I am currently trying a lightning zoo build, been pretty fun so far. Still missing the storm wolf pants, but we shall see how far we can take this once I really start building. Get glyphs, legendary paragon nodes, should be interesting
What are you playing?
Been trying cataclysm druid for the first time but boy, having to build up to 20 provocation stacks before starting any pit run or hordes run is horrible gameplay.
i tried stone burst with the new unique. not that strong, defense is lacking and having to stand still with the new bosses is suicide. the new unique really isn’t that strong. it doesn’t work with earth skills and having EM up isn’t that good in a world where 50%+ crit is easy to achieve. also the buff doesn’t refresh itself, so half of the time your build sucks.
then i tried poison boulder with GR. sort of works, but all the restrictions in our class dampen the fun.
i played shred last season. i’m not going to fall for that trap again. it sucked once you got to T3 and there were no buffs, so it’s gonna suck again.
i didn’t try cataclysm. played it last season. it was powerful, but also boring and the snapshotting was highly annoying. apparently snapshotting is even more annoying now. the only good build and it’s not fun to play.
I am currently playing companions and still think it is great. I have tried pulverize and its decent but bossing in T4 till feels a little clunky. Inconsistent on OP is still a bossing issue as you go high in the pits.
I fall for it every time I play, which hasn’t been for a while now because I’ve disappointed myself with it enough times. And then I decided to re-download last night after several seasons away, and what’s the first thing I do? Shred druid. I can’t wait to disappoint myself again!
shred just fundamentally doesn’t work. it’s all about jumping to enemies, killing them quickly, gain a bonus from the kill and then just to the next pack. it all falls apart once the enemies don’t die quickly anymore (like when upgrading torment or high pits).
Running a Grizzly Rage Shred this season and it has been fun. Not quite enough oomph unfortunately if they add a damage multiplier to waxing gibbous and dire wolf aspect I think it could be a contender but it does do T4 boss, IH and Helltides comfortably.
This is the guide i made for it if you want to check it out:
Why Headhunter instead of something like Werewolf for damage and damage reduction?
I have switched over to trying an overpowered tornado build, that is working better than I expected.