No twink Fireclaws

[eA-Zaku]

Hi, I'm playing a single player, legit, no twinking or hacking Fireclaws druid and I wanted to get some help with a few concerns I had about skill placement.

- 20 Lycanthropy over 20 points in a 4th fire skill

I think this would be better since it's a 1-player game, so excessively high damage is not needed. Also, since there's not going to be 9x skill charms, the Lycanthropy duration and life helps.

- 20 Firestorm over 20 Volcano

Is this a good idea? The idea was that Volcano in and of itself would not be used much, so the 20 in Firestorm saves me 1 skill point which is big for untwinked and unrushed gameplay.

- 20 Volcano

Is there any time I could expect to have to use fire skills to progress through the game, i.e. I do not have a shael weapon and I need to play as a fire druid until my fire claws is fast enough. And if so, would Volcano be necessary, or is 20 Fissure good enough?

- 1 Oak Sage

Is it worth 1 point for 30% life increase? It will definitely die at 60 life and I won't have much skill boosting items to increase it. Should I just not bother to waste the point?

Thanks in advance.

[Ed from Russia]

Here are some short answers:
- at least 10 points in Lycanthropy if you're untwinked. 20 is better.
- 1 pt Oak Sage is useless because he dies to easily. Either max it or don't use it at all. I suggest you don't use it here.
- the following synergies are prefered: Volcano and Molten Boulder. This gives you a way to deal with fire immunes (unshift and cast Volcano, Boulder adds physical damage)
- Just try to find the fastest possible weapon, damage doesn't matter. If you find Shaels it helps a lot obviously, but try shopping for fast weapons with IAS.

[superjayson]

1 point in oak sage is actually useful. yes its going to die easily, but so do higher lvl oak sages once you reach hell. after a while you'll find some better gear and it will get boosted alot giving you alot of life, all for 1 point invested.

since you're playing untwinked you may want to max volcano over firestorm. your only wasting one point skipping over firestorm to max it, but the useful-ness of volcano cant be ignored.

[Verashiden]

Volcano deals with phys immunes so it should be maxed. Otherwise, you'll be whacking at FIs for quite some time unless you opt to SW and run.