Diablo IV Druid Leveling Builds for Season 1

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Below we are going to list the archetypes of leveling builds that you can try and use, followed by a short synopsis of each build. You can click the blue links of the builds you like the idea of, then auto-scroll to those builds more detailed further down the page. Normally we give you a better idea of skill point usage per level, and what legendaries you want to fish up. Anyways, the builds you can expect are as follows:

Werewolf Leveling Build
Earth Druid Leveling Build
Tornado Druid Leveling Build

The Crit !Werewolf leveling build grants decent AOE and single target damage baked into your core skill, while the rest of your build aims to bolster your singe target damage via Rabies, Wolf companions for more burst damage, and other defensives to grant movement speed, crit, and defensiveness. It makes the build fairly well-rounded, but, it does have some damage issues early on. It’s also one of the fastest leveling builds thanks to the !Werewolf’s core skill granting dashes to targets.

The Earth build is perhaps one of the most bursty builds for the class, granting great CC, and defensiveness and awarding you with even more damage if you hit CC’d enemies. You also generate Terramotes using this build, which further empower your Landslide’s damage, allowing you to get even more damage opportunities out there, and that’s despite the nerfs to the skill from open beta to Server Slam. In a way, it is quite like a Barbarian build.

The other build we recommend is a nature build. This uses Storm Strike for melee chain damage, alongside Tornados to deal damage to packs and bosses. However, this is slightly harder to pull off, since you need to position mobs near corners and obstacles, to get the most out of your tornadoes pathing, since its movement is fairly RNG. But, it does solid damage, and you can pick up decent defensives and movement and feel fine all the way to 50.

Diablo 4 Druid Leveling Build: Werewolf Leveling Build

This Diablo 4 Druid !Werewolf Leveling Build is hungry for legendaries early, but it provides consistent AOE and boss damage. Image via Blizzard Entertainment.

First on the Diablo 4 Druid Leveling Build is the werewolf leveling build. As mentioned, the main way to build this Druid leveling build is by taking as many !Werewolf themed skills as possible, leaving Caw out of the build in favor of Stormstrike instead. It generally offers better damage early, especially for AOE, while Claw gets better once you start investing in poison damage later on. With Shred as your Core Skill, you’ll be, dashing around, and ripping mobs and bosses fairly effectively. You also want Rabies, since that is a !Werewolf skill, and assists with your Elite and Boss killing speeds when you get it. You also want Blood Howl as a defensive skill, which also bolsters crit, and wolves for some added boss nuking and passive mob clearing speeds as well.

While leveling this build, you can get your hands on a surprising amount of legendaries really early on to get this build ramping. Nighthowler’s Aspect is one of them, as that grants critical strike for you, your party, and your companions, which is a great improvement to your build. You also want to get Stormclaw’s Aspect from Anica’s Claim, which requires taking down the Malnok Stronghold around level 20. You also want to get the Aspect of the Unsatiated, as that helps with Spirit Generation from your !Werewolf Skills. That’s three legendary aspects you get from Fractured Peaks, allowing you get the ball rolling on this build easily by level 20. You can also get Vigorous Aspect, but that comes much later on as it’s part of the Hawezar area, which you access in Act 5. Shepherd’s Aspect is also a welcome addition, since it buffs your Core Skill damage based on the number of active Companions. If you happen to get lucky while leveling and find the Alpha Aspect on an item, take that, as that allows your Wolves to spread Rabies.

As for the Spirit Buffs, you want

Deer: Wariness - Reduces damage taken by 10% from Elites
Eagle: 5% Crit Strike Chance
Snake: Masochistic - Shapeshifting Skills heal you for 3% maximum life.
Wolf: Packleader - Lucky Hit have a chance to reset companion skills.
5th: Eagle’s Avian Wrath - Grants 30% Crit strike damage.

With that done, here is the general leveling skill order you want to use. Feel free to swap things round if you desire it, for example, you may want to pick up defenses earlier, rather have your crit amps ready for your Capstone unlock.

Storm Strike (SS)
Enhanced Storm Strike
Shred
Fierce Storm Strike
Enhanced Shred
Primal Shred
Blood Howl
Enhanced Blood Howl
Innate Blood Howl
Shred x2
Wolves
Enhanced Wolf Pack
Poison Creeper
Enhanced Poison Creeper
Ferocious Poison Creeper - If you want more AOE, you can go Brutal, but Ferocious is better for boss encounters.
Rabies
Enhanced Rabies
Natural Rabies
Call of the Wild x3
Predatory Instincts x3
Digitigrade Gait x3
Shred x2
Neurotoxin
Toxic Claws x2
Capstone - Lupine Ferocity
Brutal Wolf Pack - this talent becomes more efficient here now you have a better crit chance from your passives, capstone, and legendary effects. Now it’s time to upgrade that final wolf skill node.
Toxic Claws x1
Envenom X3
Quickshift
Heightened Senses x3
Heart of the Wild x1
Wild Impulses x3
Abundance x3 - This grants around 2 extra Spirit a hit, which tallies for the 2 spirit increase in your Shred’s Spirit cost.