2 days ago I was at the point of quitting as I couldn’t complete a lvl 21 nm sigil. Level 74 & finally gave up on finding that stupid helm for wolfnado (I shall not say it’s name as it doesn’t exist).. I bit the bullet & changed to this build, bam. The game is fun again. Clearing nm 24-25 pretty easily, makes levelling a lot better. You really helped me, thanks. Subbed.
Ok, I've tried several "best" Druid builds with the Crone staff and all have felt weak, and left me struggling to clear dungeons more than 3 levels higher than my character, let alone quickly. I tried this one and it was the same at first. But then I re-jiggered the order of the aspects to more closely match what equipment they are paired with in the video and written guide, and damn: I just l cleared a 41 dungeon without breaking a sweat, super quickly, that had just given me a hard time. I've level 89 and my core stats are 1000+ lower than what's shown in the video (attack, armor, life), as I guess I don't have the best rolls on my equipment. (And I haven't even looked at, or tried, to match your paragon board.) Will be interesting to see how it scales for me - thanks for that detailed guide! Sub'd.
@@Bshaker479 i clear it easily without, i use the attack speed elixir because proccing natures fury faster means you remove the poison by activating bulwark faster
so what unique Would u use if you Have them Would u use the ether one of the helms im assuming tempest roar i have mad wolf tempest and staff wounder if all 2 can be used in this build and what mioght aspect would i need if i used all 3
No other uniques besides Crone Staff. If you're farming lower tier nm dungeons you "COULD" use vigorous aspect on your helm and substitute Mad Wolf's Glee to add a bit of extra movement speed and claw damage. Other than that, you lose too much defense for any perceived gain with either of the unique helms and chests.
trample into packs and to proc your hurricane for debuff on enemies, then have cataclysm up so it pulls everything in and hit poison creeper to poison everything around you, bind them and then just spam earthenbulwark, claw, poison creeper and trample, well you only really get to do that on the boss, as everything else just dies in 1 bulwark explosion lol
trample and landslides seem to be just for show... bulwark + barber is doing 200+M i just replaced it with cyclone armor and another useful aspect so that i can run confortably all t100 dungeons.
So i seen s9 many videos with this build but i still dont know which to use at the beginning of the paragon board. Do i use territorial or expolit.. can someone pls help me.
this build is so powerful with how the bulwark works that you really dont need exploit but if you want to run it and you are not level 100 yet then the first board would be the best place for it yes
@@sumnersmash7485 but that's not exactly reliable. Plus the vulnerable damage from the glyph alone makes it one of the best ones. 100% use exploit on any druid build no matter what
Damn this one immediately says the staff.. which I dont have :( I only have the Mad unique. Wish I could find a build that uses it. Now I'm just back to square one.
Quite sure the majority of your damage is coming from the Bulwark shards bug that makes it do insane damage against higher level enemies. The damage coming from your creeper/trample is actually pretty low
It 100% is and it's nothing new. I'd imagine it will be patched at some point. There's no way a defensive ability that makes you immune to CC is intended to be the highest damage ability as well. They already tried to nerf it with the Symbiotic change but it wasn't enough to prevent perma use. If I had to guess they will reduce Symbiotic again to 3/6 rather than 5/8 seconds reduced.
@@kennyhouser3467 people have been saying they will change this since a week after release.. yet nothing. Blizzard already know about this since day 1 and have not changed it. at this point its just a game mechanic.
That's what I was thinking too, like there's no way he's clearing t100 dungeon that easily when he barely spent any passive points on damage nodes, not much damage on gear, its full tank setup w/ earthen bulwark hard carrying the damage. Makes it seem sort of misleading tbh
@@johne1743 They actually did try to change it, hence the symbiotic change. That was an attempted workaround without tinkering with the actual programming of the ability. So saying they did "nothing" is misleading. They just haven't gutted the ability. Yet...
I've gotten all 3 of mine off of Goatmen. 1 drop in nm Hoarfrost Demise, 1 drop from nm Mercy's Reach, and 1 boss reward from nm Hoarfrost Demise. It also has an increased drop chance from Fallen and Cultists.
not so good against uberlilith already tested lol, but with some tweaks maybe it could work focusing more on damage instead of tankyness, this build all about pure tank ez clears xD
What kronos said. Even after the nerf, vulnerable is too strong to not use. I'm assuming they did that because you get Storm Strike built into Claw with Crones Staff but you will still want to use the exploit glyph for the passive bonuses. Applying vulnerable is only part of the mechanic.
If the Chrone is not dropping for you, get an axe and a totem. The aspect you will use on the axe is called Offensive Aspect of Nature's Savagery, (Werewolf skills function as Storm skills, and Werebear Skills Function as Earth Skills for the Nature's fury Key Passive). For the Totem you want to get Basic attack speed as the aspect. On the Axe stats get Vulnerable Damage, Critical strike damage, Willpower, and either Critical strike chance or Critical Strike damage with earth skills. for the totem stats try to get Basic attack speed, Critical Strike Chance, Willpower, and Fortify Generation.
Goatmen, Cultists, and Fallen. I have gotten all 3 of mine off of Goatmen in Hoarfrost's Demise and Mercy's Reach. One of them was a boss reward in HD nm dungeon. It also has a smaller chance to drop off of other mob families but if you target farm those 2 nm dungeons(past nm 30 for best results) you will get it in no time.
oh u dont need to have points in storm strike to get ur claw to spread vuln if u have the exploit paragon glyph inserted....its wasted 3 points in ur skill tree tbh....tha barber heart should explode enemies before ur vuln runs out so u shouldnt need to reproc it at all...pluss all tha aoe from barber will finish off tha mobs that didnt die within tha time....jus somethin ta think about...ur literally gaining nothing from those 3 points...use them elsewhere...iv tested this so much and i get better use of them in other spots...u could argue the immobilize for cc..but ur i melee range for so much of the damage they can still hit u....i think its a waste...also nature's resolve is almost kinda pointless cuz ur staying 100% fortified wit bull the whole time anywayyyyyy so....theres some points u could reallocate as well...somethin to think about
isnt the crone staff hitting with claw and storm strike at the same time? wich gives you double the change to proc key passive? dropping stormstrike will bring you back to 30% change on key passive. let me know if im wrong please.
@@WestdijkSteffan nope...the staff procs storm strike so therefore u do not need to have points in storm strike......tell ya what...go anywhere without enemies....use bulwark...and then swing ur claw skill till bulwark comes back....do this 10 times without point into storm and then do the same 10 times with points into storm...count how many swings of claw it takes to reset bulwark and then get an average for both...u will see it doesnt change
Shred Bulwark is faster than this. Seeing as how the bulk of the damage comes from the bugged bulwark scaling, you just build around what makes you the fastest. If you're not pushing above nm 55 or so, that is Shred wolf with Mad Wolf's Glee.
@@MintCubaN sort of. Very similar except you are using tornado to stack poison damage with toxic claws rank 6. Shred detonates the poison instantly. Stalking through NM 100. Kills Uber lillith. Super fast speed farmer. Build has it all.
This is literally AceOfSpade's build with some minor adjustments and with his paragon board setup, why are you pretending it's your own creation? Give some credit where it's due..
I did credit him on the first version I made of this build literally my previous video, since then I have changed everything around with suggestions from all the comments on the previous version to this updated one
this game is boring af i beat everything easily preseason and there is no point to hit level 100 in new season. Im like level 78 and one shitting any content i want
why don't you credit the original maker of this build? It is actually laughable not to mention him. Goblin Inc./Aceofspades made this build even your paragon board is 99.9% a pirate of his build.
Well to run the new poison creeper landslide setup doesn't give you much leeway for build diversity now does it? Only so much you can fit on your bar..
I did credit him on the first version of this I have since changed it to this version after playing it a lot and all the comments suggestions from my first video on the build
2 days ago I was at the point of quitting as I couldn’t complete a lvl 21 nm sigil. Level 74 & finally gave up on finding that stupid helm for wolfnado (I shall not say it’s name as it doesn’t exist)..
I bit the bullet & changed to this build, bam. The game is fun again. Clearing nm 24-25 pretty easily, makes levelling a lot better.
You really helped me, thanks. Subbed.
Glad to hear it!
I'm pretty sure total armor in werebear form does not exist on boots. Its only werewolf
Ok, I've tried several "best" Druid builds with the Crone staff and all have felt weak, and left me struggling to clear dungeons more than 3 levels higher than my character, let alone quickly. I tried this one and it was the same at first. But then I re-jiggered the order of the aspects to more closely match what equipment they are paired with in the video and written guide, and damn: I just l cleared a 41 dungeon without breaking a sweat, super quickly, that had just given me a hard time. I've level 89 and my core stats are 1000+ lower than what's shown in the video (attack, armor, life), as I guess I don't have the best rolls on my equipment. (And I haven't even looked at, or tried, to match your paragon board.) Will be interesting to see how it scales for me - thanks for that detailed guide! Sub'd.
For poison check out the quest line for the Curative Elixir recipe.
Increase resistance to poisons and negative effects by 50%
THIS i just cleared sarat's lair 100 easy because of this potion.
@@Bshaker479 i clear it easily without, i use the attack speed elixir because proccing natures fury faster means you remove the poison by activating bulwark faster
Bro thank u so much for the update. Love how u make ur guides. Love ur build to made me love my Druid. Keep it up I’m a huge fan
Ferocious poison creeper likely helps if you use aspect of changling’s debt
If great staff of the Crone was single handed it would be so cool. I dont use it cause of the aspects limitation, i use a lot of them
so what unique Would u use if you Have them Would u use the ether one of the helms im assuming tempest roar i have mad wolf tempest and staff wounder if all 2 can be used in this build and what mioght aspect would i need if i used all 3
No other uniques besides Crone Staff. If you're farming lower tier nm dungeons you "COULD" use vigorous aspect on your helm and substitute Mad Wolf's Glee to add a bit of extra movement speed and claw damage. Other than that, you lose too much defense for any perceived gain with either of the unique helms and chests.
@@kennyhouser3467 im using tempest roar and cron staff atm build doing fine i have all aspect but might from helm its fun build im in t55's
what is the best skill rotation for this ?
trample into packs and to proc your hurricane for debuff on enemies, then have cataclysm up so it pulls everything in and hit poison creeper to poison everything around you, bind them and then just spam earthenbulwark, claw, poison creeper and trample, well you only really get to do that on the boss, as everything else just dies in 1 bulwark explosion lol
trample and landslides seem to be just for show... bulwark + barber is doing 200+M
i just replaced it with cyclone armor and another useful aspect so that i can run confortably all t100 dungeons.
So i seen s9 many videos with this build but i still dont know which to use at the beginning of the paragon board. Do i use territorial or expolit.. can someone pls help me.
this build is so powerful with how the bulwark works that you really dont need exploit but if you want to run it and you are not level 100 yet then the first board would be the best place for it yes
What's better crone staff or 1hand weapon and offhand. Is tempest viable in this build?
will be making a 1h version soon, and no tempest roar does nothing for the build
I have the full staff too, does this build work on 75?
it does work at 75 I have been using it since early 70's
your new paragon board not utilizing exploit glyph?cant be right, right?
ya its weird but i dont use it either and it shreds still
You don’t really need the exploit glyph you apply it with cataclysm and stromstrike and hurricane
@@sumnersmash7485 but that's not exactly reliable. Plus the vulnerable damage from the glyph alone makes it one of the best ones. 100% use exploit on any druid build no matter what
Damn this one immediately says the staff.. which I dont have :( I only have the Mad unique. Wish I could find a build that uses it. Now I'm just back to square one.
Quite sure the majority of your damage is coming from the Bulwark shards bug that makes it do insane damage against higher level enemies. The damage coming from your creeper/trample is actually pretty low
It 100% is and it's nothing new. I'd imagine it will be patched at some point. There's no way a defensive ability that makes you immune to CC is intended to be the highest damage ability as well. They already tried to nerf it with the Symbiotic change but it wasn't enough to prevent perma use. If I had to guess they will reduce Symbiotic again to 3/6 rather than 5/8 seconds reduced.
@@kennyhouser3467 people have been saying they will change this since a week after release.. yet nothing. Blizzard already know about this since day 1 and have not changed it. at this point its just a game mechanic.
That's what I was thinking too, like there's no way he's clearing t100 dungeon that easily when he barely spent any passive points on damage nodes, not much damage on gear, its full tank setup w/ earthen bulwark hard carrying the damage. Makes it seem sort of misleading tbh
@@johne1743 They actually did try to change it, hence the symbiotic change. That was an attempted workaround without tinkering with the actual programming of the ability. So saying they did "nothing" is misleading. They just haven't gutted the ability. Yet...
Hi mate nice build, can you tell me the best way to farm the staff. Thanks
Mercy reach dungeon in Nightmare is where I got mine
Target farm fallen mobs they drop the staff.
I've gotten all 3 of mine off of Goatmen. 1 drop in nm Hoarfrost Demise, 1 drop from nm Mercy's Reach, and 1 boss reward from nm Hoarfrost Demise. It also has an increased drop chance from Fallen and Cultists.
Would this kill uber lilith?
not so good against uberlilith already tested lol, but with some tweaks maybe it could work focusing more on damage instead of tankyness, this build all about pure tank ez clears xD
If you don’t use exploit glyph does that mean you don’t need vulnerable damage on your rings?
Every build should use exploit. Vulnerable is just too strong.
What kronos said. Even after the nerf, vulnerable is too strong to not use. I'm assuming they did that because you get Storm Strike built into Claw with Crones Staff but you will still want to use the exploit glyph for the passive bonuses. Applying vulnerable is only part of the mechanic.
is tempest roar necessary?
not at all for this build
Cool video!
Greatstaff of the Crone + The Barber, ok)))
What happens if the crone hasn't drop for us?
If the Chrone is not dropping for you, get an axe and a totem. The aspect you will use on the axe is called Offensive Aspect of Nature's Savagery, (Werewolf skills function as Storm skills, and Werebear Skills Function as Earth Skills for the Nature's fury Key Passive). For the Totem you want to get Basic attack speed as the aspect. On the Axe stats get Vulnerable Damage, Critical strike damage, Willpower, and either Critical strike chance or Critical Strike damage with earth skills. for the totem stats try to get Basic attack speed, Critical Strike Chance, Willpower, and Fortify Generation.
You def have to keep it on your bar I'm lvl 86 I've tried both ways. My build is creeper landslide 2.0 and its same gotta have it on the bar
i really want the 1h version cause i hate 2h ! Cant wait for it
This Build works.... And I once I got a Crone Staff it became God Tier..... I hit for 2 Crone Staffs in Mercys Reach.... You're Welcome....
Where can u farm crone???
Try doing dungeons or nightmare dungeons. I picked mine up randomly as well as mad wolfs glee
Goatmen, Cultists, and Fallen. I have gotten all 3 of mine off of Goatmen in Hoarfrost's Demise and Mercy's Reach. One of them was a boss reward in HD nm dungeon. It also has a smaller chance to drop off of other mob families but if you target farm those 2 nm dungeons(past nm 30 for best results) you will get it in no time.
Creeper and trmple do a very small damage on high nmd so you may not need to use them
creeper is used for crit and trample a second unstoppable.
petrify is better for 100nm it will stun elites and bosses do 50x more dmg to them plus it can also spawn cataclysm as well...
Barrier neutralizes poison damage. Hardly a bad affix for a bulwark build.
i get you, im lvl 99 at the time im writting this and no Tempest roar
Got my first one after hitting 100 literally the next dungeon I ran it droped -.-
oh u dont need to have points in storm strike to get ur claw to spread vuln if u have the exploit paragon glyph inserted....its wasted 3 points in ur skill tree tbh....tha barber heart should explode enemies before ur vuln runs out so u shouldnt need to reproc it at all...pluss all tha aoe from barber will finish off tha mobs that didnt die within tha time....jus somethin ta think about...ur literally gaining nothing from those 3 points...use them elsewhere...iv tested this so much and i get better use of them in other spots...u could argue the immobilize for cc..but ur i melee range for so much of the damage they can still hit u....i think its a waste...also nature's resolve is almost kinda pointless cuz ur staying 100% fortified wit bull the whole time anywayyyyyy so....theres some points u could reallocate as well...somethin to think about
isnt the crone staff hitting with claw and storm strike at the same time? wich gives you double the change to proc key passive? dropping stormstrike will bring you back to 30% change on key passive. let me know if im wrong please.
@@WestdijkSteffan nope...the staff procs storm strike so therefore u do not need to have points in storm strike......tell ya what...go anywhere without enemies....use bulwark...and then swing ur claw skill till bulwark comes back....do this 10 times without point into storm and then do the same 10 times with points into storm...count how many swings of claw it takes to reset bulwark and then get an average for both...u will see it doesnt change
needa upgrade ya potions cuhhhh
haha yeah I seen your comment and looked at my potions and was like oop yup gues i Do so cheers mate haha
Why does everyone make a Video called " best Druid Build" and they are all different xD way to expensive to check every build if its true =O
Shred Bulwark is faster than this. Seeing as how the bulk of the damage comes from the bugged bulwark scaling, you just build around what makes you the fastest. If you're not pushing above nm 55 or so, that is Shred wolf with Mad Wolf's Glee.
Wait till you try shrednado lol.
Isn't like Tornadoe druid the only think that changes is the shred skill? Got a build link for it?
@@MintCubaN sort of. Very similar except you are using tornado to stack poison damage with toxic claws rank 6. Shred detonates the poison instantly. Stalking through NM 100. Kills Uber lillith. Super fast speed farmer. Build has it all.
@ii9071 Interesting, are there some specific aspects I need for the shrednado?
OMG, another best build. 😅
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This is literally AceOfSpade's build with some minor adjustments and with his paragon board setup, why are you pretending it's your own creation? Give some credit where it's due..
I did credit him on the first version I made of this build literally my previous video, since then I have changed everything around with suggestions from all the comments on the previous version to this updated one
this game is boring af i beat everything easily preseason and there is no point to hit level 100 in new season. Im like level 78 and one shitting any content i want
why don't you credit the original maker of this build? It is actually laughable not to mention him. Goblin Inc./Aceofspades made this build even your paragon board is 99.9% a pirate of his build.
Agreed
Well to run the new poison creeper landslide setup doesn't give you much leeway for build diversity now does it? Only so much you can fit on your bar..
I did credit him on the first version of this I have since changed it to this version after playing it a lot and all the comments suggestions from my first video on the build