The Druid is probably the most controversial class in Diablo 4 at the moment. The most promising at the moment seems Lightning Storm build, which will allow you to level up extremely fast. And Lightning Strike skill will help to turn all your enemies to ashes. Get ready with our guide, and also read the Season of Hatred Rising Overview to learn the latest features and changes in Diablo 4.
4.9Druid Builds Tier List
The start of the Season of Hatred Rising in Diablo IV has brought some changes to the Druid build’s meta. These changes might be considered insignificant in term of choosing the Diablo IV Best Druid Build, but still we offer you to have a look at the current tier list to have a better understanding of the Season 6 build options:
| Tier | Leveling | Speedfarming | Endgame | PvP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | Lightning Storm | — | Landslide, Boulder | Lightning Storm, Boulder |
| A | Stone Burst, Pulverize, Companion | Pulverize, Boulder, Lightning Storm, Shred, Hurricane | Companion, Hurricane | Pulverize, Landslide |
| B | Landslide, Shred, Wind Shear | Stone Burst, Landslide, Werewolf Tornado, Companion | Lightning Storm, Pulverize | Wind Shear, Companion |
| C | Tornado, Hurricane | — | Werewolf Tornado, Shred, Stone Burst | Hurricane |
Our Endgame choices will differ from the ones we use for Leveling or PvP activities, so make sure to be prepared for the late game changes. As for the Speedfarming, none of the builds are currently too good or too bad, so we only have A-B tier options with minor style and performance differences. In any case, you don’t have to wait till the high level to enjoy the endgame build, just ask our team for Power Leveling and join the Season of Hatred Rising.
Best Druid Endgame Build
Currently the optimal choice for Diablo 4 Best Endgame Build would be either Landslide or Boulder Druid build. Both of them are quite powerful, with their pros and cons.
- Landslide Build — the primary choice, which relies on the Landslide and Blood Howl skills. This build is perfect to wander around the world facing various world bosses and even Infernal Hordes, but it takes some practice to master it.
- Boulder Build — revolves around AoE damage from spells like Boulder, but it is considered a bit slow to level up. In fact, you can perform really excellent with this build, but regardless all its pros, there’s one major con: it depends heavily on the Legendary Items and Aspects. Without them it’s basically looses all its power.
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Paragon Boards
In Vessels of Hatred the system of Paragon Leveling was slightly reworked, and now Paragon Boards are unlocked on level 60. The total amount of Paragon Levels in Season 6 is 300.
- Start / Headhunter Lvl 100;
- Heightened Malice / Spirit Lvl 100;
- Earthen Devastation / Earth and Sky Lvl 100;
- Survival Instincts / Outmatch Lvl 100;
- Ancestral Guidance / Fang and Claw Lvl 100.
Easy and fast Paragon Leveling is available with the assistance of our pro team, who knows all the nuances of the process and will lead your Druid to the top of Paragon.
Glyphs
Diablo 4 Druid Glyphs are used to increase your performance via different buffs and effects and reward you with extra damage. Here’s the recommended order of the Glyph Leveling:
| Level 15 | Level 46 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headhunter | 1 | Earth and Sky |
| 2 | Spirit | 2 | Spirit |
| 3 | Earth and Sky | 3 | Outmatch |
| 4 | Outmatch | 4 | Fang and Claw |
| 5 | Fang and Claw | 5 | Headhunter |
Legendary Aspects
The following Diablo 4 Druid Legendary Aspects are also considered the BiS choice for our endgame build. Therefore, in this table, you can find all the aspects, which should be used in the relevant slots. The rest of the items can be found further in the Endgame Item Build section.
| Gear Slot | Aspect | Aspect Power |
|---|---|---|
| Chest | Aspect of Mending Stone | The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy replenishes [35 – 264] of your active Earthen Bulwark’s Barrier. |
| Gloves | Crashstone Aspect | Earth Skills deal [35 – 75]%[x] increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. |
| Amulet | Aspect of Retaliation | Your Core Skills deal up to [35 – 75]%[x] increased damage based on your amount of Fortify. |
| Ring | Aspect of The Aftershock | Landslide’s earth pillars each strike a second time and deal an additional [5.5 – 15.5]% bonus damage per hit. |
| Off-hand | Seismic-shift Aspect | Earth Spike deals [50 – 70]%[x] increased damage and launches spikes in a line. |
Endgame Item Build
In this section of our detailed guide, you can find the items that should be your endgame priority. Combine the pieces from the table below with the best Legendary Aspects and start your dire Diablo IV adventures.
| Item | Affixes | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Vasily’s Prayer (Helm) | +[489 – 526] Maximum Life +[11.5 – 15.7]% Willpower +[3 – 4] to Defensive Posture +[226 – 235] Armor | Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [2.0 – 5.0]% of your Maximum Health. |
| Shroud of False Death (Chest) | +1 to All Passives +111 All Stats +333.0% Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth +222 Maximum Life 11.1% Resource Generation | If you haven’t dealt damage in the last 2 seconds, gain Stealth and 40%[+] Movement Speed. |
| Tibault’s Will (Pants) | +[51 – 65] All Stats +[489 – 526] Maximum Life +[8 – 16] Maximum Resource [10.5 – 15.0]% Damage Reduction while Unstoppable | You deal [10 – 20]%[x] increased damage while Unstoppable and for 5 seconds after. When you become Unstoppable, gain 50 of your Primary Resource. |
| Flickerstep (Boots) | Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown by 2.5 Seconds Evade Grants +30% Movement Speed for 1.5 Seconds +[17.5 – 23.0]% Movement Speed +[46.5 – 60.0]% Lightning Resistance [8.0 – 12.5]% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies +[219.0 – 300.0]% Ultimate Damage | Each enemy you Evade through reduces your active Ultimate Cooldown by [2.0 – 4.0] seconds, up to 10 seconds. |
| Earthbreaker (Ring) | +12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Cold Resistance +[16.0 – 25.0]% Chance for Landslide Projectiles to Cast Twice +[10.5 – 15.0]% Earth Attack Speed +[2 – 3] to Landslide +[9.0 – 11.0]% Critical Strike Chance | Casts of Landslide leave behind Tectonic Spikes that deal [225 – 450] Physical damage over 2 seconds. Spawning a Landslide pillar within Tectonic Spikes has a [20 – 30]% chance to spawn two instead. |
| Shard of Verathiel (Main Hand) | 50.0% Damage +[51 – 65] All Stats +[1 – 2] to Basic Skills +[16.0 – 25.0]% Basic Attack Speed +[8 – 16] Maximum Resource | Basic Skills deal [50 – 200]%[x] increased damage but additionally cost 25 Primary Resource. |
Runes
Diablo 4 Druid Runewords are unique combinations of Runes that you will be able to socket into their gear during the Season of Hatred Rising to unlock powerful abilities. By placing the runes in a certain order you’ll enhance your builds with unique bonuses and effects that give substantial improvements. So check our table below to learn the best combos:
| Best in Slot | Alternative |
|---|---|
| Yul + Wat | Gar (Invocation) |
| Xol + Lac | Mot (Invocation) |
| Ohm (Invocation) | |
| Tam (Ritual) | |
| Lith (Ritual) | |
| Cem (Ritual) |
Need a Runeword or two? Our team is ready to help you with obtaining any required Runewords, and you can spend your time on the things you like most.
Mercenaries
Another nice adjustment brought by the Season of Hatred Rising to Diablo 4 is the Mercenaries. These are your assistants, who’ll fight alongside you and make sure that no enemy comes out alive. There are two types of Mercenaries that we are going to exploit:
- Hired: we are going to pick Raheir as our primary permanent mercenary to escort us all the way through Season 6. Raheir’s skills priority should be the following: Ground Slam → Raheir’s Aegis → Bastion → Inspiration. This combination of active and passive skills will boost your performance and the effectiveness of the mercenary.
- Reinforcement: this type of mercenary helps you on your call, and we will choose Varyana for this role. It would be most beneficial to choose the Bloodthirst core spell for this mercenary.
Choose of Spirit Boons
Druids have 16 Passive bonuses (Boons) to choose from, and 4 different Spirits that these Boons are related to. Each of the bonuses offers valuable enhancements, but we are going to pick only the most relevant for the Diablo IV Best Druid Build:
- Deer Spirit — Wariness — Take 15% reduced damage from Elites;
- Eagle Spirit — Iron Feather — Gain 20%[x] Maximum Life + Avian Wrath — Gain 30%[x] Critical Strike Damage;
- Wolf Spirit — Pack Leader — Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to 25% chance to reset Cooldowns of your Companion Skills;
- Snake Spirit — Calm Before the Storm — Lucky Hit: Nature magic Skills have up to a 10% chance to reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate Skill by 2 seconds.
Best Druid PvP Build
The Lightning Storm Druid build is a very straightforward option for PvP content: it turns out to be powerful, mixing huge AoE damage from Lightning Storm — with each strike hitting twice with Unsung Ascetic’s Wrap — with robust survivability skills like Trample and Debilitating Roar. This build simply hits hard and survives, so it should be your choice.
Best Druid Skills
Aside from the Landslide, your obvious core spell, the best build includes the usage of other potent spells. Here we outline all the active skills for you:
- First things first, and as we said above, Landslide is our core spell, which allows us to crush enemies between 4 pillars of earth, dealing up to 140% damage.
- Poison Creeper will be used to let the vines strangle all surrounding enemies, Immobilizing them for 2 seconds and Poisoning them for 126% damage over 2 seconds. It also has a Passive effect: 1 poison creeper periodically emerges from the ground every 7 seconds, applying 47% Poisoning damage over 6 seconds to an enemy in the area.
- Claw spell will make you shapeshift into a Werewolf and claw at an enemy for 28% damage. Excellent choice for a Druid. But as soon as you acquire Ring of Starless Skies, replace the spell with Shred.
- As a Healing and Spirit regeneration option we will use another shapeshifting ability Blood Howl — shapeshift into a Werewolf and howl furiously, Healing you for 20.0% of your Maximum Life (0).
- Petrify is our CC skill, which encases all Nearby enemies in stone, Stunning them for 4 seconds.
- And last but not least, Earthen Bulwark will become our stone shield, making Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Maximum Life (0.45) in damage.
Druid Unique Items
The endgame phase is the peak of your powers. and to make the performance outstanding you need to be equipped with the best items, or so-called Unique Items. While choosing the Diablo 4 Druid Unique Items aim to reach the following Stat Thresholds:
- 100% Critical Strike Chance, including Earth;
- 250% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies;
- 3500+ Willpower;
- 6+ Ranks to Envenom;
- Armor Capped 1,000;
- Resistance Capped 70%;
- >6,000 Life;
- Both Runewords.
These Stats can be found on the Unique Items that we have compiled below. Weapons, Armor, and Jewelry are placed into the relevant categories. If you need any Unique Piece of Gear, for instance Shard of Verathiel, you can ask our team to assist you and get what you need.
Weapon
| Equipment | Affixes | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Shard of Verathiel (Main Hand) | [180 – 270] Damage per Hit 1.10 Attacks per Second (Fast) +50.0% Damage +[51 – 65] All Stats +[1 – 2] to Basic Skills +[16.0 – 25.0]% Basic Attack Speed +[8 – 16] Maximum Resource | Basic Skills deal [50 – 200]%[x] increased damage but additionally cost 25 Primary Resource. |
Armor
| Equipment | Affixes | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Vasily’s Prayer (Helm) | +[489 – 526] Maximum Life +[11.5 – 15.7]% Willpower +[3 – 4] to Defensive Posture +[226 – 235] Armor | Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [2.0 – 5.0]% of your Maximum Health. |
| Shroud of False Death (Chest) | +1 to All Passives +111 All Stats +333.0% Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth +222 Maximum Life 11.1% Resource Generation | If you haven’t dealt damage in the last 2 seconds, gain Stealth and 40%[+] Movement Speed. |
| Tibault’s Will (Pants) | +[51 – 65] All Stats +[489 – 526] Maximum Life +[8 – 16] Maximum Resource [10.5 – 15.0]% Damage Reduction while Unstoppable | You deal [10 – 20]%[x] increased damage while Unstoppable and for 5 seconds after. When you become Unstoppable, gain 50 of your Primary Resource. |
| Wildheart Hunger (Boots) | Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown by 1.5 Seconds +[17.5 – 23.0]% Movement Speed +[1 – 2] to Heightened Senses +[8.3 – 10.0]% Shapeshifting Attack Speed +[40.0 – 50.0]% Cold Resistance | Shapeshifting into a new animal form increases the value of your Bestial Rampage bonuses by [2.0 – 5.0]%[+], up to [20.0 – 50.0]%[+]. This bonus decays by 2% per second. |
| Flickerstep (Boots) | Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown by 2.5 Seconds Evade Grants +30% Movement Speed for 1.5 Seconds +[17.5 – 23.0]% Movement Speed +[46.5 – 60.0]% Lightning Resistance [8.0 – 12.5]% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies +[219.0 – 300.0]% Ultimate Damage | Each enemy you Evade through reduces your active Ultimate Cooldown by [2.0 – 4.0] seconds, up to 10 seconds. |
Jewelry
| Equipment | Affixes | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Ring of Starless Skies (Ring) | +12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Resistance to All Elements +17.5% Attack Speed +12.5% Critical Strike Chance +12.5% Lucky Hit Chance +2 to Core Skills | Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your Skills and increases your damage by 10%[x] for 3 seconds, up to 50%[x]. |
| Earthbreaker (Ring) | +12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Cold Resistance +[16.0 – 25.0]% Chance for Landslide Projectiles to Cast Twice +[10.5 – 15.0]% Earth Attack Speed +[2 – 3] to Landslide +[9.0 – 11.0]% Critical Strike Chance | Casts of Landslide leave behind Tectonic Spikes that deal [225 – 450] Physical damage over 2 seconds. Spawning a Landslide pillar within Tectonic Spikes has a [20 – 30]% chance to spawn two instead. |
4.9In conclusion, with our tips and strategies, you’ll make your enemies suffer in Diablo 4 as a Druid. Our Diablo 4 Best Druid Build has equipped you with knowledge about Paragon Boards, Glyphs, Paragon Boards, Legendary Aspects and Endgame Item Builds. But always remember that every player has their own playstyle. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different builds and find your best choice – Overgear is ready to help!
