Cookie cutter for baal/chaos = wind?

[Monarchos]

Hello

The plan is to make a viable druid for clearing CS and WSK incl bosses (hopefully to lvl 99 if i can stand it that long :) )

The question is, is the winddruid the best bet or is a bear-thing better?

Regarding melee builds, im worried about IM from the oblivion knights...Dont know if there is a way you can handle it as a melee druid?

Thx for reading

[cloudsloth]

The wind druid I played last ladder was the toughest and most damage dealing char I've ever used. I never was very strong on soloing Lister and his minions, but chaos and diablo were easy. Baal was troublesome with his healing, but your merc if suited better than mine was could deal with him.

[Elyxthaxzus]

Ya i would say a windy is one of the best hell runners out there, just my opinion tho. But they really dont have any specific limitations, other then the random spawns that are both PI and CI. but those are usually avoidable.

due to the reduction in physical damage in hell, they aren't the fastest killers, but imo the most stable. im currently runnign hell meph MF runs easily at lvl 81, and have yet to die other then once in act2, and it was my mistake (lazy)

What i like about them is their adaptability, they don't need hordes of gear to function well in hell, but excel at higher levels of gear.survivability is very high due to their selection of defensive skills. my health pre-oak (oak is only 1 pt) is only about 700 or so, but i haven't had any issues really. definitely well worth it IMO.