In the Open Beta of Diablo 4, the Druid is finally playable. Many fans have been looking forward to the class – including MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus. After initial disappointment with the class, he is now successfully shredding through bosses as a werewolf.
I actually wanted to play a grumpy bear that tears everything apart. But somehow Druids are significantly too weak in Diablo 4. It’s hard to make them work.
After several hours of farming for the right legendaries, I finally found a good melee build that can let 4 werewolves tear through enemies with their claws. A good compromise, in my opinion. By the way, you can find all our guides collected here:
With the werewolf druid, you can easily take down elite opponents and bosses, and the best part: he has nearly as good self-healing as the Necromancer and better than a Barbarian. Dying is almost impossible.
You can find information about all 5 classes from Diablo 4 here . I directly tested the build on the world boss Ashava:
Druid Build for Diablo 4 – Skill and Legendaries
The most important skills (at level 25)
- Claw 1/5
- Improved Claw
- Tearing 1/5
- Improved Tearing
- Primal Tearing
- Predatory Instinct 2/3
- Blood Howl 3/5
- Improved Blood Howl
- Conserving Blood Howl
- Wolves 5/5
- Improved Wolf Pack
- Brutal Wolf Pack
- Call of the Wild 3/3
- Rabies 1/5
- Shred 1/1
If you have points left or gain additional levels through items, you should upgrade Shred until you can secure a guaranteed critical hit. Otherwise, you can further upgrade Rabies, Predatory Instinct, and Tearing, as these deal the most damage.
The special class mechanic of the Druid is not available in the beta, so you cannot select anything here. If the sacrifices drop for you, you can simply leave them, you have no use for them.
These legendary aspects you need:
- Aspect of the Alpha: Wolves become werewolves, deal more damage, and can spread Rabies
- Aspect of the Stampede: Gain another companion. Companions deal more damage
- Night Howler’s Aspect: Blood Howl also increases the critical hit value and affects allies and companions
- Aspect of the Wild Fury: Companions receive the passive bonus of Bestial Fury
- Vigor Aspect (optional): You gain damage reduction as a werewolf
- Blurring Beast Aspect (optional): Tearing deals poison damage to poisoned enemies nearby when you storm
- Accelerating Aspect (optional): Critical hits with basic skills increase attack speed
- Fast Aspect (optional): Basic skills gain attack speed
Most aspects are essential for the build to function at all. Unfortunately, you get hardly any of them from dungeons; most must be farmed by yourself. You can find the best farm spots in Diablo 4 here.
Gameplay and Playstyle
This is how you play the build: You barely deal any damage yourself, but simply buff your companions. Your wolves benefit from all the skills and legendaries you have. You still need to attack yourself, as your critical hits are what truly empower the wolves:
- Poison enemies with Rabies so that wolves deal more damage
- Send your wolves on an enemy with the active skill of Wolves
- Use Blood Howl to buff your wolves
- Use Shred on cooldown, ideally with guaranteed critical hits
- Attack enemies with Claw to build spirit
- Use Tearing for additional critical hits, to build spirit or to charge at distant enemies
Tearing, Shred, and Blood Howl also heal you when used, allowing you to remain at full health almost continuously. Resource generation is not an issue in this build, as you frequently attack with Claw and have only one consumer.
You want to critically hit as often as possible, even if you deal minimal damage yourself. Through Brutal Wolf Pack, your wolves gain attack speed when you critically hit. The wolves are your primary source of damage.
With the charge from Tearing or a use of Shred, you can easily avoid enemy attacks. Unlike cowardly Necromancers commanding their skeletons from behind, you are a real alpha leading your pack.
For more advice on the individual classes, you can find more information here:
