[COMPANION BUILD] Hiravias Firebrand

[Jaryn]

Since Hiravias's personal quest is about him questioning his spiritshift form and struggling for answers, this build is about ignoring spiritshift until the end of his personal quest. Afterwards you can respec to the classic Druid build with Wildstrikes. Little bit of RP never killed anybody and the Firebrand build is still viable.

 

Difficulty: PotD
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Class: Druid
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Game Version: 3.0+
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Race: Hearth Orlan
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Background: Eir Glanfath - Drifter
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Skills: Survival 7 (base 5, +2 Druid), Lore 10 (base 9, +1 Druid), Athletics the rest

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Hiravias is eating a deer at Stormwall Gorge.

Druids gain new spells every odd level. You don't have to select which spells to learn. You learn automatically all the available spells at the appropriate level.

Level  1: Druid Spells
Level  2: Weapon Focus Peasant
Level  3: Druid Spells
Level  4: Two-Handed Style
Level  5: Druid Spells
Level  6: Scion of Flame
Level  7: Druid Spells
Level  8: Heart of the Storm
Level  9: Druid Spells, Mastery - Sunbeam
Level 10: Apprentice Sneak Attack or Outlander's Frenzy
Level 11: Druid Spells, Mastery - Firebrand
Level 12: Outlander's Frenzy or Apprentice Sneak Attack
Level 13: Druid Spells, Mastery - Returning Storm or Infestation of Maggots or Nature's Balm
Level 14: Bear's Fortitude
Level 15: Druid Spells, Mastery - Moonwell or Form of the Delemgan
Level 16: Superior Deflection

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Sunbeam has a nice Blinding effect but it isn't Foe only.

Charm Beast is funny to cast on Alpine Dragon.

Returning Storm and Relentless Storms are OP.

Moonwell is great AoE heal and buff.

Plague of Insects has incredible range and radius, and is Foe only. Also good at helping you interrupt spell casters.

Sunlance is sometimes good, if I don't forget it exists.

Infestation of Maggots + Insect Swarm + Plague of Insects + Venomblood = DOTs

 

Spell Mastery - Sunbeam, Firebrand, Returning Storm or Infestation of Maggots or Nature's Balm, Moonwell or Form of the Delemgan

 

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Weapon Set 1: Durance's Staff, Llawran's Stick, Taluntain's Staff, Greenstone staff
Weapon Set 2: Hunting Bow

 

Head: Stag Helm
Armor: Pike's Pride or Hirbel's Protective Skin, enchant +2 Int
Neck: +Per
Hands: Forgemaster's Gloves
Boots: Boots of Stability or something
Belt: Girdle of the Driving Wave
Rings: Snerf's Folly, Ring of Protection, Ring of Deflection

Look for Intellect, Constitution, Perception and some Dexterity.

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Cast Returning Storm or Relentless Storm, pop Firebrand and Outlander's Frenzy. Hiravias is not tanky and he will have his health concieled because of Outlander's Frenzy. So give him some support, attack targets stunned by storms, equip Stag Helm to not get stuck (or Cast Form of the Delemgan), use Knock Down from Girdle of the Driving Wave. If the heat is too much, then stay back and cast druid spells.

 

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If you want to respec to Spirithsift Druid:

Level  1: Druid Spells
Level  2: Weapon Focus Peasant
Level  3: Druid Spells
Level  4: Two Weapon Style
Level  5: Druid Spells
Level  6: Wildstrike Shock
Level  7: Druid Spells
Level  8: Heart of the Storm
Level  9: Druid Spells, Mastery - Dancing Bolts or Nature's Mark
Level 10: Greater Wildstrike Shock
Level 11: Druid Spells, Mastery - Woodskin or Insect Swarm
Level 12: Apprentice Sneak Attack
Level 13: Druid Spells, Mastery - Returning Storm or Infestation of Maggots or Nature's Balm
Level 14: Bear's Fortitude
Level 15: Druid Spells, Mastery - Moonwell or Form of the Delemgan
Level 16: Superior Deflection

Weapon Set 1: Hatchets or Spear and Shield
Weapon Set 2: Hunting Bow    

 

Edited May 8 by Jaryn

[Chaospread]

14 hours ago, Jaryn said:

Infestation of Maggots + Insect Swarm + Plague of Insects + Venomblood = DOTs

Yep, but you should cast IoM as the last spell

[Jaryn]

3 hours ago, Chaospread said:

Yep, but you should cast IoM as the last spell

That is true. Infestation of Maggots deals 10.0 Damage by percentage of Endurance lost. So it's better to cast it when enemies are already losing health.