Help with PvP wind druid

[moop]

I'm making my first PvP Character, and I decided I'd like a versatile character to start with. I looked at Fenris' Windy Guide, and it was pretty informative, but there's some things I'd like to clear up so I can buy appropriate gear.

How much life should I be aiming for on my Windy?

Are resists that important seeing as I have cyclone armour to take the hits for me?

What level should my Tornado and Hurricane be with gear on?

What FHR Breakpoint should I hit? The guide didn't touch that

How much do Elemental GCs plain, with 20+ life or 12 FHR cost?

I'm having a hard time choosing between Jalal's and Shako. I'm leaning towards Shako because the +2 skills will help my BO, the DR is nice and because of the huge life and mana bonuses. But Jalal's has a nice 30 FHR and 30 Res all, so I'm kinda stuck in the middle.

What small charms should I be using as a Windy? The only I can really think of are 5 FHR and Resist all.

About Enigma: I'm not sure whether it should be made in an Archon or Mage Plate. I like how Archon has higher defence, but is the Str different really a big deal? Will it really make THAT big of a difference in terms of life?

Your help is appreciated :D

[Uncle_Mike]

I'm making my first PvP Character, and I decided I'd like a versatile character to start with. I looked at Fenris' Windy Guide, and it was pretty informative, but there's some things I'd like to clear up so I can buy appropriate gear.

How much life should I be aiming for on my Windy?

Are resists that important seeing as I have cyclone armour to take the hits for me?

What level should my Tornado and Hurricane be with gear on?

What FHR Breakpoint should I hit? The guide didn't touch that

How much do Elemental GCs plain, with 20+ life or 12 FHR cost?

I'm having a hard time choosing between Jalal's and Shako. I'm leaning towards Shako because the +2 skills will help my BO, the DR is nice and because of the huge life and mana bonuses. But Jalal's has a nice 30 FHR and 30 Res all, so I'm kinda stuck in the middle.

What small charms should I be using as a Windy? The only I can really think of are 5 FHR and Resist all.

About Enigma: I'm not sure whether it should be made in an Archon or Mage Plate. I like how Archon has higher defence, but is the Str different really a big deal? Will it really make THAT big of a difference in terms of life?

Your help is appreciated :D
I am not a windy expert but let me try to answer your questions:

1. Your final life depends on charms and if you go with max block or not, around 6k for a max block druid is rather good.

2. Resistances aren't as crucial as on other chars but it never hurts to have them maxed. Cyclone armor is somewhat similar to bone armor on necs - recast it each time you get hit, not when it runs out.

3. You should be aiming for 99 fhr (86 fhr with a wizzy - not sure if I remember that correctly) and either 99 fcr or 163 fcr - 163 is in the non block setup and requires rather good gear.

4. For prices check either the trade values forum or simply make a thread in the trading forum for your realm. Make sure that you specify if it's ladder or non-ladder.

5. I can't remember if I used shako or jalal's on my druid - both should do fine, and so would a rare fcr circ or a 5 tornado pelt. The rest of your setup needs to be taken into account here. I would say that jalal's is rather hard to beat and if you need dr you can always use stormshield (posiibly ber'ed for max dr).

6. For scs you should use fhr/res scs until you reach the desired fhr breakpoint and fill the rest of free slots with life/res small charms.

7. I would probably use mage plate on a druid. Try not to invest any strenght so that your vita can be higher. Druids defense is rather horrible anyway, so the extra 3xx def of archon Enigma wouldn't make a huge difference. I guess I would not consider anything higher than a dusk shroud for a windy.

my 2 cents

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[superjayson]

use what ever armor you want. The defense means absolutely nothing to a windy druid. dont be fooled into thinking it does.

only res id stress most about is poison.

[moop]

Ok, I'm probably going to make it in a MP or a Dusk. I'm going to have 65 total str, 55 would be the bare minimum with my treks, anni, torch and nigma bonuses factored in at level 85(What I plan all my characters to be for some strange unknown reason), but I'd like to be able to use sigs for my leveling. I'll look for some str charms, but 10 points of Vita is 20 life on a druid, hardly a difference right?

[Mudgolem]

Use whichever nigma loks cool( aslong as it doesent have insane str) with wep you can use suicide branch, spirit or wizzy. some windys go for 99 fhr bp
some go higher( forgot what next bp was, like 173 or somthing)

Try to aim for 163 fcr its helpful imo.

[elmek]

If u can afford 20/5@ scs you can go with suicide branch in 163 fcr setup. Otherwise go wizzy or hoto.
172 fhr is not worth it imo. Work on your tactics better in 99 fhr setup.
Personally I'd never invest any str points to wear enigma. Druid starts with 15 str, +20 from anni and +20 from torch is enough to wear MP enigma which looks coolest anyway.
Use 2 setups 99/99/max block/dr for melee and 163/99 vs casters. Aim for 6k life in both setups. With perf gear you can get up to 7,8k life.

[Maeniel]

If u can afford 20/5@ scs you can go with suicide branch in 163 fcr setup. Otherwise go wizzy or hoto.
172 fhr is not worth it imo. Work on your tactics better in 99 fhr setup.
Personally I'd never invest any str points to wear enigma. Druid starts with 15 str, +20 from anni and +20 from torch is enough to wear MP enigma which looks coolest anyway.
Use 2 setups 99/99/max block/dr for melee and 163/99 vs casters. Aim for 6k life in both setups. With perf gear you can get up to 7,8k life.

You mean 6k/7.8k fully buffed, right? I'm fresh back into the Windy world, so I feel like a newb. That's with spirit/CTA and everything right? I think I definately need to reroll my druid with a str-cheaper Enigma.

[elmek]

You mean 6k/7.8k fully buffed, right? I'm fresh back into the Windy world, so I feel like a newb. That's with spirit/CTA and everything right? I think I definately need to reroll my druid with a str-cheaper Enigma.
6k is ok for a max block druid.
you can reach upwards 7,9k on full vita druids.
It's with oak and self bo.

[LA Michigander]

6k is ok for a max block druid.
you can reach upwards 7,9k on full vita druids.
It's with oak and self bo.

6k Life.... With ele lifers?

[elmek]

6k Life.... With ele lifers?
Yes, achievable with 2x-3x lifers.