[PVP] Rabies druid will this work?

[triptyce]

After thinking of a fun build to pvp with, i was thinking of going a mid lvl PVP druid (40- 60), but i have a lil question, will this work? some current stuffs i will use are listed, give me some help guys...thanks alot in advance.

Items To be Use:

Helm: Eth jalahs mane
Weapon: Eth Rune bearer sword with Sheal rune maybe
Amy: +2druid + fhr + resist < or should i change to others.. any recomends?
Armor: Shaftop Or Bramble if i can afford.
Shield: no idea < any recomendations?
rings: carrion wind storm ring for the +21poison creeper but if i use 2 of this ring...will my dmg on rabies be +42poison creeper enhance or only 21synergy only?
boots: IK boots
Belt: String of Ears
gloves: trangs glove but may change if i cant reach breakpoint
on Switch will be: Death's Web Unique Unearthed Wand + 4socket poison facet.

for the skills wise... should i max werewolf or lycan and the rest in the other?
Rabies
Oaksage or heart of wolverine?

no more points ^_^ mid dueler...all help will be appreciated..
by the way this is USwest ladder (non-hardcore)

[insane_knights]

Only use 1 carrion. You will not get double synergy. Second ring should probably be raven for ar and cbf mod. Your weapon could be a faster. Remember with werewolf or bear form u need inside ias. Ias on the outside such a gloves or highlords wont make a diff in your attack speed. Shield: winstons is good so you wont have to put so much into dex, and more into vit. Mosers give u 2 sockets for some flexability. I prefer oak sage for more life. Why all th eth stuff. Its gonna break eventually.

[triptyce]

ya i also have though bout the eth stuffs...but i only have eth..dont wanna waste buying new stuffs...ok than i shall wear a raven for a 2nd...just got a nice ar/dex ydae
so i sheal the bladebearer? winstons..i guess i will use this....and a mosers for sorcy duels... and finally oak sage..thanks alot insane knights

[Tor]

oak

how affects physical damage and rabies has really bad phyiscial damage

[OMGLOLKKTHX]

why plague? you'd be really slow, but if you used a 105%ias wep (I think it's 105) you'll do 4 fpa rabies, sure you'll lose a little damage but you'll hit a lot faster. Anything under lvl 65 and your fine I think but there isn't really many Mid lvl dueling places.

Maybe you could check out the flaming rabies guide, it was pretty cool and a 2nd form of damage is pretty nice. (it was for high lvl but you can adapt)

[triptyce]

cause i intend to use poison dmg for the dmg...and not physical..tired of normal builds yeah...=) plague has +5to rabies...or 4...cant rem..so i was thinking it will be better? but not sure...maybe will get a ripcracker instead or something of some sort..

[Aerath]

Use Plaguebearer on switch (and, if you can get it, some -5 poison res facets in a shield).

Switch to it after you infected someone.

[angl2k]

Here's my PvP setup from last ladder season:

Weapon: 6 shael phase
Weapon, 2handed: 6 shael war scythe (anti-smite, ww etc)
Helm: Jalal's Shael'ed (for 86 fhr bp)
Amu: mara's (your 2druid + fhr + resist is even better :P)
Armor: Bramble
Shield: Storm Pdiamond (use mosers with 6 pdiamond for elemental)
Rings: Carrion wind / Raven
Boots: Aldurs
Belt: Tgods
Gloves: Trang Gloves

put only 1 point in werewolf, its not worth extra points. Max lycan.
Your AR is low with this setup, but you're biting at 4 fpa I didnt have trouble hitting those barbs,exile pallys etc.

after the bite switch to deaths web/facet monarch and switch back, the extra -resistance will still apply

[Inman]

CHEAP main weapon: Bonehew. It needs only 15% additional ias to hit 5 fpa if you want to fury. It cannot reach 4 fpa. With the 2 sockets you can use an ias jewel with a second mod, and whatever you want for the open socket. It does require level 64 and 195 strength though. You can use the Plague Bearer (+5 rabies) and a shield on switch for the damage jump, and then immediately change back to the Hew.

In the early levels, Hwanin's Bill is quite fast and quite cheap.

Whatever you do, speed and range are king with fury. The more deadly strike you can get, the better. You really should use a 2 hander. Some people have had 1 hander success using a Griz Caddy with shaels and a Lo rune, but that is pricey, and level 66.

Definitely only 1 CW ring and Ravenfrost.

Ribcracker is the bomb in PvM, but in PvP the crushing blow is wasted.

Rabies/Fury is a great build, and can be used in PvP and PvM. Ultimate build would be 20 WW, 20 Lyc, 20 Fury, 20 Rabies, 20 into a spirit. I prefer Oak Sage. The rest go into pre-req and a summon.

If you take him to the top, get a Tomb Reaver.

[angl2k]

CHEAP main weapon: Bonehew. It needs only 15% additional ias to hit 5 fpa if you want to fury. It cannot reach 4 fpa. With the 2 sockets you can use an ias jewel with a second mod, and whatever you want for the open socket. It does require level 64 and 195 strength though. You can use the Plague Bearer (+5 rabies) and a shield on switch for the damage jump, and then immediately change back to the Hew.

In the early levels, Hwanin's Bill is quite fast and quite cheap.

Whatever you do, speed and range are king with fury. The more deadly strike you can get, the better. You really should use a 2 hander. Some people have had 1 hander success using a Griz Caddy with shaels and a Lo rune, but that is pricey, and level 66.

Definitely only 1 CW ring and Ravenfrost.

Ribcracker is the bomb in PvM, but in PvP the crushing blow is wasted.

Rabies/Fury is a great build, and can be used in PvP and PvM. Ultimate build would be 20 WW, 20 Lyc, 20 Fury, 20 Rabies, 20 into a spirit. I prefer Oak Sage. The rest go into pre-req and a summon.

If you take him to the top, get a Tomb Reaver.

who said anything about fury? :)

[Inman]

who said anything about fury? :)

What else would he do with the remaining 20+ skill points for PvP? Dire Wolves or Grizzly? Please. He mentioned that he wants to hit a breakpoint. Perhaps he meant rabies bp, but I would strongly recommend fury or fireclaws to go with it, unless bite and run away all the time is the PvP strategy he wants to use. What could be more boring? You can have maxed fury AND still get all the damage of a pure rabies build. Then he can use one or the other, or do what I do, which is to use both. It works for me, and he seems to be seeking the advice of an experienced druid here.

[triptyce]

chill guys....am going fireclaw + rabies...so the +20 will go into fireclaw...but which is better? =)

[Inman]

The druid forum has a couple of excellent guides for rabies and rabies hybrids. Fireclaw is a great skill, but works much better when you can synergize it with the elemental fire spells. They give a 22% damage boost per skill point invested, iirc. I don't know if you will have the skill points left over to synergize with your current design. I believe that both guides sacrifice points in WW and/or spirits, and pick up the slack with equipment. Definitely check out the guides. Fury has no synergy, btw.