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Diablo 4 Druid BuildStorm Lord 4.0 Druid (Season 2) UNIQUE Glyph Version

Season 2
Build Summary

The Storm Lord Druid Build is BACK! It's now improved & a lot more fun to play. Call forth the power of storms as you rapidly Claw away at your foes. Storm Lord 4.0 is a Melee Basic Attack Druid with a focus on Claw & Petrify. It squeezes the Paragons for a good balance of survivability & dps. The playstyle is: charge at enemies, Stone & pull them in (Godslayer) & evading trough them to lower the Ult cooldown (Flickerstep) while spamming basic attacks to trigger many procs + 1 to 2 extra basic attacks per hit. The DPS is not META but it's reasonable, so around A tier.

Assigned Skills
Skill Tree
Paragon Board
Primary
5
1
Secondary
1
1
1
1
Spirit Boons
Deer
Eagle
Wolf
Snake
Aspects & Uniques
Gear Stats
Godslayer CrownHelm
Aspect of DisobedienceChest Armor
Symbiotic AspectGloves
Tibault's WillPants
FlickerstepBoots
Rapid AspectAmulet
Runeworker's Conduit AspectRing 1
X'Fal's Corroded SignetRing 2
Greatstaff of the CroneWeapon
OffhandEmpty
Gems
EmeraldWeapon
RubyArmor
SkullAmulet
Ring 1Empty
Ring 2Empty
Vampiric Powers
divinity4
ferocity10
eternity3
Moonrise
ferocity6
Anticipation
divinity1
Prey on the Weak
ferocity2
Metamorphosis
divinity2
eternity2
ferocity2
Sanguine Brace
divinity1
eternity1

Build Notes

Gameplay Loop

The gameplay Loop is simple and easy to follow for this build.

  1. Approach a pack of mobs or a Boss
  2. Use Poison Creeper's Active Skill to Apply Poison + Immobilize as well as trigger Godslayer's Crown. It also increases our crit chance vs enemies affected by it.
  3. Use Petrify on the pack of mobs or the Boss for massive AoE Stun + Potential extra Godslayer Pull + to make the enemies take more crit dmg from us. As a UBER bonus you have a chance to also cast a free Cataclysm Ult each time you cast Petrify :)
  4. Spam the Claw Basic Attack and/or Evade through the pack of mobs or boss
  5. Use Earthen Bulwark as much as possible to keep your Barrier up, as well for its bonus of Unstoppable & Fortify.
  6. Reuse **Poison Creeper's A
  7. Keep doing steps 3, 4, and 5 till the fight is over then rinse/repeat from step 1 for the next fight

Key notes:

  • Each time you Evade you become Unstoppable and trigger the dmg buff of Tibault's Will as well as its Spirit generation.
  • And each time you Stun or Immobilize an Elite (or hit a boss), you'll trigger Godslayer's Crown to pull in any nearby & distant enemies.
  • Earthen Bulwark can also trigger Tibault's Will as it also make us Unstoppable.
  • X'Fal's Corroded Signet will trigger a lot thanks to its base lucky hit of 50% on top of the build getting extra Lucky hit from the unique ring & the gloves rolls (you may consider rolling lucky hit on the legendary ring too).
How It Works

NOTE: This is the Version with the NEW Tears of Blood Unique Glyph!!! (check my profile for the Regular Version) Season 2 is Ongoing & after extensive testing I bring you a Melee Basic Attack Druid with a Spammy DPS & Stuns Synergy for the archetype. The build's easy to gear up & get things going but requires 2 non-codex aspects. 4 out of 5 Uniques are Duriel drops too. As usual, I’ll evolve & keep my builds updated. This is one such build for the Druid Class called Storm Lord 4.0

VAMPIRIC POWERS:

  1. Metamorphosis = Evading making us unstoppable is great! This helps triggering Tibault's Will's unique special/effect. Also causes Vampiric Curse (read below why it's needed)
  2. Prey on the Weak = it's good bit of extra dps but also good synergy with Flickerstep builds so we don't require Accursed Touch as evading through enemies will keep the curse on them (due to Metamorphosis).
  3. Anticipation = -20% cooldown time for our Petrify is great!
  4. Moonrise = TOP synergy for this build. Why? Well each basic attack is actually two, BUT it can also end up being 3 due to our Key Passive so the bonus DMG to basic attacks really adds up.
  5. Sanguine Brace = a very good fit for classes that can keep the fortify up (like a Druid) for that extra +8% crit chance is great here. Alternative: Hemomancy = this one helps with trash mobs clear and also heals us a bit every 4 seconds. Very good on Overworld content like Helltide or Blood Harvest.

Good Aspects to use before you get all Uniques:

  • Overcharged Aspect (Ring 2)
  • Ghostwalker Aspect (Boots)
  • Aspect of Might/Vigorous Aspect (Pants) some may prefer using Legendary Pants for higher tier NMDs and only swap to Tibault's Will for Bosses or for easier content for the Spirit generation.
  • Aspect of The Protector/Exploiter's Aspect/Stormshifter Aspect (Helm)
  • Conceited Aspect OR Edgemaster's Aspect (for 2h weapon) OR Conceited + Edgemaster's (if using a 1h+off-hand combo)

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