Diablo 4: Druid Leveling Build [Complete Guide]

The Druid build gives an easy way for leveling up if you do it correctly, and you can go through your levels pretty quickly. However, it is not as easy as people might think because it requires much effort and proper allotment of resources. This guide discusses the build while focusing on the skills, skill tree, aspects, and gems.

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Skills For Druid Build

Skill	Type	Description	Upgrades
Storm Strike	Basic Storm, Nature Magic	– Electricity gathers around your weapon, targeting an enemy to deal 24% damage. – It jumps towards 3 more surrounding enemies dealing 20% less damage with each jump. – You will get 25% Damage Reduction for 3 seconds once the attack is over.	Enhanced Storm Strike, Fierce Storm Strike
Tornado	Core, Storm, Nature Magic	Tornado is spawned that deals 39% Damage	Enhanced Tornado, Primal Tornado
Earthen Bulwark	Defensive, Earth, Nature Magic	A Rock Barrier surrounds you absorbing 50% of your Base Life damage.	Enhanced Earthen Bulwark, Innate Earthen Bulwark
Poison Creeper	Companion	Passive: – A Poison Pit spawns after every 7 seconds giving 50% Poison Damage for 6 seconds. Active: – Enemies are surrounded by Vines, immobilizing and giving 126% Poison Damage for 2 seconds.	Enhanced Poison Creeper, Ferocious Poison Creeper
Wolves	Companion	Passive: – Spawns 2 wolves that attack anyone for 9% Damage. Active: – Target a specific enemy to give 121% Damage.	Enhanced Wolves, Brutal Wolves
Lacerate	Ultimate, Shapeshifting, Werewolf	Transforms into Werewolf to become Immune and deal 500% Damage to enemies by dashing 12 times.	Prime Lacerate, Supreme Lacerate

Storm Strike

The basic skill of my choice here is the Storm Strike, which calls upon Electricity around your weapon, electrifying surrounding enemies.

Once the move is over, you get damage reduction for a short time. The first upgrade immobilizes them, while the other makes them vulnerable, giving significant DPS to the monsters.

Tornado

The Tornado skill only deals damage of 39%, although upgrading it increases the probability of spawning another Tornado. Enemies hit by the tornado are Slowed for 3 seconds by 8%, stacking up to 40%.

Earthen Bulwark

The only defensive skill you’ll require here is Earthen Bulwark, which surrounds the player in a protective shield, guarding against incoming strikes lasting a few seconds.

Enhanced Earthen Bulwark makes you Unstoppable, making it easier to cancel any Crowd Control effects to get out of tough scenarios. Further upgrading to Innate Earthen Bulwark causes the shield to burst with flying Rock Sharpnels that hit the surrounding monsters.

Wolves

I recommend the Wolves as companions that are of better use against individual enemies. It summons two wolves that attack anyone at all times with low DPS, but if you activate this on a target, they will strike him with a relatively large DPS.

Wolves deal 20% more damage to anyone affected with debuff like Poisoning, Slowed, Vulernable, or Immobilized. Brutal Wolves increases the Attack Speed if you hit a Critical Strike.

Poison Creeper

It creates a Poison Pit of an adequate area size that deals Poison Damage for a short interval every 7 seconds. The activation of this skill affects all nearby enemies, immobilizing and Poisoning them for 2 seconds.

The Enhanced Poison Creeper and Ferocious Poison Creeper increase the Immobility time and the Poisoning time by a few seconds, respectively.

Lacerate

The Ultimate for my build is Lacerate, which transforms my character into a Werewolf to go on a rampage. The Werewolf dashes between other monsters, becoming Immune to their hits and giving them a massive counter-attack, best for use against crowded situations.

An important characteristic of this ultimate is the chance to heal 3% of Maximum Health if a Critical Hit lands on the opponent, and the final upgrade increases the output of the attack, with the initial one having a definite Critical Strike.

Basic Skills

Skill	Rank
Storm Strike	3/5
Enhanced Storm Strike	1/1
Fierce Storm Strike	1/1

Core Skills

Skill	Rank
Tornado	2/5
Enhanced Tornado	1/1
Primal Tornado	1/1

Defensive Skills

Skill	Rank
Earthen Bulwark	2/5
Enhanced Earthen Bulwark	1/1
Innate Earthen Bulwark	1/1

Companion Skills

Skill	Rank
Wolves	2/5
Enhanced Wolves	1/1
Brutal Wolves	1/1
Poison Creeper	5/5
Enhanced Poison Creeper	1/1
Ferocious Poison Creeper	1/1
Raven	1/5
Enhanced Raven	1/1
Brutal Raven	1/1

Ultimate Skills

Skill	Rank
Lacerate	1/1
Prime Lacerate	1/1
Supreme Lacerate	1/1

Passive Skills

Skill	Description	Rank
Heart of the Wild	Maximum Spirit is increased by 9	3/3
Wild Impulses	Core Skills cost 9% more Spirit but deal 15% more damage	3/3
Ancestral Fortitude	Increases your non-physical resistances by 15%	3/3
Call of the Willd	Companion Skills deal 30% more damage	3/3
Neurotoxin	Enemies affected by Poison are slowed by 24%	3/3
Envenom	Enemies affected by Poison take 30% more Critical Strike Damage	3/3
Defiance	Elites get 12% more damage by Nature Magic Skills	3/3
Circle of Life	You will heal 3% of your Maximum Life after using Spirit for Nature Magic Skills	3/3
Resonance	– Nature Magic Skills deal 6% more damage. – It is increased up to three times (18%) if Earth Skill is used after Storm Skill or Storm skill is used after Earth Skill.	3/3

As for the passive skills, they must complement the other active ones and give the required damage output. 

• The core of this build lies in the use of companions. Hence, passives like Heart of the Wild, Call of the Wild, and Wild Impulses improve their usage and effects. Moreover, they also make the efficient use of Spirits possible.
• For the defense side, I’ve used Circle of Life and Ancestral Fortitude, which ensure it isn’t easy to kill us quickly. They help in healing and reducing incoming damage.
• I suggest the remaining skills for the attacks, i.e., Resonance, Neurotoxin, Envenom, and Defiance. They increment the de-buffs done by various other skills like Vulnerable, Slowed, and Immobilized by improving their damage output and durations.

Legendary Aspects

Aspect	Description	Used on Gear
Harlequin Crest	It Buffs: – Maximum Life – Cooldown Reduction – Crafting Material Find – All Stats – Gain 10-20% Damage Reduction – Gain +4 Ranks to all Skills	Helm
Aspect of Disobedience	– Gain 0.25-0.5% Armor when dealing any damage for 4 seconds. – It stacks up to 25-50%	Chest Armor
Conceited Aspect	Deal 15-25% more damage when a barrier is active	Gloves
Temerity	– Briefly grants Movement Speed – Potion Charges – Potion Drop Rate – Lucky Hit: Chance to Heal – Healing – Effects that you heal you beyond 100% Life grant you a barrier of 40 – 80% of your Maximum Life that lasts for 8 seconds.	Pants
Aspect of Quicksand	Earth Skills damage slow down enemy by 25-50% for 4 seconds	Boots
Aspect of Inner Calm	– Gain 5-10% increased Damage when standing still. – It stacks up every second, going up to 30%	Weapon
Aspect of Mending Stone	– Earthen Bulwark now remains active for 6 seconds more. – Killing any enemy with Earth Skill recharges the Earthen Bulwark Barrier	Amulet
Aspect of Umbral	Restore 1-4 of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy	Ring 1
Shepherd’s Aspect	Core skills do 6-8% more damage for each active companion	Ring 2
Accelerating Aspect	Your Critical Strikes using Core Skills increase the Attack Speed by 15-25% for 5 seconds	Offhand

The Legendary Aspects work similarly to passive skills, and they were selected to enhance the effects of the skills and give the required shielding I needed to survive.

• Harlequin Crest, Aspect of Disobedience, and Temerity improve the primary protection by giving an extra Maximum Life, Armor, Damage Reduction, and Barrier.
• The Aspect of Inner Calm helps to increase the damage output when you are stationary.
• The Aspect of Mending Stone, the Conceited Aspect, and the Aspect of Quicksand greatly polish the Earthen Bulwark.
• The remaining ones refine the overall damage output and Spirit regeneration.

Gems

Type	Gem	Effect
Weapon	Emerald	Increases Critical Damage Chance to Vulnerable enemies by 12%
Armor	Ruby	Increases Maximum Life by 4%
Jewelry	Skull	Increases Armor by 250

• Emerald increases the damage to Vulnerable enemies, which adds up to other de-buffs, making it a lot easier to kill them.
• The Maximum Life increased by Ruby in the Armor Slot is necessary to better implement the Circle of Life skill.
• To enhance protection stats further, I recommend the Skull gem allotted to the Jewelry slot, which gives +250 Armor.

Spirit Boons

Spirit Boon	Buff	Effect
Deer	Wariness	Take 10% reduced damage from Elites
Eagle	Scythe Talons	Get 5% more Critical Strike Chance
Wolf	Pack Leader	Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have 20% more chance to reset your Companion Skills’ Cooldowns
	Energize	Lucky Hit: Dealing Damage has 15% more chance to replenish 10 Spirit
Snake	Overload	– Lightning damage has a 20% chance to do Static Discharge Damage. – Static Discharge Damage deals 20% Lightning Damage to nearby enemies.

Spirit Boons is a specific ability to the Druid build, and you should consider them along with other skills while leveling up.

To unlock them, advance to level 15 and then complete the Tur Dulra Stronghold quest. It is present in Scosglen, and after this, you will get another quest that will unlock 4 Spirit Boons for you initially.

Each Spirit Boon has four buffs, but you can only select one out of each. I advise going for Wariness, Scythe Talons, Pack Leader, and Overload first, and once you complete these 4, you will get an additional slot for only one of Spirit Boons. For the last one, choose Energize in the Wolf category to replenish Spirits and keep those attacks running.

Specialization

I chose “Perfect Storm” for the specialization slot because it keeps regenerating Spirits as the Storm Strike skill uses them. For every Storm cast, we regain 1 Spirit. Moreover, we get a 15% increase in damage for Vulnerable, Immobilized, or Slowed enemies, which would be pretty abundant considering the complete build.

Roadmap For Leveling

• Start by allotting points to Storm Strike and its upgrades for the beginning levels. Don’t level up the base version yet.
• As you advance, level up the coming Core Skill Tornado and the Defensive Earthen Bulwark similarly.
• To unlock the next branch, rank up the Heart of the Wild passive. It will help you use the Companions more effectively.
• Rank the companion skills in the same fashion as the above ones.
• Use the coming level’s points in the companion section, too. Assign three points to the Call of the Wild passive to unlock the Ultimate section.
• Do not use any points in the Wrath section, so you can save them up for upgrading the other skills.
• Once your ultimate is completely leveled up, rank up the Defiance, Circle of Life, and Resonance passives.
• You will be left with plenty of points that you can start assigning to other passives first, and then in the final levels (45 -50), level up the basic and core skills.

My Verdict On The Druid Build

According to my experience, the Druid Leveling Build can easily help you rank up and clear out many locations in the beginning. The key essence lies in utilizing your base skills to generate the Spirit and then pushing toward larger enemy groups with your Companion skills while using Earthen Bulwark as your defense.  

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