Drilastrun's Druidic Tips

Hello! Welcome To Drilastrun's Druidic Tips!

Intro

Druids have very many options, and can be great at soloing, and are still viable in a group. Having nukes, DoTs, Buffs, Heals, Damage Shields, Wolf Form, SoW, ports, charms, AoE Lulls, AoE nukes, etc, Druids have a enormous variety of tactics at their disposal. I would also like to mention that this guide is incomplete and was made by a wood elf druid, so some material may not be viable for other races. Now, on to Tactics!

Tactics

First Tactic: Tanking-For Druids, this is the most absolutely ridiculous tactic past level 20 or so. If you play a druid, and use this tactic a lot, stop reading this guide, and go find a warrior guide or whatever. If you are tanking, it should be because your pet is on low health, or someone in your group is on low health, or someone else's pet in your group is on low health. whatever the reason, it should be one of the above.

Places to Tank:

1-5: Newbie zone. for those in Gfay, mail quest is good XP for 1-7.

5-10: Again, mail quest is good XP, probably till about level 7. Blackburrow is also a good choice, keep the gnoll fangs to give to Captain Tillin in Qeynos for absurdly high XP. And for those in Rivervale, try WC or EC, go take orcs.

10-15: Crushbone for Faydwer Druids, Blackburrow is still viable, and so are Commons orcs.

15+: I have no suggestions for this one, as tanking is now a worse option.

Second Tactic: Root Rotting-This is a good tactic, if you don't have any room to kite, this might be an answer. To root rot, cast Grasping Roots on the target, then a DoT. Note: Root Rotting is best past level 14, as that is when you get stinging swarm. make sure that your root stays on, if it fails, Uh-oh.

Places to Root Rot:

14+: Just about anywhere, as long as mobs are good for XP.

Third Tactic: Kiting-This is a great tactic: I use it all the time to destroy mobs, and it's very easy. to start, snare the mob, then DoT. Once the mob is ~30% HP, Start Hitting them. Again, Kiting is best past 14. If you have a necro friend, kiting is the NO. 1 way to get XP.

Places to Kite:

14: Willowisps and beetles in N Karana, keep lightstones and greater lightstones from willowisps to give to the Gypsies in NK.

16-20: Scythe beetles in NK, get Willowisps still.

20-31: Aviak Village in SK. if this is overrun by higher levels who are killing all the Darters and Rooks, try going to the northern part and killing the wandering aviaks. if Knari Morawk is up, kill him for the Electrum Bracelet. (Note that the egrets are spoiled little children, drop ~1-5 plat, and run FAST!)

Fourth Tactic: Fear Kiting-Note that this tactic can only be used on animals, but do not do this on social animals. to fear kite, cast Terrorize Animal or Panic Animal, then cast a DoT, and snare. follow them around and whack on them, until they are dead. if any spells wear off (notably Fear,) put it back on and start whacking them again.

Places to Fear Kite:

1+: I'm really not sure about this one, update if possible.

Fifth Tactic: Charm Kiting-This is a great Tactic. It's easy, and doesn't use much mana. Just charm a mob, then have it attack a mob of equal or almost equal level. keep your pet's health just above the other mobs.