Difference between revisions of "Werebear"

Revision as of 06:36, 20 August 2011

Template:Shape This skill empowers the Druid with the capacity to assume the form of a savage bear, granting him great strength and fortitude.

Once cast, restricted to using the following active skills:
- Normal Attack
- Unsummon
- Scrolls and Tomes of Identify and Town Portal
- Werewolf
- Werebear
- Maul
- Fire Claws
- Hunger
- Shock Wave
- Summoning
- Armageddon
Passive skills can still be used (with the exception of Weapon Block for an Assassin) [1], and other buffs, debuffs and skills activated before shifting will still apply until they expire. Pets summoned before shifting will also remain afterwards.
Lycanthropy increases duration and +% Maximum Life applied while a Werebear.
Missile weapons will be used as melee weapons; Fires Magic Arrows and Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts do not apply.
If lethal damage is applied, Werebear will return to human form with one remaining life.
Weapon speed and weapon Increased Attack Speed are normally most significant factors in determining attack rate.

Value	Source	Min Rlvl	Ladder
+3	Beast axe/scepter/hammer	63	No

Other classes of Werebear have same block rate and hit recovery as Druid Werebear, but attack rate is calculated differently. [2] [3]
Barbarian and Assassin Werebears equipping two weapons while using Normal Attack will only attack with primary weapon, but attack animation is displayed for attacks with both weapons. [4]
Assassin Werebear has a 3 frame maximum attack rate, not 2 frame. [5]

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 **[[Summoning]]
 **Armageddon
-*Passive skills can still be used (with the exception of [[Weapon Block]] for an Assassin) [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/index.php?showtopic=84998&view=findpost&p=940497], and other buffs, debuffs and skills activated before becoming a Werebear will still apply until they expire.
+*Passive skills can still be used (with the exception of [[Weapon Block]] for an Assassin) [http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/index.php?showtopic=84998&view=findpost&p=940497], and other buffs, debuffs and skills activated before shifting will still apply until they expire. [[Pet]]s summoned before shifting will also remain afterwards.
 *Lycanthropy increases duration and +% Maximum Life applied while a Werebear.
 *[[Missile]] weapons will be used as [[melee]] weapons; [[Fires Magic Arrows]] and [[Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts]] do not apply.