Windy summon? Why not Spirit Wolves?

[Bulgarian]

People say it's up to your playing style. Well, I haven't ever made a PvP windy. Personally though, I would pick the dire wolves over the grizzly because I understand that summons aren't there to do damage and IMO the distraction is great. However, if dire wolves are used as a distraction then why aren't spirit wolves recommended as a summon for a windy?

Yes, I realize there's already another thread on this, but it's like 3 years old.

So which summon do you play the most with and why?

[TheBassman]

Spirit wolves FTW.

5 wovles > 3 wolves.
And that's one point you dont need to spend to get dire or two to get grizzly.

[Summerfun]

I have 1 point in all 3 summons.
I use spirit wolfs vs barbs and smiters.

But vs sorceress i like to use the bear.
when you name-lock-tele a sorc with a bear there are a pretty good chance that the bear use its smite attack and knocks back the sorc, and that put them into fhr animation just like smite from a paladin.

Im not 100% sure on this but i allso think that you cant be name-locked when you use bear.

[Monopoly]

you can, but if you miss, you will end up hitting the bear. the same thing is for wolfs, only that there are more of them :P

[Bulgarian]

where would i put the remainder of points if i just put 1 in each?..

[Verashiden]

Oak Sage >.>

[LorveN]

More = better. Always. Summons aren't there for the damage. (Grizzly maybe, in rare cases, but then you'll most likely have like...20 points in it)
Distraction is good. Imagine a zealer.
You and a grizzly -> Half of the hits will be aimed at you.
You and 3 wolves -> 1/4 of the hits...
You and 5 wolves -> 1/6 of the hits...
Hell, zeal only makes 5 swings, you might stay clean of the first attack if you're lucky.

Oh, and you can never have too many points in Oak Sage.

[elmek]

There are no zealers in the pvp scene... At least I haven't seen any.

But that's true. If you're using summons, use spirit wolves for their allowed number or grizzly. Vs sorces I sometimes use bear, sometimes wolves. Depends. Wolves after tele stomp are also attacking the sorc forcing block/fhr animation.

[Bulgarian]

after oak sage...

[CaptnSparrow]

after oak sage...


If you still have points on a wind druid after maxing oak, then you are doing way too much levelling. ;O


Wind Synergies
Summons
Oak


After that nothing is needed.

[Bulgarian]

maybe it's just me, but when i asked this question a while ago, people recommended dire wolves?

[Verashiden]

O_o not anymore.

[elmek]

If you still have points on a wind druid after maxing oak, then you are doing way too much levelling. ;O


Wind Synergies
Summons
Oak


After that nothing is needed.
At lvl 99 we have 110 skill points to spare.

For wind druid:
1 arctic
20 cyclone
20 twister
20 tornado
20 hurricane
20 oak
1 raven
1 spirit w
1 dire w
1 grizzly

As you can see, lvl 94 is all you need to complete it.