Gnoiko (beast druid) vs Dawari (feral ranger)

Gnoiko yells 'Help! Dawari kicked dirt into my eyes!' Gnoiko is blinded by the dirt in his eyes! Your kicked dirt scratches Gnoiko. Gnoiko has a few scratches.

6h Dawari: [===|===|===|=--] Gnoiko closes his eyes momentarily. Gnoiko's bladed onslaught mauls you. "Decobru" the Gladiator Broadsword sears your flesh with flames. Gnoiko's flaming bite hits you. You fire from Dawari's bow and hit Gnoiko with a couple shots. The sleep serum on sleepy arrows causes Gnoiko to fall alseep. Gnoiko goes to sleep.

throatcut gnoi Your throat cut misses Gnoiko. Gnoiko has a few scratches.

6h Dawari: [===|===|===|=--] Gnoiko closes his eyes momentarily. Gnoiko calls upon the forces of nature and calls forth a thunder storm. Gnoiko's thunder storm LACERATES you! Gnoiko's thunder storm mauls a large wyvern. Gnoiko's thunder storm hits a displacer beast. Gnoiko has a few scratches.

6h Dawari: [===|===|===|---] Gnoiko's fire shield decimates a displacer beast! Gnoiko's thorns decimate a displacer beast! A displacer beast tries to disarm Gnoiko's shield, but fails. A large wyvern's poisoned bite hits Gnoiko. Gnoiko's fire shield injures a large wyvern. Gnoiko's thorns maul a large wyvern. Gnoiko's fire shield maims a large wyvern! Gnoiko's thorns maul a large wyvern. You dodge Gnoiko's attack. You dodge Gnoiko's attack. You fire from Dawari's bow and hit Gnoiko with a couple shots. Dawari's bow's pierce MUTILATES Gnoiko! Gnoiko dodges your attack. Gnoiko blocks your attack with his shield. Gnoiko blocks your attack with his shield. Gnoiko blocks your attack with his shield. Your whip decimates Gnoiko! Gnoiko's fire shield mauls you. Gnoiko's thorns devastate you! Gnoiko has some small wounds and bruises.

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Gnoiko closes his eyes momentarily. Gnoiko calls upon the forces of nature and calls forth a thunder storm. Gnoiko's thunder storm MUTILATES you! Gnoiko's thunder storm MUTILATES a large wyvern! Gnoiko's thunder storm wounds a displacer beast. Gnoiko has some small wounds and bruises.

6h Dawari: [===|===|==-|---] A displacer beast's claw injures Gnoiko. Gnoiko's fire shield injures a displacer beast. Gnoiko's thorns maim a displacer beast! Gnoiko's fire shield decimates a displacer beast! Gnoiko's thorns maim a displacer beast! A large wyvern's poisoned bite hits Gnoiko. Gnoiko's fire shield injures a large wyvern. Gnoiko's thorns devastate a large wyvern! Gnoiko's fire shield injures a large wyvern. Gnoiko's thorns maim a large wyvern! You dodge Gnoiko's attack. "Decobru" the Gladiator Broadsword sears your flesh with flames. Gnoiko's flaming bite grazes you. You fire from Dawari's bow and hit Gnoiko with a couple shots. Dawari's bow's pierce MUTILATES Gnoiko! Gnoiko dodges your attack. Gnoiko blocks your attack with his shield. Gnoiko blocks your attack with his shield. Your whip devastates Gnoiko! Your magic devastates Gnoiko! Gnoiko's fire shield LACERATES you! Gnoiko's thorns decimate you! Gnoiko has quite a few wounds.

6h Dawari: [===|===|=--|---] You summon the force of thunder storm to your aid. Why would you turn on your own creation? Why would you turn on your own creation? Sparks arc around Gnoiko's armor! Your thunder storm *** OBLITERATES *** Gnoiko! Gnoiko has some big nasty wounds and scratches.

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Gnoiko closes his eyes momentarily. Gnoiko's hurricane LACERATES you! You can't seem to get back into the air Gnoiko's hurricane MASSACRES a large wyvern! A large wyvern can't seem to get back into the air Gnoiko's hurricane MASSACRES a displacer beast! A displacer beast can't seem to get back into the air Gnoiko has some big nasty wounds and scratches.

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A displacer beast's claw hits Gnoiko. A displacer beast's claw injures Gnoiko. Gnoiko's fire shield injures a displacer beast. Gnoiko's thorns decimate a displacer beast! Gnoiko's fire shield mauls a displacer beast. Gnoiko's thorns decimate a displacer beast! A large wyvern's poisoned bite hits Gnoiko. A large wyvern's poisoned bite injures Gnoiko. Gnoiko's fire shield hits a large wyvern. Gnoiko's thorns devastate a large wyvern! A large wyvern trips Gnoiko, sending him to the ground. A large wyvern's trip scratches Gnoiko. Gnoiko's fire shield wounds a large wyvern. Gnoiko's thorns maul a large wyvern. You dual parry Gnoiko's attack. You fire from Dawari's bow and hit Gnoiko with a couple shots. Dawari's bow's pierce LACERATES Gnoiko! Your magic maims Gnoiko! Your whip mauls Gnoiko. Your magic maims Gnoiko! Your whip mauls Gnoiko. Gnoiko dodges your attack. Gnoiko's fire shield LACERATES you! Gnoiko's thorns devastate you! Gnoiko looks pretty hurt.

6h Dawari: [===|===|---|---]

The sun rises in the east. A displacer beast can fly again. A large wyvern can fly again. Gnoiko rubs the dirt out of his eyes. The green aura around Gnoiko fades. The shield of thorns falls away from Gnoiko's body. You can fly again. Gnoiko looks pretty hurt.

7h Dawari: [===|===|---|---] You summon the force of thunder storm to your aid. Why would you turn on your own creation? Why would you turn on your own creation? Sparks arc around Gnoiko's armor! Your thunder storm >>> ANNIHILATES <<< Gnoiko! Gnoiko is mortally wounded!!  

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Okay...I didn't even notice that, haha. Point taken. Still does not explain the fact I am dealing such low damage with the storm though. As you can see, it's hitting the beast for hits even, hahaha.

Sparks arc around Gnoiko's armor!

Your thunder storm *** OBLITERATES *** Gnoiko!

This right here is your problem. You are decked to the teeth in AC.

Look at his:

Gnoiko calls upon the forces of nature and calls forth a thunder storm.

Gnoiko's thunder storm MUTILATES you!

Gnoiko's thunder storm MUTILATES a large wyvern!

Gnoiko's thunder storm wounds a displacer beast.

He is saving the spell and wearing bad AC. You on other hand didn't save and have very good AC.

My advice is to take t storm out of your fights and don't sit in combat for long while dirted. Run around blind and attrition a bit.

Thanks for posting. 

A large wyvern trips Gnoiko, sending him to the ground.

A large wyvern's trip scratches Gnoiko.

Got to watch our for pet lag.

Holla at me. 

I have great tactics for killing Rangers - I held my own against Corinkorth and a couple of others of note (please note holding my own does not mean killing - It means dying more slowly)

HAHAHAHA

• Aulian

Lack of preparation and tactics lost this fight for the druid.  Your buff was about to fall, you should have been on top of that.  No flight, no dirt kicking, lack of fleeing/healing, lack of missile shield, no cabal pet, etc.  You used hurricane as the tick was ending - so that was also a wasted two rounds. 

On the other foot, with all those mistakes, you brought her to 50% health so I'd say your damage output is just fine.  You need more time behind the wheel and I think you'll be able to adapt better.

Mmmmm Beer is right - Prep is the big one. 

Don't use thunderstorm against classes that can use it on you - more then likely they will have lower AC then you do as a druid. 

You need to make sure you are using: 

Armor, shield, flesh armor, stone skin - missile shield if you need. 

FLIGHT ffs

You need to make sure you have a large stock of: 

White potions, Green potions, brown/orange/yellow potions. 

Tactics: 

Either you need to go all out offence - green potion + dual weapons (axe and spear, spear and spear or mace and spear). 

Or all out defence - shield and druid staff - play the attrition game. You have unlimited mana resources with heal mana and clever sleeping - use lightning bolts or hurricanes or whatever. 

Also remember: You have two healing skills - restoration and herb - use herb early as it recharges quicker - save restoration for further into the flight to get you to the next herb. 

Trap of silvanus - learn exactly what it does, think about how that will help in certain situations (think about him chasing you). 

Commands: 

I almost always have this sort of strategy when using my druid skills - depending on where I am fighting, what I am fighting and if its offensive or attrition tactics I am using: 

1. Thunderclap to open (if it lands good).  - 1 round lag

2. Entangle - 2 round lags

Now either: 

If you are blind - dirt back

If you aren't blind - thunderclap again then dirt

By this stage you are ready to flee and herb. Re-engage with thunderclap if it hasn't landed or murder if it has (non-counter class). 

If you're fighting a beast  class perhaps attack a weaker to dirt or kill - or just focus on that baddy.

NB: There is nothing wrong with using hurricane or thunderstorm to finish  a beast or to do some high damage to a sucker - do it on your terms when he lags himself out  trying to redirt you - there are some clever areas around where you can move from Sky to inside very easily. 

Druid gate is your friend. Its an easy out and makes you impossible to chase because its a safe teleportation skill. 

2c for free - Aulian