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I know its not exactly optimized, but I like to go 3 lvls into ranger for the swarmkeeper subclass so I can roll play as an agent of decay...plus it adds to your survivability when you can teleport away after every strike

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Why don't druid's get inflict wounds and ray of sickness spells? They both perfectly fit druids thematically.

And yes, I know that ray of sickness is a meh spell, but I would still appreciate having it for the role play of my necro-poisony mushroom bro.

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This is my favorite Druid class. Zombies and animate dead grant you and army while being able to transform into animals for another health bar and unique skills. Its really nice. I like to pair this with Hunter Ranger for the Bow proficiency after level 10 but the class is strong enough to just go by itself honestly

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If you are going 10 druid / 2 fighter. Don't.

Instead go 2 war domain cleric / 10 circle of spores druid.

This allows you to use an extra attack as a bonus action 3 times instead of just once.

Plus this feels like the best roll play as a "Death Knight" in my opinion.

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Reasons why this is better than necromancer:
-medium armor + shild;
-you dont need to cast spell to do nice dmg;
-can have a bigger army thanks to spore zombies (dont cost spell slot)
-shillelag, moonbeam, and conjure woodland;
-big extra hp that can be refreshed 2 times per short rest;
-its a druid, have healing spells and can became animals when needed;
-after lv 11 you can dip 1 lv in wizard to learn spells from scrolls (need some int, you can pick the act 1 ogre circlet for base 17 int), or monk if you want to use robe for a extra ac from ypur wis.

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You have acess to lots of spells and extra resources (like fungal zombies and free aeo necrotic dmg), really tank for a full caster, and do a really nice weapon dmg, and if needed you still can wild shape.

Really versatl sub, and very strong.

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Thi is a better necromant, and a better battle mage.

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Mushroom Death Knight

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Extra attack on lvl 5 and 10 for beast form is surely what i want to see on subclass that plays without beast form

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Tanky. Control. Supportive. Damage.

You won't believe how strong he is.

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24/7 haste with Armor of the Sporekeeper.
What a ridiculously broken class in Act3. Those of you who haven't played spore with that armor you guys have missed out big time.

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IMHO, this subclass is overrated as a necromancer. The summoned zombies are like 9 health, damage is ok, but they can't survive more then 2 hits, but you have 4 charges per rest. Necromancer wizard can have better army with animate dead abd has a better pool of spells with great cc options.

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2 levels into warlock will allow you to regenerate temporary life from symbiotic entity fully outside of combat. And the little the little amount the fiend subclass with bloodlust and heroism makes for great combat sustain. I suggest if your more of a fighter to go for more warlock for weapon bind or other subclasses for better close quater combat.

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Dual wield lit torches with Shillelagh on both + Symbiotic Entity = Early game OP AF!

You can also take one level in fighter to get two weapon fighting to add your wisdom modifier to the off hand Shillelagh torch.

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The biggest downfall of this class is needing heavy armor and martial weapons because a lot of the effects are close range. Pick up 1 fighter as your first class, and do the rest as spore druid. It's very powerful with heavy armor mastery and dual wield.

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One of my favorite classes. Sad to see that the necrotic damage type on your weapons has anti-synergy with the creation of baby zombies. Sometimes killing infected enemies with the weapon works, sometimes it doesn't. Maybe it depends whether or not the normal typed damage finished them off. Also unfortunate there is no proper way to heal the undead, other than aid. Still very strong if you have a hireling using a max upcasted aid to heal your zombies.

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Father Nurgle loves you

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The Dual Wield Druid
Gloomstalker 5, Spore Druid 7
Two Hand Expertise from ranger + the Dual Wield Feat
I go lathanders blood in main hand and Shilleagh club of strength (19 STR) in off-hand
This makes you a beast at attacking with symbiotic up and all these extra attacks from ranger.
Main reason you go ranger for the extra attacks and proficiency is it gives you spell slots as well, but the bonus initiative is also very nice.

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Honestly quite let down with this subclass.
Wanted to do a Shadow Druid playthrough that would go well with the flow of the story from Kagha to the second act.

But as the necrotic damage doesn't scale, the interaction with ranged weapons is "unintended" and they get a passive which doesn't work with the unique "wild shape" it feels just extremely underpowered compared to either any other melee or caster class.

Sure the flavor is cool, but not that cool when your companions out-scale you hard if you don't min-max your sheet.

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Armor of the Sporekeeper is a game changer for spore druid, it unlocks the stongest skill in the game by far.

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Spore Druid 7. Openhand Monk 5
Wisdom and Dex maxing

Ended up having 22 AC while unarmored, great crowd control, a good flow of zombies to tank damage, and great sustain.
You never do the most damage on the team but you're a solid build throughout the entire game, never really falling off.

Getting Horns of the Berserker and Woe in act 3 creates a combo that makes you unkillable.
Super fun class if you can configure it right.

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The real Necromancer Class, Necro Wizard DOES NOT Compare.

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Strongest class by far, i just got heavy armour feat, ilithid powers like cull of the weak and the one if you miss you take 1d7 damage and oh man. Summons, spike growth, huge hp, currently lvl 7 on tactician with a noob friend just duo and we are rocking. Multiple fights i went solo against odds. Don t forget that you do have scrolls and flasks on this game also. Spore druid is a very versatile tank

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I use this with 1 level of monk multi-classed and then built strength for unarmed combat, go tavern brawler for double strength dip and slam people with your fists like your zombies. The whole point of the spec is to be like the spore colony, acting as one. Just pretend you're a zombie and punch em! Does solid damage and provides a cool summon frontline. You have access to great zoning spells that don't require a save against your DC like spike growth if you need to stay at range for a bit, but is fully capable in melee as well!

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I use this subclass with drow race to get hand crossbows profficiency. You get two ranged attacks per turn with the added 1d6 damage from the "form", and also that spore reaction, so you have some ranged options or a supplement for your spells. Very fun, very versatile. And you still have owlbear form with all its advantages when you wanna go melee.

I tried the other subclasses but I feel like this one adds the most unique advantages, whereas the other two just specialize you into a particular playstyle.

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I think that people greatly misunderstand how this subclass works. You are not meant to scale with the martials, but rather make use of your "wildshape" (Symbiotic Entity), which will still allow you to cast spells. You are still a spellcaster at your core, and by no means are you supposed to dish out the same kind of damage as just about any melee class later on. (But with certain spells, you can do a lot!)

Think of yourself as a support spellcaster, but with a bit more versatility when it comes to someone wanting to bash your skull in - you have new options, and the ability to more easily fight back in some cases, setting up your damage dealers or straight up finishing off the enemy.

As for the design of the subclass itself, it does suck that you don't really have any extra attacks or anything, but that would just make it way too strong along with the full caster abilities that you already have. Think about it - many martial classes would just pale in comparison, just because you could whack twice, do some spore stuff, get an undead and then back yourself up with some powerful spell should things go south.

For anyone wanting to go as a tanky melee druid, Circle of Moon is the way. Not this, despite the cool flavor.

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I've tried several builds but unfortunately, this just isn't that great of a class. Everything about it incentivizes you to go into melee which works lower levels, but once you hit level 6 this falls off fast.

Neither symbiotic entity nor halo of spores adds enough damage to keep up with martial classes at mid-high levels. Even if you add shillelagh your overall damage just isn't that high compared to a barbarian or fighter, and it uses an entire bonus action which further disincentivises its use. Speaking of bonus actions, this class really only has 1: a halo of spores, which again simply doesn't scale well; and forget about taking a feat like polearm master, because, currently it's only adding your strength modifier, which is useless for a druid. But, all that is assuming you can even maintain symbiotic entity, like a normal wild shape once you use up the temporary HP it ends along with all of it's benefits so you're now doing even less damage unless you have decent AC.

The best way is to add a shield, but that essentially locks you into one attack per turn. Alternatively, you could add a level of fighter, duel-wielding fighting style, and the two-weapon fighting feat. It's kind of viable if you dump strength and go all in on dex, and with the latest patch, it works well with a level of monk which adds unarmored defense, and another bonus action. But at this point you're kind of spreading yourself thin between a couple of classes, and like 3 ability scores (dex, con, wisdom) for what is a pretty mediocre melee build.

So what about the spellcasting and wild shape? Well... what about them? Frankly, there isn't anything that the circle of spores gets that the circle of moon doesn't get except for gaseous form (a somewhat useful exploration spell) and Raise dead. But if you want to mess around as a controller you still get spike growth, moon beam, and call lighting. And if you want to be a summoner you have conjure elementals, minor elementals and woodland beings. Circle of moon also has better wild shapes at 10th level, there's even a moon druid build that can do 15 attacks in one turn.

It's really a shame Spore Druid is really cool, but mechanically it just doesn't work. You're better off playing Circle of Moon or a necromancer.

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I'm trying to make a Dark ranger (warcraft) using this druid as a base, the problem is that I'm not sure how to multiclass him.

Ranger gloomstalker 3-5? rogue? fighter?

Suggestions?

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This doesn't seem like a good long-term class, but a 2 level dip can basically add 1-6 dmg to all your attacks and give you some useful cantrips and spells.

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Does this subclass have no interactions with Myconids at all? It feels really bizzare when its basically dedicated to shrooms and there are no comments on it at all

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Wish this subclass got a replacement for Wild Strike.

Like, the entire point of the subclass is to use Symbiotic Entity instead of Wild Shape so the Wild Strike bonuses will rarely have an effect.

So getting an extra attack, potent spellcasting or some scaling on Symbiotic Entity would be nice to offset the lack of Wild Strike attacks.

Each would benefit in a different way;

Extra attack would allow for leveraging the bonus 1d6 damage from Symbiotic Entity and Shillelagh and provide more flexibility with multiclassing.

Potent Spellcasting would facilitate a pure caster by having extra damage on Bone Chill (Also Thorn Whip and any bonus Cantrips attained through feats).

While bonus scaling on Symbiotic (Be it more bonus dice for Halo of Spores and/or more dice on the bonus weapon damage) would provide Rogue-esk scaling where you hit like a truck by going deep into the class (Which you're already incentivised to do so you get more temp health to keep SE up)

Without this extra boost, it can often feel like the subclass drops off compared to Moon which can be an awesome fighter with strong Wild Shapes that have bonus attacks and Land which can be an awesome caster with its access to Haste and Natural Recovery (For more Hasted Call Lightning)

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this subclass feels too weak when compared to Circle of the moon

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I just wanna be a myconid.

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NURGLE BLESSES ALL THIS FINE DAY!

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