This is a very good ele druid guide that i like.
I wouldnt do a bone necro now, the marrow glitch is over which makes for a much weaker necro.
Elemental Druid PVP & PVM
The new synergies introduced in 1.10 have made the Elemental Druid incredibly powerful. Only good Barbarians and Amazons really pose a threat PVP. A perfectly built Elemental Druid can stomp just about any other class. Elemental Druids are great PVM as well, so this build can serve either purpose equally well.
Stats
· Strength - None. Use jewelry/boots and a Mageplate/Breastplate Enigma to get enough Strength to equip your items.
· Dexterity - Either go for max block with an SS, or no Dex at all. No Dex will allow over 500 Vitality.
· Energy - None.
· Vitality - The rest of your points go here.
Skills
20 - Tornado
20 - Cyclone Armor
20 - Twister
20 - Hurricane
20 - Oak Sage
Equipment
Helm: Use a Shako, socketed with a Shael, or a 15% resist 7%fhr jewel (if you can find one).
Armor: Use a Mageplate/Breastplate Enigma and avoid wasting a single point on Strength.
Gloves: Magefist for 20% FCR and mana regen. Max FCR (fast cast rate) is critical in PVP.
Shield: Stormshield with a -15% requirements, 15% Res all jewel or an Eld rune for 7% increased chance to block (saves you from spending points on Dexterity).
Shield/Weapon on Backside: Lidless wall (or +2 skills Spirit Monarch - ladder only if you can get it) for +1 skills and a CTA for Battle Orders/Command to increase your life/skills.
Belt: Arachnid Mesh for 20% FCR and +1 Skills
Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Trek for vitality, Strength, poison resist and great defense. They are self repair, so they will never 'break'.
Weapon: Get a high resist (close to 40%) Heart of the Oak flail. 30-40% resist all, +3 Skills, and 40% FCR make this the weapon of choice. 40% Fast cast from your HOTO is critical to making your Elemental Druid effective.
Amulet: 30% Resist Mara's, or a godly +2 Druid amulet with stats/resist/FCR.
Ring 1: SOJ, or BK, or use a 10% FCR ring with mana/ stats/ resist to reach 99% FCR plateau (if you have not reached the plateau already)
Ring 2: SOJ
Charms: 5x +1 Elemental grand charms with 35+ life, 5x +1 Elemental grand charms with 12% FHR , 1x Annihilus, and 9x life/mana, life/resist charms.
Strategy
With a HOTO (40), Magefist (20), and Arachnid Sash (20) your Druid will have 80% fast cast. In order to hit the 99% plateau you need a 20% FCR circlet or a 20% FCR amulet. I would hit that 99% plateau for sure (11 FPS), because that will give you a big edge Druid vs. Druid (caster vs. caster). It will also help you catch all those Necromancers that will be running when they see this build.
Druid Fast Cast Rate (FCR) plateaus:
(in FPS - Frames Per Second)
18 frames = base
17 frames = 4%
16 frames = 10%
15 frames = 19%
14 frames = 30%
13 frames = 46%
12 frames = 68%
11 frames = 99%
10 frames = 163%
Druids have horrible base FHR , so I would recommend putting a 7% FHR / 15% Res Jewel or a Shael in your helm (20% FHR ), or getting some Elemental grand charms with FHR , or small charms with FHR (5% FHR/ 5% resist charms are quite rare, but they exist) . See the FHR table at the bottom for details.
