A 5 shockwave rare or 6 shockwave magic pelt with same +1 all skill corruption would also work. Helm I would recommend Jalals (i use one with +1 all skill corruption, unfortunately mines only 1 os from puzzlebox but it has a 20 hp 15 all res jewel in it). I would also recommend hitting the 86% Fhr breakpoint and the 65% faster block rate breakpoint as wearbear’s have some of the longest blocking frames and you dont want to get locked up by blocking.

Gear is the most critical piece of the shockwave bear as reaching 163 fcr is necessary with the most overall +skills as possible as well. Once i maxed everything else i put points into Hurricane as you have some synergies for it and can cast it while shape-shifted. The same as most builds enough strength to wear your gear (156 is what i ended up needing), i decided to do maxīlock as well so enough dex to reach it depending on your level, and then the rest into vitality.Īlso pretty straight forward here you max wearbear, shockwave, tornado, twister, then max lycanthropy for more Hp i would also recommend one point in hunger to help run a bit faster but its duration is short and doesn’t help a ton. Caster properties like mana or life after each kill work normally. It is not affected by any melee weapon modifiers (life steal, open wounds, deadly strike, crushing blow, increased attack speed or enhanced damage) except -physical resists found on Stone Crusher (legendary mallet) or from Cta’s battle cry.

Shockwave is based on your faster cast rate for its speed and your skill level for its damage. 2 second mini stun.Ī lot people ask what works or interacts with shockwave. Now it is a nuke spell, dealing high physical damage like tornado, it does still have a. It is no longer a low damage ability with a long stun. Shockwave has been changed in PD2 compared to original LoD.

Trying this build from scratch without decent gear +shape shift gcs will result in pretty low damage overall. It does not end up playing a whole lot different than a tornado/twister elemental druid as shockwave is a physical damage nuke similar to tornado/ twister (they are the synergies after all).īuilding it as a second character with currency to gear it was definitely helpful as without decent gear the damage is on the lower side, but you are much tankier due to shape-shifted hp bonuses.

I decided to make a shockwave druid in season 1, as my second character, as it seemed like a niche build to try out that was different. Many people having been asking for a guide and i have a well geared level 94 shockwave bear so i wrote this outlining what i found works best.

Wearbear skills calculator diablo 2