hello there !
electric blues guide is a good one .
ill give my insight about it. I duel mostly in pubs on useast and even know most are bad mannered theres alot of good builds out there with expensive items.
first off these are the keys i feel for a fury/rabies druid for pvp!
75 % block ( duh
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86 % fhr ( a must no ands ifs or buts)
skills*
dmg / speed
* the reason for this is that many people look at fury/rabies as a RABIES/and then fury build. its quite the opposite .
skills is a must but fury is the king .. look at rabies as super powered open wounds that can eat people alive
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first off - i think most would agree . Unfortunately wolfs are know to be expensive ( at least in my circle of friends and if you want a good one ) .
and your build will be built around a weapon.
your main weapon options for this build are ( now this isnt talking about switch or any of that )
botd - 9 frame
grief phase - 7 frame rabies.
uped plague bearer has its merits but this i strongly suggest for a pure rabies druid ( worked wonders for me )
NOW alot of people say get 4 soc monarch with 5/5 facets and death webs but this build i say no ! .
maybe in the private duels people can pull this off . IVE tested this alot and with death web and faceted shield you with have a great rabies. my char never lived to tell about it. reasons i dont like this.
no ss = hit often and hard , and when your dueling a pally with eth death cleaver angelics and fort , you get hit and hit hard, 1 zeal can equal death even with 3000 life. sooooooo sue me but i suggest no switch .
i tested lvl 5 rabies , with carrion on and against the mean of melee builds even lvls 5 rabies did AMAZING. not spectacular like the 5 sec kills my pure rabies did but it made a big difference. people were still complaining about my rabies and calling me a no talent duel cause i rely on poison .. all that for 5k rabies pretty nice still.
i suggest on your main weap grief phase . this weapon is insane dmg with fury ( ive killed many chars with 1 fury) and the - poison dmg with the chance to cast venom is all a plus.
deadly strike = i love you grief.
shaeld ss - dont question , just use . i dont care if your res are low . just use the damn shield .
armor - now on my previous post i posted coh but ive had some thoughts. yes enigma would be nice and coh works , this build can survive with both armors. heck even a duress would be work. but the armor for this build is fortitude and grief i even killed people on my first hit of rabies .
but lucrative havent you read all the builds ? skills is key , skills = gg .
i agree . but this is a hybrid and you want to shine on your strong points.
pure rabies = skill armor
fury/rabies = fort
beowulf said soemthing the other day on one of my posts say : i dont know why people up items . d on a wolf theres no point . ( no quarrel with you beo ive read alot of what you post and im a fan )
so i joined a game for fun with all uped items and high d . and no its not game changing like with the barbs or pallys but it gave me 4-5 more hits to stay alive and believe me with high atr opens a small window to take the duel to your favor.
- boots - gores , treks.( str/vit/fhr ) extra stats on treks makes fhr/str charms less needed. i use treks.
gloves - many choices , ow on dracs is nice , cb +ed on steelrend are sexy ., trangs for poison ( 5500 extra dmg on a rabies that does 22 k ) so you can see the difference. i switch often , against lower d players i use trang , higher i use dracs , sometimes dracs for both , sometimes trangs . im sorry to not be much help for this but some people feel the extra 6 k dmg is not to be missed some could care less. you have to feel your build and not base it on our testimonys . try both , one for 20 duels , another for 20 . i mainly used dracs.
- helm - cerebus = more atr , ows , and more dmg both fury and rabies. ( my rabies/fc druid loves this helm )
but for fury / rabies , since your maxing fury and were you dont need all that extra atr. ows is nice but 30 fhr and 20 str ( =more life, also oak makes more life ) on jalals is too nice ,...i shaeld and uped this.
ammy /rings carrion for sure is one ring , if you have at least 15-18 k atr without angelics use highlords/raven setup. 15-18 k is the minimum you should have in melee duels . dont let anyone tell you otherwise.
angelics/carrion setup = more hits , some extra life.
raven/highlords/carrion= deadly , less base dex needed, and hey it gives some atr ( i use this set up)
belt - dungoes, and yes against trappers/cs zons i sorb STAY OUT MY MELEE ONLY GAMES !.
charms= make sure you have 86 fhr. anni, skillers
my charms = SS/12FHR X2, SS/32life,SS/26life,9max/130/25 life gc, 7MAX/125/5str GC. 4 ss/ ranging from 12-23 life .and a mix of 8 atr/life/dmg charms ( not all three mods on same sc,but every single one has at least some atr.)
well its not a build but i hope it helps i dont want to talk for ahours i would run of these pages heh
