Season 1 Druid Tornado Wolf Build

This is a Season 1 Tornado Wolf endgame build, also known as Werenado Druid in Diablo 4 (D4) that takes advantage of the skill synergies between Storm skills and Wolf skills to take down all endgame content — including Uber Lilith. Read on to learn all the Gear, Skills, Aspects that you will need and how to play the build for Season 1 (Version 1.1).

Tornado Wolf Build Overview

Build Summary

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

This build has been updated for Season 1 with new Malignant Hearts, Aspects, and Stat Affixes to reflect the changes made for the season.

Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

Build Overview and Summary
Tornado Wolf		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

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Build Overview and Summary
Tornado Wolf		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Mad Wolf's Glee (Chest) Tempest Roar (Helm) Vigorous Aspect (Pants) Aspect of Retaliation (1H Axe) Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast (Ring) Accelerating Aspect (Totem) Dire Wolf's Aspect (Amulet) Mighty Storm's Aspect (Ring) Stormchaser's Aspect (Gloves) Stormshifter's Aspect (Boots)

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Build Overview and Summary
Tornado Wolf		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Cooldown Reduction ・All Damage ・Vulnerable Damage ・Critical Strike Damage ・Willpower ・Damage Reduction while Fortified ・Maximum Life ・Damage with Core ・Damage vs Healthy ・Attack Speed Bonus ・Damage Reduction from Poisoned Enemies ・Damage while Shapeshifted ・Damage vs Poisoned ・Maximum Spirit			Emerald (Weapon) Ruby (Armor) Skull (Jewelry)

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The idea of the build is to use the combination of Tempest Roar and Dire Wolf's Aspect to spam Tornado. The aspects mentioned will allow you to use Storm skills upon casting Grizzly Rage while giving you huge spirit cost reduction and excellent movement speed.

This concept, combined with Mighty Storm's Aspect for Earthen Might, will enable you to cast Tornado as often as possible while having an extremely rapid movement speed.

Speed is the name of the game in this build, but do not be mistaken, as it can produce a huge amount of damage in a short time frame!

Tornado Wolf Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Storm Strike (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Storm Strike	Fierce Storm Strike
Tornado (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Tornado	Raging Tornado
Cyclone Armor (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Cyclone Armor	Innate Cyclone Armor
Blood Howl (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Blood Howl	Preserving Blood Howl
Hurricane (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Hurricane	Savage Hurricane
Grizzly Rage (1 Point)	→	Prime Grizzly Rage	Supreme Grizzly Rage

When taking down Uber Lilith, we recommend swapping Storm Strike for Fierce Wind Shear for better management of her mechanics.

Passive Skills

Tornado Wolf Passives
Heart of the Wild (1 Point)	Wild Impulses (3 Points)	Predatory Instinct (3 Points)
Digitigrade Gait (3 Points)	Ancestral Fortitude (3 Points)	Vigilance (3 Points)
Elemental Exposure (3 Points)	Endless Tempest (2 Points)	Bad Omen (2 Points)
Neurotoxin (1 Point)	Toxic Claws (1 Point)	Envenom (3 Points)
Defiance (3 Points)	Natural Disaster (1 Point)	Resonance (3 Points)
Earthen Might (1 Point)

For taking down Uber Lilith, we recommend swapping Natural Distaster with Circle of Life for a bit of sustain during the Echo of Hatred.

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Storm Strike	Enhanced Storm Strike	Tornado	Enhanced Tornado
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Raging Tornado	Fierce Storm Strike	Cyclone Armor	Enhanced Cyclone Armor
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Innate Cyclone Armor	Blood Howl	Enhanced Blood Howl	Preserving Blood Howl
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Tornado	Tornado	Tornado	Hurricane
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Enhanced Hurricane	Savage Hurricane	Tornado	Neurotoxin
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Toxic Claws	Envenom	Grizzly Rage	Prime Grizzly Rage
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Supreme Grizzly Rage	Envenom	Envenom	Predatory Instinct
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Predatory Instinct	Predatory Instinct	Digitigrade Gait	Digitigrade Gait
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Earthen Might	Digitigrade Gait	Heart of the Wild	Wild Impulses
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Wild Impulses	Wild Impulses	Ancestral Fortitude	Vigilance
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Vigilance	Vigilance	Defiance	Defiance
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Defiance	Elemental Exposure	Elemental Exposure	Elemental Exposure
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Endless Tempest	Endless Tempest	Bad Omen	Bad Omen
R5	R6	R7	R8
Natural Disaster	Resonance	Resonance	Resonance
R9		R10
Ancestral Fortitude		Ancestral Fortitude

Spirit Boons

Tornado Wolf Spirit Boons
Wariness (Deer)	Take 10% Reduced Damage to Elites
Avian Wrath (Eagle)	Gain X30% Critical Strike Damage
Calamity (Wolf)	Extend the Duration of Ultimate Skills by 25%
Masochistic (Snake)	Critical Strikes with Shapeshifting Skills Heal you for 3% of Maximum Life
Calm Before the Storm (Snake)	Lucky Hit: Nature Magic Skills have up to a 10% chance to reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate Skill by 2 seconds

Setup is available if you've bonded with the Snake Spirit.

Aspects and Affixes

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
1H Axe	Aspect of Retaliation Your Core Skills deal up to (20-30)% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify. +X% Damage to Healthy Enemies (Inherent) +X Willpower +X% Core Skill Damage +X% Critical Strike Damage +X% Vulnerable Damage
Totem	Accelerating Aspect Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by (15-25)% for 5 seconds. ・Cooldown Reduction (Inherent) +X% Cooldown Reduction +X Willpower +X% Critical Strike Chance +X% Lucky Hit Chance

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	Tempest Roar Lucky Hit: Storm Skills have up to a (15-25)% chance to grant 4 Spirit. Your base Storm Skills are now also Werewolf Skills. +X% Damage while Shapeshifted +X% Critical Strike Damage +X Maximum Spirit X% Poison Resistance
Chest	Mad Wolf's Glee Werewolf form is now your true form, and you gain +3 Ranks to all Werewolf Skills. +X% Physical Damage +X% Poison Damage X% Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Poisoned +X% Movement speed
Gloves	Stormchaser's Aspect Tornado will seek up to (XX) targets. +X Ranks Tornado +X% Critical Strike Chance +X% Attack Speed +X% Lucky Hit Chance
Pants	Aspect of Disobedience You gain (0.25-0.50)% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to (66)%. While Injured, Potion Grants X% Max Life as Barrier (Inherent) +X Willpower +X Maximum Life +X Armor
Boots	Stormshifter's Aspect While Hurricane is active, gain +2 Ranks to your Shapeshifting Skills. +X Max Evade Charge (Inherent) +X Willpower +X% Movement Speed +X% Total Armor while in Werewolf Form

Best Jewelry

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Necklace	Dire Wolf's Aspect Grizzly Rage now Shapeshifts you into a Dire Werewolf. As a Dire Werewolf you gain (15-25)% Movement Speed instead of Damage Reduction and a (30-50)% Spirit cost reduction bonus. In addition, kills Heal you for 10% of your Maximum Life. +X% Resist All (Inherent) +X Ranks of Envenom +X% Cooldown Reduction +X% Spirit Cost Reduction
Ring	Mighty Storm's Aspect The Earthen Might Key Passive also applies to your Storm Skills. +X% Resistance (2 Elements) (Inherent) +X% Critical Strike Chance +X% Critical Strike Damage +X% Damage to Poisoned Enemies
Ring	Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast The duration of Grizzly Rage is increased by (XX) seconds. In addition, Critical Strikes while Grizzly Rage is active increases your Critical Strike Damage by 10% up to a maximum of 200% for the duration. +X% Resistance (2 Elements) (Inherent) +X% Critical Strike Chance +X% Critical Strike Damage Damage +X% Damage to Poisoned Enemies

Best Gems and Malignant Hearts

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Item Type	Effect
Emerald (Weapon)	+% Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable Enemies
Sapphire (Armor)	+% Damage Reduction while Fortified
The Barber	Type: Wrathful Critical Strikes and all subsequent damage within 2.0-4.0 seconds is absorbed by your target. Then, the absorbed damage erupts onto surrounding enemies. Stored damage is increased by 10% per second.
Inexorable Force	Type: Devious Up to 30-50 Distant enemies are pulled toward you while you have an Ultimate Skill active.
Tempting Fate	Type: Vicious You gain 40-60% Critical Strike Damage but your Non-Critical Strikes deal 20-15% less damage.

Hearts Synergy

Inexorable Force is a great heart to have for the build since it allows you to gather all the enemies closer to you while Grizzly Rage is active. This allows you to clear large groups of enemies quicker and more efficiently since it will take less Tornadoes to kill them.

Meanwhile, Tempting Fate is another good heart since it increases your Critical Strike Damage significantly. This synergizes well with the build as long as you have 40-45% Critical Strike Chance since the Tornadoes will be dealing critical strikes frequently regardless.

Alternatives to the Barber

The Barber is a good heart because it makes your attacks deal huge amounts of burst damage to Elites and Bosses. However, it may be difficult to find since it is a Wrathful heart.

Due to this, a good alternative would be the Revenge heart since it suppresses incoming damage, allowing you to tank more hits. It also synergizes with Blood Howl to deal damage whenever you use it.

If you could find it, another heart that could be used instead is the Unconstrained Beast because it automatically activates Grizzly Rage whenever you are stunned, frozen, or knocked down. Since this build lacks an Unstoppable effect, this lets Grizzly Rage have a higher uptime, and allowing you to spam Tornadoes more frequently.

Paragon Board Setup

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Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Tornado Wolf Playstyle

Tornado Wolf Build Tips
Manage Grizzly Rage Spam Tornadoes Utilize Defensive Skills

Manage Grizzly Rage

The build is at its peak when Grizzly Rage is active so it's wise to properly time its usage. The ultimate is best casted when you're about to face a huge mob or a boss.

Do not forget to take cooldown reduction affixes and the Calm Before the Storm Spirit Boon to help with the uptime.

Spam Tornadoes

Most of your damage will come from using the Tornado core skill. With the Werewolf Grizzly Rage's spirit reduction, you can effectively cast Tornadoes without worrying about your spirit.

Stack on attack speed to cast as much Tornadoes as possible with minimal delay.

Utilize Defensive Skills

The build is quite on the squishy side so make sure to properly utilize your defensive skills especially when Grizzly Rage is not active.

Use Blood Howl as often as possible to keep your health up and get attack speed at the same time. Save your Cyclone Armor is situations where you are corned as you can easily push enemies away from you.

How to Beat Uber Lilith

Uber Lilith Skill Swaps

Before you start the fight, it is recommended that you change the following skills from the endgame version for an easier time in the Echo of Hatred.

Active Skill Replacements

Skill			Replacement
Storm Strike (1 Point)		→	Wind Shear (1 Point)
Enhanced Storm Strike	Fierce Storm Strike		Enhanced Wind Shear	Fierce Wind Shear

Wind Shear provides you with a constant source of mspd throughout the fight, allowing you skirt through mechanics and kite minions with relative ease compared to Storm Strike.

Passive Skill Replacements

Skill		Replacement
Natural Disaster (1 Point)	→	Circle of Life (1 Point)

Circle of Life gives you that extra bit of sustainability as you fight Uber Lilith in the Echo of Hatred. The fight is mostly based off managing mechanics, rather than strict DPS checks.

Phase One

Wave Patterns & Tips

Lilith's waves are pretty easy to spot in phase 1. Look for lines that form across the platform and position yourselves to behind where Lilith is facing to avoid the most attacks. Lines can be in two colors: black and red. Black lines will deal significantly more damage than red ones and must be avoided at all costs. Waves that form under red lines don't hurt as much and can be tanked with this build — as long as the waves are not stacked on top of each other.

Lilith Minion Tips

Lilith will eventually spawn minions that have a hefty amount of HP. Focus your tornadoes on these minions while keeping a close eye on Lilith as she constantly flies in and out of the platform to perform wave patterns and attacks.

Phase Two

Blood Boil Tips

Watch out for the boils that spawn on the map and stay away until they pop. These will mark a large strip that cuts across them in black, indicating a massive wave attack. Simply go to the spot that didn't have any boils spawn and stay there until the waves resolve.

Your wind shear's mspd buff and evade charges are instrumental for this mechanic. Make sure both are up and ready whenever they spawn. You can even pre-position accordingly to safely spam Tornadoes as the mechanic plays out.

Blood Cleave Pattern & Tips

Lilith cleaves the platform with three-pronged attacks that hit anyone caught on top of their telegraph lines. While the timing is tight, it is possible to step out of these lines as long as your constantly moving with wind shear's mspd buff and evading as needed.

Waves + Skulls Tips

Phase 2 introduces untargetable blood skulls that hone in on your character and will constantly spawn throughout the fight. These are fairly slow so a good way to kite the skulls, on top of managing every other mechanic, is to move in either clockwise or counter-clockwise within the platform. Take note that minions that die during phase 2 will spawn blood skulls upon death. Make sure you steer clear of them before they die to avoid getting hit as soon as they pop up.

Throughout the phase, Lilith will fly out and quickly back in to pull your character towards here. It is paramount that you pre-position yourself in a way where no skulls are present in your direction before Lilith pulls you. Consider swapping Cyclone Armor with Earthen Bulwark as well if you prefer to just negate the pull effect entirely.

How to Unlock Uber Lilith

Active Nevesk's Blood Sigil in World Tier 4

Players can unlock the Uber Lilith fight by interacting with her Blood Sigil in Nevesk as soon as they reach World Tier 4. Take note that this is the final boss of the current version of the game. Make sure you're at least level 100 and geared up as best as possible before attempting — especially in hardcore mode!

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