Double Phoenix Melee Druid

Hey guys, has anyone tried Phoenix shield and Phoenix

Phase Blade (or other 1 handed weapon base) on a SS druid?

I was thinking of maxing both of

Firestorm's synergies (not FS itself) and whacking away as a

Werebear (or

Werewolf) for the procs (80% on hit). Not sure if to combine with

Fire Claws for more fire damage or just rely on

Firestorm procs and use

Maul or Fury. Haven't tested anything yet, don't have the gear at hand. Does anyone have experience with a build like this? Is it fun? Is the damage from a synergized

Firestorm actually helpful or does it totally suck?

Thanks for your insights!

6x 5/5 facet inside a

Phase Blade > Phoenix weapon for a

Werewolf

Fire Claws.

For a

Werebear

Fire Claws user, yea, double Phoenix works.

Thanks for your input! Do you think the build would work well without

Fire Claws for a

Werebear? As in:

Max

Werebear
Max

Lycanthropy
Max

Maul
Max

Molten Boulder (fs synergy)
Max

Fissure (fs synergy)
Rest in

Heart of Wolverine

This would mean only the

Firestorm procs benefit from the Phoenixes' -fire res, but frees up skill points for survivability (and much needed ias derived from

Maul, in the case of

Werebear). You think the damage from it is enough to justify dual Phoenix over something else?

As you want to focus on

Firestorm procs, Fury will probably be way better than

Maul (more hits/procs per second )

fredkid wrote: 10 months ago

As you want to focus on

Firestorm procs, Fury will probably be way better than

Maul (more hits/procs per second )

That's a valid point, I just have a soft spot for werebears, haha. But do you think the fire damage from

Firestorm procs will be enough to justify the dual Phoenixes in either case (wolf or bear)? Have you tried anything similar?

In theory could be ~12+K per second...

Phoenix + Phoenix + Flickering Flame (-71 fire

Pierce)
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/had8043o

L22 with all the synergies will be

Firestorm – Level 22
Damage: 722.1–837.9 per second
Cast Rate: 25 frames (1 cast per second)
Damage per Second: 3931

Damage per Second * 80% * 3.91 hits per second = 12296.168

fredkid wrote: 10 months ago

In theory could be ~12+K per second...

Phoenix + Phoenix + Flickering Flame (-71 fire

Pierce)
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/had8043o

L22 with all the synergies will be

Firestorm – Level 22
Damage: 722.1–837.9 per second
Cast Rate: 25 frames (1 cast per second)
Damage per Second: 3931

Damage per Second * 80% * 3.91 hits per second = 12296.168

Interesting calculations. I hadn't thought of it, but I'll play with that planner and see how the build looks. Thanks!

My druid (fireclaw+armag setup) uses dual fenix. Weapon is zerker tho - it's 59dex req allows to spend 0 pts to dex, unlike 136pb.
Yes, zerk is fragile, but it wears off much slower, compared to

Frenzy barb or zealer.
Also enjoying double (lv.30) aura such way - healing is rich, and good armag constantly keeps the corpse flow. For a pvm sweep-farm, such combo is quite well.

I was thinking about double Phoenix fire sorc but if I replace HOTO with Phoenix I loose +3 to skills, FCR and resistances