User talk:Magescape

Yo I have a new build to share with everyone that I came up with:

The “Magescape” Rabies Armageddon Magic Find Druid (HC)

Self found from lvl 0-89 (200-300 MF): soj, 23 mara, bk, 24 mara, stormshield, 2 vipers.

Build: 20 rabies; 20 creeper; 20 armageddon; 20 molten boulder; 3pts dire wolves; 1pt bear, 1pt carrion; rest in oak or your preference.

Playstyle: run in, proc rabies, armageddon lands and kills stuff, run elsewhere. Feral rage means you run super fast.

Stats: enough strength for stormshield/spirit shield, save your respecs for 6ist phaseblade (180mf, ignore target defense) or cranebeak (200-230mf).

Bonus: merc runs reapers or lawbringer to increase your armageddon phys damage

Bonus: you use Lacerator to proc amp damage so your armageddon hits harder. Chance to flee and melee splash keep you super safe. Stormshield very helpful. Spirit shield is good enough for hit and run.

Bonus: Gull dagger or Ali baba (shael shael) on switch w/ spirit for magic find/prebuff.

Leveling: rabies first; you can wear tons of MF and still kill in high player count games. Get full angelic ASAP for 150+ MF so you can solo level in high pcount games and keep all your drops, which is way more fun. Sigon gloves and boots give another 25 MF.

Safety: ALWAYS cast vine ahead of you at the edge of the screen to aggro mobs. It has 2k+ life and 8 mana cost, and kills weak enemies in maps solo. This will save your life over and over again. For scary enemies, stand behind your merc and bear and let armageddon kill without getting into melee range. Always cast vine ahead of you in World Stone Keep level 3 and in maps.

Safety: Gloom armor (fal um pul) on your merc means he will very rarely die to ranged enemies due to the dim vision curse. Reaper’s / lawbringer / decrep will keep him even safer.

Laziness: once you’re stronger, just run through the pit at high speed and everything dies. Which is great since rabies sometimes kills too fast to spread.

Alternative build: swap out rabies when you have great gear and switch to a mix of armageddon damage synergies and wolf synergies for tons of life+phys damage. Hurricane could be viable, but more points, and doesn’t deal phys. 5os reapers, 6os earth shifter, 6os cranium basher, 6os executioner’s justice are all interesting options for this variant. Potentially even Athena’s Wrath or double upped Grim reaper (100% deadly strike) could be options. I haven’t tried it myself, but some people on reddit have tried similar builds.