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00:00:00 – 00:10:37
The YouTube video explores the Companion Druid build in the season 5 PTR, focusing on buffs like the Moon Range aspect and the summoned wolves' increased effectiveness for boss damage. The build now allows all companions active on the bar, offering strong boss damage capabilities. The setup for farming trended bosses and optimal gear setups for characters like Wes are discussed, emphasizing cooldown reduction and defensive strategies. The importance of maintaining buffs like Best Rampage and utilizing Wild Heart Hunger for damage output is stressed. The video also touches on utility and speed options for the build, highlighting the power of companions in the early game and hinting at a full build guide in the future. Overall, the companion build appears viable and competitive, especially for boss-focused gameplay, with potential for early-game playability and future content exploration.
00:00:00
In this segment of the video, the focus is on the Companion Druid build in the season 5 PTR. The build has been significantly strengthened due to buffs, including the introduction of a new aspect – the Moon Range aspect. The main highlight is the increased effectiveness and competitiveness of the wolves summoned by the player. The video showcases a Tier 110 rift run, emphasizing the damage output potential of the wolves. The build now allows players to have all companions active on the bar, unlike previous setups that utilized triple companions. The wolves have high damage potential, with the ability to summon more thanks to the Moon Range aspect. The build shows strong boss damage capabilities, offering a viable playstyle option for the upcoming season. Additionally, the build’s AoE clearing efficiency is highlighted as a potential weakness, while boss damage output is emphasized as a strength, allowing for quick boss kills.
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses a setup for farming trended bosses, indicating it could be effective. They mention nuances about buffs and learnings from Storm’s companion. The speaker explains how certain effects, like Fang and Claw, do not apply to pets, while generic effects like damage stats do. Specific conditional effects do not work, but anything explicitly calling out pets or wolves does. The speaker highlights missing synergies and examples of passive skills that do not activate with the gear setup they discuss. They emphasize that many extra attacks and skills added through aspects and gear do not benefit pets, making some choices seem unconventional.
00:06:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses updates and new features in the game related to leveling up the wolves and gear improvements. They mention optimal gear setups for a character named Wes, focusing on cool down reduction. The speaker explains the usage of Earth Bak for better defense and highlights a powerful defensive combo using Earth and Bulwark. Additionally, they emphasize the importance of maintaining the Best Rampage buff for increased attack speed and damage. The speaker also stresses the significance of quick shifting as a key strategy for Druids, recommending Wild Heart Hunger for increased damage output.
00:09:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses options for utility and speed regarding their build. They mention the possibility of using normal boots instead of specific options like metamorphosis for convenience, especially for speed farming. The speaker hints at creating a full build guide later on and emphasizes the potential power of companions in the early game due to their damage impact and effectiveness of glyphs like the keeper glyph. The overall consensus is that the companion build seems viable early on in the game, potentially playable from level one, and the speaker promises more content and exploration of other classes in the future.