Diablo 4 : Best Druid Build [Top 3]

Druid is not a class that all players would be comfortable with. These shapeshifting magic users do not hit as hard as the barbarian or have as strong magic as the Sorcerer. However, the ability to use distant or close-range attacks whenever required makes this a character to look out for.

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Key Takeaways

This guide lists three of my best builds for Druids. Each of these builds specializes in one form of playstyle. You can always tweak them according to your needs.

1. The Pulverizer Build:
   • Crowd Control Specialist: Excels at handling large groups with powerful chained attacks.
   • Spirit-Driven Combat: Relies on effective spirit management for sustained damage and lightning abilities.
     Close-Quarters Focus: Thrives in close combat but may struggle against powerful single foes.
2. The Werewolf Build:
   • Single-Target Dominance: Designed for high damage against individual enemies, perfect for boss fights.
   • Quick and Ferocious: Emphasizes the Werewolf’s rapid attacks for efficient takedowns.
   • Poison Precision: Utilizes poison effects for added damage over time.
   • Strategic Play: Requires thoughtful positioning and may lack versatility against multiple enemies.
3. The Balanced Build:
   • Versatile Nature: Switch between forms for adaptability, offering crowd and single-target capabilities.
   • Effective Against All: Utilizes magic attacks, companions, and defensive skills for a balanced approach.
   • Adaptable Playstyle: Offers versatility in encounters, allowing for a well-rounded Druid experience.
   • Skillful Management: Requires efficient handling of various skills and spirits for optimal performance.

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The Skill Tree provides players with enough variety to make builds that have mastery in multiple aspects of the combat. So once you have mastered the class and made a decent build, you will conquer the most difficult enemies in no time.

The Pulverizer Build

The Pulverize ability will use the Ground Stomp to immobilize enemies near you. Moreover, the Lightning abilities will use the chained lightning to damage multiple enemies simultaneously.

Following are the upgrades you need in your skill tree for this best Druid Build in Diablo 4:

• Pulverize: Once you have unlocked this Core Skill, you must upgrade it to the max. As a result, you first need to open the Enhanced Pulverize and then upgrade it to the Raging Pulverize.
• Storm Strike: Storm Strike will rain down lightning on your enemies. This is great for damaging multiple enemies at once and starting a chained damage reaction. However, you need to upgrade this Skill for the full effect fully. 
• Heart of the Wild: You must upgrade the total Spirit capacity to land more Pulverize in one go. Moreover, upgrade all three slots to get the maximum number of Spirits.
• Predatory Instinct:  The Predatory Instinct increases your chances of landing a critical hit by 6%. This allows you to land more critical blows on your enemies. 
• Enhanced Trample: It allows players to turn into a Wearbear and charge forward into enemies, dealing damage. It will also knock back multiple enemies, leaving them stunned for a few seconds.
• Blood Howl: The Blood Howl will allow you to heal yourself using up your spirits. This is extremely useful when you run out of health potions. Building health up is much easier. Remember, it only regenerates 20% of health.
• Poison Creeper: I strongly recommend using this ability passively, allowing you to leave more slots open for active skills. As a result, you will poison enemies in the surrounding areas every 7 seconds, draining their health.
• Clarity: It allows players to regenerate their spirit whenever they transform into humans. As a result, this becomes a great skill with a class whose central role is to transform into different forms.
• Earthern Bulwark: Earthern Bulwark will allow players a temporary barrier of spinning rocks around them. This absorbs much damage, making it ideal if you get stuck in a crowd.
• Quickshift: It allows players to increase their damage stats whenever they transform into different forms. Players can switch to any state and get stronger.
• Wild Impulses: It will increase the spirit cost for all Core Skills. This also raises a significant amount of damage to all of the Core Skills.
• Iron Fur: It will make your Wearbear form more resistant to damage. Therefore, you can take more punishment in your Wearbear form and deal much damage.

The Werewolf Build

It uses all the powerful Werewolf attacks to slice up enemies. As a result, the sharp claws of the Werewolf will deal a significant amount of damage.

• Storm Strike: It allows you to use regular weapons to discharge electrical charges on your enemies. As a result, you will cause significant damage to your enemy and build up spirits. 
• Claw: It will transform you into a Werewolf and tear into enemies using his sharp claws. As this is an essential skill, it will not use up your spirits but will allow you to build them up. I recommend upgrading this till Wild Claw gets more damage.
• Shred: It will allow players to transform into a Werewolf, dash into enemies, and land three attacks in total. This is great for targeting one strong enemy and hitting the enemy with the combo.
• Predatory Instinct: The Predatory Instinct increases your chances of landing a critical hit by 6%.  Moreover, invest your skill point in Digitigrade Gait so your Werewolf can have more Movement Speed.
• Ravens: The Raven skill allows players to call in Raven to accompany them in fights. These birds will attack your enemies and chip away at their health. 
• Blood Howl: The Blood Howl skill allows players to transform into the Werewolf and Howl. These Howls are capable of regenerating the player’s health. 
• Rabies: This skill allows players to transform into the Werewolf and bite the nearby enemy. As a result, the enemy will receive immediate damage and get infected with Rabies. 
• Call of the Wild: It buffs up your companion’s abilities. Your companion abilities will now deal 10% more damage to your enemies.
• Neurotoxin: Neurotoxin is a passive skill that will buff up your Poison skills. This will allow the poison from your Rabies attack to deal more damage and slow down your enemy’s attack speeds.
• Lacerate: It will transform you into a Werewolf and become immune. You can dash up to 12 times into enemies, dealing significant damage.

The Balanced Build

Druids allow you to use all three forms in different ways to fight enemies. Using all three forms, my favorite Druid build can damage the crowd and enemies attacking from a distance.

You can say that this was my first Druid build when I was still learning the ropes. Even though it stays right in the middle of the road, I would consider this a great starting point for the other two builds in the list above.

It uses the quick and ferocious abilities of the Wearwolf to wreak havoc. We will also use magic skills performed by the human form to attack enemies trying to hide in the distance.

These are the following skills you need for your Druid:

• Storm Strike: This attack can significantly damage and allow players to regenerate most Spirits.
• Landslide: It allows players to create two pillars from the land below and crush enemies between them. I advise upgrading it to the max to deal more damage and stun enemies.
• Poison Creeper: This skill will allow players to strangle all nearby enemies with vines. As a result, your enemies will be inflicted with a poison effect and immobilized for a few seconds.
• Wolves: This Companion Skill will allow you to summon two wolves. These wolves will leap and attack an enemy you pointed towards. They will deal incredible damage and can also immobilize or stun enemies.
• Earthern Bulwark: Earthern Bulwark’s skill will allow players to create a stone barrier around them. These spinning stones act as a shield and absorb most of the damage.
• Maul: Skill will transform you into a Wearbear and allow you to deal significant damage. As this is an essential skill, it will allow players to regenerate spirits. 
• Crushing Earth: This passive skill will directly buff all your Earth Skills. As a result, all enemies that are either Immbolized or Stunned will receive more damage if any Earth Skills attack them.
• Neurotoxin: It buffs up the poison effect. Enemies affected by poison are significantly slower with slow attack speeds.
• Envenom: It will allow players to deal more damage to enemies that are already affected by the poison.
• Call of the Wild: Your Wolves skill will now deal 10% more damage to your enemies.
• Earthen Might: It increases the chance for players to land critical hits, and sometimes, it will also regenerate all of your Spirits. 
• Natural Disaster: It buffs your Earth Skills. As a result, all of your Earth Skills will deal more damage to enemies who are already vulnerable.
• Defiance: The Defiance Skill allows players to deal more damage to Elite enemies using the Nature Magic Skills. 

You can create a tanky Druid and take on a massive crowd of enemies. Or you can focus on the magic part and make a build that can land powerful blows on a single target. The versatility of the Druid allows you to transition quickly between a Werewolf, Werebear, or human.

What Is The Best Choice?

I would consider the Pulverizer Build the best Druid build.

Druids are one of my favorite classes to play in Diablo 4. My first run, and almost 40 hours were spent with this class. As a result, I was pretty surprised to see the unique skills this class possessed. Even though you can create a single target-focused or balanced build, I would consider Druids to shine as masters of AOE attacks.

Therefore, the Pulverizer Build is my favorite as it uses Druid’s AOE abilities and creates a solid dent in the enemy lines. Trust me, you need a great AOE build to deal with endless crowds of enemies in Diablo 4. However, if you have a different playstyle, you can always use any other perfectly capable builds from this list.

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