hi this is my first post on eqdruid ,lot of people know me as my cleric but i often enjoy playing my druid She is now 75 and i would like to ask every one there thoughts on how to get the most out of druid dps. nukes dots ect. what do you feel dose the best dmg at a steady rate aka not having to med alot (please forgive any typos iam on my smartphone ) Thx

well in raids i go all nukes its not a top of the line dsp but it get the job done. in groups dependign on whats up i use nukes ther alls o inless i need to play C.C then i lod a dot line and just solo the mob well group is on others if i am not main healer.
soloing i go all dots but i am a root rot druid i pull 2-3 mobs root them and load them with dots 3-4 mobs will drain the mana pool bytime they die but with the new med system who cares ya med it back fast.
but over my years of play i found thers no 2 druids alike so best i can say is just muck around a bit and see what you think works best for ya

but over my years of play i found thers no 2 druids alike

2nd what eagle said. And like he implied, it's situational as well. Soloing, if you're someone that can micromanage dots well, pulling multiple mobs and dotting them will by far and away blow nuking out of the water in dps and efficiency. It's really about how much work you want to put into it. Some druids swear by charm kiting. I did it to death in PoN and decided going forward that that wasn't my play style; so I haven't done it since.

For raids, I can hit 1200 dps (and easily maintain over 1k consistantly) for a parse fight alternating rains and nukes in with my highest curse dot keeping NBW on hand for GoRM procs.

Groups I can't help you with. I don't group often because I'm a blatant over-aggroer and early-nuker.

according to Toprem, who seems to be one of the most knowledgable in terms of DPS / DPM he says nothing beats our Winters line,
So sticking with the winters line, rains, with stormstrikes on refresh would prolly maintain a good set of dps,
and if you a 1.5 / 2.0 clicking on inc mob would be stellar also

alternating rains and nukes in with my highest curse dot keeping NBW on hand for GoRM procs.

I use nearly the same pattern.

I group almost exclusively with another druid who has a Bard bot. We use the root/rot system and because we are both druids, some of our spells don't work together. So, basically I keep up Hand of Ro, and my fire DoTs of Sunscorch and Vengeance and throw in my swarm DoT's of Fire Ants and Wasp Swarm. I keep 1 nuke memmed depending on the Mob's type.

We use the Bard for mezzes - so I don't use rain spells. And I don't raid because of the hours restricted to play. I do solo sometimes and will almost invariably use the same line up as Tenielle and Fenier. Just be aware that NBW will usually break a root unless you have spent some AA's on enchanced root. Excellent spell on pulls - if you HoR first and get a GoRM proc - then it is really sweet!!

alternating rains and nukes in with my highest curse dot keeping NBW on hand for GoRM procs.


Using Rain spells is great for group play and raids..but is too un-reliable in solo play. Most of the time ive discovered, from personal experience, the first or second wave of rain will break the root and the mob will run forward, and your remaining damage will be wasted.

Using Rain spells is great for group play and raids..but is too un-reliable in solo play. Most of the time ive discovered, from personal experience, the first or second wave of rain will break the root and the mob will run forward, and your remaining damage will be wasted.

I don't use rains soloing unless I'm quadding, which I haven't done since PoF

tx for all the good information ! i have been trying to get out of the role as just a cleric in druid form and this has allready gone a long way to improve my overall dps. I am still 75 (waiting on SOF box set from walmart) cant wait to se what new spells wil do thx again for all the great info

I use the rain spells almost exclusively in group mode. The only times I switch them out are when mobs are highly resistant to cold or if there's a chanter around (ae spells + mezzed mobs = unhappy chanters). If kiting, I tend to use my two highest bug dots and my highest curse dot, along with clicky swarming death. I find that if I use any dots besides the clicky in group mode, it causes aggro issues. Might have something to do with all those crit affliction aas...

I soloed via root/rot almot exclusively to 65, and have hardly hunted that way since.

I use the rain spells almost exclusively in group mode. The only times I switch them out are when mobs are highly resistant to cold

Rain spells are magic resist, no?

Cold Resist.