I'm hoping to have a decent hybrid/tank spec warden. Ideally, speccing the bear for damage instead of immortality will help offset the fact that hybrid/tank builds lack damage output potential. Probably going to put my warden in full heavy. Not entirely sure on weapon options yet - depending on how the skill trees look, I'd like to try frost staff for tanking and 2h for damage, but we'll see. I may end up going 1h/shield instead. A lot of it will depend on whether the warden skills favor a focus on magicka or stamina s a primary resource.

I really like the new ultimates for weapons, and shield wall for the 1h/shield ultimate is amazing, but with the bear ultijmate it wont be available. That might be the push frost staff tanking needs. I'm skeptical about it though, since frost staff will require a full charge heavy attack in order to taunt, which is a hell of a lot slower than puncture. Of course, there's always inner beast/inner fire as a taunt option as well.

Regardless, I really want to try my best to recreate my druid main that I played for 4 years in WoW. Granted, we dont really have shapeshifting (aside from werewolf), but the general premise of my druid was a mixture of tanking/defense and healing abilities that made him virtually unkillable, while taking down enemies with damage over time and through attrition. I love the fact that the warden will be most likely getting an insect swarm ability (BEES!), as that was always a fun ability in wow. Defense will probably come primarily from frost skills, it seems frost will have a lot of abilities to reduce incoming damage or prevent it entirely for you and/or allies. There should be some heal over time abilities in the nature line that a tanky character could easily keep rolling to keep his health topped off. On top of it all, you've got a bear to help eviscerate anything in your way.

Also, despite the fact that it probably wont be an option, I'll be naming my bear Misha in honor of Rexxar's bear =P

Im curious to know what kind of sustain skills/passives they get. The energy thing sounds like siphoning strikes that benefit the group.

What I'd like to know is if the Warden has Major Brutality/Sorcery buffs, or if Templar will no longer be the only class who doesn't.

Seraphayel wrote: »

Tryxus wrote: »

So it is going to be a heal class?

There is no "heal class". There is no "tank class" or "dps class" either. All classes can do everything. Every class has skills for healing, tanking or DPS, Warden will be the same:

Heal skill lines:

- Nightblade: Siphoning - HoTs (and even a skill in Shadow for an AoE HoT)
- Sorcerer: Daedric Summoning - Twilight Matriarch burst heal
- Templar: Restoring Light skill line
- Dragon Knight: Earthen Heart (rather Shields than Heals)
- Warden: Nature's Balance skill line

The Warden might just have a skill line that's entirely devoted for healing, like Templars. But there is no class without any skills providing healing or buffs to healing.

It's just that that burst heal with a HoT after it might be the Warden's Breath of Life, and with the proper passives and skills could be a lovely substitute for the Templar

I really hope that's the case here, that we have 2 viable heal classes