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Diablo 4 Build

Dread Claws - Best Warlock Leveling & Endgame Build

Season 13
presentationWarlock
Verified
Leveling
Updated on May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026

Build Overview

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This build will be using the Dread Claws core skill which seems to be ridiculously strong right out of the gate, providing insane damage, low resource cost, tons of synergies, and it happens to look sick as hell. We use the Encircling Terror Dread Claws node enabling the skill to be performed in a circle around our character providing great AoE coverage in addition to more damage via proccing an additional cast when paired with a greater demon. Summon Laalish counts as a greater demon, and provides a massive damage increase for us. Rampage is for 100% uptime on the additional cast we get with Encircling Terror Dread Claws. Nether Step is purely for mobility, Early we'll useMeat Shields Command Fallen later we'll swap to Fallen Rush Command Fallen because it means you don't have to manually press your basic skill in order to generate wrath to spam cast Dread Claws.

For our last skill we'll opt for an ultimate in the form of Terror Demon Metamorphosis to massively buff your Dread Claws. However, this variant of the ultimate aren't unlocked until level 41, so until then we'll be using Sigil of Subversion for hex application and some movement speed here and there.


Build Variants

Assigned Skills

Primary
2
15
Secondary
1
1
1
8
Soul Shards

Equipment

Legendaries are quite rare now, literally just use anything that seems good. For stats I'd priortiize Movement Speed > Demonology Damage/Abyss Damage/Generic Damage > Attack Speed > Willpower > Life > Armor/Resist > Life on Hit > CDR

I have no idea what the tempers are and if we'll even ahve access to them throughout leveling, but I imagine you just go for skill specific damage, demonology damage, abyss damage etc, maybe Dread Claws size as a utility temper, resist/life/armor as defensive temper

Runes: Cir Ceh Gar Cem Qua are all good, use them interchangeably.

Talismans

tbd

Skill Tree

Available43
Spent40

Mercenary

Video

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