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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Diablo / March 2007UT Wolf
I'm building a new Fury Wolf for party play in UT. So far I've maxed Fury, Lycanthropy and Oak Sage. I have a point in Grizzly, Carrion Vine and all the prerequisites. I'm holding off on more points in Wolf till I decide on an end game weapon and see how much more speed I need to hit my top breakpoint. Where do you think I should spend points from here out? Wolf for more AR (a big concern in UT)? Feral Rage for more AR, damage and leech? Rabies or Fire Claws? Or a beefier Grizzly for distraction purposes? Other options? What about end game weapon? I have a low end Ribcracker, but it's hardly worth the runes to upgrade it. Are there any decent one handed weapons that will let me use a shield (more resists)? Obedience in a big nasty stick is an option, but it doesn't have any IAS, so it's probably too slow (7-8 frame Fury in a Thresher). Death has the same problem, no weapon IAS, so it's probably too slow too. Ideas? I have an Anni and Torch waiting till he's high enough level. And a Jalal's is hard to beat. I'll probably go with Drac's for the mandatory Life Tap. And Gores (or possibly Goblin Toes) will give me more CB. I'd love to give him a Fortitude armor, but that's out of my price range (I used my Lo for my Zmiter's Grief), so maybe a Duress. Not sure what else to use. I'll need a little Mana leech somewhere (FR should cover Life leech). What are some options for this UT Wolf's gear? Any other suggestions are appreciated. Regards- Mark Bongo-Fury > I'm building a new Fury Wolf for party play in UT. So far I've maxed Fury, > Lycanthropy and Oak Sage. I have a point in Grizzly, Carrion Vine and all [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Bongo-Fury You could always try a Crescent Moon (Shael Um Tir) in an Axe, Sword, or Polearm. Happy Hunting, Anne > You could always try a Crescent Moon (Shael Um Tir) in an Axe, Sword, or > Polearm. I'm considering CM, the Static with the speed of a Wolf would be nice. But I'd really like some CB on the weapon for UT duty. Unfortunately the Ubers and miniubers all have 75% LR except Mephy who has 110%, so Static will be of limited use there. CM might be a good choice for getting through Hell though. Thx for your thoughts. Regards- Mark Bongo Fury Mark schrieb: > I'm building a new Fury Wolf for party play in UT. So far I've maxed Fury, > Lycanthropy and Oak Sage. I have a point in Grizzly, Carrion Vine and all [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Rabies or Fire Claws? Or a beefier Grizzly for distraction purposes? Other > options? Wolf is probably the best choice. Rabies and Fire Claws are useless without synergies, Feral Rage is already at a good level with all the +skills, the Grizzly won't last noticeably longer with more points. > What about end game weapon? I have a low end Ribcracker, but it's hardly > worth the runes to upgrade it. Are there any decent one handed weapons that > will let me use a shield (more resists)? Obedience in a big nasty stick is > an option, but it doesn't have any IAS, so it's probably too slow (7-8 frame > Fury in a Thresher). Death has the same problem, no weapon IAS, so it's > probably too slow too. Ideas? Oath. 50% IAS is good for a 5 fpa attack. Either with or without shield. Pitty that the ed range goes from 210% to 340%, you probably need several rolls to get a good one. > I have an Anni and Torch waiting till he's high enough level. And a Jalal's > is hard to beat. I'll probably go with Drac's for the mandatory Life Tap. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > little Mana leech somewhere (FR should cover Life leech). What are some > options for this UT Wolf's gear? Duress is a good choice. I've heard that spamming firestorms causes lag and thus the players to be kicked, so maybe you have to dump the torch? Which will make decent resists even harder to overcome. Maybe by using the Treachery/Fade trick. --- Hannes > Wolf is probably the best choice. Rabies and Fire Claws are useless > without synergies, Feral Rage is already at a good level with all the > +skills, the Grizzly won't last noticeably longer with more points. The more I think about it, I agree with you, Rabies, FC and Grizzly are not the way to go. I'm still undecided between FR and Wolf though. At L85 I'll have 27 points to use. Wolf gives IAS and AR, while FR gives leech, damage, AR and R/W speed. IAS is only good up to a point, and FR gives 5%/lvl less AR but 5% more damage/lvl. I suppose I have to decide on my end game weapon, then put enough points in Wolf to max my speed, then put the balance in FR. Sound reasonable? > Oath. 50% IAS is good for a 5 fpa attack. Either with or without shield. > Pitty that the ed range goes from 210% to 340%, you probably need > several rolls to get a good one. Oath might be a good choice. I just need to find a nice ethereal base item. A Scourge will get me to 5 frame Fury and let me use a shield, while a Decapitator or Glorious Axe will hit 6 frames without. In either case I won't need any more points in Wolf to hit those BPs. The raw damage of either of those big Axes will top an UP'd Ribcracker, but the CB on a Cracker will win out. Damn, I was hoping to try something new with this Wolf. Hmmm. > Duress is a good choice. Duress and GT's will give me 40% CB, that might be enough using an Oath if I can get my To Hit high enough. > I've heard that spamming firestorms causes lag and thus the players to > be kicked, so maybe you have to dump the torch? Which will make decent > resists even harder to overcome. Maybe by using the Treachery/Fade trick. If I can't use a Torch that'll certainly force me to lean towards using a shield, to get enough resists. And the Skill and Ability loss will also really hurt. I'm planning on using this guy for party use, so Salvation should be available to mostly counter Mephy's Conviction. Regards- Mark Bongo Fury I think it was "Mark" <bongofury@verizon.net> that wrote something like... >> Wolf is probably the best choice. Rabies and Fire Claws are useless >> without synergies, Feral Rage is already at a good level with all the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >then put enough points in Wolf to max my speed, then put the balance in FR. >Sound reasonable? It's been way to long for me to be sure and the tool tips were never that useful, but I'd always figured a 1 point bear with lots of points in one of the wolves (Not sure which) to buff it's life would be more useful that a max bear, which would do more damage but have a pile less life. Not that I ever got around to making a werewolf like that myself so can't say how it'd work for sure. Ashen Shugar  SignatureThe lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule! > > I've heard that spamming firestorms causes lag and thus the players to > > be kicked, so maybe you have to dump the torch? Which will make decent > > resists even harder to overcome. Maybe by using the Treachery/Fade trick. I wondered about this so I tried a druid torch on my zon with her botd bow, firestorms and poison novas going off all the time, with no lag and no kicks, though that was just normal hell questing not UT. I also used the same druid torch when I quested my freezalot thru hell, there it was with a crescent moon popping static field almost once per second or so. When running tours down to baal in norm, my es/fo sorc generally sees lag show up when a wind druid pops in or very seldom when a necro does (not all necros cause it, so I don't really believe in necros causing lag). I think it is more a case of someone in the game having a slow connection or slow computer and they lag out the game for the rest of the party. If everyone is updating fast enough then the server doesn't lag. |
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