Help me improve my windy!

[Praesidian]

I've really enjoyed playing my windy, and I have come to the decision that I want to make him the best damn druid I can. So I'm asking you all to help me improve him. I need help with what FCR and FHR BPs I should aim for, socketing for me and my merc, and anything you want to throw out. I'm opened to remaking, so if anyone thinks I should, for example, go to a dusk enigma instead of an archon, just say so. Max block, and stuff like that would fit into that catagory too. I will remake if necessary.

Rather than writing down all the variable stats on every freakin item (I'm striving for perfection here), I just got screenshots.
Skills: 20 'Nado, 20 Hurricane, 20 Cyclone Armor, 20 Twister, 14 Oak (Will be 19 at level 93, which I'm aiming for).

Stats/Resists In Hell:
http://home.comcast.net/~praesidian/Charscreen.jpg

Armor:
http://home.comcast.net/~praesidian/DruidArmor.JPG

Merc:
200% Ethereal Reaper's
Up'd Shaft
Up'd Gaze

Specific Questions -
Do I really want to socket my SS with an Um? Seems sort of useless. I have cyclone armor after all.

Should I use an Eth Valor (+1) on my merc instead of the shaft? Eth Crown of thieves instead of gaze? Or is COA better for him?

What to socket everything (including merc) with?

I have 10 Ele Skillers now, some with life. Should I go for all with life or get some fhr?

For my small charms I'm using 5 ~20 lifers, 3 5% FHRs, and a two r/w/resist all.

Whats the best way to beat a barb or a WW sin? Last night in a 4v4, it came down to me vs the WWsin. Honestly I dont know how I won... she must have gotten a bad string of misses or something, and I got a few really lucky teleports.

How about trappers? MB Seems to kill me, and the traps decimate my bear/spirit.

What FCR/FHR Breakpoints should I be aiming for? I.E. Should I go try to get one of those fcr ammys, fcr circlets, and change to a wizzie?

BK instead of sojs?

Throw in whatever you feel like, just want to get this guy as good as he can be.

Thanks.

[biko]

it would help alot if u told something about how and where you play and what you want to be able to do with ur windy. pvp only or pvm too? only public games? etc. u could also mention how much and good items you can afford/are willing to pay for him. for example eth doom cryptic axe, eth coh + ber'd 08 gaze would probably be better than ur current merc gear but it all depends on whether u can/want to pay for it or not.

btw u should put 1 pt in raven and summon spirit wolf cus they act pretty good as stunners/meat shields

[2JZ-GTTE]

If you need the resists socket your stormshield with um, if not then don't.

I don't play too much pvm, so I don't know about the merc.

Basically you'll want ele gcs w/ life, but if during some situations where you feel you need more FHR then its nice to have a few with FHR in the stash.

Sorry I can't help you on the dueling strategies, but its been a while since I've dueled with my windy.

FCR-For pvp I like to cast at 6 frames equaling 99fcr. In pvm 7 frames is enough and that is 60 something fcr. I believe its 68fcr, but don't take my word for it.

FHR-Try out the fhr breakpoints and see which one you prefer.

Yes, BK>sojs.

Good luck.

[Praesidian]

Biko - I can afford anything. I have 1pt in those two already, because I have a point in grizzly. I duel both pubby and priv, including 4v4 tourneys and Clan-Honor (my setup for this guy isnt appropriate for CH though). I was thinking of putting my boneweave enigma on my merc, and my coa (I'll BerBer it or something). I like my eth toll, decrep = win most of the time. What you think, Ohm, shael or 40/15? Though since he's a might merc, the HF from doom would be cool.

GTTE - Thats the question, isnt it. Do I need resists at all with cyclone? One of my GCs is 35 life, some are lower life. Hmm, 99fcr is gonna be tough. 40 from hoto, 20 from gloves, 20 from arach, and 2 rings? I'll try it.

[biko]

well hm...

imo coh>enigma on merc cause of the res mainly.

if u wanna use reapers or doom on merc well thats up to u. i would use doom tho.. its cooler. btw maybe u would want a weapon to switch to when dueling casters since u wont really need to slow them down or make them inflict less phys dmg (when u duel where tele is allowed on all chars).

dunno about reapers socket..the biggest purpose of it will be decrep. think ed/ias would be the best.

yeah i think a nice coa>gaze for pvp

[skull-lords123]

Hello it looks like u almost got the same setup as my windy looks like u got decent life and max block if u would like to duel windy vs windy just talk of dueling strats about new techniqes or what ever give me shout on useast nonladder rhomknight im on most of the time with a lvl 88 druid hopin form pubby to pubby i consider my self pretyy good with windys not the best by all means but decent so ne time ur lookin for windy vs windy /w *rhomknight



thx for ur time

[the_leaf]

i havce just 1 question. i c all these ppl without cbf mod. in my experiances, that mod is vital, and i cant do **** wit out it. can any1 fill me in here?

[freddy418]

cbf affects run and attack speed, cast rate is unaffected, so for a teleporting caster, being frozen really doesn't matter.

[Praesidian]

I just Cham'd my shako actually, since I hate being frozen.

Anyone else? Really need help with this... Should I change to 2 10fcr rings?

[biko]

try to get a 2 skill 20 fcr amu....
yes they are rare but they do exist...

[Tor]

why do you haev a might merc on a windy?, defiance is more useful?

aim for 99% fcr

donate me stuff ^^