Uber Druid bear

[k_dash22]

I made this bear in hopes of taking on the ubers. He is sufficient in doing the key runs although it takes ages to kill lilith, duriel and izual but at least i can. When in tristram, all he is capable of doing is killing the cronnies. I run in tristram with a uber zealot and he is the one dealing the dmg.

I use summon grizzly and an hell act 2 merc to tank for me, and HoW for the xtra AR and dmg.

Its my first level 90 class ever and the details of him are below. Can u suggest an improvements or mistakes i made on him.

Zofran
Lvl 90: Druid bear build [non-fireclaw]
Patriarch

MERC STATS:
Hell act 2
Lvl 89
Defensive/ Defiance Aura
wpn: Bonehew w/ 2x Amn
dmg: 540-2082
HoW dmg: 698-2689
arm: Bladehades w/ 3x perfect ruby
head: Natalyas totem
resist: 69

*hoping to get an ebotd great poleaxe and an eCoH with one of the armour types i want for me bear listed below... higher defence the better

BASE STATS
STR: 168
DEX: 188
VIT: 164
ENR: 20

With the stat distribution, i went 2str/2dex/1vita until late 60s, then switched to 3vita/2dex until 89. Then i switched back to 3vita/1str/1dex.

Life: 565
Mana: 198
Stamina: 312

Defense: 47 [naked]
Resist: -70hell, -10nightmare, +30normal

Skills:
Lycanthropy: 20
Werebear: 20
Maul: 20
Shockwave: 20

HoW: 2
Grizzly: 14

Gear:
Aldur's Watchtower
Aldur's Deception [1socket perfect ruby]
Aldur's Stoney Gaze [2socket perfect ruby]
Aldur's Rhythm [3socket shael]
Aldur's Advance

partial Disciple
Laying Of Hands
Credendum
Telling Of Beads

Manald Ring
Raven Frost
Storm Shield [1socket perfect diamond]
Torch: +14 all attributes, +12resist all, +3 druid skills

Charms
Grand:
1x +15resist all/ 21% extra gold from monsters
1x +39 life
1x shapeshift skills/ 4dex
1x summon skills/ 1-22 lightning dmg
1x summon skills/ 6dex

Large:
1x 22 life/ 11% lightning resist
1x 22 life
2x 32 life

Small
1x 16 life, 18 life/ 5-15 fire dmg, 5%fhr/+10ar/1min dmg
2x 19 life
3x 15 life

Normal Resistance= +30% all
Nightmare Resistance= -10% all
Hell= -70% All

GEAR STATS: [wearing aldurs, disciple, torch, and full charms... all items]
STR: 287
DEX: 297
VIT: 223
ENR: 79

Resist All: 75% max
Life: 1109 werebear life: 3191
Defense: 2083 werebear defense: 5519
werebear defece with merc: 9790
Mana: 506
Maul AR: 9405 HoW+Maul AR: 11029
Maul dmg: 681-1102
Full charged Maul dmg: 882-1421
Full charged Maul dmg+HoW: 989-1506
Grizzly life and dmg: 2437life/ 1262-1366dmg [no oak sage or HoW]

Skill Levels
29---> lycanthropy, werebear, maul, shockwave
2---> HoW
14---> Summon Grizzly

At the moment, im using aldurs for the dmg/ ar/ resist all bonus and the disciple for the individual resistance/ individual stat/ IAS/ demon dmg bonus. In the latter im hoping to do the following:

change weapon to ebotd
* orge maul or
* thunder maul or
* great poleaxe
* weapon switch with cta/scourge & sigons/lidless/sanctuary runeword

change armour to CoH
* great hauberk or
* archon plate or
* shadow plate or
* sacred armour

change gloves to
* draculs graps

change belt to
* nosferatu's coil

change boots to
* gore rider boots

change ammy to
* mara's kaleidoscope or saracen chance or to a less extent, mahim-oak curio

change ring from manald ring to bul-kathos wedding band

change headgear to jalal's mane

Most of the items i have in my stash or in mules but dont want to use beucase it will reduce my stats and throw of my max resistnace and AR bonus. The only thing im having abit of a pickle getting is CoH and BotD runes. Give me input on what u think... and some advice. im gonna stop levelling him at 95/96. Hope this helps as a non-fireclaw druid build as well..

k_dash

[Fuggle]

By the looks of it, not a chance. You are going to get swamped by all the minions and since I didnt see tap on there, you are screwed. Plus with that dmg, the ubers aren't even going to fight you. They are like ****, thats a waste of energy.

[RaZzor]

+30 res on normal? Omg...and your stat destribution is shit dude...sorry to say...normally, you stat like this:

Think of having max block: Do I really need max block? If not, only that much in dex until you can wear your stuff.

Only that much in str until you can wear your stuff

Rest in vita


With 560 life, you won't even survive a throne full of souls on hell....

[Fuggle]

+30 res on normal? Omg...and your stat destribution is shit dude...sorry to say...normally, you stat like this:

Think of having max block: Do I really need max block? If not, only that much in dex until you can wear your stuff.

Only that much in str until you can wear your stuff

Rest in vita


With 560 life, you won't even survive a throne full of souls on hell....

GEAR STATS: [wearing aldurs, disciple, torch, and full charms... all items]
STR: 287
DEX: 297
VIT: 223
ENR: 79

Resist All: 75% max
Life: 1109 werebear life: 3191
That was his before gear.

[k_dash22]

i survive a throne room ***k of souls very well. its just the fetish guys.. too many to them to fight and unfrotunately, the bear's only mean to stopping mass mobs is stun with maul 1 by 1. you could imagine the time spent picking out the cronnies.

my bear can survive tristram, but ive enver acutally tried to go for the prime evils. ive focused on takign out the cornnies becuase well.. they were the biggest pain in the a$$ blockign the portal. And yes there is life tap that there.

i put alot of point into dex because i figured the bear lacks AR. with poor items, he would only get the bonus from maul.. and with 5xxx ar in hell. thats not a good % to hit.

I did say i was going to get those godly items. i managed to trade for half of them now. If i can't solo. at least i can take a more active role in uber that is non-paladin, amazon or barbarian lol.

Whats wrong with my stat distirbution?

[k_dash22]

i had no idea that did a double post. it had an error when loading the post.

Just an update on my bear.

Ive changed my most of my bear and now have the following.

ebotd thunder maul
dmg: 299-1263
368%ed
15%ll

CoH Sacred armour
Def: 877

Jalal's w/ perfect Ruby
Nosferatu's coil
Highlords & Carrion Wind



Stats
Base [all gear on, non-bearform]: 1494defence, 960life
Werebear: [all gear on]: 4183defence, 2923life
Resist: fire,light, poison= max 75%, cold= 51%

dmg: 1534-8444 [w/o HoW or maul charge]
maul dmg [full charge]: 2404-13k
maul dmg [full charge w/ HoW]: 2732-15k

Im happy with the dmg i do in baal runs, im yet to test him in a key run then trsitram run. Although i do submit... ive noticed that i take alot more damage withotu a shield. When i had my aldurs on with a shield, i was at max blocking 75% so that is probably why undead fetishes and souls in act5 start to annoy me.

And your probably right. i have a shit stat distribution, so im gonna put all points into vita now, lol only 9 levels left, so thats 45 points... and/or change to verdungos.

The remaining items im looking for now are annilus low or high, maras kale, and draculs grasp. Then i should be right.

"i cannot run tristram without a paladin"... happy :S

[FraterPerdurabo]

If I were You, I would just delete that druid and create a new one. Your stats are completely screwed up. Only 9 levels left? Well, getting that bear to lvl 99 is going to be Your biggest waste of life ever. Make a new char with good eq and decent stats. I'll try to help You as much as I can, besides that.
Never, never, ever use Aldur's, especially on a melee char. The damage is just dire. The Ubers will laugh in You face if You try to face them with full Aldur's.

Since this char is going to be PvM (ubers more specifically), You need CB, which I didn't see in Your eq.

Equipment:
Helm: Jalal's (resists, skills, stats)/Guillaume's (CB)
Armor: CoH (if You have low resists)/Eni (You can make a no STR build)
Belt: Nosferatu (if You need more IAS)/String of Ears (DR, ll)/Verdungo's (DR, VIT)
Gloves: Dracul's (life tap)
Boots: Gores (Upped if You have a lot of STR)
Amulet: Angelic
Ring: Angelic
Ring2: Raven Frost
Weapon: eBOTDz/LW
Shield: Stormshield
Switch: Cta + Spirit

Stats:
STR: enough for equipment
DEX: Max block
VIT: rest
ENE: none

If You are not using LW (Last Wish), You must definately use Guillaume's. the 15% CB from Gores is not enough. I'd choose String of Ears over Verdungo's, because once You have BO'd Yourself and got life tap going, life isn't all that important, and the life leech on String is more important when You haven't got life tap in yet. With String and Stormshield, You should also have 50% DR. If not using LW, Guillaume's and Gorerider's give 50% CB, so You should be sorted.

[k_dash22]

with my current stats and former stormshield. i had maxium chance to block. ill give ur configuration a try thou. i admit i put too much STR in my bear and making a CoH sacred armour was a bad idea for the STR req. I would of gotten a better e defensive bonus from fort.

At the moment, im working on cta, and jsut need ist and ohm runes and a sanctuary shield [for fun & something new]. I did a tristram run with a paladin last night and i kicked baals @$$. But mephisto was a big problem... i was jsut too late for diablo.

Im thinking of changeing for fortitude for the extra 300% damamge and better defence bonus.

LOL- i used full aldurs on my first tristram run. it wasn't bad. but it was terrible at defence. I can survive stuff well with my current set up, but again i admit that its tougher without a shield, amd im curious about the angelic bonus. Ive never seen it and have only angelic rings.

thanks but ill stick with this bear. i dont think he is that bad and put in too much time even if i did mess up his stats.

[FraterPerdurabo]

with my current stats and former stormshield. i had maxium chance to block. ill give ur configuration a try thou. i admit i put too much STR in my bear and making a CoH sacred armour was a bad idea for the STR req. I would of gotten a better e defensive bonus from fort.

At the moment, im working on cta, and jsut need ist and ohm runes and a sanctuary shield [for fun & something new]. I did a tristram run with a paladin last night and i kicked baals @$$. But mephisto was a big problem... i was jsut too late for diablo.

Im thinking of changeing for fortitude for the extra 300% damamge and better defence bonus.

LOL- i used full aldurs on my first tristram run. it wasn't bad. but it was terrible at defence. I can survive stuff well with my current set up, but again i admit that its tougher without a shield, amd im curious about the angelic bonus. Ive never seen it and have only angelic rings.

thanks but ill stick with this bear. i dont think he is that bad and put in too much time even if i did mess up his stats.

If You have the intention of continueing with this bear because "You have already put too much time into him", then think again, because getting from level 90 to 92 takes longer than 1 to 90.

Sanctuary would be a good idea when doing ubers, but an UM'ed Stormshield would still be better in my opinion. If You get in trouble with Meph because of Conviction, try getting shape shift skillers with light resist, or just use lots of +5 res all scs. The other resists aren't all that important in Trist, just cold and lightning. Don't try takeing all the ubers on at once, lure them away and take them out 1 by 1. Actually, once Meph is dead, You can just run in there and open up a can of whoopass on Baal and Diablo.

Make a CoH Dusk Shroud or Archon Plate, the str requirements for other armors are way too high, same for Fortitude.