mana fixes the skill point problem by having enough raw damage that 1pt in the damage skills is fine. you may have heard it's a UMO heavy build, but it can do scosglen reasonably well without them

Ive also heard that for a crystal sword (i finally got a cold blood) you need the 120% IAS on the weapon, because it only counts there, is this true?

no, that was changed years ago

also does this count as a Elemental Weapon? Because the Lucky Upgrade only gives IAS on elemental Weapons i wanna know before i try

yes, crystal sword has innate elemental damage

ok thanks! What would you recommend using MOs than, if not cold spell dmg? on weapon i have life on melee attack, but i dont know what MOs i should use otherwise (resis are already full, and i have the IAS and FHR cap)

Thanksss!

[Siosilvar]

ok thanks! What would you recommend using MOs than, if not cold spell dmg? on weapon i have life on melee attack, but i dont know what MOs i should use otherwise (resis are already full, and i have the IAS and FHR cap)

Thanksss!

ring/ammy: life is extremely good, defense is OK, phys damage reduced is meh but it's better than nothing
armor: regen is great, dex, str if it saves you base points (keep in mind str bug, don't put +str on your highest requirement gear)
weapon: life on attack, IED
all slots: magic find