LVL 59 Geddon/shockwave bear

[AzaZaz]

Making a lvl 59 druid, already made actually. Going for creativity Secks Points and decided that i'd go fire/shockwave (no bear) and see how well I can pull it off.

Gear:
wpn - spirit
shield - lidless (not going for any block, and spirit is too high str req)
belt - gloom
gloves - magefist
boots - waterwalks
ammy - +2 ele/40 life/5 str
rings - (would like sojs)
armor - viper
helm - .....

So I maxed geddon, volcano, put points into lycan, have base oak, hopefully my +skills are enough to get shockwave high enough. I have decent FCR


my question is what helm should I use.

Right now I have a:

fire faceted/jalal's
or
+5 geddon/+6 volcano/ 2 open socket helm


the 2 open sockets are beautiful but the +6 volcano is actually kind of useless since i'm in bear form i cant use it anyways. but the +5 geddon is quite nice.

I'm wondering which I should use, since i gain +3 in geddon with this helm, but I lose +4 lycan/shockwave/bear and +2 in oak. So my life is taking a big hit. However, i can prebuff bear with jalas, so it will really only be my oak and my shockwave taking the hit.

So if I should use the +5 geddon 2 socket helm, should I fire facet it? would that increase my dmg enough to make it worth while, more so then maybe 2 rubies giving me +76 life which after oak and bear is quite a big boost. Or would the -res and % of the 2 facets be an equal boost to my dmg?

As well what kind of dmg should I be looking for at lvl 59. I estimate after collecting my ele charms, I will probably have somewhere in the ballpark of 4.5k-5k geddon.


Any recommendations on gear is appreciated, suggestions on skills (even though they're already distributed I'd like to know where I went wrong if I did), help with the helm, and maybe ideal life/dmg.

Also note that this is hardcore ladder pvp


thanks in advance


Cheers

[JeffyZiggy]

Making a lvl 59 druid, already made actually. Going for creativity Secks Points and decided that i'd go fire/shockwave (no bear) and see how well I can pull it off.

Gear:
wpn - spirit
shield - lidless (not going for any block, and spirit is too high str req)
belt - gloom
gloves - magefist
boots - waterwalks
ammy - +2 ele/40 life/5 str
rings - (would like sojs)
armor - viper
helm - .....

So I maxed geddon, volcano, put points into lycan, have base oak, hopefully my +skills are enough to get shockwave high enough. I have decent FCR


my question is what helm should I use.

Right now I have a:

fire faceted/jalal's
or
+5 geddon/+6 volcano/ 2 open socket helm


the 2 open sockets are beautiful but the +6 volcano is actually kind of useless since i'm in bear form i cant use it anyways. but the +5 geddon is quite nice.

I'm wondering which I should use, since i gain +3 in geddon with this helm, but I lose +4 lycan/shockwave/bear and +2 in oak. So my life is taking a big hit. However, i can prebuff bear with jalas, so it will really only be my oak and my shockwave taking the hit.

So if I should use the +5 geddon 2 socket helm, should I fire facet it? would that increase my dmg enough to make it worth while, more so then maybe 2 rubies giving me +76 life which after oak and bear is quite a big boost. Or would the -res and % of the 2 facets be an equal boost to my dmg?

As well what kind of dmg should I be looking for at lvl 59. I estimate after collecting my ele charms, I will probably have somewhere in the ballpark of 4.5k-5k geddon.


Any recommendations on gear is appreciated, suggestions on skills (even though they're already distributed I'd like to know where I went wrong if I did), help with the helm, and maybe ideal life/dmg.

Also note that this is hardcore ladder pvp


thanks in advance


Cheers

try using a perfect ravenlore (-20% to enemy fire resist) also gives +3 elemental skills and good resists. put a 5 5 facet in there :)

[MauJ]

Why spirit weapon? Hoto or Wiz Spike would be better suited wouldn't it?

I'd say Arach/Magefists/35% spirit shield/50% spike will get you to the 125% fcr bp. Leaving you open for sojs/Ravenlore/Coh for armor maybe?

[fredsta54]

Why spirit weapon? Hoto or Wiz Spike would be better suited wouldn't it?

I'd say Arach/Magefists/35% spirit shield/50% spike will get you to the 125% fcr bp. Leaving you open for sojs/Ravenlore/Coh for armor maybe?

This is a lvl 59 dueler. He cannot use hoto, wiz, arachnid etc. They have too high lvl requirements.




Fred

[Arbedark]

This is a lvl 59 dueler. He cannot use hoto, wiz, arachnid etc. They have too high lvl requirements.




Fred

HotO is 55. So he COULD use it.

Personally I just think its an avaliability thing. If i couldn't really afford it then I wouldn't put a hoto on a test char. Sure. he'll loose 1 skill. But he will still get a good idea of what the chars like.

Also Spirit has nice fhr. Which could be why he's using it.




Arb

[Davie.]

That geddon dmg isnt high enough to kill chasers.

[Generator Of Chaos]

IMO geddon's attacks are just, far to erratic...You can't aim it, at all, and doesn't do enough dmg to 1-hit-kill....So, it's pretty much depending on a king-size ammount of raw luck...

[AzaZaz]

well I put the char together. Was pulling about 500 PVP dmg vs no 'sorb test char before charms/facets.

I estimated around 800 pvp per hit after charms and the 1 or 2 more facets I could fit on and at the rate that Geddon hits, 800 vs a lvl 59 wasnt gonna cut it.

Took most gear and put it towards a 49 shockwave/bear bomb. Once I finish charming the druid the bear should be listed at around 5.5k before Might/HoW.
Merc is listed at 6k before calculating crit.