is shapeshifter druid bad?

[Yoinkyz]

the moon druid specifically. im currently multi classing helsin into fighter and useing his druid form for good combat maneuvering and mirror image soon

[DemoXVX]

I am pretty sure druid is only good once you get it to level 6+.

[🍀]

I feel like Wizard would just be better. The spells overlap and more overlap for Wizard.

The only think Wizard lacks is the survivability, shapeshift allows you to soak some damage, but at the same time you can't really spellcast...so its kind of, if it fits your playstyle, sure go for it.

[Targaryen22]

I mean as soon as you unlock bear form you have like 30+hp that enemies will have too chew threw and then after that you grt knocked back into humanoid form with that having it's own hp bar. Bear does goad which can be real nice. Lv6 iirc you grt owlbear form. Druid is surprisingly good meat shield lol

[Hobocop]

Been pretty solid in my experience. All their forms get Extra Attack at level 5, and Spike Growth is a real standout spell. Insanely powerful in the right situations.

Spider Form lets you spam Web every turn with no spell slot cost and no Concentration needed. Enemies that fail their save are easy targets for the rest of your party, and the webs can be set on fire if needed.

Owlbear form at 6 is strong enough to hold its own in a straight up fight and comes with its own suite of AoE and control abilities.

[Edstyles]

Druid felt pretty strong for me. Jaheira been doing pretty well.
There is suposed to be some gloves that make druid attacks into unarmed attacks i heared but didnt find it.

[Caldrin]

Later level druids seem pretty good.. decent selection of damage spells but once they used them all can turn into a owl bear or something even harder to carry on the fight..

[mutantbeth]

I tried them all and while later shapes are good I prefer spore druid quite tanky and a ton of summons and extra damage. maybe if talking didnt ruin your animal form id go moon

[Yoinkyz]

ye but the druid forms chance to hit kinda sucks. the sabre tooth tiger has good hp and good mobility and nice prone skills BUTT it only has 8 attack with bless buff.

[Chaosolous]

I don't know about good but I'm having fun with mine as a player character.

The bear form is like an extra 80hp since I can cast it twice per fight/short rest/whatever.

People ♥♥♥♥ on the Druid, especially the shape shifters, but even outside of shapeshift they have some decent skills to balance it.

When things get dicey, transform. Later on you can transform into strong elementals and an owlbear.

[Ozone]

The Druid is incredibly powerful. It's a class that starts weak, but gets stronger each level. The Owlbear shape is a killer. It also comes with powerful spells which you can cast multiple times without using a slot as long as you keep your concentration. Add Haste potions or scrolls to a Druid, and you get five powerful area attack actions which can prone and throw your enemies (at the same time), 150 temporary HP, and a lot of versatility.

You're also not limited to clothes, like mages, and can get very decent AC with the right medium armor. My character has 22 AC, 24 with haste, and 29 with haste + shield.

This is actually the class I'm using for my Lone-Wolf run, and it's killing everything.

[Mr Fred]

It can get pretty legit but meanwhile the other members of your team will be godly with act 3 itemisation that is 95% barred to you save a piece or two that specifically work in shapeshift.

[yuzhonglu]

Druids are strong early on since they have the biggest health pool of any class due to wildshift. Also, no one has good equipment early so wildshape is very powerful. But they fall behind later on, when they're basically clerics but with worse spells.

[Edstyles]

Any1 has found the item that makes shapeshifting attacks into unarmed attacks?

[ACS36]

All the classes work fine in the game.

Druid is on the weaker side though, but people confuse relative weakness with being bad, and they're not really the same thing.

[meow]

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