Diablo 2 Remake - What tweaks and changes give the druids a new lease of life?
Author: Stand-alone game Little Shrimp
Back in 1996, Blizzard's Diablo 1 broke several records and set a precedent for ARPG games, setting an absolute benchmark for this type of game. With the success of Diablo 1, Blizzard struck while the iron was hot, releasing Diablo 2 in 1999, followed by the expansion pack Ruined King a year later. In this expansion, two new protagonists have been added: the Druid and the Assassin.
The Druids are a new addition to the expansion for Lord of Doom who relies primarily on the forces of nature to fight enemies. In the original version, the druids had a total of three abilities, which were Nature, Transfiguration, and Summoning. The natural system mainly uses natural magic such as hurricanes and volcanoes as the main output, the transformation system transforms into a wolf or bear to fight, and the summoning druid can summon various animals and plants to fight, the only drawback is that the summoning Rui can only summon one combat creature.
In the remake, Blizzard has made significant changes to the druids, for example, the previous druids can only summon 1 type of battle animal, but now the druids and necromancers, like the necromancer, can summon a variety of combat creatures such as crows, dire wolves, angry wolves and bears at the same time, plus a variety of totems and plants, the druids are like bringing a zoo when they go out. If the druids further strengthened these creatures through the aura they gained through Runeword, these animal armies would also be terrifying. In particular, summoned creatures can also be used to boost each other, further increasing the combat ability of the druid.
The biggest advantage of summoning druids over necromancers is that they can summon creatures anytime and anywhere, without the need for a medium such as corpses. In this way, in some boss battles, the druid's combat endurance has been greatly enhanced, especially in the battle against 3 barbarians, avoiding the embarrassment of having to return to the city with all summons hanging up and resummoning.
Therefore, all of these modifications are equivalent to strengthening the druids to some extent, so that the druids are no longer sitting on the cold bench in Diablo 2, and the druids can also take charge of the process of clearing the wasteland and clearing the hell alone.
Below, Xiao Xiami will introduce to you the addition points and gameplay of the druid in Diablo 2 Remake.
First, skill points.
According to the skill point distribution of druids, druids can be divided into summoned druids, elemental druids, and violent wolf output druids.
1. Summon a druid. It is characterized by ease and, like a necromancer, fights through summoned creatures.
The first 6 levels, point 1 level of crows, werewolf transformation and transfiguration, and the rest are left with ghost wolves, dire wolves, bears, wolf hearts, and crows. When the ghost wolf and dire wolf are full, there are 5+3 wolves to fight, plus bears and mercenaries, not counting crows, the druid has 10 output creatures, and the ghost wolf is also frozen output, avoiding the embarrassment of the druid in hell when he encounters monsters immune to physical attacks.
Summoned druids can also transform into wolves or bears to gain strong survivability, and if they have strong equipment, druids can also transform into wolves for output. Of course, when clearing the wasteland, the druids still recommend using summoned creatures to propulse. When the player chooses to transform into a bear, not only can they get a high health and defense bonus, but they can also learn a shockwave skill to complete an AOE control.
In the original, the druids had to transform back into human form in order to summon these creatures. In the remastered version, the transformed druid is able to summon various creatures at the same time, and the two do not interfere. This greatly simplifies the player's operations and allows the player to focus more on the output.
Mercenaries choose a Strength Aura to increase overall damage. At the same time, due to the high hits and wolf hearts of the druids, the hits of the minions are still very high.
2. Elemental Druids.
Elemental druids mainly rely on various hurricanes and flames to attack, so they are divided into wind virtues and fire virtues. Players can add points to their skill tree and add them down. At the same time, each of the supported summoned creatures adds 1 point to help the elemental druid resist the monsters in front of him, so as to facilitate output.
3. Violent werewolf druid.
Mainly by transforming into a werewolf to fight. Its main features are as follows:
1), It has high health and defense, and hits well.
2), the attack speed is extremely fast, a bit like a double heat paladin, and it can attack four or five enemies around it at the same time, and the attack is also very high.
3), Requires high lifesteal and mana suck to maintain output.
4), and the summoning system does not conflict, the two can be added at the same time, that is, the druid can also summon a lot of creatures to assist in the battle when he transforms into a werewolf. Whether the main output is summoned or transformed into a werewolf depends on the player's preference.
Allocation of Skill Points:
1) Main attack skills, Wolf Transformation, Transfiguration, Fury, Wolverine's Heart or Oak Wise Person.
2), Support Passing Skill, 1 point for Wild Rage, 1 point for Crow, 1 point for summoning bear, 1 point for rabies.
3), The remaining skill points can be added to summon the wolf, because the summoning wolf can have an additional damage bonus. As for the Wolverine's Heart and Oak Sage's choices, Oak is recommended for expert level, while Wolverine is recommended for Normal mode.
Second, attributes. Druid's attribute points can be worn with equipment to ensure sufficient strength. All the rest plus life. If the druid chooses to transform into a werewolf in hand-to-hand combat, he also needs to add a small amount of agility to ensure that the block value is 75.
Three, equipment. The equipment used to summon druids is more casual, mainly based on adding skills, resistance, and health. In the process of clearing the wasteland, the druid recommended taking the spirit shield, which not only increased resistance, but also improved skills.
At the same time, mercenaries recommend using Runeword: Vision. Later in the game, after the druid's equipment is formed, it is recommended to equip Enigma and War Horn to further improve the overall strength.
All in all, in the remake, the druid no longer plays the bench role in the original, and has been completely reborn, whether it is a wasteland or MF, the druid has an excellent play, and the gameplay is diverse, which is worth trying for nostalgic players.
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