Diablo 4 Best Druid Build [Skills, Aspects, Weapons]

The Druid in Diablo 4 is a shapeshifting Class that uses the power of nature and Spirit Animals to destroy enemies instantly. This is one of the most versatile Classes, and you can choose to Shapeshift into several types of beasts. 

Active Skills

Skill	Type	Effects	Upgrades	Rank
Storm Strike	Basic	This attack creates electricity around your weapon, damaging enemies and chaining a max of 3 surrounding foes, dealing 20% damage to the main target and 20% less damage to each subsequent chained target. This skill also generates 14 Spirit and grants 25% Damage Reduction if you deal damage with it.	Enhanced Storm Strike, Fierce Storm Strike	1
Shred	Core	You turn into a Werewolf and perform a triple attack, dealing 35%, 49%, and 84% damage.	Enhanced Shred, Primal Shred	5
Blood Howl	Defensive	You become a Werewolf and regenerate 21.8% of your Max Life.	Enhanced Blood Howl, Innate Blood Howl	2
Rabies	Wrath	Become a Werewolf and bite your enemies, dealing 34% damage along with 64% Poisoning damage. Foes affected by Rabies spread the infection to other enemies in the vicinity.	Enhanced Rabies, Natural Rabies	3
Lacerate	Ultimate	Turn into a Werewolf and quickly move through enemies up to 12 times, dealing 500% damage. During this time, you're Immune to damage.	Prime Lacerate, Supreme Lacerate	1
Vine Creeper	Companion	Vines will come out and strangulate surrounding foes, dealing Poison damage and Immobilizing them. A vine creeper will also occasionally damage a single target with Poison damage.	Enhanced Vine Creeper, Brutal Vine Creeper	1

• Basic Skills: Start with Storm Strike, upgrade to Enhanced Storm Strike for a 15% chance to Immobilize enemies, and then to Fierce Storm Strike for a 50% chance to make them Vulnerable.

• Core Skill: Choose Shred and rank it up to Rank 5. Enhanced Shred grants 30% Attack Speed and 1% Max HP regeneration when hitting enemies. Primal Shred adds two dashes and boosts Shred’s Critical Strike Damage by 20%.

• Defensive Skill: Use Blood Howl for instant HP regeneration. Enhanced Blood Howl offers Cooldown Reduction on kills, and Innate Blood Howl replenishes 20 Spirits, synergizing well with Shred.

• Wrath Skill: Opt for Rabies, a Poisoning Skill that can spread to other enemies. Enhanced Rabies boosts Poisoning damage over time, and Natural Rabies increases the spreading rate.

• Ultimate: Choose Lacerate for massive damage, dash, and Immunity. Prime Lacerate heals 3% of your Life on Critical Strikes, while Supreme Lacerate ensures the first hit is always Critical with a 150% damage boost.

• Companion Skill: Go with Vine Creeper, which actively Immobilizes and Poisons enemies. Enhanced Vine Creeper extends Immobilization duration, and Brutal Vine Creeper increases Critical Strike Chance against vine-affected enemies, working well with Prime Lacerate.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effects	Rank
Lupine Ferocity (Key Passive)	Every 6th strike with a Werewolf Skill is guaranteed to be Critical. It will deal 60% additional damage.	1
Digitigrade Gait	Your Werewolf form acquires a 9% Movement Speed boost. The boost stays for 3 seconds when you exit the form.	3
Heightened Senses	When facing Elite enemies, your Werewolf form gains 8% Damage Reduction.	3
Electric Shock	Lighting Damage against enemies may Immobilize them (15% chance). In case the enemy is already Immobilized, they take 18% more Lightning damage.	3
Predatory Instinct	Your Critical Strike Chance is boosted by 6% against Close enemies.	3
Toxic Claws	When Werewolf Skills Critically Strike, enemies receive 23% of the base damage as Poison damage.	3
Bad Omen	When hitting Immobilized, Stunned, or Vulnerable foes, you have a 30% chance to create a Lightning Strike that deals 55% damage.	3
Call of the Wild	Companions gain a 30% damage boost.	3
Ancestral Fortitude	Your resistance against non-physical attacks is boosted by 15%.	3

• Key Passive:

  • Lupine Ferocity: Enhanced Shred Attack Speed and Prime Lacerate synergy.

  Additional Passives:

  • Digitigrade Gait: Extra Movement Speed for improved mobility.
  • Heightened Senses: Damage Reduction against Elite enemies.
  • Electric Shock: 15% chance to Immobilize enemies with Storm Strike.
  • Predatory Instinct: Effective against close-range enemies, complements other skills.
  • Toxic Claws: Deals Poison damage on Critical Hits and synergizes with various skills.
  • Bad Omen: Synergizes with Fierce Storm Strike, Enhanced Storm Strike, Vine Creeper, and Electric Shock.
  • Call of the Wild: Works well with Vine Creeper.
  • Ancestral Fortitude: Adds extra resistance.

Skill Tree

Skill	Skill Points
Storm Strike	1
Enhanced Storm Strike	1
Fierce Storm Strike	1
Shred	1
Enhanced Shred	1
Primal Shred	1
Blood Howl	2
Enhanced Blood Howl	1
Innate Blood Howl	1
Heightened Senses	3
Rabies	3
Enhanced Rabies	1
Natural Rabies	1
Electric Shock	3
Vine Creeper	1
Enhanced Vine Creeper	1
Brutal Vine Creeper	1
Call of the Wild	3
Lacerate	1
Prime Lacerate	1
Supreme Lacerate	1
Predatory Instinct	3
Shred	4
Lupine Ferocity	1
Toxic Claws	3
Bad Omen	3
Ancestral Fortitude	3
Digitigrade Gait	3

• Here’s how to spend your Skill Points in my best Druid build for Diablo 4. First, max out your Basic Skill, then spend some on Shred and upgrade it to the max.
• You should then build Blood Howl as your primary Defensive Skill.
• Now, you can alternate between your Passive Skills and Active Skills. I recommend making Rabies, then Vine Creeper, and finally Lacerate.
• Once you have enough Passives and have built all your Active Skills, you can rank your Shred to 5.
• Then, do a back-and-forth with all the Passives, ranking them up in one go or one after the other. Passives such as Ancestral Fortitude and Digitigrade Gait should be built last and can even be swapped out to rank up your Active Skills.

Gear And Weapons

• Helm: Adventurer’s Helm of Might
• Chest Armor: Vigorous Boneweave Armor
• Gloves: Shepherd’s Doom Gauntlets
• Pants: Stalker’s Onus
• Boots: Exploiter’s Adventurer’s Boots
• Amulet: Vigo’s Protecting Amulet
• Ring 1: Loop of the Blurred Beast
• Ring 2: Ring of the Umbral
• Offhand: Stormclaw’s Totemic Staff
• Weapon: Great Staff of the Crone

These are my recommended Gear and Weapons for the Werewolf Druid build. As you can see, most of these are Legendary or Sacred Legendary Weapons. There are a few exceptions, such as the Greatstaff of the Crone, a Unique Weapon, and Stalker’s Onus, which are Rare Pants.

You can always swap these Weapons out for their non-legendary counterparts. However, you’ll want to get these Weapons anyway, as they will let you unlock some Legendary Aspects, such as the Aspect of the Umbral and Aspect of the Blurred Beast.

Legendary Aspects

Legendary Aspect	Effects	Gear Used On
Vigorous Aspect	You receive 10% to 15% Damage Reduction when you become a Werewolf.	Helm
Exploiter's Aspect	The time you Crowd Control enemies increases drastically. You also deal additional damage when foes become Unstoppable.	Chest Armor
Aspect of the Blurred Beast	Shred finds Nearby Poisoned enemies and deals extra damage to them while dashing.	Gloves
Skinwalker's Aspect	If you transform into a Werewolf, you receive extra Life, which rolls over into Fortify when you're full on Life.	Pants
Wind Striker Aspect	You gain extra Movement Speed on Critical Strikes.	Boots
Accelerating Aspect	Core Skills, when Critically Striking, enhance Attack Speed (by up to 25%). Has a 50% effectiveness boost.	Amulet
Aspect of the Unsatiated	Kills secured with Shred make your next Werewolf Skill deal more damage and regenerate Spirit.	Ring 1
Aspect of the Umbral	When a foe is under Crowd Control, you regenerate 1-4 of your Primary Resource.	Ring 2
Shepherd's Aspect	For every active Companion, your Core Skills gain a damage boost.	Offhand
Nighthowler's Aspect	Blood Howl boosts Critical Strike Chance while also targeting nearby Players and Companions.	Weapon

• Here are my recommended Legendary Aspects for the Werewolf Druid build. Of these Aspects, a few are noteworthy.
• First, there’s Exploiter’s Aspect, which increases your Crowd Control duration. It works best with Enhanced Storm Strike, Vine Creeper, Enhanced Vine Creeper, and Electric Shock.
• Next, there’s the Aspect of the Blurred Beast and the Aspect of the Unsatiated. These complement Shred in one way or another.
• There’s also the Wind Striker Aspect and Accelerating Aspect. These give you additional bonuses on your Critical Strikes, such as enhanced Attack Speed and Movement.
• You should use Nighthowler’s Aspect to boost the Critical Strike Chance.
• Finally, Shepherd’s Aspect has excellent synergy with your Companion Skills.

Spirit Boons

Spirit Boon	Buff	Effects
Deer	Gift of the Stag	+10 Max Spirit.
Eagle	Avian Wrath	x30% Critical Strike Damage.
Wolf	Packleader	Critical Strikes may reset the Cooldown of Companions (up to 20% chance).
Snake	Overload	Lightning damage may cause a static charge to appear on the enemy (20% chance), dealing 20% damage to other foes in the vicinity.
Eagle	Scythe Talons	Critical Strike Chance +5%.

Spirit Boons are the unique class mechanics of the Druid Class. You’ll need to reach Level 15 and complete the Tur Dulra Stronghold. You’ll find this in Scosglen, and after completing this quest, you’ll receive another quest that’ll unlock the four Spirits for you.

These Spirits grant you four buffs each, totaling 16 buffs. You can only equip one buff from each Spirit at a time. But if you unlock all the buffs, you get an additional fifth buff slot.

I recommend the Gift of the Stag, Avian Wrath, Packleader, and Overload as your primary Spirit Boon buffs for this build. After you get all the buffs, you can choose Scythe Talons as your fifth buff.

Gems

Type	Gem	Effects
Weapon	Emerald	Vulnerable enemies receive +12% Critical Strike Damage.
Armor	Sapphire	You take 3% less damage when Fortified.
Jewelry	Skull	Armor +250.

Building Emeralds on Weapons, Sapphire on Armor, and Skulls on Jewelry is highly recommended for the Gems.

The Emerald is of particular interest here. It makes it so that Vulnerable enemies take an additional 12% Critical Strike Damage. It has good synergy with Skills like Fierce Storm Strike and Bad Omen.

Aside from that, the Sapphire is also an excellent choice for gaining Damage Reduction when Fortified, which works wonders with Skinwalker’s Aspect.

Paragon Board

Node Type	Effects
Normal Node	Willpower +5
Normal Node	Sapphire
Normal Node	Skull
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Rare Node	Life +4%, Damage +10%, and if Intelligence requirements are met, an additional +10% damage boost.
Magic Node	Life +2%
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Normal Node	Willpower +5
Normal Node	Intelligence +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Normal Node	Strength +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Magic Node	Resistance against every Element +2%
Magic Node	Dexterity +7
Rare Node	Willpower +10, Resistance against all Elements +4%, and if Dexterity requirements are met, +4% extra Resistance to every Element.
Rare Glyph	Close enemies take 2% more damage proportional to every 5 Dexterity built within the radius. Close enemies also deal 10% less damage to you.
Normal Node	Strength +5
Normal Node	Intelligence +5
Normal Node	Dexterity +5
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Magic Node	Intelligence +7
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Rare Node	Willpower +10, Damage +10%, and if Intelligence requirements are met, an additional 10% damage.
Magic Node	Damage +5%
Normal Node	Strength +5
Normal Node	Intelligence +5
Normal Node	Intelligence +5
Board Attachment Gate	Dexterity +5, Willpower +5, Strength +5, Intelligence +5

Here’s my recommended Paragon Board configuration for the Druid Werewolf build. This is only the Starting Board, so you can know what you should make on your Druid.

To start, focus more on Willpower than the other Stats. It’ll help you heal quicker and get more Overpower damage. For a tanky and versatile Werewolf build, this is perfect. Strength should be your last priority as it grants you Armor that you can get from your Skills and Aspects.

For the Rare Glyph, you should opt for the one that grants you additional damage to Close targets. Since Werewolves are primarily melee warriors, this buff will prove favorable in gameplay.

At the end of the Starting Board, your final Stats should look like this:

• Willpower: 70
• Dexterity: 39
• Intelligence: 39
• Strength: 10

My Experience With Build

Druids in Diablo 4 are incredibly unique since they can not only shapeshift into animals but also use the buffs granted by different Spirits. 

I highly recommend using Storm Strike as your Basic Skill and Shred as your Core Skill. For your Ultimate, opt for Lacerate. And for your Key Passive, you’ll want to use Lupine Ferocity to make the most out of the damage progression. 

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