"Heward Again", "Anchor Druids Open Hell", "Druids Destroy Heaven and Earth"... These famous terriers about druids are not uncommon. Before the 2.4 career balance came out, the druid had always been considered the weakest of the seven classes in Diablo 2, and was often ridiculed, so this article we will talk about why the druid was hacked so badly.
First of all, the summoning stream mentioned in the original version, I believe most players have played, skill points are all summoned, crows, wolves, bears, and ghouls and spirits. But! Before version 2.4 came out, the Druids of Pure Summon streams were never the mainstream gameplay! People who play this set of extra points can't even beat Diablo of normal difficulty.
Because in the damage formula calculation, the boss's damage multiplier to the summon is 5 times, which means that the damage of the boss hitting your summon is five times higher, and you now know why the big pineapple has a ring of fire and your summons are all dead. Of course, some people will definitely ask "then why can the pure summoning necromancer play, but the druid can't", that's because the necromancer has the curse of "aging", it becomes disabled as soon as the boss is released, and the number of its own skeleton army is large, in contrast, the druid's summoning wolf bear can not be on the same field, plus five crows, a spirit, a ghoul, the number is not more than ten, and the output is still low.
So what are the mainstream druids to play? A few years ago, some predecessors summed it up, namely "Wind Virtue", "Hot Claw Bear" and "Violent Wolf". There are also some derivative genres in addition, but here is not the table pressed. Let's start with these three.
The first is "wind morality". This genre gameplay is indeed possible, but it is not used to brush the map, but to use PVP, and the fengde PK strength is not low. But it is used to open up the wilderness, "there are ice wounds and material wounds, not afraid of ice, and there are windy armored protective bodies." It sounds like a good profession, after all, the most headache of hell is the immunity problem, but you look at this ice storm, how "big" the range is. Basically, if you get close, you will be beaten by the monster, and the trajectory of the tornado is even more difficult to describe. But the main thing is that there is no reduction in resistance. Ice law has cold ice specialization, electric law has Griffin, which is druids, and even if there is no equipment support, even if the upper limit of graduation is very low.
Since the wind is not good, the second hot claw bear sounds good, there are fire wounds and material wounds, plus the bear people change and blood volume, the safety is also good. It sounds beautiful, but first of all, the Sinking Demon at the door of hell's difficulty is fire immunity. Secondly, the Flame Claw has four bonus skills, so skill points are tight. In the end, Xiong De relied heavily on the speed of the weapon attack, so far even the "Summer Sword" had been put in order, if he opened up the wasteland to hell, it would be lucky to rely on the physical damage of that mosquito bite not to be killed by the sinking demon.
Wolf, he only needs one weapon, the grave robber. Like Xiong De, he relied heavily on weapon speed. His graduation weapon is the grave robber with the most variables in the whole game, slightly reducing the requirements, ignoring the variables such as the undead creature bonus and MF, and determining that the weapon quality is resistant (30-50), enhanced damage (200%-280%), groove (1-3), whether it is invisible, the number of variables is the four major artifacts, the rarity of the best and the market price are even more so, all calculated by shell. In addition, there are two red and white and one 33, and one red and white two hundred pieces. The cost is high, but with this money to invest in occupations other than bow horses, the efficiency of brushing maps is much stronger than that of Wolf De.
To tell the truth, the profession of druid is very much in line with my impression of druids in reality, in my mind the druid should be a profession that summons animals, uses natural spells, and can transform into wolves and bears to fight, very domineering and handsome. The Diablo 2 Druid's class design fulfilled all my reverie about the Druid, and the first class I played was pure summoning the Druid. And the druid can indeed sweep through the ordinary, nightmare difficulty, which is not to say, but it is limited to this, going to hell and being killed by the sinking demon at the doorstep of the house is a common thing. After that, Blizzard 2.4 Class Balance will enhance all Druid gameplay, and there will be only time left to blacken him. If you know about the other black spots of the Druid, you are also welcome to leave a message in the comment area, anyway, there will be no black after that.