Celtic Heroes

Havent seen any druids melee on bosses yet, perhaps in other worlds they do, not in our clan anyway.

Also shadow grim is 240 foc 75 vit and 400 nature. In terms of healing bonuses, that is better than edl totem. A druid is a healer after all. 400 nature also improves bark and abundance and all other druid skills including dps.

The shadow grim is really only better because you could shuffle the 75 pts into focus for more focus than the edl totem and you'd have the nature bonus. The total amount you could put in focus is what wins. I've found focus over nature magic is better.

I don't notice a lot of improvement on skills even when nature goes up. But I sure notice a huge difference when focus goes up. I equipped a shrive set which increases nature by 500 and only had minimal positive results.

^Ability is mostly for skills' accuracy and some dmg, but druids mostly heal and buff. Id choose mordy grim too, but for lvling perhaps it could be really nice for druids.

Since we were talking about the mainhand totem, I like it when having to solo lvl. It's the highest dmg totem in game. And with a str build, it makes the crush dmg really high

Since we were talking about the mainhand totem, I like it when having to solo lvl. It's the highest dmg totem in game. And with a str build, it makes the crush dmg really high

Since the edl totem is obtained at 210, tell us about your experience solo leveling in the Forbidden Halls with all those eyes and mages and guards.

Since we were talking about the mainhand totem, I like it when having to solo lvl. It's the highest dmg totem in game. And with a str build, it makes the crush dmg really high

Since the edl totem is obtained at 210, tell us about your experience solo leveling in the Forbidden Halls with all those eyes and mages and guards.

Not sure why this is applicable to my statement. Your request seems more meant to discredit my opinion.

I'm soloing (when necessary) at the lvl 200s (as that is my lvl) with dl totem, axe offhand, and stargem str/dmg set. With high fire ward, the mages aren't much of an issue. Howevwr, solo lvling at my lvl I find boring and counter productive vs duoing or trio grouping. With the totem and str set, my autos are decent at around 700ish or more.

My experience with the 207s to 210s is with duoing with a warrior. What details about this would you like to know?

To be honest, I don't necessarily enjoy lvling at this lvl but find it a necessary evil.

You're the one who said you solo level and prefer a druid totem for the high auto attacks. I find that hard to believe at level 210+, heck even at 200+
You already said that it's counter productive to solo and it's better to group-level, so why not use a grimoire or a skull for better support?

You're the one who said you solo level and prefer a druid totem for the high auto attacks. I find that hard to believe at level 210+, heck even at 200+
You already said that it's counter productive to solo and it's better to group-level, so why not use a grimoire or a skull for better support?

Our first hrung kill was 3 days ago so we just now being able to accumulate hrung stuff. I am hoping for a skull soon as it's a great support tool and looks cool.

I don't prefer to solo but there are times when it's either that or don't lix. I've never been one to depend on others to lvl me. My statement of soloing being counter productive is because it takes me around 20 lix to lvl vs 10 to 15 when grouping. So it's faster and more enjoyable to group. But there are times when a group is not possible. This past week I was able to group for 3 days and had to solo 2 of the days.

With the right gear, high autos are possible for any class, especially since physical dmg (totem being crush) is increased by a high str.

I hope that clarifies some of my statements. I apologize if I was overly wordy. I haven't had much sleep as we have been at the hospital since last night for my daughter to have an appendectomy

One of the benefits of the totem over book while leveling is the damage (however small) that accumulates:

If you autoed a single hit while waiting for your next skill to cool down, and hit, per say, 200 damage, that is essentially saying that one of your other skills hit an additional 200 more damage.

So.. Even if through shuffling stat points you claimed that the totem didn't add much, compare 200 damage to 400 nature magic: big difference.

However, this is only for leveling. I would never use the totem during a boss!!

I've never used autos on a druid partially because strength is such a waste over focus and partially because I have sigils and high energy skills. Basically I can chose to auto and lose out on my energy sigils which dosent work out well. I'd rather stay focus build with enough health to not die and land big skill hits.

If you take that str gear you need to get good hits from your totem and instead use focus and direct damage gear your overall dps will be better than with autos.

I've never used autos on a druid partially because strength is such a waste over focus and partially because I have sigils and high energy skills. Basically I can chose to auto and lose out on my energy sigils which dosent work out well. I'd rather stay focus build with enough health to not die and land big skill hits.

If you take that str gear you need to get good hits from your totem and instead use focus and direct damage gear your overall dps will be better than with autos.

Again, I'm simply relating my experience at my 199 levels of playing.

My original statement of totem is nice when solo or duo and grim is better during larger groups.

I've found having 600 str+dmg gear along with the crushing score of the totem (and using offhand axe) along with 5k health and 800 focus is better than 250 str and 1100 focus during solo or duo. Your autos will be in the 500 to 800s. On a haste lix or combo, while you're waiting for vines and swarm to cool down can be very potent. Now add in duo with warrior and they use shatter, autos will own.

When I'm in groups larger than 2 or if more support role is needed, I switch to my focus gear.

I'm not trying convince anyone that str is better than focus or that totem is better than a book or really anything. How each person plays there toon is up to them. After all, we should enjoy playing our characters since it's a game.

And, hey, after a face full of bees, it's cool to watch the totem uppercut animation