CaptainLance9's Meteor Bear Shaman ~ Leaguestarter to Endgame

Basic Overview

The goal is simple, become a bear that rains meteors using Walking Calamity. The plan is to combine the new Druid Shaman Ascendancy Furious Wellspring which provides constant rage regeneration with Walking Calamity which creates a meteor shower requiring rage generation/glory to use.

Walking Calamity doesn't become available till tier 13 gem at level 52, therefore we will be starting with some other bear skills Maul a basic cleave that generates rage as well as Furious Slam to deal out some serious damage on bosses and clear packs of monsters. Thirdly grab Pounce werewolf skill to apply damage multiplier mark as well as extra movement through zones. These 3 skills are the foundation bread & butter of the build we will level with until we can unlock Walking Calamity to become a moving natural disaster.

Defense

Armour

10 armour per level while in bear formj

Flat armour on Gear (body armour/helmet can roll very high amounts)

Flat armour through Iron Reflexes converting evasion from items like Morior Invictus into armour

% increases to armour throughout the tree

Resistances (cap them, its extremely important)

Life Prioritize Life on every piece of gear you can, and additional strength also gives life

Life Leech via Physical Attack Damage Leech can be found as suffix on rings/gloves

Life & Energy Shield Recoup via Scarred Faith & Made to Last

Defiance of Destiny Gives Massive shotgun protection(if they can't one shot us, they can't kill us)

Kaom's Heart Can be considered as a higher tank alternative but you have to give up reservations for the extra life.(res capping will be much harder without Morior Invictus )

Offense

%Damage Scaling mostly comes from tree in a few sources

%attack damage

%damage while shapeshifted

%area damage

Support gems, each support gives around 20-40% more damage while some are utilized for some QoL

Bhatair's Vengeance this lineage support gem gives massive %gain as cold per rage, follow links in maul to utilize properly

%skill speed/%attack give massive QoL as as well as increasing DPS output from Maul & Furious Slam

%elemental penetration is recommended to utilize until you can acquire Rakiata's Flow

Ancestral Cry when activated will massively increase damage output can use roughly once to twice per map. Glory generation is contingent on damage output from calamity mostly though.

0.5 Patch Specific Changes

Bhatair's Vengeance lost half its %gain cold, still VERY strong

Maji Talisman went from 8-12 max rage implicit to 8-10(small power loss)

Many Rune/Bonded Mods Buffed(example life rune 40->75 flat life, and bonded mod went from 10->20 flat life)

New patch note says 0 mana cost skills will now accrue additional cost through things like Shaman Furious Wellspring +rage cost node, to offset this I recommend always using Rage III support and have updated link choice on the moba skill links

Progression Videos

Updated Campaign Run VoD: https://www.youtube.com/live/jMKcqAlhSbE?si=o5h7dtQDeD6aBpc0&t=944

[0.4]Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aumv6Vl4fJ

[0.4]Day 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3RRIWBMwtg

[0.4]Day 3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbqd4Wr0qZQ

[0.4]Day 4-6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSYzMRn_YtA

Build Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Z9CALQz3w

Quest Rewards

Act 3 Vials = Mana regeneration rate

Act 4 Tattoos = Resistances

Act 4 Shark Fin = %armour+energy as it'll help with both physical and ele max hit

Interlude Pillar = Resistances until capped then movement speed swap later

Spirit Reservations

Lord of the Wilds halves our spirit + makes spirits reserve 2x as much

to get 2x 30 spirit Reservations you will need atleast 140 spirit on sceptre

to add in clarity 1, you will need 180 spirit on sceptre

Only swap to this keystone part way into maps as you have extra passives to place into Crit Investment, prioritise armour/regular % damage/%skill speed scaling first

Pick Any 2 30 spirit Reservations if using Lord of the Wilds or 3 if not using Lord of the Wilds

Herald of Ash adds fire explosion clear(potentially increases ancestral cry gen consistency)

Herald of Ice adds satisfying shatter explodes to increase clear(need Bhatair's Vengeance)

War Banner Great Snap Shot Single Target(best used in campaign for bossing)

Savage Fury Can be reserved for free on weapon set 2, until it gets patched

Charge Regulation gives 20% more Armour consistently w/ occasional frenzy and power benefits from Saqawal's Rune of the Sky bonded charge mod.

Weapon Swap

Red Passives = Weapon Set 1

Green Passives = Weapon Set 2

Lock Weapons to both Sets By 'Right Clicking' Roman Numeral

Upside = Longer Duration Walking Calamity / Savage Fury / Ancestral Cry

Downside = Some bugs w/ each of the weapon swap skills

Walking Calamity seems to lose some damage on tooltip as "shapeshift" passives seem to not apply to weapon set 2 correctly

Ancestral Cry with Mouse+Keyboard requires you to set Ferocious Roar to both weapon sets otherwise it immediately turns off. To prevent this only use Ferocious Roar while you have weapon set 2 out, this can be done by putting Pounce on weapon set 2 and use Pounce to force weapon set 2 out before proccing Ferocious Roar.

Savage Fury just doesn't work to properly use weapon set 2 passives on mouse and keyboard as far as I can tell

Both Ancestral Cry & Savage Fury work on controller properly but you need to manually set skill options to weapon set 2 on the key binds you have set on controller.

Alternate Skill Options

Rampage offers great mobility at the cost of some rage management and having to hold down the key a lot. It can be a very solid skill, but it wasn't to my liking, give it a try as it can work well with this build.

Fury of the King offers a unique skill Molten Crash which is a combination of Pounce and Volcanic Fissure. Very strong with a very cool skill but the base attack speed of 1 aps can feel quite rough. Try it out if the attack speed isn't too much of downside for your own personal feel.

FAQ

Spirit Reservation? Keystone makes everything reserve 2x as much, you will need to get atleast 140 spirit on sceptre in order to have space to reserve both Herald of Ash & Herald of Ice

Savage Fury + Herald of Ash + Herald of Ice? LOCK your weapon set, then put Savage Fury on weapon set 2, and heralds on weapon set 1.

How do you lock weapon set? Right click roman numeral above weapon set, need to have empty space on secondary weapon slots.

What annoint? Vengeful Fury

Why Malice Scepter? Using it for Base Crit + Mana regen to help rage sustain as well as strong bonded modifiers in sockets like skill speed

Better Trading? Import Copy Code can be Found in Act 1 Gear Priority Info Tab

The Meteor Bear will play similar to an auto bomber of destruction once we unlock Walking Calamity. This will be achieved with Furious Wellspring combined with high maximum rage & mana % regeneration rate. Furious Wellspring will keep our rage maxed out and then whenever it ends, simply use Ferocious Roar with Raging Cry to generate that 50 glory instantly when next to rares and bosses and then restart Walking Calamity. Mix in Maul , Furious Slam and Pounce for extra damage on bosses. Check out regular update videos for a showcase of play style.

Initial Template Created December 5th, 2025

Added Live Tracker & Early Campaign Tab December 10th, 2025

Fleshed out many explanations of character basic mechanics December 13th, 2025

Added Life Setup Tab which should be used until Much better ES gear is ready for Swap December 14th, 2025

Updated Better Trading Searches + Attached Day 2 Video December 14th, 2025

Added Atlas Nodes to Red Map Section December 17th, 2025

Refined Build Overview Section & Added Video Showcase Tank Setup December 18th, 2025

Added Spirit Reservation & Weapon Swap Information Tabs December 20th, 2025

Added Build Guide Video and Removed Live Tracker Tab. December 21st