Druid synergies and swarmblade

Primalist
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hello, i love the new patch 8.4! the new crafting is awesome.
but… the new skills are not in the Lootfilter. and ‘skull crusher’ from the werebear tree doesn’t seem to work :confused: also i think Swarmblade needs more syrnegies like werebear. like now Swarmblade is lacking. maybe i just didn’t play enough with that form. and the last passives in the druid tree are kinda underwheling… also polearms are held weird. like its a one handed melee weapon. these are just some things i noticed that i felt like sharing :slight_smile:

edit: i might be wrong for ‘skull crusher’. but i see 0 dmg increase for maul and it doesnt feel like i do more dmg… i also got ‘tremor slam’ i don’t know if that causes it maybe?

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Why do you mean by ‘Swarmblade needs more synergies like Werebear.’ ? In the Passive Tree, with Primalist standard ability or with other forms ?

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I’m loving swarmblade form, at least combined with my form-swapping spriggan poison minion build. Running around with vines, healing totems, 20-30 locusts and a companion ability on a 3 second cooldown is great. Also shapeshifter synergizes very well.

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ye with primalist standard abilities.

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There’s a decent bit there now. 3 second cooldown on companion abilities with Swarm Strike (Summon Wolf and Summon Storm Crows). Hives can be changed to shoot thorns (Summon Thorn Totem). Armblade slashes can benefit directly from Serpent Strike. Dive can cast Maelstrom.

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hmmm… i see. seems good ye. iam not so in poison or minion builds. i feel like it lacks ‘pure attack’ potential. no it feels like more a summoner or caster. maybe i just expecting something different.

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I was just brainstorming a swarmblade build from this thread. Something along the lines of:

  • Swarmblade - Convert to cold for swarm strike and locust, take the maelstrom dive node, build for the tornado proc node.
  • Maelstrom - Proc from Dive
  • Tornado - Proc from armblade slashes
  • Serpent Strike - Buff armblade slashes and poison is converted to frost bite.
  • Summon crows or wolf - Crows have a decent buff, but with swarm strike, wolf howl can be up 100% of the time.

Not sure if that’s more along the lines of what you might be looking for.

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Skull Crusher does work at lest I spotted a massive drop in maul damage numbers on the dummy when I despecced it.
The problem is the tooltip don’t change.

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