Turbo's Juggernaut Lighting Spell Bear - Nuke and Run Druid Build Guide

Extremely high EHP and survivability

Fast paced and engaging gameplay leveraging multiple cooldowns

Fast monolith clearer and decent burst damage

Very high gear ceiling with strong damage and survivability scaling

No specific skill node or gear investment required for rage management (just a few passive nodes)

Abit clunky movement with rampage; can periodically bug

Slower boss killing vs. other high end builds

Very gear dependent, not a starter build but can start playing once Bhuldar's Wrath is acquired

Rage generation in certain mono's (double crit avoid) can be annoying

The general gameplay loop consists of the below:

• Run around in werebear form clearing trash with Rampage 's Crackling Assault 5/5
• Deliver strong burst damage using Maul to proc Earthquake via Bhuldar's Wrath to kill large groups, rare mobs, and bosses
• Use Warcry strategically as needed as a crowd control with Jormun's Wrath 1/1 or as a damage steroid with Frigid Breath 1/1
• For max damage use Maul instantly followed by Warcry to ensure Earthquake hits as much as possible during Frigid Breath 1/1's uptime

Below is an explanation of the different interactions and way to scale each part of the build.

Damage:

The goal is to stack strength to convert into spell damage via Wisened Claws 1/1 which scales both your Earthquake and Crackling Assault 5/5 damage.

• Bhuldar's Wrath with PrefixAdded Critical Strike Multiplier along with Grand Emptiness of Ash are very important to make the damage feels good as most our exalted gearing is prioritizing survivability.
• Target is to have 90%+ spell crit chance after you have used Warcry. Aura of Retribution 4/4 from Summon Spriggan provides plus 8% base crit. Combined with Insatiable 3/4, Rageborn 10/10, Bush Stalker 3/5 plus Warcry's Bringer of Winter 1/1 andBattle Cry 4/4, you should not have to itemize much PrefixIncreased Critical Strike Chance. I believe Insatiable 3/4 base crit impacts Crackling Assault 5/5 so you are running pretty much 100% crits on clear.
• Apex Predator 3/3 helps ramp up Crackling Assault 5/5 damage while Unending Storm 1/1 allows you to start/stop as required.
• Spell Damage (strength) is stacked where possible on gear as well as via Primal Strength 8/8, Druidic Prowess 7/7, Aspects of Might 10/10, and Ursine Strength 8/8. Additionally, Aura of Kinship 3/3 and Fury Leap's Warrior's Entrance 5/5 add flat spell damage.
• Penetration is introduced via Shamanic Infusion 8/8 and Primordial Resonance 5/7 supplemented by lightning resist shred from Grand Mysteries of the Deep and Shock from Tempest Form 8/8 / Bringer of Storms 1/1
• Maul with Bringer of Storms 1/1 supplemented by Fury Leap's Lagon's Wrath 1/1, Storm Bringer 5/5, and Rejuvenating Storms 1/1 add some additional damage (nothing significant)
• Warcry add's 15% more damage via Frigid Breath 1/1 which is a nice burst. In addition, Apostate's Sanctuary adds significant "more damage" if rolled well.
• Earthquake has numerous massive "more" damage nodes, + skill points for it should be a top priority. Crushing Wake 3/5, Rupture 4/5, Concussion 3/4 ramp it up while Storm Rift 1/1 turns it to a spell with Thunderblight 4/4 adding more flat damage. Seismic Tide 1/1 and Seismic Smash 1/1 turns it into a nuclear bomb combined with Shatterquake 5/5 adding an insane 150% more damage to chilled enemies. This is not an issue with Bringer of Winter 1/1 and Tempest Form 8/8 applying chill.
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros isn't required, it is just a good strength and health stat stick as well as giving any extra skill point for Earthquake. A nicely rolled Dedication of an Erased Primalist would be BiS

Survivability:

Stack as much as HP as you can with additional scaling from Werebear Form. In addition, you have multiple layers of defense that really make this build the juggernaut that it is.

• Layers of damage reduction are introduced by Titan Heart, Berserker 5/5, Ursine Strength 8/8, Boar Heart 4/5, and Porcine Constitution 5/5.
• With 100-140 strength and Chitinous Plating 7/7 / Thicket of Thorns 2/5 your armor adds a significant amount of reduction as well (~50% standing in lvl 100 area). Grand Patience of Herkir adds massive gains while rampaging bringing you to around 72% - 78% hit damage reduction from armor (reduced for non-physical sources)
• With high HP and Hideskin 3/10 your endurance threshold should be sitting at 1600+ adding one more layer to keep you alive with 40-60% reduction via your endurance.
• A 2LP Liath's Signet really helps on SuffixElemental Resistance since we have so many suffixes demanding our attention.
• Outside normal HP stacking, a 1 LP Titan Heart with SuffixIncreased Health and a Apostate's Sanctuary adds 2500+ HP between the two. Gift of the Wilderness 6/6, Hunter's Restoration 5/5, Call of the Pack 3/5, and Hideskin 3/10 all help build that HP base up along with a variety of Stout Lagonian Idol with SuffixIncreased Health.
• Proper use of Warcry with Jormun's Wrath 1/1 to freeze is critical to surviving at higher levels. I do use Ferocity 1/1 as a personal choice, it ultimately is providing more freezes/damage ramping but does take a little "control" away from you.
• Utilization of immunity frames is also very critical while face tanking various damage sources/abilities. Warcry provides this with Juggernaut 1/1 and Maul provides due to Heorot's Protection 1/1
• Tempest Form 8/8 helps ensure enemies stay Chill which helps lower enemy damage output. Ensuring you have Frailty on one of your items is also important such as Apostate's Sanctuary.
• Health sustain is primarily via leech from your large damage bombs. Ancestral Crown should be a priority for a base helmet combined with Bush Stalker 3/5.
• Summon Spriggan's Aura of Retribution 4/4 and minor gear investment will keep you at 100 SuffixCritical Strike Avoidance.

Other:

• Rage sustain is not an issue outside of mono's with double SuffixCritical Strike Avoidance. Focused Wrath 3/5, Rancour 1/1, and Rageborn 8/10 ensure rage isn't an issue as long as you have high crit chance as Crackling Assault 5/5, Rampage, and Earthquake generate a lot of hits.
• Its important to note that Summon Spriggan's buffs stay active even if its dead as long as you are within ~2/3rds of your screen to its body. At high levels you just can't keep it alive so don't waste gear slots on PrefixMinion Health. Abit annoying on mono pushes but buffs are well worth it.

This is not a "new player" guide, you must be level 76+ to even start using this guide due to Bhuldar's Wrath. Please reference any of the numerous primalist leveling guides out there.

The gameplay section lays out really what you should be focusing on gear wise to excel at end game. With the build being extremely tanky you should be able to push 400+ corruption and 300+ arena as soon as some of the gear comes online. Titan Heart and Apostate's Sanctuary should be swapped to once you are ready to really push into the hard end came content as they add 2500+ hp to your build by trading off some damage.

End game build so only thing you should be filtering for is idols.

Should I play this build right when I am starting empowered monoliths?

I would strongly encourage using a modified version of this until you get into the 300+ corruption/arena area. The modified version below allows for much smoother game play and alot higher clear speed and boss killing. I was around 3k hp with the alot higher damage running 250 corruption without any form of issue but T4 bosses were abit more challenging.

• Swap out fury leap for Maelstrom, spec into Healing Winds 2/3. Windswept 1/1, Energized 3/3, Strong Tides 2/3 and Power of the Storm 1/1
• Tweak Warcry to get Shallow Breath 1/1, Whirlpool 4/4
• Warcry on cooldown as you run around. This gives you perma haste plus a decent boost to clear damge due to Power of the Storm 1/1 plus even that many more "hits" for rage generation. Also provides more immunity chances due to CDR on Warcry but you loose out on freeze.
• Prioritize exalted PrefixStrength prefixes and try and get a T7 PrefixStrength crafted onto a Urzil's Pride. Can also get a damage focused amulet with PrefixLightning Penetration. As a target, I had ~145 strength with 443% PrefixAdded Critical Strike Multiplier with pretty solid gear.
• With all the above, my Earthquake tooltip was 2,000,000 (not a typo!) if i dropped Shatterquake 5/5 since it is conditional. So with it included on a chilled target my tooltip dps was WELL beyond 2M.

Its really annoying having my Summon Spriggan die in late game, what can I do to keep it alive?

NOTHING...it is not worth it believe me. It will die eventually no matter so don't waste the stats. As mentioned, you still get the buffs while you fight in general screen area of it.

Have you considered Eterra's blessing for the build?

Yes I tried making it work but it ultimately only casts every 12 seconds and is not worth it plus wastes some very scarce passive points to get it to trigger. Also Embolden 4/4 doesn't seem to trigger properly when triggered in werebear form off of maul.

Have you tried integrating meteor belt into your build?

Yes and its VERY fun! I've swapped to Tears of the Forest and Eterra's Path and also played around with fury leap vine skill nodes combined with Tears of the Forest. With 140+ strength the damage scales decent on meteor hitting for maybe 8-10k. Ultimately even for just 200-300 corruption mono pushing i swapped away from it as it didn't feel the trade off was quiet there plus if you had bad luck with a lot of proc's on belt at once it could rage drain you and pop you into human form at really bad times. Definitely suggest giving it a try!!

No druid specific idols?

For the end game build I wanted to focus on HP stacking and supplement a bit of lighting damage. Prior to making the push 400+ arena/corruption I ran damage focused druid idol's for the most part with %increase to spell damage while transformed, lightning damage, etc paired with vitality or increased effect of boar heart. When I made all my recent changes I went from ~3k hp and 1M EQ tooltip (didn't include shatterquake 150% more) to 7100+ HP with ~400k EQ tooltip but also added 13% more damage on bosses/rares and 15% additional DR.