Solar Creeper Class: Druid Required Level: 24 Skill Tree: Summoning Skills Requires: Poison Creeper, Carrion Vine Active Cost: 14 Mana Summons a vine that consumes corpses and grants the Druid mana. Damage Type: Poison Other Stats: Summon; Unattackable; Only one Vine can be summoned at a time  |
Solar Creeper is a Druid skill in Diablo II.
Synergies[]
- Gives synergy to: None
- Receives synergy from: None
Usage[]
The Solar Creeper is in essence identical to the Carrion Vine, save for the fact that it recycles corpses for Mana instead of Life. It is also much tougher than the Carrion Vine, having 165 Health Points at Level 1.
The usefulness of the Creeper is situational, based on the Druid build the player is using. If they are prone to using a great deal of the Elemental Skills, then the Creeper will help to take the sting out of their constantly-disappearing Mana pool. The amount of mana given by the Creeper is a percentage of the Druid's total Mana. At Level 1, the vine returns a meager 4% of total mana per corpse.
The Creeper has a secondary effect that makes it valuable both for PvM and PvP combat: Corpse Denial. Keeping dead bodies away from the enemy prevents them from being Revived, Exploded, or assimilated by enemy Carrion Vines/Solar Creepers. By the same token, this can be a detriment to Druids working with a Necromancer, particularly ones using Skeletons, Skeletal Mages, Corpse Explosion or Poison Explosion, or even the Druid's own Dire Wolves or Carrion Vine.
Internally (in Skills.txt, SkillDesc.txt etc.), this skill is known as just "Vines".
Lore[]
This skill conjures forth an intelligent plant that draws the enemy's dead deep into the earth, where it drains their spiritual essences and bestows them upon the Druid who summoned it.
Skill Progression[]
| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Life | 165 | 198 | 231 | 264 | 297 | 330 | 363 | 396 | 429 | 462 | 495 |
| Mana Recovery | 4% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Level | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 38 |
| Life | 528 | 561 | 594 | 627 | 660 | 693 | 726 | 759 | 792 | 857 |
| Mana Recovery | 15% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 28% |
Elemental Skills — Firestorm • Molten Boulder • Arctic Blast • Fissure • Cyclone Armor • Twister • Volcano • Tornado • Hurricane • Armageddon
Shape Shifting Skills — Werewolf • Lycanthropy • Werebear • Maul • Feral Rage • Fire Claws • Rabies • Shock Wave • Hunger • Fury
Summoning Skills — Raven • Poison Creeper • Oak Sage • Summon Spirit Wolf • Carrion Vine • Heart of Wolverine • Summon Dire Wolf • Solar Creeper • Spirit of Barbs • Summon Grizzly