Powerful AoEs, the ability to transform into a vicious fursona, the wrath of nature – you can use all of this as a druid Diablo IV. With a range of different build options, the Druid is as versatile as it is powerful. But where to start?
This guide covers Storm, Pulverizer, and Shapeshifting druids. We’ll first discuss what your ideal first 15 levels should look like, followed by the best choices up to level 50.
Diablo IV‘s branching skill trees can result in a variety of versatile builds, some of which may even require hybridizing builds, which we’ll get to in a moment. Nonetheless, these three more focused paths are excellent ways to get a new druid rolling up to level 50.
1: Storm Druid – Levels 1-15
First, spend your first few points Purchase Storm Strike and unlock Enhanced Storm Strike and Fierce Storm Strike. Fierce Storm Strike has a chance to make enemies vulnerable, meaning they take an additional 20 percent damage. This is a super-potent status affliction, making it an easy pick over the Wild Storm Strike.
Moving on to the next skill group: Grab Lightning Storm. Feel free to max this game out by investing up to five points in it at your own pace, but make sure you do it Unlock Enhanced Lightning Storm and Primeval Lightning Storm. Primeval Lightning Storm has a good chance to immobilize enemies. So, in addition to hitting enemies with Heavy Stormstrike Vulnerability, we also stack our debuffs.
Now you want to pick up some passive skills before launching more attacks. Heart of the Wild increases your Spirit by threewhat you should Follow Abundance for increased mind generation. You can invest up to two more skill points in each of these skills.
As you approach level 15, Grab Cyclone Armor and Ravens. Bring Cyclone Armor to Innate and Ravens to Ferocious (Roar). Innate Cycle and Ferocious Ravens further improve your ability to put enemies in Vulnerable status.
2: Pulverizer Druid – Levels 1-15
For a Pulverizer build that’s wonderfully resilient, yet can still hit like a truck, Start with Maul, Enhanced Maul, and then Fierce Maul to increase your attack range. This puts you in bear form, but that’s just the start.
Now it’s time to make the bear work even harder Pulverize. After you get comfortable, you’ll want it Improved Pulverize and Primal Pulverize. This path improves your tanking skills, as Primal Pulverize reduces incoming damage from affected enemies by 20 percent for four seconds.
Next, you should acquire some passives. As we look at tank scenarios, Grab the predatory instinct to increase critical hit chance against nearby enemies. Then apply Iron Fur for increased defense in Werebear mode. You can invest up to three points in each of these.
After your passives Grab Earthen Bulwark and his upgraded variant, followed by Preserving Earthen Bulwark. Preserving the Earthen Bulwark strengthens you and reduces damage taken by 10 percent. After that you get Debilitating Roar, its improved version, and then Innate Debilitating Roaras this will slow down the advancing hordes.
For the remaining few levels on your way to level 15 (and thus the druid class quest) you need to brush up on your existing skills. We recommend getting Pulverize as high as possible until the Druid class quest opens.
3: Shapeshifting (Bear or Wolf) Druid – Levels 1-15
This build starts out differently depending on your preferred transformation. If you prefer to focus on the werebear form, Start with Maul, Enhanced Maul, and Fierce Maul. Or to get started as a shapeshifting werewolf, Invest your first three skill points in Claw, Enhanced Claw, and Wild Claw. Fierce Claw’s Poison ability isn’t bad, but the extra chance for a second hit with Wild Claw makes it a bit preferable. Your playing style might change your preference.
Next, if you prefer the bear form, Take Pulverize, Boosted Pulverize, and Furious Pulverize.. The Shapeshifter Druid isn’t as much of a tank as the Pulverizer build, so the ability to stun enemies with Furious Pulverize is a slightly better option here (although if you wanted a more resilient shapeshifter, you might want to use Primal instead Pulverizer” should be considered). . Alternative, If you want a werewolf form, grab Shred, Enhanced Shred, and Primal Shred. Of course, you can have both forms, but for the first stretch of 15 levels, it might be wise to only invest in one form for now and wait until after the druid class quest to get started.
This is where you can be a bit flexible with your passive skills. Grabbing both Heart of the Wild and Predatory Instinct is a good decisionand so should you You can then use Digitigrade Gait to increase your movement speed in werewolf form or Opt for Iron Fur when investing in bear form.
Grab Bloodhowl if you’re investing in werewolf form, or Debilitating Roar if you’d rather be a Dire Bear. Take your chosen variant to the enhanced variant, followed by the conserved variant.
Finally, Catch wolves.
Druid Class Quest and Spirit Boons
When you reach level 15, the quest “Druid: Spirits of the Lost Grove” will automatically appear in your quest log. From this point on, enemies will start dropping ghost offerings. Go to Tur Dulra Fortress and clear it out to complete this quest. You can convert spirit offerings into powerful spirit gifts.
Similar to real life, you have four spirits: wolf, snake, deer and eagle. Stag Spirit Boons are great for damage reduction and are of interest if you are building a tank druid. Wolf Blessings help cool down companion abilities. The Eagle Boons are great for enhancing your attacks. And Snake is particularly good on Storm and Pulverizer builds, as it increases healing from Masochistic and increases the chance of cooldown reduction on your ultimate from Calm Before the Storm.
Levels 16-50 for Storm, Pulverizer and Shapeshifting Druid
On the way to level 50 you want to improve all your skills as much as possible, but there are a number of other important skills that you want to acquire.
Storm Druid: Level 16-50
Once you have completed the Druid Class quest, Acquire all three ranks of Nature’s Reach. Then, Grab Hurricane and take him to Savage Hurricane. Unlock “Elemental Exposition”, “Charged Atmosphere” and “Bad Omen”. to increase your damage potential against vulnerable enemies. Choose “Cataclysm” as your ultimate ability and level it up to “Supreme” status. And Select “Perfect Storm” at the bottom of the skill tree. As you fill out the rest of the skill tree on the way to 50, invest in maxing out all the skills you have. You might also want to think about picking up some of these additional skills:
- circle of life
- Trample (Improved and Wild)
- endless storm
- natural disaster
Pulverizer Druid: Level 16-50
Your first goal after level 15 is Increase your pulverization up to rank 5. Then, Grab Trample and power it up with Natural. Invest in Grizzly Rage Prime and Supreme. Poison Creeper, Enhanced and Brutal are also worthwhile investments. Grizzly Rage should be your ultimate; Make the max. Also, Gain Defensive Stance, Bear Strength, Ancestral Strength, Vigilance, and Healing. In addition to further improving ranks in all skills, You will also want Wild Impulses (all three ranks) predatory instinct, earth shatter, And Stone Guardian.
Shapeshifting Druid: Level 16-50
As with all of these builds, your path to 50 is used judiciously to increase the ranks of all existing skills. Upgrade Wolves to Wild. Get rabies and take it to Natural. Grizzly Rage is a natural choice for your Ultimate. To increase your poison output, Grab the Neurotoxin and Envenom passive abilities. In addition to your wolves, you may also want to Grab Ravens and bring them to Ferocious. Also Consider Poison Creeper and go to Brutal. Defensive stance, thick skin, fast shifting, natural strength and heightened senses should all be in your arsenal. Take Bestial Rampage from the bottom of the skill tree. Keep maxing out everything available to you on your way to level 50.
Effective Diablo IV Character building is often a precise science, but once you understand the basic elements of the game and the options available to your class, there’s still plenty of room for experimentation. Following any of the builds in this guide will help you learn the basics of the druid class and should open the door to other interesting builds should you wish.
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