Druid high-end guide V 2.0.

[Handull]

For spell gems I always go sup heal, ensnare, highest lvl single root in top three, and gate in eighth slot. The other four I swap around for nukes, dots, buffs, charming, etc. I've been in enough situations where not having snare or root up made life annoying, so I like to always have both. I only won't have gate up when in vp or very rarely if I need an extra spell up.

With charming there is also the super buff and camp out method, works great in Chardok where pets can be harder to come by, tho the constant aoe ing might make Druid Chardok soloing a thing of the past.

Another thing people don't realize about Druids is they can nuke really well on many raid mobs. I've nuked 4k on a gore kill, and I could have also stopped to heal my groups cleric if he was getting low. Frost is also a very good cold nuke for FR mobs.

Personally I stopped carrying Es gloves a while ago, for the long cast time and minimal mana savings I'd rather cast snare and be done with it.

When doing stuff like Chardok charming solo, just have a wc cap handy, odds are you won't get gate off, esp if your pet is hasted and breaks and you are being summoned.

[SamwiseRed]

heh i always keep sup heal 1, root/snare 2, and gate 8 as well [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] great minds think alike

[Fuddwin]

Sup heal 6
Ensnare 7
Root 8

ALWAYS... lol

Cheetah 1 as well... until one of my buds decides to log on and ungem cheetah!! omfg!


To add to the charming in perma... Glamour is a waste... Tried it a few times... It's just bleh... I would normally just go one on one and let them kill each other with the occassional pet killing 2 for 1 (pet haste here)... Pretty good flow killing the upper lvl bears with the dogs/spiders... Never had ES gloves, like Handull says, Ensnare costs too little and is quick enough... Come to think of it.. I never used snare in Perma... Root/Reroot = win...

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by Fuddwin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sup heal 6
Ensnare 7
Root 8

ALWAYS... lol

Cheetah 1 as well... until one of my buds decides to log on and ungem cheetah!! omfg!


To add to the charming in perma... Glamour is a waste... Tried it a few times... It's just bleh... I would normally just go one on one and let them kill each other with the occassional pet killing 2 for 1 (pet haste here)... Pretty good flow killing the upper lvl bears with the dogs/spiders... Never had ES gloves, like Handull says, Ensnare costs too little and is quick enough... Come to think of it.. I never used snare in Perma... Root/Reroot = win...

Snare is just useless for soloing until they fix stacking in Velious. Root is always a better choice of CC til then.

I haven't loaded ensnare or snare for months now beyond pulling something like Estrella to zone line.

[bartly]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Snare is just useless for soloing until they fix stacking in Velious. Root is always a better choice of CC til then.

I haven't loaded ensnare or snare for months now beyond pulling something like Estrella to zone line.

Works pretty good for quadding seafuries/forest giant ancients, etc.

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by bartly [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Works pretty good for quadding seafuries/forest giant ancients, etc.

Haven't quadded in quite a long time. Charm solo or no solo! But I guess if quadding makes you happy, yes snaring is fine. But ES Gauntlets work there too. Or Bonds of Tunare if you body pull them and group them before snaring.

[Fuddwin]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Snare is just useless for soloing until they fix stacking in Velious. Root is always a better choice of CC til then.

I haven't loaded ensnare or snare for months now beyond pulling something like Estrella to zone line.

For soloing.. yes
I ALWAYS have snare/ensnare loaded... Pulls aggro off of noobs when porting.. pulls adds asap for rooting... ES Gaunts just too long... Mana is not much of an issue at 35m per cast.. Shit.. get that back with one tick with Oak/C2/Mask

And my friends and I give each other a hard time about everything just to troll and I hear the "one job" line alot when grouping with them... cuz I forget to snare... quick cast helps me tons with that.. lol

[mrmop520]

Goddamit Notserp you have ONE JOB!

[Fuddwin]

Originally Posted by mrmop520 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Goddamit Notserp you have ONE JOB!

/sigh

[rafaone]

Thanks for your inputs guys, nice to see another more spell sets around.

With charming there is also the super buff and camp out method, works great in Chardok where pets can be harder to come by, tho the constant aoe ing might make Druid Chardok soloing a thing of the past.

Can you please give more info on this method? I guess you camping out for the pet to regen, similar to encs memblurring and re-charming method.

Personally I stopped carrying Es gloves a while ago, for the long cast time and minimal mana savings I'd rather cast snare and be done with it.

Agree with you, specially when you get the White sathin gloves from sky. However, I stil carry them to save a spell gem in some situations.