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Storm Legion Solo Leveling: Druid/Justicar
I've described this build in a few threads but it really doesn't have a centralized guide so I decided to put one together. This build's strength is leveling solo particularly in the 50-60 range; for max-level grinding or groups, Defiler hybrids are generally better suited to the task, though this build will do fine as well, with a small modification for group support. At max level with sufficient gear, a full DPS druid build (61 druid/10 sham/5 inq) will also work for soloing invasions as the faerie or tank pet's AoE abilities will do enough healing to keep you and your pet up.
Build
Level 10: http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#re/D9jg/n
Level 20: http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#rp2w/D9ig/n
Level 30: http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#rka4c/Dvai0E/n
Level 40: http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#rka4c/DkFbwk4E4/n
Level 50: http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#rka4c/DkFa4EkEl8/n
Level 60: http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#rka4c/DkFaakal5i/n8s
Buffs: Fury of the Fae, Aid of the Forest, and Spirit of Asphodel (ST) or Spirit of Upheaval (AoE) when available. Armor of Devotion from 2-pt Inquisitor. Righteous Mandate on the tank or your pet when available.
For soloing, use the Satyr Protector (and Greater Satyr Protector, when available). You can also use the Faerie Seer or Faerie Healer as described below, but this means you will be taking the damage yourself, which is fine on single or small groups of lower level enemies. Put your Righteous Mandate on whichever pet you use.
For group support, use this build:
http://rift.magelo.com/en/soultree#r8G4c/DkFaakal5i/n8s
The group support build is essentially the same, but with points switched from Endurance to Reparation so your Salvation will heal 5 party members. Use the Greater Faerie Seer for trash groups (toggle on Fae Disperson), the Satyr Destroyer with Spirit of Asphodel for boss fights, and the Faerie Healer/Greater Faerie Healer for any fights when you need extra healing -- you can toggle Fae Disperson to make the Greater version focus on tank or group heals. Remember you can switch pets at any time with a 2-second cast. Also, put your Righteous Mandate on the tank.
Ability Bar
While leveling, leave out any abilities you don't have yet.
ST Spam:
Note: Crushing Force is normally used separately, it is only in the macro for disconnects. Shield of Oak is off GCD so it will be used between attacks whenever it's up.Code:#show Essence Strike suppressmacrofailures cast Essence Strike cast Resounding Blow cast Combined Effort cast Sanction Heretic cast Bolt of Radiance cast Strike of Judgment cast Trickster's Bolt cast Crushing Force cast Shield of Oak
ST Higher Healing:
This macro uses primarily Justicar abilities resulting in higher healing of yourself and your pet through Salvation, however it will result in lower damage. Only use it for extended ST encounters where you or your pet takes a lot of damage.Code:#show Bolt of Radiance suppressmacrofailures cast Essence Strike cast Bolt of Radiance cast Strike of Judgment cast Trickster's Bolt cast Crushing Force cast Shield of Oak
Separate on your bar:
Thorns of Ire
Eruption of Life
Crushing Force
Vex
Even Justice
Fae Step
Hidden Path
Strength of the Fae
Grim Silence
Notion Theft (interrupt)
Using the Build
Single Target
Against a single enemy while solo your Satyr can easily hold threat. You also have many single-target effects to help take down more powerful enemies.
First, always make sure your Satyr Protector's AoE damage ability (Satyr Sweep) is deactivated when engaging a single target. He will spam it if it is activated, and it does much less damage to a single target. You can activate or deactivate it by right-clicking it on the pet ability bar.
In a group with a tank, use the Satyr Destroyer or Faerie Seer instead, and use Spirit of Asphodel if you have it.
The basic priority is as follows:
Thorns of Ire -> Eruption of Life -> Crushing Force -> Vex -> Fae Step into melee -> spam macro
In a shorter encounter, don't bother applying Crushing Force and Vex as they won't have time to tick the full 15 seconds, you will kill weaker enemies faster by just applying Eruption of Life and then single-target attacks.
In a longer encounter, maintain the Crushing Force and Vex DoTs when they drop, and refresh Thorns of Ire before it drops. With Essence Strike as the first ability in your macro, Life Surge should never fall off the target, but if it does make sure you refresh it immediately with Eruption of Life.
Before teleporting in, casting Eruption of Life gives your pet a GCD to port in and take aggro. If that is not enough time you may want to cast a Sanction Heretic or Bolt of Radiance to give it an extra GCD. Your abilities and especially Bolt of Radiance/Strike of Judgment will help heal your pet with Righteous Mandate applied.
In group situations, if there is a Bard, Archon or Beastmaster present they have a similar debuff that does not stack with Thorns of Ire, so make sure not to use it if there is one.
AoE
This is where the build really shines. First, make sure your Satyr Protector's Satyr Sweep is activated because this is your primary source of AoE damage. By itself it doesn't do much, but it hits 10 targets and procs Spirit of Upheaval on each target. This means Spirit of Upheaval will hit 50 times if there's 10 targets, every GCD (which is every second once you pick up Celerity).
In a group use the Faerie Seer, and activate Fae Dispersion. The Seer's abilities will have the same effect with Spirit of Upheaval, though they will max out at 5 targets instead of 10.
Start off by sending your pet in (you can use a petattack macro or keybind the "Attack" ability on the pet bar, or hit an enemy with a ranged DoT), then the rotation is simple: Even Justice. It will hit up to 10 enemies near you and proc an improved Salvation heal for each enemy it hits. This combined with Aid of the Forest will keep your Satyr Protector alive through even the most massive invasions. It is also effective support healing in groups, especially combined with the Faerie Healer.
If you don't need the constant healing from Even Justice you can throw in a Resounding Blow to increase the damage of your next Even Justice by 50% (it will not affect the healing however).
In any situation, remember you can use Strength of the Fae to give yourself (and your pet) basically 10 seconds of invincibility, and you can fully cleanse yourself and your pet with Hidden Path.
That's all there is to it. Enjoy, and please control your pets!
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