Is there a summoning druid guide?

[LittleCoochy]

well the title pretty much says it all, please let me know the best build for a summoning druid if there are any, since I searched the forums and can't seem to find one.

 

[Jason]

Why would you make a summoning druid? If you want to summon, make a necro. Otherwise make a wind druid or a rabies/fury druid.

 

[Flaming_Newbie]

summoning druids suck ass for pvp and pvm... unless your gonna tg/nk with a bear

 

[djnat]

I'll post a build for a summoner druid tomorrow. I posted it some time ago, but can't find my old post.

Stay tuned.

 

[aphextwin]

lol summoning druid? is that possible?

 

[LittleCoochy]

what is so bad about a summoning druid? if a summoning necro can be good why can't a druid? Hell Grizzley could do 2k+ damage with the right build.

 

[Jason]

So? 2k in hell is like 2 dmg in norm.

 

[LittleCoochy]

well I have yet to take a character through hell anyways, so I don't think it really matters. the highest I have ever taken a characer was lvl 76 from nightmare baal runs.

 

[WildfireFX]

I made a thread about this idea long ago. Nobody said it had to be a strong build, but its fun.

I suppose you'd want to max most of the animals. Bear for sure.. wolves..ravens.. etc. See how your minions are holding up once you're a higher lvl and from there decide on a spirit. If you find they die too fast, life sage is the one you want to go for. If they don't die quick, perhaps you'd want to max the other so they do more damage. Ignore spirit of the barbs though.

Gear? Well.. i'd assume the same as any other caster. Ideally you'd want enigma, hoto, shako, sojs etc. (otherwise get things like vipermagi, wizardspike, que-hagens mage plate, etc..)

Summoning GC's should be cheap, so see if you can get some of those.


Good luck with it.

 

[aphextwin]

i can see how a summoner druid can survive nm, but i cant see it survive hell :\

-edit-

i got the itemsz for a summon druid....

helm: +3 grizzly delirium
ammy: +3 summoning
armor: enigma, valor
belt: arach
weapon1: mang song's (archon staff)
weapon2: cta
shield2: lidless, sigons
gloves: frostburns, magefist
boots: eth treks
rings 1 & 2: bk, soj

inv
10 summon gc
1 anni
9 resist/life scs

cant tell u bout skills but i'd max grizzly, both wolves, how, rest creeper or cyclone armor

 

[Flaming_Newbie]

what is so bad about a summoning druid? if a summoning necro can be good why can't a druid? Hell Grizzley could do 2k+ damage with the right build.

necros have more than 25 skellys + revives + amp + corpse explosion

druids have bear/wolves+ravens+spirit

druid is owned

 

[minny]

pvp summon druids are cheap as hell.. if you have ever dueled them and they just sit in town and summon direwolves and you get owned

 

[aphextwin]

lol then why stay outside.............

 

[WildfireFX]

ive only dueled one summoner druid before, he just kept casting bear it was really annoying. he'd get people when they had like 12 hp left and go "LOL OGM WTFUX0R PWNT".

:fwink


anyways.. don't be like him.

 

[LittleCoochy]

well I got my summoning druid to lvl 17 last night and I was kicking some ass. I would join baal run games and then head to the cold planes, after about 4 games or so I was lvl 10 and then started doing trist runs pretty quick. I pwned Griz like no other. I then started a game when I became lvl 15 and ran through most of the act1 quests. I had about 5 people in the game with me, and we went for andy. They were all still fooling around in the small room while I went in straight for her and killed her right before our barb could even take a swing. so far I am having fun. pretty much the build I am going for:

20 in crows
20 in spirit wolves
20 in dire wolves
20 in grizley
20 in Oak Sage or Heart of Wolverine (haven't decided yet, most likeley will be HoW)
1 in carrion vines
1 in prerqs

 

[Jason]

helm: +3 grizzly delirium
ammy: +3 summoning
armor: enigma, valor
belt: arach
weapon1: mang song's (archon staff)
weapon2: cta
shield2: lidless, sigons
gloves: frostburns, magefist
boots: eth treks
rings 1 & 2: bk, soj

Lol..uh..

helm: +3 grizzly delirium <--not too shabby
ammy: +3 summoning <--sounds good
armor: enigma, valor <--wtfomg do u need that shit for..u are a summoner..get like a freaking vipermagi or even a silks..all u need armor for is skills
belt: arach <--another waste..cept for the skill it's pointless..u don't need fcr
weapon1: mang song's (archon staff) <--idk wtf that is
weapon2: cta <--meh..I guess for summons, but i wouldn't waste my time or gear on this build..
shield2: lidless, sigons <--no need..ur a SUMMONER
gloves: frostburns, magefist <--dont need..get +skills gloves if there are any lmao
boots: eth treks <--doesn't matter what u use for that
rings 1 & 2: bk, soj <--sounds bout right

Heh..summon druids need no gear and need no fcr nor mana nor anything..they also suck ass.

 

[LittleCoochy]

lol last night I tore through the sewers, got my cube, and the staff. I also lvled to 20, I guess it's a pretty nexb thing because I didn't know you couldn't have both type of wolves out at the same time. oh well, I am going to keep continuing my adventure cause I still seem to be having no problems. Also does anyone know if crows are affected by HoW?

 

[Jason]

Lmfao..

Level 20? Of course you're not having trouble. You don't realize how effective a char is until Hell. Level 75+.

Also Ravens don't do enough damage to be noticed..they're mainly used for the Hit Blinds Target.

 

[ZConnor]

I tried 2 of these builds, one with maxed grizzly and the other the wolves [3].

The build was alright early but once I hit act 3 of NM it became apparent that the summons were too few [I don't count the ravens cuz they their dam is awful] and not strong enough. The only way I really made it through to hell [and then stopped because I couldn't kill anything and was getting bum rushed too often] was by getting an item with AMP curse charges and some melee gear to help fight.

Meh, try it if you want, but it really doesn't work in hell.

Plus Necro summoners just pwn the monsters.

ZConnor

EDIT: If you get blood raven bow [revives] and something with amp charges then maybe...but I'm not trying it now.

 

[SteveDaGreat]

See how your minions are holding up once you're a higher lvl and from there decide on a spirit. If you find they die too fast, life sage is the one you want to go for. If they don't die quick, perhaps you'd want to max the other so they do more damage. Ignore spirit of the barbs though.

umm i think spirit of the barbs would be pretty useful against melee attackers, u can keep summoning things they can hit and they will kill themselves, just invest 1 pt into this. thats my opinion. :umm