Cold Druid Help

[Spartacvs]

Greetings Friends,

I was wondering if y'all could look over my capped Dragonborn Cold Druid and give me some pointers on improvement.
I run mostly solo and can sort of stumble my way through r1's. I've joined some r10 groups and fail misserably. I'm finding that even if the tank gets agro as soon as I let out some breath or spell I get tagged.

I am looking for a bit more survivability in the group but would also like to be able to push my solo career up into higher reaper quests.

Suggestions on my enhancements (80 pts).... Epic Destiny's (62 pts)... and Non-Raid gear, with the goal being to add raid gear if/when it becomes available.
I also have 33 reaper pts. for what it's worth 11 in Dire & 22 in Grim

Stats:
Str - 41, Dex - 16, Con - 55, Int - 22, Wis - 71, Cha - 20, Fort - 329, M/PRR - 115/97
Cold - 832/58/55, Dodge - 14%, Evo - 38

Dragonborn - Points spent: 20​	​	​	​	​	Feydark Illusionist - Points spent: 13​	​	​	​	​
Core1 Hardy I​	​	​	​	​	Core1 Find Familiar: Pseudodragon​	​	​	​	​
Tier1 Draconic Visage - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Core2 Ability I: Wisdom​	​	​	​	​
Tier1 Resilience I​	​	​	​	​	Core3 Greater Color Spray​	​	​	​	​
Tier2 Resilience II​	​	​	​	​	Tier1 Feydark Explorer - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​
Tier2 Dragon Breath​	​	​	​	​	Tier1 Study the Arcane - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​
Tier3 Power in Breath - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier2 You've Got My Back​	​	​	​	​
Tier3 Dragon Heritage - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier2 Shadowblade - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​
Tier3 Draconic Knowledge​	​	​	​	​	Tier3 Ability I: Wisdom​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 True Power – 2 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
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Season's Herald - Points spent: 41​	​	​	​	​	Nature's Protector - Points spent: 6​	​	​	​	​
Core1 Child of Summer​	​	​	​	​	Core1 Nature's Protector​	​	​	​	​
Core2 Elder of Winter​	​	​	​	​	Core2 Nature's Defense​	​	​	​	​
Core3 Wellspring​	​	​	​	​	Tier1 Improved Nature's Defense I: Enchanted Defense - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​
Core4 Sunburst​	​	​	​	​	Tier1 Fey's Blessing - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​
Core5 Storm of Vengeance​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Core6 Hierophant​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier1 Produce Flame - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier1 Wax and Wane I​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier1 Druidic Wisdom - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier2 Improved Metamagics II: Efficient Quicken - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier2 Creeping Cold - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier2 Wax and Wane II​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier3 Call Lightning - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier3 Wax and Wane III​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier3 +1 Wisdom​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 +1 Wisdom​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 Strength of the Solstice​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 Salt Ray - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 Wax and Wane IV​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier5 Elemental Mastery - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier5 Word of Balance - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier5 Time and Tide​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier5 Winter's Heart​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​

Fatesinger - Points spent: 34​	​	​	​	​	Draconic Incarnation - Points spent: 25​	​	​	​
Core1 Fate Singer's Repertoire​	​	​	​	​	Core1 Draconic Bloodline: Draconic Bloodline: White​	​	​	​
Core2 Intoxicating Presence​	​	​	​	​	Core2 Draconic Heritage I​	​	​	​
Core3 Glitter of Fame​	​	​	​	​	Core3 Elemental Blood​	​	​	​
Core4 Hear my Voice Friend​	​	​	​	​	Core4 Draconic Heritage II​	​	​	​
Tier1 Music of the Spider Queen - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier1 Attune the Arcane​	​	​	​
Tier1 Jack of all trades - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier1 Arcane Studies – 3 Ranks​	​	​	​
Tier1 Tune of the Weave - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier2 Dragon Breath: White Dragon Breath - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​
Tier2 Master the Acoustics - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier2 Coalescence - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​
Tier2 The Rhythm to Reign - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier2 Conduit​	​	​	​
Tier3 A Little bit of Music​	​	​	​	​	Tier3 Inevitable​	​	​	​
Tier3 The Magic of Music: Evocation - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	Tier3 Draconic Spell Focus: Necromancy - 1 Ranks​	​	​	​
Tier3 Masquerade - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 Metamagics Attunement: Enlarge​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 Shout it out: Greatest Shout​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier4 Resonance of Fate: Primal Resonance​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier5 Ballad of the ages​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Tier5 Mastering the Strings - 3 Ranks​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​

I still have 3 points to spend.

Armor - Hruit​	Bronze Dragonscale Plate​	​	Fort​	​
Belt​	Blacksands​	​	Con​	​
Boots​	Deepsnow​	​	iCon, qCon​	​
Wrist​	Saltiron​	​	iStr​	​
Cloak​	Firemouth​	​	Str​	​
Gloves - Hruit​	Sunstone Gauntlets​	​	​	​
Goggles​	Goggles of Dusk​	​	qWis, Evo, iEvo​	​
Helmet​	Pansophic Circlet​	​	Pot, iPot, qPot​	​
Necklace - Hruit​	Azure Sea​	​	Glac, Ice Lore​	​
Ring1​	Ethereal​	​	Dodge​	​
Ring2​	Nocturne​	​	iFort​	​
Trinket​	Blood of Blossoms​	​	Wis, iWis​	​
Weapon 1​	Glaciated Resonating qStaff​	​	Lore, Insightful, Evo​	​

I have 4 Frozen Wanderee Fills loaded on the weapon, with 3 slots open.
Need an artifact... that'll give me another 3 slots
Filligree suggestions???
Need to get rid of the Nocturne ring... I think thats what's causing the agro, but it's giving me +71 iFort.
I have blank Dino Ring, Belt, Boots, Bracers and random raid gear but nothing with Wis or Con.

Thanks in advance...

Matt
Orien Server - Divine Punishment
Aranorth, Carraig, Sarahnorth

 

[popejubal]

If you're going to wear Hruitt, a few extra points into Bear will give you Heavy Armor Proficiency with Core 3. That's just 5 more points to either save a feat or pick up a bunch of PRR because you now have the proficiency.

 

[Spartacvs]

If you're going to wear Hruitt, a few extra points into Bear will give you Heavy Armor Proficiency with Core 3. That's just 5 more points to either save a feat or pick up a bunch of PRR because you now have the proficiency.

Yeah... I need to pick up 4 points from the other trees to get me to the 3rd core in Nature's Protector.
It'd have to come out of Dragonborn
Drop 4th Tier True Power losing +2 Evo (2 pts) & Tier 3 Drac Knowledge (2 pts)
All this to gain 30 PRR
Don't think it's worth it.

 

[Lazuli]

Since many things are going to change in the next update, it is better that you ask after we know what is going to be there and how to adapt the builds.

Right now the advice we could give you may be wrong by the time the update goes live in 1 or 2 weeks.

I still don't know what I'm going to do with my alt druid. Waiting to see what mess devs finally present to us.

 

[DBZ]

Check out death titan druids builds maybe they should have everything listed info wise

Aggro management is a problem try and get some more spell threat reduction if possible and work on your timing

Soon as the tank gets aggro try waiting like 2 seconds then going full tilt on your rotations get that timing down should help

 

[Spartacvs]

Check out death titan druids builds maybe they should have everything listed info wise

Aggro management is a problem try and get some more spell threat reduction if possible and work on your timing

Soon as the tank gets aggro try waiting like 2 seconds then going full tilt on your rotations get that timing down should help

TY... I just went through DT's post. Very informative.
@Lazuli ... Yes... I think I need to wait and see what the update brings. However, it's like money buring a hole in my pocket ... I need to spend it.

 

[festasha]

From my own experience transitioning from running low-mid reapers to high reapers you have to change up your playstyle, you can't rely on just your damage especially with DB being obliterated from being very nice to crapola. Boost DC's and use CC first, your group will appreciate incapacitated mobs and you will spend more time alive than dead.
Earthquake, burst of glacial wrath, sleet storm, color spray from feydark illusionist tree, entangle will become your best friends in survivability if you can land them, so go test in a solo R10's expect many deaths but enjoy the learning process.