Fire & Ice Druid | Wolf/Dragon | All Content + Bosses

This build is insanely fun and does absurd damage! I will keep the guide updated as I progress

The first act feels a little slow but once you start to unlock some gems the build really takes off!

STARTER GEMS:

• • Shred (Default wolf attack) > Rapid Attacks I > Magnified Area I > Rage I
  • Lunar Assault > Ice Bite I > Elemental Armament I > Deep Freeze
  • Pounce > Fist of War I > Close Combat I
  • Arctic Howl > Exposing Cry > Magnified Area I
  • Cross Slash > Rapid Attacks I > Rage I

AS YOU LEVEL

• • Swap Shred & Cross Slash for Oil Barrage
  • And finally swap Oil Barrage for Flame Breath
  • Oil Barrage > Elemental Armament II > Concentrated Area > Blazing Critical

SKILL USAGE:

• • Pounce Into a pack > Lunar Assault to Freeze enemies > Shred to create ice crystals > Cross Slash to detonate ice crystals
  • Once you unlock Flame Breath... Pounce in to target, Lunar Assault until frozen, Finish with Flame Breath

MODS TO LOOK OUT FOR:

• • - Physical Damage on Talisman
  • - Attack Speed
  • - Elemental Damage
  • - Critical Hit Chance/Damage
  • - Armor
  • - Energy Shield
  • - Resistances
  • - Strength/Intelligence
  • - Spirit (Body Armor/Amulet)

MANA:

• • Mana becomes a problem as you get more links on your gems, so be sure to steadily add Mana Regeneration in the tree and through Clarity I & Clarity II. You also need at least One "2% Mana on Kill" on a Sapphire Jewel. Mana Regeneration can also be rolled on rings.
  • We also lose a lot of mana when we swap to the Voll's Protector body armor making it more important to have good mana regen.
  • Mana Remnants Is extremely helpful in the end game

LIFE REGENERATION

• • We want as much Life Regeneration as possible.
  • Zealot's Oath allows life regen to regenerate energy shield as long as you have a full life bar.
  • Look for Life Regen on your items, in your tree and with the use of Vitality I & Vitality II
  • END GAME - Lose most of the Life Regen, Lose Zealot's Oath and move all those points into Energy Shield Recharge and Energy Shield Recharge Delay

UNIQUE ITEMS

• • Voll's Protector - Allows for power charge generation at the cost of 25% of our mana. Power Charges add a great deal of damage to Flame Breath
  • Controlled Metamorphosis - Medium Radius (Slot Next to Zealot's Oath)

SPIRIT

• • You need at least 45 Spirit on your amulet to use all the buffs. There is no spirit on the unique body armor we use.

DYING A LOT?

• • We take a lot of deaths from being stunned while in close quarters to enemies. Stun Threshold is based on your life pool and we dont't have a super high health pool, so we need help elsewhere.
  • Keep an eye out for the modifier "% Increases Stun Threshold" on gear and jewels
  • You can also roll modifiers on jewels to cause you energy shield to count towards stun threshold.

Align Fate

** Use Hourglass support in the spell that is given to you for free on your casting weapon. This adds a cooldown and won't allow Align Fate to auto cast it. So now Align Fate will only cast Thunderstorm automatically

JEWELS

1. Socket near Thickened Arteries
2. 1. Controlled Metamorphosis - Medium Ring
   2. Allocate Mind Eraser, Aspiring Genius
2. Socket near Warding Fetish (Top Left of Tree)
3. 1. From Nothing "Passive Radius of Chaos Inoculation
   2. Allocate - Heavy Frost, Thin Ice, Tempered Mind, & Chakra of Elements
3. Socket near Cold Coat (Left side of tree)
4. 1. "2% Mana on Kill" Jewel
   2. Rare jewel or Heart of the Well