A tanky build that can take out groups of enemies by sending homing tornadoes at them.
Skills
This Build mainly revolves around the use of Tornado. This Skill will be constantly used to send out tornadoes that track down and take out enemies.
Additional Core Skills:
- Storm Strike – gives a source of Spirit regen, as well as a way to make enemies Vulnerable.
- Cyclone Armor – provides some extra damage reduction
- Blood Howl – gives you a boost in Attack Speed and a heal.
- Hurricane – a great move that will boost your survivability, increase your damage, and give you some Spirit.
- Grizzly Rage – a huge buff that will improve most of your aspects.
Passives
The Key Passive for this Build is Perfect Storm, as it will give you a consistent damage boost.
Additional Passives:
- Ancestral Fortitude, Vigilance, Neurotoxin, Circle of Life, Defensive Posture, Unrestrained, and Nature’s Resolve will increase your survivability.
- Predatory Instinct, Toxic Claws, Envenom, Defiance, and Resonance will boost your damage.
- Digitigrade Gait – will boost your Movement Speed.
Spirit Boons
You will want to bond with the Spirit Eagle, then take the following Boons:
- Wariness – to increase your survivability against Elites.
- Scythe Talon – gives you a damage increase.
- Avian Wrath – will further increase your damage.
- Calamity – allows Grizzly Rage to be up more.
- Calm Before the Storm – helps keep the Cooldown of Grizzly Rage down.
Paragon Boards
- Board 1 (Start):
- Use Werewolf Glyph
- Connect at the top end
- Board 2 (Ancestral Guidance):
- Rotate once
- Take Legendary Mode
- Use Exploit Glyph
- Connect at the right end (board 3) and the top end (board 4)
- Board 3 (Lust for Carnage):
- Rotate twice
- Take Legendary Mode
- Use Undaunted Glyph
- Connect at the bottom end (board 6)
- Board 4 (Thunderstruck):
- Rotate once
- Take Legendary Node
- Use Earth and Sky Glyph
- Connect at the right end
- Board 5 (Heightened Malice):
- Rotate 3 times
- Take Legendary Node
- Board 6 (Constricting Tendrils):
- Rotate twice
- Don’t take Legendary Node
- Use Territorial Glyph
Glyph Leveling Priorities
| Level 15 | Level 21 |
|---|---|
| 1. Undaunted | 1. Territorial |
| 2. Exploit | 2. Exploit |
| 3. Werewolf | 3. Werewolf |
| 4. Territorial | 4. Earth and Sky |
| 5. Earth and Sky | 5. Undaunted |
Equipment
Tempest Roar will make all of your Tempest Skills to also be Werewolf Skills, and is essential for this Build. Tibault’s Will will boost your overall damage.
On top of these pieces, you will want these Legendary Aspects:
- Dire Wolf – the most important Aspect for this Build. Turns Grizzly Rage into a Werewolf Skill that turns you into a Dire Werewolf.
- Stormchaser – causes Tornado to track enemies, making them much more effective.
- Rampaging Werebeast, Accelerating, Nighthowler, and Retaliation will increase your damage.
- Disobedience and Metamorphosis will help your survivability.
You will want to use Emerald Gems on your weapon, Ruby Gems on your armor, and a mix of gems for different resistances on your jewelry.
Equipment Stat Priorities
| Slot | Stat Priorities |
|---|---|
| Main Hand | 1. Damage to Close Enemies 2. Damage to Distant Enemies 3. Willpower 4. All Stats 5. Core Skill Damage 6. Vulnerable Damage |
| Off-Hand | 1. Cooldown Reduction 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Lucky Hit Chance 4. Damage Reduction against Poisoned Enemies 5. Damage Reduction while Fortified 6. Resource Generation 7. Spirit Cost Reduction |
| Helm | 1. Damage while Shapeshifted 2. Critical Strike Damage 3. Maximum Spirit 4. Poison Resistance |
| Chest Armor | 1. Damage Reduction from Poisoned Enemies 2. Movement Speed 3. Maximum Life 4. % Damage |
| Gloves | 1. Ranks to Tornado 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Attack Speed 4. Lucky Hit Chance 5. Willpower 6. All Stats |
| Pants | 1. Damage Reduction against Close Enemies 2. Damage Reduction against Poisoned Enemies 3. Damage Reduction while Fortified 4. Damage Reduction against Distant Enemies 5. % Total Armor 6. Maximum Life 7. Willpower |
| Boots | 1. Movement Speed 2. Two of: Fire, Cold, Shadow Resistance 3. Total Armor while in Werewolf Form 4. Dodge Chance 5. Willpower 6. All Stats |
| Amulet | 1. Ranks to Envenom 2. Cooldown Reduction 3. Total Armor while in Werewolf Form 4. Movement Speed 5. Damage Reduction from Close Enemies 6. Damage Reduction against Poisoned Enemies 7. Damage Reduction while Fortified |
| Rings | 1. Damage to Close Enemies 2. Critical Strike Chance 3. Damage to Distant Enemies 4. Lucky Hit Chance 5. Life 6. Resource Generation 7. Vulnerable Damage 8. Critical Strike Damage 9. Critical Strike Damage with Werewolf Skills |
