Glacialist
20
Description
This is a first life build requiring only old packs (Sharn, Saltmarsh, Feywild, and Isle of Dread). It is designed to be able to raid on normal/hard, do r1 content solo and r6 with a team. I recommend it to new players to keep at cap while TR'ing their main, so they always have something decent to play or use to farm with. I also use it on alt accounts to farm with. The goggles are the only piece that would take time to farm. You can use the legendary version as an easy swap while working on the nebula fragment. For heroic levelling, you can go blightcaster first, then use your free heart of wood to change back to normal cold druid at 20 for an even easier experience.
Advantages for new players and alt accounts:
Cold spells are one of the easiest to filigree, and druid allows you to bypass cold spell resistance for enemies. Druid also gets great movement (snowslide), and when playing this I am constantly shifting to Winter Wolf for the movement (snowslide/epic destiny wings), then back to water elemental form to nuke. Glacial blast gives a decent CC that also does some AOE. Ruin and Greater Ruin are excellent nukes, especially with the added cold damage from the epic destiny. The Half-Elf racial scales without a max caster level and continues to zap people for a good 90 seconds randomly around you for ridiculous damage that also procs your mantle bonus. I think it's a great starting build. Alternatively, you could run this as an Aasimar instead for another fast heal option in the racials. There are much better gearsets you can work towards if you have access to later packs, so there is room to expand if you decide you like the game.
There are only about 10 buttons you press regularly. I did set up my girlfriend with this build when introducing her to the game. Letting her do the damage while I stayed back to heal/support allowed her to experience the quests while contributing despite being new to the game, and she seemed to enjoy it.
Update: Took Epic and Legendary Spell Focus for higher levels (Thank Strimtom!)
Unique Requirements
Base Stats
28-Point Build
Ability Level-Ups
Leveling Path
Feats per Level
Enhancements
Epic Destinies
Skills
| Skill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Gear
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