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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)
Poison Pulverize Druid Endgame Build (Season 9)
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This is a Pulverize Druid Endgame build and guide for Season 9 of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Pulverize Druid endgame build in the Sins of the Horadrim season update!
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This build is a Legacy Build that was created from Season 9 and is not updated for the current season. |
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Poison Pulverize Druid Build
Poison Pulverize Build Summary
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 Summary |
 Skill Progression |
 Horadric Spells |
 Aspects and Affixes |
 Gems and Runewords |
 Mercenary |
 Paragon |
Playstyle |
| Build Summary | |
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| Poison Pulverize Druid Endgame Build |
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| Focus: Endgame, Fast Clearing, AoE Burst, Tanky | |
 High AoE burst damageHigh HP and BarrierFast Map Clear Spirit management (If no uniques yet)Low Mobility |
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This Pulverize Druid endgame build makes use of a lot of Pulverize attacks with the Rotting Lightbringer. Pulverize is also supplemented by skills such as Trample and Grizzly Rage to maintain your Werebear form and make use of Poison and Overpower to deal massive AoE crit damage to enemies.
Poison Pulverize Druid Build Skills and Passives
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| Summary |
Skill Progression |
Horadric Spells |
Aspects and Affixes |
| Gems |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
| Active Skills | |
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 Basic Skill Tree┗
Maul
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Maul
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 Core Skill Tree┗
Pulverize
(5/5) ┗
 Enhanced Pulverize
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Raging Pulverize
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 Predatory Instinct
(3/3) ┗
 Iron Fur
(3/3) |
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 Defensive Skill Tree┗
Earthen Bulwark
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Earthen Bulwark
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Preserving Earthen Bulwark
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 Ancestral Fortitude
(3/3) ┗
 Vigilance
(3/3) ┗
 Backlash
(3/3) |
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 Companion Skill Tree┗
Ravens
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Ravens
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Ferocious Ravens
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 Nature's Reach
(3/3) ┗
 Feral Aptitude
(2/3) |
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 Wrath Skill Tree┗
Trample
(5/5) ┗
 Enhanced Trample
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Savage Trample
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 Crushing Earth
(3/3) ┗
 Stone Guard
(3/3) ┗
 Safeguard
(3/3) ┗
 Neurotoxin
(1/3) ┗
 Envenom
(3/3) |
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 Ultimate Skill Tree┗
Grizzly Rage
(5/5) ┗
 Prime Grizzly Rage
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Supreme Grizzly Rage
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 Heightened Senses
(3/3) ┗
 Natural Fortitude
(3/3) |
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 Key Passive |
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Poison Pulverize Druid Build Spirit Boons
| Werebear Landslide Druid Spirit Boons | |
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| Advantageous Beast (Deer) |
Gain 15% Movement Speed and 15% Impairment Reduction. |
| Scythe Talons (Eagle) |
Gain +10% increased Critical Strike Chance. |
| Avian Wrath (Eagle) |
Gain 40% Critical Damage. |
| Calamity (Wolf) |
Extend the duration of Ultimate Skills by 35%. |
| Obsidian Slam (Snake) |
Every 6th casted attack will cause your next Earth Skill to Overpower. |
Setup is available if you've bonded with the Eagle Spirit.
Take Advantageous Beast for the movement speed instead of Gift of the Stag once your are can comfortably throw multiple Pulverizes without repleneshing Spirit from a Basic attack.
Scythe Talons and Avian Wrath improve your critical chance and damage, especially as crit goes well with Overpower damage. Stacking Crit and HP in this build will directly increase overall DPS as it is related to Overpower.
Lastly, Obsidian Slam increases more chances for an Overpowering Pulverize
Best Horadric Spells
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| Summary |
Skill Progression |
Horadric Spells |
Aspects and Affixes |
| Gems and Runewords |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
| Horadic Spellcraft Setup | |||||
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 Corrosive Vapor Corrosive Vapor Corrosive Vapor Your Catalyst now deals Poison and or Poisoning damage. Enemies damaged by it take 37,400 Poisoning damage over 4 seconds. This effect can only happen on each enemy every 3 seconds. While equipped, your Poison Damage Bonus is equal to that of your highest damage Type Bonus. (Infusion) |
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 Bloody Charm Bloody Charm Bloody Charm Your Catalyst gains a specialized Execute effect for a non-Boss enemies with 12% or less Life (Arcana) |
 Pressurized Steam Pressurized Steam Pressurized Steam Your Catalyst gains a specialized Stun effect that lasts 1.4 seconds. (Arcana) |
 Sapping Crux Sapping Crux Sapping Crux Your Catalyst applies Vunlerable for 4.0 seconds. (Arcana) |
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 Celestial Surge Celestial Surge Celestial Surge Awaken an Oraclar Rune that Pulls In all surrounding enemies. A torrent of stars follow that randomly strike the area 20 times for 15,662 each. (Catalyst) |
Pulverize Pulverize Pulverize Shapeshift into a Werebear and slam the ground, dealing XX% damage to surrounding enemies. (Skill) |
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The Horadric Spells for the Pulverize Druid build uses Celestial Surge to pull in enemies near the Druid in Pulverize range and damaging them. When maxed, the passive is also good against enemies that are not in range of Pulverize.
Corrosive Vapor is a good infusion as it pairs well with Envenom and Rotting Lightbringer, increasing chances of crits againsted Poisoned enemies.
It is recommended to focus on and grinding in Nightmare Dungeons to obtain the Arcanas you need for this build.
Poison Pulverize Druid Build Best Aspects and Affixes
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| Summary |
Skill Progression |
Horadric Spells |
Aspects and Affixes |
| Gems and Runewords |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
※ More gear Aspects can be seen by scrolling vertically.
| Gear | Aspect and Affixes |
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| Head | ・Willpower ★★★ ・Maximum Life ・Armor ・Ranks to Defensive Posture ・Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify Maximum Health |
| Chest | ・Maximum Life ・Werebear Overpower Damage ・Ursine Strength Bonuses ★★★ ・Ranks to Iron Fur ・Werebear form is now your true form and you gain ranks to all Werebear Skills. |
| Gloves | ・Willpower ・Critical Strike Damage ・Ranks to Pulverize ★★★ Temper: ・Offensive - Earth Finesse ┗ Earth Critical Strike Chance
・Utility - Werebear Innovation
┗ Pulverize Size
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| Pants | ・All Stats ★★★ ・Maximum Life ・Maximum Resource ・Damage Reduction while Unstoppable ・You deal increase damage while Unstoppable. When you become Unstoppable, gain 50 of your Primary Resource. |
| Boots | ・Movement Speed ★★★ ・Willpower ・Max Life Temper: ・Utility - Werebear Innovation ┗ Pulverize Size
・Mobility - Druid Motion
┗ Movement Speed
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| Amulet | ・Movement Speed ・Ranks to Envenom ★★★ ・Willpower Temper: ・Mobility - Druid Motion ┗ Movement Speed
・Offensive - Shapeshifting Finesse
┗ Werebear Overpower Damage
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| Ring | ・Attack Speed ・Critical Strike Chance ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Ranks to Core Skills ★★★ ・Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource Cost of your Skills and increases your damage for 3 seconds. |
| Ring | ・Critical Strike Chance ・Attack Speed ・Willpower ★★★ Temper: ・Resource - Ultimate Efficiency ┗ Grizzly Rage Cooldown Reduction
・Offensive - Earth Finesse
┗ Earth Critical Strike Chance |
| 2-Handed Weapon | ・Willpower ・Poison Damage ・Chance for Pulverize to Hit Twice ★★★ ・Resource Cost Reduction ・If no puddle is around you, Pulverize forms a puddle that guarantees its own Overpowers and deals damage as Poisoning. Pulverize causes all close puddles to splash 20-60% of their total damage. |
Poison Pulverize Druid Build Best Gems and Runewords
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| Summary |
Skill Progression |
Horadric Spells |
Aspects and Affixes |
| Gems and Runewords |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
Poison Pulverize Druid Best Gems
| Weapon | Armor |
|---|---|
 Sapphire
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 Ruby |
It is recommended to slot in Sapphire on armor slots to get more Willpower and Ruby on weapon slots to get Overpower Damage.
Poison Pulverize Druid Best Horadric Jewels
| Amulet | Ring 1 | Ring 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Scornful Light
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 Idol From Below
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 Elemental Brand
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Equip Elemental Brand on jewelry slots so that Pulverize can also deal Poison damage in synergy with Corrosive Vapor. Scornful Light and Idol From Below gives a significant amount of damage amp and stats respectively, with the latter giving the chance to spawn extra Elite enemies you can farm.
In general, Horadric Jewels are good to equip as they give a significant amout of Armor and Elemental Resistance along with their own unique effect.
Poison Pulverize Druid Best Runewords
| Runeword 1 | Runeword 2 |
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 Igni
 Ohm
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Igni
 Xal
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It is recommended to equip the Igni + Ohm Rune combination as it provides a consistent extra damage from the War Cry skill. This increases the Druid's burst damage, dealing massive damage with Critical Strike and Overpower combined.
For Runewords, Nagu + Xal on the other hand focuses on providing a significant amount of extra HP, increasing this build's overall tankiness.
Poison Pulverize Druid Mercenaries
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| Summary |
Skill Progression |
Horadric Spells |
Aspects and Affixes |
| Gems and Runewords |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
| Mercenary | Reinforcement |
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 Subo |
 Varyana |
Use Subo as Your Main Mercenary
The best mercenary to hire for the Pulverize Druid endgame build is still Subo. He can raise this build's Critical Strike Damage and Slow enemies with Cover Fire Skill while providing Movement Speed with Ready at Hand passive.
Subo Mercenary Guide and Best Skills
Use Varyana for Reinforcement
It is still recommended to have Varyana as the endgame Reinforcement with her Bloodthirst enlisted in the Pulverize skill. This will grant the Druid increased attack speed to spam Pulverize and clear mobs or bosses even quicker.
Varyana Mercenary Guide and Best Skills
Poison Pulverize Druid Paragon Setup
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| Summary |
Skill Progression |
Horadric Spells |
Aspects and Affixes |
| Gems and Runewords |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
| Paragon Boards |
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| 1. Starting Board (Werebear) |
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| 2. Survival Instincts (Fang and Claw) |
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| 3. Ancestral Guidance (Headhunter) |
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| 4. Earthen Devastation (Earth and Sky) |
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| 5. Heightened Malice (Spirit) |
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Poison Pulverize Druid Build Playstyle and Rotation
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| Summary |
Skill Progression |
Horadric Spells |
Aspects and Affixes |
| Gems and Runewords |
Mercenary |
Paragon |
Playstyle |
The playstyle and rotation of this Pulverize Druid Endgame build involves setting up multiple buffs, and breezing through enemies while Pulverize is active:
- Cast Grizzly Rage to transform into a Werebear for a significant duration. This will trigger multiple different passives such as Provocation in your skill tree, giving you numerous damage buffs.
- Cast Ravens with the Ferocious Ravens modifier to apply Vulnerable to enemies in the area to amplify your incoming damage.
- Use Trample as a mobility tool or as a way to gain Spirit if it is upgraded to Savage Trample.
- Save or spam your Earthen Bulwark to remove crowd control effects or have a fortified barrier up almost every time.
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