Time to put new Metamorphosis to good use!

Thanks to @ShadowHeart and @KOKUSHO0735 for offering me Metamorphosis in a +3 Rabies +3 Fire Claws base! I've been wanting to make a Rabies and/or fireclaw druid for a while now, and this is just the push.

Instead of going the pure Rabies build, I will try a hybrid Rabies / Fury build. I like the idea of spreading Rabies, but not so much the hit and RUUUUNNN approach, so I'm thinking of making not-quite-maxed Rabies and a strong enough Fury to stay in the fight.

Skills:
1 Werewolf
20 Lycanthropy
20 Feral Rage
20 Rabies
20 Fury
1 Werebear
20 Poison Creeper
1 Oak Sage
Rest Heart of Wolverine

Major equip:
Metamorphosis
Bramble
Trang-Oul's Claws
Plague Bearer (for Rabies bite)
Spirit (for Rabies bite)
Grief Phase Blade (swap after Rabies for Fury)
Stormshield with Defender's Bile Jewel (swap after Rabies for Fury)

Everything else is a bit fluid. Resists seem a problem, so probably Mara's Kaleidoscope and a bajillion GG shimmering small charms of vita of course. Res Boots or Gore Riders. Arachnid or Verdungo's or res Belt. BK ring(s) and/or Opalvein.

Merc: Act 5 Frenzy barb
Grief PB on main hand
Plague in an Eth Mythical Sword or similar base off-hand for Lower Resist procs
CoH to get some resists and life leach and bit of PDR
Arreat's with a Protector's Stone Jewel

No summons (other than vine). Just me and the merc! Aiming for a fun build, not necessarily maxed out build.

Started off with leveling last night as a Werewolf in full Sigon's gear. Should be fun, if not fastest, journey to 90+!

Awesome I’m very happy to see this, me and my wife have the act5 merc with us usually. 1 small tip especially in any area with a ton of undead is to throw on a Lawbringer runeword on him. The Sanctuary Aura does wonders for crowd control.

Leveling as a Werewolf seems quite a bit slower than even warlock goats leveling. I'm twinking quite a bit, giving my druid full sigons to start. Even socketed the head/chest/shield with Amn so I basically just run through things and let them kill themselves--but, sigons is heavy and run/walk is slow.

Things just took a change for the better at lvl 25. I dropped the unique Mace (can't remember name)/sigon shield and equipped a Bonesnap. Gave the act 1 merc an Edge Bow for Thorns aura and decent damage. Now we're rocking. Also put on sanders Boots instead and am moving faster.

Will go into Rabies when respeccing around lvl 70-80 or so. For now working up to Fury and will level with Fury, upping Bonesnap and eventually switching to upped Ribcracker.

A nice and budget weapon for Fury: Skill druid is Immortal King's Stone Crusher.
Fast, decent damage, high crushing blow and 2 os.

Edit : add Immortal King's Forge for a nice 25 IAS for 2 set items.