View Full Forums : 2boxing with a druid - need advice


EQGuavus
07-31-2003, 08:18 PM
I have a level 61 druid that I 2box and generally use as a heal bot. I have a right click dot effect from the bracer (Drones of Doom), a right click snare from the earring, and right click regen from the bp. Damage Shield spell always going on my Paladin, regen, str buff.

I was wondering, are there any other right click items that cause either dd or dot damage for no mana that a human druid of Tunare could use? Would it be worth it to get the druid the epic?

Also, for those of you that play druids, what spells would you consider essential to have for a non-kiting druid, up to level 61, emphasizing the 2box aspect? What aa skills would you go after first, knowing your druid will be a buff/port/heal bot for the duration of it's career?

Thirdly, I've been using some of the Ro line that lowers armor class when I'm fighting undead mobs, thinking higher slays result from lower ac. Am I wasting the druid's mana with this?

kenderx
08-01-2003, 04:33 AM
free DoTs:

<a href="http://www.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=10569" target="top">Sporecaller</a> Drops in Ssraeshza Temple off the High Priest of Ssraeshza

<a href="http://www.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=17143" target="top">Blade of the Tempest</a> off Mith Marr

and the epic of course

Free nukes:

<a href="http://www.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=519" target="top">Luminescent Staff</a> in Seb, I bought mine for 2k. This was phenominal from 46 - mid 50's, but not really useful anymore at 61. That being said, I'd never sell mine because its still fun.

There's another one that drops in VP. It has a cast time of 13.5 seconds or something extraordinarily long like that

I'd also be very interested to hear what other druids think of the Ro's debuff line. In my personal experience it has seemed to be pretty useless, but I only have the level 56 one. I've never seen anyone do any parsing of it.

Seriena
08-01-2003, 04:44 AM
You should get dire charm. If you're going to be 2box soloing, DC pets are great extra no maintenance dmg.

Also get Sotw - the ds and heal come in handy when you need to kill something fast.

Radiant cure so you don't need the spell slot for remove disease/poison spells.

All group type spells I considered essential for 2boxing. I don't want to have to target and cast a single target spell on my monk. Easier to just cast the spell and have it hit both my monk and druid.

Then you might want to consider quick evac. and hastened exodus.

Gwynet Woodsister
08-01-2003, 08:19 AM
I use group spells too for when I get aggro because of heals.

You might want to use AE root too for when there are too many mobs and heal aggro is bad.

I think hand of ro is a good idea, as you can't slow any damage decrease is good to take. I don't use DoTs personally, I prefer nuking when I have enough mana than using DoTs at the start of the fight when you never know what's going to happen. I use mana free DoTs only when it's an outside zone and I can use the horse, otherwise they are not very efficient so I'm better off medding.

For AAs, spirit of wood, wrath of wild are great to have, radient cure too if you kill a lot of casters, otherwise all the healing AAs are great (healing gift only when you get NI though).

Nuvian Caelestis
08-01-2003, 12:20 PM
Boondock Saints > *

Get healing AAs first, then sotw or wrath of wild for class stuff. Depending on whether the extra bit of healing or extra bit of damage for free is more appealing to you. Definately get scm3.

Saffun
08-01-2003, 12:55 PM
My friend who i play with the most is an enchanter.
We like old world non PoP encounters, tradeskilling and twinks most of all.
Having stated all this, we both hit 65 and started serious aa'nig long after the wrath of wild and runes got nerfed.

If i buy all three levels of wrath of the wild would a duo like us still find uses for it?

I checked lucy and i have a few thoughts how i would use it, however i do not have aa's flowoing in at record pace.

I would hate to waste them.

Any feedback on this would be great, even just to say that you use the skill.

Gwynet Woodsister
08-01-2003, 06:39 PM
I use it all the time.