well, ive looked up alot of info and guides and i cant get a strait strategy down. how does thsi sound ?? whats sounds good, what sounds bad? what can improve?
Skills
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Rabies-20
Fury-20
Lycon-20
sage hoto-20
Psn Creeper-20
raven-1
direwolf-1
wherwolf-1
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Gear
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Armor:Ap Bramble
Helm:+4 ss +2 feral rage Cerebus
Rings/Ammy:Angelic
Belt
ungoes
Boots:Gores
Gloves:Trang
Sheild:Storm Sheild(shael)
Wepon:Griefz or ebotdz
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Please, this good or bad, or ok, can anything be better???
---Also, would psn facet in helm and 1 pt to cyclone armor be good?
First of all, Oak is better then Hotw since you are already going to pack enough Ar to hit anything but the most rigged exile Pali. 1 Point in Hotw will prolly be enough to even hit exile users.
Secondly, Imop, Jalals is better then Cerebus bite. Jalals gives 4+ shapeshift, while boosting 2+ in your summon tree still. It gives res, fhr, str and a sugnificant ar boost.
Cerebus gives open wounds, which you wont really use, less plus skills since you wont use ferral rage too often in pvp, and Life leach which you also wont use much in pvp. The only advantage of Cerebus over Jalals is the slight increase in defense, and the big boost to Ar. Imop, the pros of Jalals far outweigh the pros of Cerebus.
Put in a raven frost for the cannot be frozen and ar. You shouldnt lose much Ar (which you will already have tons of) for the great benefit of cbf.
Now that I think about it, only keep angelics for BvB and Smite/Zealer duels. Otherwise the huge boost to Ar is way overkill. Soj+Rfrost+Maras would be a much better choice for the majority of duels. If you need cheaper jewlery, Rfrost+Rfrost+3+shapeshift amulet would work.
Grief would give you the best choice for close combat duels with zealers/BvC/kickers/javazons. Another offbeat choice I have used is Doom Zerker. The holy freeze is considered bm, but in public games it makes rabies attacks a lot easier.
A nice long range 2hander on switch might be nice for you vs casters and hammerdins. Eth Tombraver being the goto, but Eth Bonehew being a nice cheaper option. If this does not apeal to you, a cta+spirit on switch would be pretty effective.
Make sure you reach a comfortable balence in fast hit recovery/fast run walk breakpoints. Have max res and max ias. If you can do all of these things without using the socket in your helm, use it on a poison facet.
The strategy is, fury against zeal, jab, casters, hammers. Use Rabies against Barbs, summoners, casters with minions(on the minions, which spreads to the caster), smiters. Then RUN. Finish them with Fury.
This build is extreemly fun. Have a good time killing all the other classes that underestimate shapeshifters.
