Best Diablo 4 Endgame Druid Build Guide (Skills, Spirit Boons & Gear) - D4 Launch Build for Druid

In Diablo IV, the shapeshifting mechanism allows Druids to transform into a werewolf or werebear with certain skills, which makes the class more fun to play. Now to prepare for the D4 launch, let’s dive into a Diablo 4 best endgame Druid build with the skill tree, gear, and spirit boons. 

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Best Diablo 4 Endgame Druid Build Guide - Best D4 Launch Build for Druid 

This D4 endgame build is a Werebear Druid, it is also a great tank build, if you add stacks of buffs based on health and survivability, it might be unstoppable in the PvP Fields of Hatred.

1. Skill Tree

- Basic skills: take Maul a basic attack that transforms you into a Werebear with passives that fortify you a bit and increase the area of effect.

- Core skills: go with a Werebear attack Pulverize with an added benefit of some passive damage reduction from enemies, the most important passive in this section is Iron Fur, where you can get 3% damage reduction while in the Werebear form, we're always going to be transforming into Werebear form and eventually with the insatiable Fury unique chest armor, we will permanently be in Werebear form that means permanent extra damage reduction.

- Defensive skills: Debilitating Roar will give you more damage reduction, when shapeshift into a Werebear and bellow a mighty roar, it reduces nearby enemies’ damage dealt by 70% for 4 seconds.

- Companion skills: you can put your points into everything, Ravens, Wolves, and Poison Creeper, the good thing about these skills is that they all have the passive effect of the companion existing and supporting you in battle. You can use the Poison Creeper’s active skill to entangle enemies and use the Ravens and Wolves' passive support, which works similarly to the Necromancer’s army of the day, especially with the unique gear that transforms the Wolves into Werewolves.

- Wrath skills: when you are shapeshifting into a Werebear, Trample will become unstoppable, smash through to the center of a horde of demons, knocking back, stunning, and fortifying while also dealing damage.

- Ultimate skills: Grizzly Rage is awesome, it gains 20% bonus damage and 20% damage reduction, while in Dire Werebear, the damage bonus is increased by 3% each second. The key passive is Ursine Strength, which gives you 20% additional health in this form.

2. Best Gear

If you are going to step into the endgame in Diablo IV with a Druid build, the unique gear pieces are important. There are lots of cool legendary aspects you can use to change the actual effects of skills. 

- Helm: Harlequin Crest. This is a D4 item from previous Diablo games, it plus four ranks for all skills and damage reduction.

- Chest Armor: Insatiable Fury. You can gain +2 ranks to all Werebear skills.

- Gloves: Aspect of the Alpha. Wolf companions are now werewolf companions. 

- Pants: Storm’s Companion. The wolf companions infused with the power of the storm, deal lightning damage and get the Storm Howl ability.

- Weapon: Shepherd’s Aspect. Additional core skill damage for every companion.

- Amulet: Accelerating Aspect. Critical strikes increase attack speed. 

- Ring 1: Mangled Aspect. A chance for the extra spirit when hit. 

- Ring 2: Aspect of the Ursine Horror. This is going to transform Pulverize into an earth skill and bring spikes up from the earth.

- Offhand: Shockwave Aspect. It creates a shock wave every time you use Pulverize.

3. Spirit Boons

Moving on to the unique class mechanic of Druid - Spirit Boons, there are four spirit animals, and each of them has four buffs, with a total of 16 buffs to choose from. 

- Snake: Obsidian Slam.

- Wolf: Calamity

- Eagle: Swooping Attacks

- Deer: Prickleskin, Wariness