Greetings.
I've looked at several build guides for for the Bear Totem Barbarian/Moon Druid combo. I like the idea of a raging bear in combat and want to try this out for the AL league (Dragon Heist) game that's about to start next week for me. I'm working on what the character will look like down the road and want to get some feedback from who have in game experience with the various build options. I'm considering the following class splits: 5 Barb/15 Druid or 8 Barb/12 Druid, but am open to other suggestions.
I have the following questions for someone who's played or seen this build played:
1) Knowing that my main purpose is to be a damage sponge rather than a damage dealer, how much time are you spending in wildshape during combat vs out of wildshape and fighting?
2) Which wildshapes are you actually getting the most mileage out of in game?
3) Is it worth it to pursue wildshape CR's greater than 4 at the cost of some Barbarian abilities?
4) How much time are you spending rage monstering vs casting spells?
5) Do you find the higher spell slots (7th and 8th) more useful in and out of combat vs the extra hp and abilities from the extra levels of Barbarian?
6) Are their other level splits of Barb/Druid that you would recommend?
Thanks in advance for any advice and let me know if I need to provide additional info or clarification. Just hoping to elicit some responses from folks with actual in-game experience with this type of build.
I've looked at several build guides for for the Bear Totem Barbarian/Moon Druid combo. I like the idea of a raging bear in combat and want to try this out for the AL league (Dragon Heist) game that's about to start next week for me. I'm working on what the character will look like down the road and want to get some feedback from who have in game experience with the various build options. I'm considering the following class splits: 5 Barb/15 Druid or 8 Barb/12 Druid, but am open to other suggestions.
I have the following questions for someone who's played or seen this build played:
1) Knowing that my main purpose is to be a damage sponge rather than a damage dealer, how much time are you spending in wildshape during combat vs out of wildshape and fighting?
2) Which wildshapes are you actually getting the most mileage out of in game?
3) Is it worth it to pursue wildshape CR's greater than 4 at the cost of some Barbarian abilities?
4) How much time are you spending rage monstering vs casting spells?
5) Do you find the higher spell slots (7th and 8th) more useful in and out of combat vs the extra hp and abilities from the extra levels of Barbarian?
6) Are their other level splits of Barb/Druid that you would recommend?
Thanks in advance for any advice and let me know if I need to provide additional info or clarification. Just hoping to elicit some responses from folks with actual in-game experience with this type of build.