Non Druid class transformation; accessing own class skills

Hi,

Just experimented using

Wolfhowl on Barb class, was surprised that after transformation to wolfbarb, can’t use WW,

Frenzy etc… however benefits of wielded weapons still holds.

Life Tap,

Fade still works wielding Last Wish.

Question:

Is it possible to swap out

Wolfhowl, put on Metamorphosis, get wolf/bear mark, go back to human form and retain the mark buff?

Thanks in advance!

Yep, if Metamorphosis was made on a non-Pelt Druid Helm (which is vary rare to find for sale...)

(and Beast to become Wearbear )

fredkid wrote: 3 weeks ago

Yep, if Metamorphosis was made on a non-Pelt Druid Helm (which is vare rare to find for sale...)

Thanks man!
Next stop, shopping for a non Druid Metamorphosis

An example of this trick
https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/werebear-sorceress
Gear Options

4) As of Patch 2.6, you can use Metamorphosis to pre-buff "Mark of the Bear" for extra Attack Speed and Damage Reduction before swapping back to Dream.

@Queegon has a whole build around buffing with Metamorphosis (if I'm remembering correctly...). It involves a lot of gear swapping for buffing. The build and play style isn't for the faint of heart.

Knappogue wrote: 3 weeks ago

@Queegon has a whole build around buffing with Metamorphosis (if I'm remembering correctly...). It involves a lot of gear swapping for buffing. The build and play style isn't for the faint of heart.

Who’s @Queegon?
Any url links to posts or threads for his complex swaps?
Thanks!

ohptsh wrote: 3 weeks ago

Knappogue wrote: 3 weeks ago

@Queegon has a whole build around buffing with Metamorphosis (if I'm remembering correctly...). It involves a lot of gear swapping for buffing. The build and play style isn't for the faint of heart.

Who’s @Queegon?
Any url links to posts or threads for his complex swaps?
Thanks!

I looked but couldn't find where Queeqon was talking about it. It could have been over bnet chat...it was a while ago. I mentioned him hoping he will chime in. He might not though since I haven't seen him in a little bit.

But @Th3ory did a couple video's on meta that are definitely worth a watch.

forums/metamorphosis-work-with-wolfhowl-t1456719.html
forums/something-is-wrong-with-metamorp ... 71799.html

Thanks for the links @Knappogue !

ohptsh wrote: 3 weeks ago

Who’s @Queegon?

A member on this site. Haven’t seen’em around in a bit though. I think the build mentioned was posted somewhere on this forum, just gotta find it lol.

From Amazon Basin at https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Werewolf;

• Once cast, restricted to using the following active skills:
  • Attack
  • Unsummon
  • Scrolls and Tomes of Identify and Town Portal
  • Werewolf
  • Werebear
  • Feral Rage
  • Rabies
  • Fire Claws
  • Hunger
  • Fury: Skill
  • Summoning
  • Armageddon

D2R patch 2.4 also enabled shapeshifted Druids to use:

• Cyclone Armor
• Hurricane

(hope I haven’t missed anything)

Knappogue wrote: 3 weeks ago

But @Th3ory did a couple video's on meta that are definitely worth a watch.

Yo Yo! That's right; there were issues with the original roll-out of Metamorphosis that were eventually fixed. The tl;dr was that the mark states were restricting you from leveraging certain skills when shifting in/out.

But now that it was fixed as of patch 2.6 [Season 3]. For those duelers out there, especially Barbs via Woflhowl, they have the ability to pre-buff both states on Metamorphosis.

Even elemental druids can still buff themselves if they chose to while shifting back into human form.

Many thanks guys for your inputs
It’s very insightful

@ohptsh
@Knappogue

Found it:
post3666215.html#p3666215

Have at it.

1) BO+BC every 120s
1) Transform to bear, with a +

Werebear Metamorphosis that can drop only from areas of lvl 25-36 because it's a lvl 2 staffmod but you need 3 sockets? This saves you a skillpoint, hit something
2)

Werewolf, hit something repeat 1) and 2) every 180s
3) Swap meta for

Jalal's Mane because with the buffs already applied it's better than Metamorphosis.
4) Cast

Hurricane every 50s (you have enough free skill points for lvl 20

Cyclone Armor)
5) Cast

Cyclone Armor whenever it goes down
6) Alternate between

Fury: Skill and

Feral Rage so it never goes away. Keep a count in your head for 20s.
7) Get the best weapon for the area you want to go into.

The Reaper's Toll lets you farm anywhere, so easiest overall. Death

Decapitator/

Glorious Axe is for bosses and higher player counts. Breath of the Dying

Thunder Maul is stronger than either but only in undead-ridden areas.

Alternatively don't swap headgear. I settled on a +3

Fury: Skill, +3

Heart of Wolverine, + 1

Hurricane base for Metamorphosis (saves you three skill points).

Logged in because I saw some 25th anniversary ad/banner with a theoretical promise of even more theoretical patch/content update to D2R.

Other than that my chars are chilling fully geared for the direst of times.

Nice!