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A few questions for my Dryad


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I just finished the Nameless Guardians in Gold. My Dryad has been very up and down, as I made mistakes in my build and went on to fix them. The current state could be better, but I do not want to restart just to have a perfect build ;) Firstly, I will relay her current state at level 64 (about a minute away from 65 when I finished Gold!):

 

Attributes: I did a 50/50 Dex/Vit split for levels 2-49. From lvl50 onward I have gone Dex/Sta.

 

Skills:

Tactics Lore (at level)

Combat Reflexes (at 5 points, to unlock other skills)

Ranged Weapons (at 1, but I plan to invest in this going forward --- my chance to hit is too low)

Armour Lore (at level)

Nature Weaver Lore (at level)

Concentration

Capricious Hunter Focus (at 20)

Nature Weaver Focus (at 20)

Constitution

Empty (will be Enhanced Perception)

 

Combat Arts (all at one rune):

Ravaged Impact (Perforate, Breach, Double Shot) - My main killing skill.

Darting Assault (Reload, Throwback, Rotate) - Used against swarming mobs or sometimes just for its knockback.

Sinister Predator (Eagle Eye, Marked Shot, Hunting Focus) - Absolutely critical to making my ranged attacks functional!

Tangled Vine (Sprawl, Impair, Encroach) - Make tough melee mobs a joke ;)

Goldenglade Touch (Flow, Persevere, Diligence) - Now running 100% uptime for life regen and spell resistance.

Ancient Bark (Rugged, Divert, Invigorate) - Honestly, not sure how much this helped me so far.

 

Questions:

1) Is it really worth raising my combat art levels in Capricious Hunter? Especially Darting Assault. The benefits seem pretty minimal on paper.

 

2) Equipment. Should I aim to wear Detheya's Agility (+combat arts, life leech%), Leaves and Twigs (+combat arts, -buff penalty, looks better :P ), or are neither very good and I should just try to get lucky random gear?

 

3) I will soon unlock another mod point on each aspect, but will not get the next two until late game. None of the options appeal to me:

* Forest Flight: I have not really used this, and the first mod seems the least important.

* Dust Devil: The evade seems like overkill, and the important mods will not be for a long, long time.

* Edaphic Lances: Probably a good spell, but would not work for this build.

* Acute Mind: Seems like it would be completely wasted on this build.

 

4) I have had real trouble in Gold with finding decent ranged weapons. Kybele's Song was a godsend when I got it! Is there a way to farm them (eg quests that always reward with a bow), or is the only way to reliably 'farm' a specific item to use Bargaining?

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In platinum and niob monsters do alot more damage so ancient bark is really good. I'd recommend a buff suit, by platinum you should have gotten some stuff with + combat arts.

RE raising combat arts - they give you base damage and attack value but if you want more damage without regen penalty you can use plus skills, dexterity, deathblow and damage x - x rings. The last part I ignored for a long time till Chattius posted his kung fu dryad build. They make a real difference but you obviously need bargaining.

You can also use Rph but you need high attack value.

 

Full dethayas life leech bonus isn't really needed if you use LL% shurikens and tangled vines.

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