Heya. I played an animist up to 45 or so way back on live SI, but I don't really remember how to spend starting stats or what spec to go. I wanted to play Celt over Sylvan. I'm guessing some combination of DEX/CON/INT? Any recommendations?

Also, for solo play, farming (to gear an NS), and keep defense - what spec would you recommend? On live I went creeping path because I enjoyed the snare turrent and the FNF damage turrents. But I don't know what is optimal. This is without a healer so I don't think Verdant is a wise choice for me.

Thank you!

For a purely pve animist spec (not that you couldn't go to a BG just by being an animist; and pick up a few nice RSPs for your farmer toon) i'd go verdant. they have a tanky(er) pet, that taunts enemies, and you have a pet-based PBAE.

sylvan is probably better, stat wise. celt has 5 more dex, but sylvan has 10 more intel.

15 intel 10 dex or vice versa for the stat layout for your ani.


good luck!

Remember that focus staffs r "hard" to get.

So the only real good idea for a build with only lvl4 focus staff at hand with 0 gold invest, means you wanna do Creep build. As you spam the lvl5 pet mostly. i use it @lvl 22 still.

- You can purchase a better staff from NPC vendors but it costs some gold.

- Verdant is semi ok solo and semi ok in groups. (pve)
- Creeper is a bit tricky, but doing Creep build means you can spammmmmmm those mushrooms (good PvE solo, just needs a good spot to drop all those mushies)
- Arboreal is PvP oriented and groups in Hib normally think you are Arbo when you join them.

Make many mentalist friends.

Thanks for replies guys! I think I decided on creeping because it fits my playstyle more. I'll respec arb at 40 I think.

Is there a reason for using lvl 5 mushrooms only? When should you start casting higher level ones? Does creeping spec effect the damage / mana cost of the FNF shrooms?

I also wonder, if I respec arb at 40, will my PVE ability still be good enough to farm at 50?

Thanks for all the help!

You can cast more shrooms if you use the Level 5 ones. Usually you want to have as many shrooms as possible to make them (& the group) hit more often.

Just wondering if the creeping pet is working as intended ? It don't cast when getting hit . Don't think I seen that happen until here.