Metamorphosis vs Jalal's Mane

Blizzard wrote:

We want this Rune Word to really compete for best-in-slot for Shapeshifter Druids.

Is it competing enough to not just be a prebuff helmet though? I'll be assuming an Eth

The Reaper's Toll as the BiS weapon here (I'll die on this hill).

1) To reach fastest FPA you need:

• With 40 IAS (incl. Bear Mark) lvl 38
  Werewolf. (Gloves+Amulet)
• With 55 IAS and Bear Mark lvl 21
  Werewolf. Saves 17 skill points. (Gloves+Amulet+IAS Jewel in helmet)

2) Cannot be frozen on Metamorphosis is mostly redundant as you cannot really afford cycling out

Raven Frost:

• Raven Frost allows you to wield reaper without any points put into dex.
• Ignore target's defense doesn't apply to Uniques/Bosses. That 20DEX + 250AR gives you so much attack rating, multiplied by both
  Heart of Wolverine and Fury, that it translates to 15-20% additional hit chance on those enemies.

3) You need a

Cham instead of a ~

Pul and lvl 67 instead of lvl 42 to use it

4) With Metamorphosis you lose out on:

• 30% FHR
• 20-35 all resistances (assuming 15IAS + up to [email protected] jewel)
• 5 mana per kill
• Even more attack rating

5) What do you get with the runeword?

• 25% Crushing Blow
• Whatever skills you can find on the base for Metamorphosis +1 extra to shapeshift tree
• The ease of use. Not exchanging your helmets every 3 minutes.

Now I ask you. Would you use Metamorphosis over

Jalal's Mane? If so, would it be for any other reason than convenience on not wanting to swap headgear around?

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

Jalal's, and will hardly ever use Metamorphosis every 3 mins for buff, too boring

Steccothal wrote: 1 month ago

Jalal's, and will hardly ever use Metamorphosis every 3 mins for buff, too boring

They also didn't mention updates on the restrict states which will be a terrible game-play experience without being able to re-bo / cast/

Teleport for 3 minutes. We all know most aren't going to have a 5+ BO CTA early on...

Schnorki wrote: 1 month ago

Th3ory wrote: 1 month ago

They also didn't mention updates on the restrict states which will be a terrible game-play experience without being able to re-bo / cast/

Teleport for 3 minutes. We all know most aren't going to have a 5+ BO CTA early on...

Well, at least the patch is hitting a whole 1 day before S3 so plenty of time to notice they didn't patch the obvious crap and broke even more upon release so...yeah, nevermind.

I guess we are used to this and comes with the territory huh?

It doesn't seem worth the

Cham given OP's analysis.

Great analysis, really doesn't seem that great now. Was considering rolling a druid for s3 for this one but I'm going to rethink this. Pally it may well be...