Runes of Magic US / AU

Hey people, some of you have seen me around talking about the Druid/Warrior class combination, well now i am gonna switch it up and i am going to examine the Warrior/Druid elites and how i would personally like to change them, so lets start.

Level 15, Rose Vine, 30 Mana, 8 second cooldown, self cast only, 15 minute duration, Upgradable. When the sharp rose vines entwine your weapon, your standard attacks may cause your target to bleed, inflicting 40 points of blood damage every 2 seconds for 8 seconds. (This buff can only be triggered once every 8 seconds. Scales with weapon damage)

I like this elite just the way it is. It gives Warriors a DoT, something druids are hallmark for, in addition to their slash. It scales well with weapon damage and it doesn't proc super often making it a very well balanced skill, perfect the way it is.

Level 20, Tremor, 40 Mana, 15 second cooldown, 12 second duration, upgradable. Use when target is Weakened to cause fierce tremors that inflict X% main hand weapon DPS. When you hit, it may reduce target's physical accuracy by X% for 12 seconds.

I don't remember the exact values for this skill, but they are fine as is, the only problem with this skill is it RARELY procs. Ever. Out of roughly 100 casts about 16 procted, giving this skill too low of a chance to proc worth leveling and therefore using. Just upping that to even 50% would be really helpful and would make this skill more then just "click-fodder" and worth leveling.

Level 25, Guardians pledge, 30 mana, 3 Minute cooldown, 10 second duration (+1 second per level), Upgradeable. Temporarily increases the maximum HP of you and your party members by 40.0 points. Raises physical critical resistance by 8.0 for 10.0 seconds.

Another skill that is perfect as it is. If i could change Anything it would just be a longer duration, but i feel that would unbalance the skill if an addition of more then 20 seconds was imposed.

Level 30, Redemption, Passive, 15 second duration Upgradeable. If your Probing Attack fails physical and magical accuracy for all team members in a range of 100 will be increased by 5 for 15 seconds.

Again, another elite that is perfect as it is. It provides a nice effect if you're having problems hitting enemies and stacks with Savage Blessing. Again, i wouldn't change it at all.

Level 35, Remove Magic, 150 mana, 10 second cooldown, 180 range, Not upgradeable. Cleanses harmful magical effects from your target.

I don't use this skill personally because i rarely see a use for it and it isn't very clear as to what exactly it cleanses. Having something like a self version of the Group Exorcism skill would be nice, but i don't really know enough about this skill to make a solid opinion about it.

Level 40, Recovery of Life, Passive, Not upgradeable. Your Whirlwind's cooldown time is reduced by 10 seconds, and the required Rage is reduced by 10. Upon hitting the target it Reduces required rage by 10% for skills.

Another near perfect skill that allows Whirlwind to be used much more often and knocks down the rage cost allowing it to be used sooner. On top of that it reduces the required rage of all following skills by 10% for 10 seconds, i think this skill perfectly balances out an otherwise worthless skill (Aside from AOEing low level mobs)

Level 45, Resistance, Passive, Not Upgradeable. When you are attacked when you have the Berserk buff active, you will be able to completely resist the next attack.

This is the ONLY elite that i do not think was thought out very well. For those of you looking at it saying, "Wtf, you get to completely resist an attack? Whats so bad about that?" Well, the problem is its not exactly Random, but you have little to no control over when it actually activates. It would be FAR too OP if it activated every other hit, but maybe give it a 6 second cooldown (allowing for 10 activations during the entire Berserk buff) would make it a more useful skill. There isn't much practical use for it aside from hoping you end up resisting a super powerful attack or something other then a basic attack. This skill is worthless against classes like Rogues and any mob that does damage through lots of attacks, but works okish against mobs that do large amounts of damage every hit.

Level 50, Stifle, 25 Mana, 15 second cooldown, upgradeable. When the target is Vulnerable and is not able to respond in time your attack will deal him 60% main hand weapon DPS. Additionally the next 10 times physical damage is dealt to the target it will be increased by 20%. Starting with the first attack the Stifle effect will gradually decrease by 2% with the overall time span being 30 seconds.

Again another great example of an awesome skill that was made right the first time. Not only is this skill freaking AWESOME against bosses (Imagine all you hard hitters out there, that your attacks will do an extra 20% damage. Thats pretty beefy.) The only thing i DO dislike is the gradual decrease in the damage potential. Since it can Only be used 10 times i think having 2% of the damage leave every 3 seconds keeps this skill from reaching its true potential, but its still an awesome skill even with the decrease.

New to the Warrior/Druid class? Feel free to use this to get quick insight to your future elites.

Have a different opinion? Want to agree? Suggest an alternative to what i've provided? Feel free, i enjoy other opinions.

Quoted from "emoguy2003;478547"

its a wierd combonation, it looks good on paper also but its more of a support class.

kinda like w/p, ya they can dps sum, they can off heal, but who needs it really nowadays?

most runs im in u have uber dps and uber heals. the support role for those are just not there.

its kinda like y have 1/2 and dps and 1/2 and healer when u can just fillt he roll with a full healer or full dps? if u need both dps and heals in the run to be sucessful then a support class isnt gonna fix the issue.

this is endgame content tho. in a smaller guild or with less geaered people those support classes are quite nice.

Actually, i can do decent damage in healer gear. And on my warrior side, the extra healing is just nice to have between battles to self heal, especially in siege.

I think this class combo works well the way it is on this side, with only one crappy elite and a well wanted Siege Fighter, due to all the +acc bonuses against rogues and scouts

Quoted from "Zeylon;478548"

The lvl 35 Druid/Warrior elite is a must have. Cant remember the name of it, But its a PA buff that is stronger than the Priests PA buff. Look into it

FM Zeylon

Awakening of the wild. Awesome buff, even though it shares the name of another class combo's buff (forget the name)

Quoted from "emoguy2003;478725"

oh ya for d/w

awakening of the wild is amazing. i will drag a nub d/w thru an instance just so i can have that buff lol


but as w/druid.........

Lol, Awakening of the Wild is a rogues best friend next to hide.

Tremor has the potential to be an awesome w/d skill, but it just doesn't proc often enough for it to be a relied upon skill. Guardians pledge is epic for giving the entire party a decent HP boost and Phys crit resist (Making it amazing in Siege, since the flavor of the week is Rogues), and Redemption is great for mobs/players you may otherwise have a difficult time hitting and Stifle gives you a +20% damage 10 times, so heavy hitters like Warriors and Wardens seriously benefit from it

Quoted from "sshades;478942"

I tested a couple things again to be sure. Rose Vine did indeed get bumped up so now the DOT damage is similar to other bleeds. That boosts it from trivial to meh at least. Good skill for leveling up early on.

Rechecked Stifle. It doesn't decrease in damage over time. It only decreases with hits.


Having a MP spam might be enough to fix W/P. The problem is that W/D and W/P are supposed to be partially supportive classes. Other true DPS warriors will always out damage them and they should. W/P has some real supportive ability, so a reasonable amount of damage is the only thing they are lacking. W/D's supportive abilities are extremely lackluster. Also, unlike some classes, their supportive abilities aren't really even a good idea. R/D, for example, has some off healing ideas as well as both defensive and offensive buffs. Those ideas are implemented terribly, but the combo could be made into a cohesive unit with fixes to their existing skills and a damage boost. W/D for the most part doesn't even have good ideas to start with. A significant reduction in the cool downs of Stifle and Tremor might be a good start, but there would still be a long way to go.

I love everything you said here o.o