help me with shapeshifter druid

[superswiss]

OK, I am new to these forums and i saw everyone is helpful so i have a question about a werebear or rather a few questions. I have heard a lot of people sawing **** about a werebear such as they suck and they are horrible and other crap like that. Now i am one person who roots for the underdog and i am wondering if there is away to actually make a good werebear. Can somsone please post what i should put skills in i was think along the lines of this

1. 20 lycan
2. 20 werebear
3. 20 maul
4. 20 hunger
5. 20 shockwave

and rest on either oaksage or how

p.s.- my friend has a werewolf thats why i think it would be cool a werewolf/and bear team thats good. also this is for pvm and not pvp and i was gonna use a 2 handed weapon.

please everybody put there voice in here and save the extinct werebear.

[Dyshein]

I don't know why everbody thinks werebears are going extinct, they've always been more popular than werewolves as far as I can tell and will continue to be because they have increased damage and can actually hit faster than werewolves with the right equipment.

[respawned]

I don't know why everbody thinks werebears are going extinct, they've always been more popular than werewolves as far as I can tell and will continue to be because they have increased damage and can actually hit faster than werewolves with the right equipment.

they could? wow i never knew that. lol
i know nothing about shapeshifing

[superswiss]

what equipment would that be i dont htink a werebear can hit faster

[wcumac]

what equipment would that be i dont htink a werebear can hit faster

Usually the weapon for werebears IMO is the 6os Giant Thresher socketed with %ed jewels and shael runes...Or just six shael runes for range and speed. If you're on a budget the Windhammer is great, so is Schaffers hammer, of course Earth Shifter would be awesome. I like uniques.

Great weapon to start out with to help you level up through most of normal is Civerbs Cudgel, the weapons max damage grows with you and has a fast attack speed. Also the Bonehew is another great unqiue. Druids have a fast attack speed minmum with all mauls I believe. So basically weapons wise...

Normal = Civerbs + 70% block/PDiamond shield/Bonesnap weapon switch
Nightmare = Bonesnap for Act1 till you can bloodtree stump (I think thats the name) and then Windhammer (which can carry you all the way through hell) Then try to get your hands on an Earth Shifter

Of course DONT forget your resistance quests.

Oh yea and maxing shockwave isnt neccessary 10 at most if you have +items waiting on you, than maybe less. Basically 10 is the most you want.

[MaxMax]

I don't know why everbody thinks werebears are going extinct, they've always been more popular than werewolves as far as I can tell and will continue to be because they have increased damage and can actually hit faster than werewolves with the right equipment.

I'm pretty sure bears don't hit faster than wolves, there are just many fireclaw-bears that use 6 x shael weapons.

But im sure there are some experts somewhere on forum that can give the correct numbers.....

[wcumac]

Yea I'm no expert either, but do try to plan ahead for your werebear, they arent the easiest people to play untwinked so if you can get items ahead of time it'll keep you from a lot of frustration. Heres a quick rundown of some items off the top of my head that would be good throughout the game with budget in mind.
(I wont tell you what skills to use since its YOUR werebear)

Weapon
Civerbs cudgel
Bonesnap Maul (40% Crushing blow rocks)

Shield: Sigons/75% Coral Deflector Shield with 2 open sockets (You can buy this in Act4, it has OS for P Diamonds and has max block plus res already) or Ancients Pledge (Ral,Ort,Tal)/Rhyme (Shael,Eth I think)

Armor: Any rare armor with good mods. Sigons of course, cathans if you have the rest of the set to get the fire damage bonus. 3os armor ral+ort+thu for resistance

Boots: Treads of Cthon, buy some with faster run/walk speed/MF/Res Sigons with gloves is best setup you can get normal

Gloves: try your best to get sigon glove/boot setup 30%ias and 10% life leech

NIGHTMARE

Weapons
Bloodtree stump (res/ias/crushing blow)
Darkclan cudgel/crushflange/Baranars Star later

Armor
Skin of the vipermagi (upgrade this later and it'll be useful throughout the game and it drops frequently from Mephisto)
Lionheart runeword
Duriels Shell (my FAVORITE budget armor it has res/cannot be frozen)
Shaftstop for towards the end of NM

Gloves and Boots
Theres a lot of choices here but for the sake of time just stick with sigons gloves and boots as long as you can. Basically your gloves should have ias and life leech. Layind of hands is good, sanders taboo, orphans set gloves etc. Goreriders boots if you can get them, if not than any boots with faster runwalk/resistance and damage mods if you can find them.

Hell (on a budget is gonna be HARD without at least 1 of the uniques mentioned earlier still I'll try here)

Weapon

Earth Shifter/UPed Windhammer/Schaffers Hammer (really REALLY awesome weapon)
or....
60os phaseblade with shael/%ed %ias jewels
6os giant thresher with the same mods for MAX range

Armor
Upped Skin of the vipermagi + Um rune
Upped Duriels Shell
Shaftstop

Gloves and Boots
IK boots and gloves/Sigons boots and gloves

Jewelery is pretty standard
Raven ring/Dual leech other finger/Highlords or Rainbow/Chromatic Amulet giving at least +27 resist all.

There you go! Gamble a lot of jewelry and get money from picking up items from baal runs! Hope this helps I'll add more if I can think of anything else

Oh and dont forget to get Cresent Moon THE BEST budget runeword out there casting a level 13 static field. This weapon is AWESOME on your merc.

Cheers!

[wcumac]

OK, I am new to these forums and i saw everyone is helpful so i have a question about a werebear or rather a few questions. I have heard a lot of people sawing **** about a werebear such as they suck and they are horrible and other crap like that. Now i am one person who roots for the underdog and i am wondering if there is away to actually make a good werebear. Can somsone please post what i should put skills in i was think along the lines of this

1. 20 lycan
2. 20 werebear
3. 20 maul
4. 20 hunger
5. 20 shockwave

and rest on either oaksage or how

p.s.- my friend has a werewolf thats why i think it would be cool a werewolf/and bear team thats good. also this is for pvm and not pvp and i was gonna use a 2 handed weapon.

please everybody put there voice in here and save the extinct werebear.


When I played my old werebear untwinked I maxed lycan and werebear because I knew I didnt have plus items or good items really waiting on me so he needed the life for tankatude. So...

20 lycan
20 werebear
20 maul
1point hunger
10 points shockwave

the rest for your own personalization.

Remember werebear NEEDS fast hit items and leech. Check out the item guide I posted for you, most of those are pretty EASILY attainable.