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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)
Petrify Druid Endgame Build (Season 8)
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This is a Petrify Druid Endgame build and guide for Season 8 of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Petrify Druid endgame build in the Season of Belial's Return!
 Attention! |
This build is a Legacy Build that was created from Season 8 (Belial's Return) and is not updated for the current season. |
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List of Contents
Petrify Druid Endgame Build
Petrify Druid Build Summary
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 Summary |
 Skills and Passives |
 Boss Powers |
 Aspects and Affixes |
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 Gems |
 Mercenary |
 Paragon |
 Playstyle |
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This Petrify Druid Endgame build is crafted by Melih Çolak. Check out all of their detailed guides on Diablo 4 and other games over at Melih Çolak's Youtube.
The video covers everything from skills, passives, aspects, paragon, and more to fully exploit the Druid's skillset!
| Build Summary | |
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| Petrify Druid Endgame Build |
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| Focus: Endgame, Pit Pushing | |
 High AoE Damage and Control High Survivability Fast Clearing Low Mobility |
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This Petrify Druid Endgame build for Season 8 makes use of Petrify to deal massive AoE damage and control while enhancing survivability with Earthen Bulwark and Cyclone Armor.
Petrify Druid Build Skills and Passives
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| Summary |
Skills and Passives |
Boss Powers |
Aspects and Affixes |
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| Gems |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
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※ More skills can be seen by scrolling vertically.
| Active Skills | |
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 Basic Skill Tree┗
Earth Spike
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Earth Spike
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Wild Earth Spike
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 Storm Strike
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Storm Strike
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Wild Storm Strike
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 Core Skill Tree┗
 Predatory Instinct
(1/3) ┗
 Iron Fur
(3/3) ┗
 Heart of the Wild
(3/3) |
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 Defensive Skill Tree┗
Earthen Bulwark
(5/5) ┗
 Enhanced Earthen Bulwark
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Innate Earthen Bulwark
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Cyclone Armor
(5/5) ┗
 Enhanced Cyclone Armor
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Preserving Cyclone Armor
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 Ancestral Fortitude
(1/3) ┗
 Vigilance
(3/3) ┗
 Backlash
(3/3) |
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 Companion Skill Tree┗
 Feral Aptitude
(3/3) |
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 Wrath Skill Tree┗
Hurricane
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Hurricane
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Savage Hurricane
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Rabies
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Rabies
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Natural Rabies
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 Neurotoxin
(1/3) ┗
 Envenom
(3/3) ┗
 Endless Tempest
(1/3) ┗
 Electric Shock
(3/3) ┗
 Mending
(3/3) |
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 Ultimate Skill Tree┗
Petrify
(5/5) ┗
 Prime Petrify
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Supreme Petrify
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 Catastrophe
(3/3) ┗
 Quickshift
(3/3) ┗
 Heightened Senses
(3/3) ┗
 Defensive Posture
(3/3) |
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 Key Passive┗
 Nature's Fury
(1/1) |
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Petrify Druid Build Spirit Boons
| Werebear Landslide Druid Spirit Boons | |
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| Gift of the Stag (Deer) |
Gain 30 Maximum Spirit. You gain 5 Spirit every second. |
| Scythe Talons (Eagle) |
Gain 15% increased Critical Strike Chance and 15% increased Lucky Hit Chance.. |
| Avian Wrath (Eagle) |
Gain 40% Critical Strike Damage. |
| Calamity (Wolf) |
Extend the duration of Ultimate Skills by 35%. |
| 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 Eagle Spirit.
For Spirit Boons, taking Gift of the Stag increases Maximum Spirit and innately gain Spirit resources per second. Scythe Talons and Avian Wrath improve your damage along with increasing Lucky Hit and Critical Strike Chance to increase your skills' overall DPS.
Calamity and Calm Before the Storm both affect Petrify as it extends its Stun duration and reduces downtime from a successful Lucky Hit.
Petrify Druid Build Best Boss Powers
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| Summary |
Skills and Passives |
Boss Powers |
Aspects and Affixes |
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| Gems |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
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| Boss Power | Effect/Modifiers |
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 Urivar's Lobbed Bombs
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Effect: After you Cast an Ultimate Skill, lob 4 bombs that deal XX Fire damage. Gain 15% Cooldown Reduction. |
 Avarice's Explosive Ore
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Modifier: Activating your Main Boss Power spends all your Primary Resource to increase its damage by XX per Resource point spent. |
 Wandering Death's Chest Beam
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Modifier: Your Main Boss Power instantly Executes Non-Boss enemies hit with less than 25% Life. When you Execute enemies you gain 25 Primary Resource. |
 Hatred's Embrace's Haste
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Modifier: Gain XX Critical Strike Chance, increased by XX for each 1% Shadow Resistance from bonuses you have, up to a maximum of XX. |
The best Boss Powers for the Petrify Druid build focuses on reducing its cooldown and adding more damage by lobbing 4 bombs each use with Urivar's Lobbed Bombs. Hatred's Embrace's Haste also increases Critical Strike Chance to increase overall DPS of skills.
Best Boss Powers and Modifiers Guide
Petrify Druid Build Best Aspects and Affixes
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Skills and Passives |
Boss Powers |
Aspects and Affixes |
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| Gems |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
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 Masterwork Priority |
Affixes marked with ★ are the ones you should aim to upgrade when masterworking. |
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※ More gear Aspects can be seen by scrolling vertically.
| Gear | Aspect and Affixes |
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| Head | ・Maximum Life ・Willpower ★★★ ・Defensive Posture ・Armor |
| Chest | ・All Stats ★★★ ・Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth ・Maximum Life ・Resource Generation |
| Gloves | ・Willpower ★★★ ・Attack Speed ・Lucky Hit Chance Temper: ・Offensive - Natural Finesse ┗ Damage
・Utility - Worldly Fortune
┗ Lucky Hit Chance |
| Pants | ・Willpower ★★★ ・Maximum Life ・Armor Temper: ・Defensive - Worldly Endurance ┗ Maximum Life
・Utility - Worldly Fortune
┗ Lucky Hit Chance |
| Boots | ・Movement Speed ・Cooldown Reduction ★★★ ・Resistance to All Elements ・Non-Physical Damage |
| Amulet | ・Willpower ★★★ ・Cooldown Reduction ・Ranks to Envenom Temper: ・Offensive - Natural Finesse ┗ Damage
・Resource - Ultimate Efficiency - Druid
┗ Petrify Cooldown Reduction |
| Ring | ・Willpower ★★★ ・ Damage to Close Enemies ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Ultimate Skill Cooldown Reduction |
| Ring | ・Ranks to Endless Tempest ・Willpower ★★★ ・Movement Speed While Cataclysm is Active ・Critical Strike Chance |
| Weapon | ・1h Sword: Critical Strike Damage ・Willpower ★★★ ・Maximum Life ・Damage Temper: ・Weapons - Earth Augments ┗ Chance for Earth Spike Projectiles to Cast Twice
・Offensive - Natural Finesse
┗ Damage |
| Offhand | ・Willpower ・Maximum Resource ★★★ ・Cooldown Reduction Temper: ・Weapons - Earth Augments ┗ Chance for Earth Spike Projectiles to Cast Twice
・Offensive - Natural Finesse
┗ Damage |
Petrify Druid Build Best Gems
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| Summary |
Skills and Passives |
Boss Powers |
Aspects and Affixes |
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| Gems |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
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Petrify Druid Build Gems
| Weapon | Armor | Jewelry |
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 Emerald
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 Sapphire
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 Skull
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The best Gems for the Petrify Druid build are Emeralds for Weapons and Sapphire for Armor to boost this build's damage by giving a significant increase in damage via Critical Strike and Willpower. Skulls equipped into Jewelry gives more survivability by providing more armor.
Petrify Druid Best Runewords
| Runeword 1 | Runeword 2 |
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 Zan
 Qax
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 Yul
 Vex
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The best Runeword combos for the Petrify Druid build are Zan + Qax and Yul + Vex. Both combos are recommended due to the reduced cooldown and spammable nature of skills. Zan + Qax increases the damage of Petrify while Yul + Vex enhances all skill the more you use them.
Petrify Druid Best Mercenaries
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| Summary |
Skills and Passives |
Boss Powers |
Aspects and Affixes |
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| Gems |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
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| Mercenary | Reinforcement |
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 Varyana |
 Raheir |
Use Varyana as Your Main Mercenary
Use Varyana's Bloodthirst and maximize it to increase Movement and Attack Speed, boosting Petrify's attack speed and gaining much needed mobility to move around maps.
Varyana Mercenary Guide and Best Skills
Use Raheir For Reinforcement
Slot in Bastion on Raheir to increase your survivability, especially in higher tiers of The Pit.
Raheir Mercenary Guide and Best Skills
Petrify Druid Build Paragon Boards
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| Summary |
Skills and Passives |
Boss Powers |
Aspects and Affixes |
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| Gems |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
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| Paragon Boards |
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| 1. Starting Board (Fang and Claw) |
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| 2. Constricted Tendrils (Spirit) |
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| 3. Survival Instincts (Headhunter) |
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| 4. Ancestral Guidance (Protector) |
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| 5. Heightened Malice (Keeper) |
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Petrify Druid Build Playstyle and Rotation
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| Summary |
Skills and Passives |
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Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
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The playstyle of the Petrify Druid revolves around Petrify as its main damage skill and buffing its survivability with Earthen Bulwark and Hurricane. The rotation is as follows:
- Cast Hurricane to summon damaging winds around the Druid.
- Cast Earthen Bulwark to gain a barrier.
- Cast Petrify to stun and deal massive damage to enemies.
- Activate Cyclone Armor in case you get surrounded to push back enemies.
- Rinse and Repeat.
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