Welcome to my first ever guide! When I started this game, I at first wanted a character that could clear the maps quickly and efficiently, and then I got to empowered monos and started dying regularly. My focus then changed to "Can I make a character that is practically immortal?" After some tinkering with my existing Druid and reading up on several other guides (one of which is similar to this one but much lower damage), I came up with this.
This build can tank literally anything, once you have enough , , and , plus . T4 Julra, 2700 corruption Orobyss, doesn't matter. You still can't sit in DoT's indefinitely, but being 1 shot becomes a thing of the past, and this becomes one of the very few builds that can ignore .
I've taken this build to the top of the Arena (Wave 1002 as of writing this, the game crashed at wave 1003), and have successfully tanked the aforementioned 2700ish corruption Orobyss (I didn't open it myself of course, farming up that high with this build would take quite awhile). While you still can die if you're not careful (or forget to pump up thorn shield), once you get used to moving around on/off spamming thorn shield and rampaging upon transform, dying becomes a thing of the past.
Mono clearing (especially lower end corruption) is fairly fast, except bosses do take more time than a typical build. Except with having so much ward/defense, you can just stand there and facetank them all. If you're the kind of person who doesn't like learning boss mechanics, this definitely is the build for you, as you can effectively ignore nearly all of them. Same goes for the dungeon bosses, even T4 Julra.
This build isn't recommended for new players, as leveling with this build would be slow and very painful. I recommend consulting a druid leveling guide before you obtain . Once you get that unique, you're ready to go!
This build is for:
- Those who don't want to learn boss mechanics
- Those who want to facetank everything that comes their way
- Those who want to push Endless Arena waves high
- Those who hate dying on glass cannon builds
This build is not for:
- Those who want to do high damage
- Those who want to obliterate the screen with a button press
- Those who aren't patient and want to clear monos/bosses as fast as possible
- Those who don't want to be in melee range constantly
Note: This guide is a work in progress, I'll be adding to it over the upcoming days, especially when the next patch is released as it may necessitate changes.