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These are the best Druid builds in Diablo 4 (D4), updated for the Abattoir of Zir. See a tier list of the best Druid builds of Update 1.2.3, including the top stats, vampiric powers, affixes, and gems for Druid in the current meta!
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| ① Balance Between Ease-of-Use and Power
While the very best builds house significant damage output across the board, the overall mechanical skill required to dish them out effectively is what separates the very best. Note that when two builds perform at roughly the same level, the one that is easier to execute will be the clear winner. |
| ② Overall Build Synergy
To say that builds can be complex in Diablo 4 is an understatement! A great build must have all of its parts, from skills to paragon boards, laid out in a way that is intuitive and maximizes synergy across the board to ensure maximum efficiency. The release of the Abattoir of Zir added the Tears of Blood glyph, which provides DPS scaling based on how many main stat nodes are within a glyph socket's radius. The builds on this list were evaluated based on how well they scaled with this new rune. |
| ③ Endgame and AoZ Performance (Season 2)
On top of standard endgame content such as nightmare dungeons, these builds are heavily evaluated based on how many tiers they can efficiently clear in the Abattoir of Zir. |
| ④ Overall Fit in the Current Meta (Season 2)
The best will always rise among the rest. While every build we display aims to give players the best experience at endgame, how they compare against other builds in the evolving meta of Update 1.2.3 across all classes is instrumental in determining their overall place in the tierlist. |
| Build Overview and Summary | |||||
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| Druid Leveling | Tier: TBD Focus: Leveling Playstyle: Solo and Party | ||||
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| Druid Leveling | Tier: TBD Focus: Leveling Playstyle: Solo and Party | ||||
| Aspects and Uniques | |||||
 Aspect of Cyclonic Force (Chest) Aspect of Mending Stone (Pants)  Rapid Aspect (Ring) Aspect of Retribution (Offhand) Crashstone Aspect (Amulet) Aspect of The Aftershock (1H Weapon) Subterranean Aspect (Gloves)  Aspect of the Umbral (Ring)  Ballistic Aspect (Boots) Aspect of Quicksand (Helm) | |||||
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| Druid Leveling | Tier: TBD Focus: Leveling Playstyle: Solo and Party | ||||
| Stat Priorities | Recommended Gems | ||||
| ・Cooldown Reduction ・Critical Strike Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Willpower ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Maximum Life ・Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies |  Ruby (Armor)  Sapphire (Weapon) | ||||
 Tips from Game8 |
An elemental build that stacks CC to increase overall DPS. Burst damage is mostly dealt from Landslides at max energy, while a plethora of passives ensure that you get the most out of your CCs from Poison Creeper and Petrify. |
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| Build | Skills (Hotbar) |
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 Tornado Wolf
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| Description: An insanely swift build that takes advantage of the synergy between Werewolf and Storm skills. Easily decimate your enemies by summoning a barrage of tornadoes! | |
 Pulverize Werebear
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| Description: A heavy-hitting build that combines Earth and Werebear skills to deliver devastating blows. Smash your way through enemies while maintaining great survivability. | |
 Poison Shred
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| Description: A poison build that has swift attacks and high burst damage. Take your enemies out in an instant with this deadly Shred build! | |
 Lightning Storm Wolf
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| Description: A lightning build that strikes enemies from a great distance. Release your inner Werewolf while hailing down storms of lightning against your enemies! | |
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Bulwark Storm Claw
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| Description: A low-health build that focuses on high DPS via basic attacks using the Greatstaff of the Crone effect and the buffed barrier generation of Earthen Bulwark by stacking damage reduction and damage reduction while injured affixes. |
| Vampiric Power Cost |
Effect Explanation |
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 Sanguine Brace
 0 1 1 |
When you kill an enemy, Fortify for 6% of your Base Life. While you have more Fortify than half of your Maximum Life, you gain 8% Critical Strike Chance.
Druids are one of the best classes when it comes to Fortify generation. This vampiric power lets you maintain your fortify throughout the Abattoir of Zir. |
 Ravenous
3 0 0 |
Lucky Hit: Up to a 20% chance to increase your Attack Speed by 40% of your Total Movement Speed for 6 seconds.
Ravenous is a meta staple in the Abattoir of Zir. The general ease to stack lucky hit chance and movement speed through one's equipment allows the top builds to take advantage of its attack speed buff. |
 Undying
0 0 1 |
Casting Skills heals you for 3% Life. Double this bonus while below 50% Life.
The Undying vampiric power is a staple for almost every build in the current meta due to its ability to sustain your HP through offense. |
 Metamorphosis
2 2 2 |
When you Evade you turn into a cloud of bats, becoming Unstoppable for 4 seconds. Enemies along your path take 160% Physical damage and are inflicted with Vampiric Curse.
Grants unstoppable that synergizes with Tibault's Will. It also affects enemies with Vampiric Curse which synergizes most Druid build's pushing power in the Abattoir of Zir. |
 Moonrise
6 0 0 |
Hitting an enemy with a Basic Skill grants you 4% Attack Speed for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Upon reaching maximum stacks, you enter a Vampiric Bloodrage, gaining 160% Basic Skill damage and 15% Movement Speed for 10 seconds.
Moonrise, when stacked with Ravenous, grants Druid builds a much-needed boost in attack speed. This is especially important for aspd-reliant Abattoir of Zir builds such as Tornado Wolf and Poison Shred. |
| Vampiric Power Cost |
Effect Explanation |
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 Flowing Veins
2 2 2 |
You deal 60% increased Damage Over Time to enemies that are moving or affected by a Vampiric Curse.
Most Druid builds apply poison. Flowing veins allows these builds to scale their DoT applications effectively, especially in the Abattoir of Zir. |
 Blood Boil
0 0 6 |
When your Core Skills Overpower an enemy, you spawn 3 Volatile Blood Drops. Collecting a Volatile Blood Drop causes it to explode, dealing 60% Physical damage around you. Every 20 seconds, your next Skill is guaranteed to Overpower.
Blood Boil is a solid pick up for Pulverize WB Druids. The vampiric power adds another guaranteed Overpower proc for the build and increases the overall DPS performance in the Abattoir of Zir. |
 Hectic
0 3 0 |
For every 5 Basic Skills you cast, one of your active Cooldowns is reduced by 2 seconds.
A great choice for ultimate-reliant builds such as Tornado Wolf. The cooldown reduction makes the Druid's heavy-cooldown ultimates perform efficiently in the Abattoir of Zir. |
 Anticipation
0 1 0 |
Your Ultimate Skills gain 20% Cooldown Reduction. Your Ultimate Skills gain 12% increased damage for each nearby enemy affected by your Damage Over Time effects.
Another solid choice for Druid builds that rely on Grizzly Rage. The uptime, when combined with Hectic, allows ultimate-reliant builds such as Tornado Wolf Druids to climb the Abattoir of Zir effectively. |
| Aspect | Effect and How to Get |
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Aspect of Mending Stone
(Defensive) |
How to Get: Sealed Archives (Dungeon Clear)
The duration of Earthern Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy with Earth Skills replenishes (XX) of your active Earthen Bulwark's Barrier. |
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Aspect of the Expectant
(Offensive) |
How to Get: Underroot (Dungeon Clear)
Attacking enemies with a Basic Skill increases the damage of your next Core Skill cast by (5-10)%, up to 30%. |
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Aspect of the Ursine Horror
(Offensive) |
How to Get: Belfry Zakara (Dungeon Clear)
Pulverize is now also an Earth Skill. After casting Pulverize, tectonic spikes continue to deal (XX) damage over 2 seconds. |
 Ghostwalker Aspect
(Mobility) |
How to Get: Scosglen (Story Campaign)
While Unstoppable, and for 4 seconds after, you gain (10=25)% increased Movement Speed and can move freely through enemies. |
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Rapid Aspect
(Offensive) |
How to Get: Buried Halls (Dungeon Clear)
Basic skills gain (15-30)% Attack Speed. |
The aspects above are some of the best early investments you can make because these can carry over to endgame builds.
| Aspect | Effect and How to Get |
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Aspect of Natural Balance
(Offensive) |
Casting a Storm Skill grants your Earth Skills (30.0-45.0)% Critical Strike Damage for 4 seconds. Casting a Earth Skill increases the Critical Strike Chance of Storm Skills by (8.0-12.0)% for 4 seconds. |
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Aspect of Nature's Savagery
(Offensive) |
Werewolf Skills function as Storm Skills and Werebear Skills function as Earth Skills for the Nature's Fury Key Passive. |
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Aspect of Retaliation
(Offensive) |
How to Get: Seaside Descent (Dungeon Clear)
Your Core Skills deal up to (20-40)% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify. |
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Ballistic Aspect
(Utility) |
How to Get: Whispering Pines (Dungeon Clear)
When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +2 Ranks. |
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Crashstone Aspect
(Offensive) |
How to Get: Scosglen (Story Campaign)
Earth Skills deal (40-50)% more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. |
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Shockwave Aspect
(Offensive) |
Pulverize creates a shockwave that travels forward, dealing (60-100)% of its damage to targets in the path. |
| Priority | Stats and Affixes |
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| 1 | ・+ Willpower ・+ Core Skill Levels ・+% Critical Strike Chance ・+% Critical Strike Damage ・+% Core Skill Damage |
| 2 | ・+% Spirit Generation ・+ Maximum Life ・+ Maximum Spirit ・+% Shapeshift Damage (Werebear/Werewolf) ・+% Elemental Damage (Landslide/Storm Builds) |
| 3 | ・+% Fortify Generation ・+ All Stats ・+% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ・+% Damage to Close Enemies (Shapeshifting) ・+% Damage to Distant Enemies (Landslide/Storm) |
| Recommended Gems | |
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| Weapon | Ruby: Vital for Pulverize Werebear builds as they center around Overpower procs
Sapphire: This is a great option for Elemental druids as they tend to stack CCs before bursting enemies down with core skills. Amethyst: A solid pickup for Werewolves as they increase overall DPS through Poison DOTs. |
| Armor | Ruby: Increasing Maximum HP is always the best choice in Diablo 4's current meta! |
| Jewelry | Diamond: All-Resistance is the best choice for jewelry in general. |
| Best Spirit Boons by Spirit | Bonus and Explanation |
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| Deer Gift of the Stag |
Gain 10 Maximum Spirit. Gift of the Stag is the best boon from the Deer Spirit because Druids are one of the classes that cannot regenerate spirit over time. Increasing a Druid's spirit gauge is a vital buff regardless of the build. |
| Eagle Avian Wrath |
Gain x30% Critical Strike Damage Avian Wrath is an easy choice here since increasing Critical Strike Damage is a must for any build. |
| Wolf Calamity |
Extend the duration of Ultimate Skills by 25% Most Druid builds incorporate an ultimate. Since all of the ultimates are duration based, Calamity is often the best choice from this spirit animal. |
| Snake Situational |
There isn't a clear winner for the Snake tree due to how specific the individual boons are. The best one entirely depends on what kind of build your Druid is running. |
| Season 3 Leveling Builds | |||||
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| Barbarian HoTA | Sorcerer Chain Lightning | ||||
| Rogue Twisting Blades | Necromancer Blood Surge | Druid Poison Creeper | |||
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Nice build man! I was running this from 1-65. I just swapped to pulverize and kinda regret it. I love this build better! I love the APM, they procs and the fact that you use different abilities. Not just tornadoes or pulverize! Looking forward to your takes on the paragon tree!