Diablo 4‘s Season 2 is here, and with every new season comes the opportunity to level up a new character.
Want to try out a new class, or maybe completely forgot how to play your own class at a lower level? Don’t worry, Niche Gamer has the strongest leveling builds for every class available.
Below you can find a leveling guide for the Druid class, specifically optimized for Season 2:
Companion Druid:
There is no need to face the horrors encounter in Diablo IV alone when playing as a Druid, as you have access to a wide variety of companions. This specific companion guide focuses on the Wolves and Poison Creeper skills, with Storm Strike as a supplement for your damage.
Vampiric Powers:
Major Powers (6 pacts required)
- Moonrise (6 Ferocity): Hitting an enemy with a Basic Skill grants you 4% Attack Speed for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Upon reaching maximum stacks, you enter a Vampiric Bloodrage, gaining 160% Basic Skill damage and 15% Movement Speed for 10 seconds
- Call Familiar (3 Ferocity, 3 Divinity): Casting a Mastery, Weapon Mastery, Macabre, Wrath, or Imbuement Skill calls a bat ally to attack nearby enemies, dealing 80% Physical damage with a 30% chance to Stun.
Minor powers (1-3 Pacts Required)
- Coven’s Fangs (2 Divinity): Your Conjuration, Companion, Minion, and Bat Familiar attacks deal 52% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Lucky Hit: Your Conjuration, Companion, Minion, and Bat Familiar have up to a 30% chance to inflict Vampiric Curse when hitting enemies.
- Feed the Coven (1 Eternity): Lucky Hit: Conjuration, Companion, Minion and Bat Familiar attacks have up to a 60% chance to restore 10 Primary Resource to you and increase your Damage by 10% for 4 seconds.
- Resilience (2 Eternity): You gain 1% Damage Reduction for each 2% Life you are missing.
- Undying (1 Eternity): Casting Skills heals you for 3% Life. Double this bonus while below 50% Life
Skill Point allocations:
The Druid’s skill point allocation is a bit different than other classes, as he first needs to get to level 15 to unlock Spirit Bonding. After acquiring Spirit Bonding, the player can then respec and actually start using the Companion build.
- Storm Strike
- Enhanced Storm Strike
- Tornado
- Enhanced Tornado
- Raging Tornado
- Fierce Storm Strike
- Cyclone Armor
- Enhanced Cyclone Armor
- Innate Cyclone Armor
- Tornado Level 2
- Tornado Level 3
- Tornado Level 4
- Tornado Level 5
The following talents seen below can also be chosen if you happen to have leftover skill points from Renown, as these can help you get to level 15 faster:
- Earthen Bulwark
- Enhanced Earthen Bulwark
- Preserving Earthen Bulwark
- Heart of the Wild
- Wild Impulses
- Wild Impulses Level 2
- Wild Impulses Level 3
- Abundance
- Abundance Level 2
- Abundance Level 3
After reaching level 15, players should do the Druid class quest and unlock the Spirit Bonding skill. After that, it’s time to respec into the main build.
- Storm Strike
- Enhanced Storm Strike
- Fierce Storm Strike
- Storm Strike Level 2
- Storm Strike Level 3
- Storm Strike Level 4
- Cyclone Armor
- Blood Howl
- Enhanced Cyclone Armor
- Preserving Cyclone Armor
- Enhanced Blood Howl
- Poison Creeper
- Wolves
- Choose one of the following: Tornado, Landslide, or Pulverize
- Enhanced Poison Creeper
- Brutal Poison Creeper
- Enhanced Wolf Pack
- Enhance one of the following: Tornado, Landslide, or Pulverize
- Brutal Wolf Pack
- Choose a passive for one of the following: Tornado, Landslide, or Pulverize
- Call of the Wild
- Call of the Wild Level 2
- Call of the Wilv Level 3
- Predatory Instinct
- Predatory Instinct Level 2
- Predatory Instinct Level 3
- Preserving Blood Howl
- Poison Creeper Level 2
- Poison Creeper Level 3
- Poison Creeper Level 4
- Poison Creeper Level 5
- Wolves Level 2
- Wolves Level 3
- Ursine Strength
- Wolves Level 4
- Wolves Level 5
- Cyclone Armor Level 2
- Blood Howl Level 2
- Cyclone Armor Level 3
- Blood Howl Level 3
- Cyclone Armor Level 4
- Blood Howl Level 4
- Cyclone Armor Level 5
- Blood Howl Level 5
- Storm Strike
- Digitigrade Gait
- Digitigrade Gait Level 2
- Digitigrade Gait Level 3
- Ancestral Fortitude
- Ancestral Fortitude Level 2
- Ancestral Fortitude Level 3
- Vigilance
- Vigilance Level 2
- Vigilance Level 3
- Quickshift
- Heightened Senses
- Heightened Senses Level 2
- Heightened Senses Level 3
Spirit Boons:
Spirit Boons are a unique Druid class mechanic, which grant different effects depending on the animal chosen. Players should only offer enough Druidic Spirit Offerings to unlock the first 4 Boons, and then fully unlock the rest to activate the final Boon with Spirit Bonding.
- Packleader – Wolf
- Scythe Talons – Eagle
- Wariness- Stag
- Overload – Snake
- Swooping Attacks – Eagle
Legendary Aspects:
Legendary Aspects are acquired by clearing dungeons throughout the open world, and after collected they will be available from the Codex of Power. Always remember that aspects naturally found on legendary gear will be a better roll than if they were applied.
- Aspect of the Alpha
- Nighthowler’s Aspect
- Aspect of the Cyclonic Force
- Aspect of Might
- Rapid Aspect
- Edgemaster’s Aspect
Diablo IV is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (via Battle.net). Check out our review here. (We recommend it!)
Source: Icy-Veins
