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Im thinking about making a melee druid. Like a mili monk.

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:46 pm
by BlueSkies
Hey, first question, is it possible?
and if so what skills should i max first?
Any help? :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Im thinking about making a melee druid. Like a mili monk

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:10 pm
by Caliban
Possible. You need dragon gear, minimum bp, neck, greaves. Train h2h max. Max all the self buffs and vines. You want to minimize casting during combat. Get Haste gloves. Get a dmg adding offhand. Probably fire for use with Lures. If yiu decide you are more zap than punch and want to use lightning and touch, then maybe a magic offhand and see if you can get a Mage to level with a magic lure. You will want a a fair amount of vit, but your self buffs handle a lot of this. You will want some dex since you are going for melee dmg. You do not need str since your melee dmg is from dragon gear and str does not really improve the base h2h dmg. As much as possible, up to 350, in Focus since it boosts your self buffs and they are what make the thing run.

Re: Im thinking about making a melee druid. Like a mili monk

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:02 pm
by Criminal
magic dmg offhand, strong main handed wep (like frozen wep)
thats for melee atks, for skill u need to choose how to combain
i think that dps druid need at least vines+lightening
if u dont want to heal urself with recup after each mob upgrade touch, if u want to get combat regen so its embrace
if u want to take less dmg, so its howling wind+shield of bark (+armour, -atk to the mob)
if u gonna be total dps without any regen but not melee atker so:
vines, lightening strike, storm touch, garsping boots
if u dont want to melee atk and use offhand like master grimore that will add u 100 focus for ur skills, so thats the best skills combain for my opinion

melee atk its only something like:
vines, lightening strike, embrace , shield of bark\howling wind\something else that will help u survive

Re: Im thinking about making a melee druid. Like a mili monk

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:40 am
by BlackMamba
Criminal, I don't think your comment is worth the effort...ur a level 45 druid trying to help someone 80 levels higher?

Re: Im thinking about making a melee druid. Like a mili monk

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:39 am
by Teaweasel
Criminal, I don't think your comment is worth the effort...ur a level 45 druid trying to help someone 80 levels higher?
Yer not gonna get yer dps Druid to be akin to a military monk. No way.

But you can make a more offensive based druid, that is still valued in groups with a high touch, high embrace and high bark.

The real issue is however that the Druid is always recasting bark, at least a military can cast their buffs for a long time, a dps druid needs to keep embrace and bark on at all times, and like Caliban has remarked, try to load up on Summer Dragon gear that can boost yer Melee dps.

In terms of skills, as said above, Vines, Storm's, Lightning, Touch, Embrace & Bark need to be your first hot bar, with optional weak wind, and a item. All the items Cali listed will help you if you can get them. But without a true militant talent tree yer never gonna be pulling their kinda fun loving DPS, area or otherwise....that a milt can dish out.

Re: Im thinking about making a melee druid. Like a mili monk

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:28 pm
by omaomaoma
Here is what works for a high level dps druid. U need to use your class strength, which is spellcasting, so u need high focus. U need enough vit and hp buffs to get to at least 1300 hps to solo train. U may be able to get away w less with group training. Dex is a MUST to reduce interrupts when healing. U need at least 100 there. You need to max lighting and vines. Touch should be maxed to give u as many hps u can get in onje shot. Those are your dps spells. Investing skill points in wards will help wth reducing damage taken. Any bracelets that boost damage are good to have and rings that boost vines or lightning. The key is to kill qickly before you are killed with timely healing.