Druid Poison Shred Endgame Build

The Poison Shred is a PVE build in Diablo 4 (D4) that excels in mobility and high burst damage with poison. Display your lethality by swiftly shredding through countless enemies. Read on to learn all the Gears, Skills, Aspects that you will need and how to play the build.

Poison Shred Build Overview

Build Summary

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Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

Build Overview and Summary
Poison Shred		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Build Overview and Summary
Poison Shred		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Mad Wolf's Glee (Chest) Aspect of Disobedience (Helm) Aspect of Mending Stone (Pants) Wind Striker Aspect (Boots) Nighthowler's Aspect (Gloves) Stormclaw's Aspect (Amulet) Aspect of the Blurred Beast (2H Axe) Aspect of the Umbral (Ring) Aspect of the Unsatiated (Ring)

Build Overview and Summary
Poison Shred		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Cooldown Reduction ・Vulnerable Damage ・Critical Strike Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Willpower ・Damage Reduction while Fortified ・Maximum Life ・Damage vs Healthy ・Damage with Poison ・Core Skill Damage			Amethyst (Weapon) Sapphire (Armor) Skull (Jewelry)

The build works around using Poison and the Aspect of the Blurred Beast to deal high burst damage. Everytime Shred dashes, you can deal a great amount of damage based on the poison applied to enemies.

Further empowered with Stormclaw's Aspect and Aspect of the Unsatiated, your Shred can deal huge amount of damage in a single swoop. With Shred's consistent dashing, Werewolf builds have never felt more swift and deadly!

Build has been updated as of Patch 1.0.3, June 29, 2023

Poison Shred Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Claw (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Claw	Fierce Claw
Shred (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Shred	Primal Shred
Blood Howl (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Blood Howl	Innate Blood Howl
Poison Creeper (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Poison Creeper	Brutal Poison Creeper
Rabies (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Rabies	Natural Rabies
Earthen Bulwark (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Earthen Bulwark	Preserving Earthen Bulwark

Passive Skills

Poison Shred Passives
Heart of the Wild (1 Point)	Wild Impulses (3 Points)	Predatory Instinct (3 Points)
Digitigrade Gait (3 Points)	Ancestral Fortitude (1 Point)	Vigilance (3 Points)
Nature's Reach (3 Points)	Call of the Wild (3 Points)	Neurotoxin (1 Point)
Envenom (3 Points)	Toxic Claws (3 Points)	Lupine Ferocity (1 Point)

Skills have been updated as of Patch 1.0.3, June 29, 2023

Spirit Boons

Poison Shred Spirit Boons
Wariness (Deer)	Take 10% Reduced Damage to Elites
Scythe Talons (Eagle)	Gain +5% increased Critical Strike Chance
Pack leader (Wolf)	Critical Strikes have up to 20% chance to reset the Cooldowns of your Companion Skills
Bolster (Wolf)	Fortify for 10% of your Maximum Life when you use a Defensive Skill
Masochistic (Snake)	Critical Strikes with Shapeshifting Skills Heal you for 3% of Maximum Life

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

Get Scythe Talons Spirit Boon to have additional Critical Strike Chance. Then pick Wariness, Bolster and Masochistic for added survivability.

The best Spirit Boon to synergize with this build is Pack Leader. This will help with the Poison Creeper uptime which is great to maintain crowd control and poison to enemies.

Spirit Boons have been updated as of Patch 1.0.3, June 29, 2023.

Spirit Boons Guide

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Claw	Enhanced Claw	Shred	Enhanced Shred
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Primal Shred	Fierce Claw	Blood Howl	Enhanced Blood Howl
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Innate Blood Howl	Shred	Shred	Poison Creeper
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Enhanced Poison Creeper	Brutal Poison Creeper	Shred	Shred
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Rabies	Enhanced Rabies	Natural Rabies	Neurotoxin
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Toxic Claws	Envenom	Envenom	Earthen Bulwark
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Enhanced Earthen Bulwark	Preserving Earthen Bulwark	Envenom	Toxic Claws
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Toxic Claws	Poison Creeper	Poison Creeper	Poison Creeper
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Poison Creeper	Lupine Ferocity	Rabies	Rabies
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Rabies	Rabies	Call of the Wild	Call of the Wild
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Call of the Wild	Heart of the Wild	Wild Impulses	Wild Impulses
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Wild Impulses	Predatory Instinct	Digitigrade Gait	Digitigrade Gait
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Digitigrade Gait	Predatory Instinct	Predatory Instinct	Nature's Reach
R5	R6	R7	R8
Nature's Reach	Nature's Reach	Ancestral Fortitude	Vigilance
R9		R10
Vigilance		Vigilance

Aspects and Affixes

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Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
2H Axe	Aspect of the Blurred Beast While dashing, Shred seeks out Nearby Poisoned enemies and deals x(20–40%) increased damage to them. ・+X% Damage to Healthy Enemies (Inherent) ・+X Willpower ・+X% Core Skill Damage ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Vulnerable Damage

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	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)%. ・+X Ranks Poison Creeper ・+X% Total Armor ・+X Willpower ・+X% Cooldown Reduction
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	Nighthowler's Aspect Blood Howl increases Critical Strike Chance by (5.0-10.0)%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds. ・+X Ranks Shred ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance ・+X% Critical Strike Damage
Pants	Aspect of Mending Stone 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. ・While Injured, Potion Grants X% Max Life as Barrier (Inherent) ・+X Ranks Rabies ・+X% Total Armor while in Werewolf Form ・+X% Damage Reduction while Fortified ・+X% Maximum Life
Boots	Wind Striker Aspect Critical Strikes grant (8.0-16.0)% Movement Speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds ・+X Max Evade Charge (Inherent) ・+X% Movement Speed ・+X% Total Armor while in Werewolf Form ・+X% Spirit Cost Reduction ・+X% Fortify Generation

Best Jewelry

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Necklace	Stormclaw's Aspect Critical Strikes with Shred deal (20-30)% of the damage dealt as Lightning damage to the target and surrounding enemies. +X% Resist All (Inherent) +X Ranks All Companion Skills +X Ranks All Wrath Skills +X% Cooldown Reduction +X Ranks Envenom Passive
Ring	Aspect of the Unsatiated After killing an enemy with Shred, your next Werewolf Skill generates 30-40% more Spirit and deals 30-40% increased damage +X% Resistance (2 Elements) (Inherent) +X% Vulnerable Damage +X% Critical Strike Chance +X% Poison Damage +X% Critical Strike Damage
Ring	Aspect of the Umbral Restore (XX) of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy. +X% Resistance (2 Elements) (Inherent) +X% Vulnerable Damage +X% Critical Strike Chance +X% Poison Damage +X% Critical Strike Damage

Aspects and Affixes have been updated as of Patch 1.0.3, June 29, 2023.

Best Gems

Item Type	Effect Explanation
Amethyst (Weapon)	+ Damage Over Time Provides additional Damage Over Time which increases Poisoning Damage.
Sapphire (Armor)	+ Damage Reduction while Fortified Fortify is one of the main source of defense in this build so having added Damage Reductions while Fortified will increase survivability.
Skull (Jewelry)	+ Armor Provides a flat armor increase to reduce damage received.

Gems have been updated as of Patch 1.0.3, June 29, 2023.

Paragon Board Setup

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Poison Shred Playstyle

Poison Shred Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Use Poison Creeper and Rabies as Openers Keep Distance from Enemies to Activate Shred's Dashes Save Earthen Bulwark for Dangerous Situations

Recommended Openers and Rotations

Opener and Skill Rotation

Use Poison Creeper and Rabies as Openers

Apply Poison to enemies by using Poison Creeper or Rabies. Alternate between the two to maintain Poison to the enemies.

Keep Distance from Enemies to Activate Shred's Dashes

The Aspect of the Blurred Beast will only trigger when you dash using Shred. Make sure to always create distance between you and your enemies to activate Shred's dashes.

Save Earthen Bulwark for Dangerous Situations

Earthen Bulwark can make you Unstoppable for a short duration; utilize this well by saving it for sticky situations. Earthen Bulwark can also provide you a great amount of Fortify to help with survivability.

Playstyle Tips have been updated as of Patch 1.0.3, June 29, 2023.

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