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PoE 2 Build

Best early WOLF druid build

presentationDruid
0.4 TLotD
presentationShaman
Creator
Updated on Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025

Build Overview

From ZiggyD's presentation, it became clear that at the beginning of the campaign, the bear and wolf skill “packages” work best together with strong and consistent synergies. While building a build that destroys at the beginning of Whyvern is a little more complicated, and a Magic Druid is dependent on more resources that you only have available later in the game.

For this reason, I am putting together two bulletproof builds for you to run through the campaign without any major problems. One Slam bear build and one Ice Wolf build. Enjoy!

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Good clear
  • Good damage
  • It just keeps getting better.
  • At the beginning of the game, having a good weapon is crucial for a good clear.

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
+2

I focused purely on Armor instead of Energy Shield as well. But I don't see a problem in focusing on both Energy Shield and Armor; you'll just have to swap some points from passives that are focused on armor for points in ES/Armor.

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 35

Dex 20

Int 50

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1

Shred

Shred
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2

Lunar Assault

Lunar Assault
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3

Pounce

Pounce
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4

Frost Bomb

Frost Bomb
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5

Cross Slash

Cross Slash
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6

Arctic Howl

Arctic Howl
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7

Herald of Ice

Herald of Ice
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8

Overwhelming Presence

Overwhelming Presence
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9

Lunar Blessing

Lunar Blessing
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Gem Priority
+22


You cant stop using Frost Bomb when you get Turning of the Seasons from shamam

We will have many new support gems. Check out the game recommendations, as we may have other better options.

Passive Tree

main:
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123
set 1:
20
20
set 2:
20
20

Points of Ascendency in Order;

  1. Sacred Flow
  2. Wisdom of the Maji
  3. Reactive Growth
  4. Avatar of Evolution

How it Plays

Right at the start, we unlock Lunar Assault and Shred. Lunar Assault is usually your first move, use it to freeze your enemies.

Once frozen, use Shred to finish them off. When you use Shred on frozen enemies, you generate Ice Fragments around them.

The next skill you will unlock is Pounce, your main movement skill. When you have spare gems, put Freezing Mark on Pounce to make freezing easier and deal more damage.

The next skill you will unlock is Arctic Howl . Use it and maintain your buff to increase your damage. You can also use it to freeze your enemies sooner; a small ball will appear above them.

At the beginning of the game, Thunderstorm can help you freeze bosses more easily.

Finally, we get Cross Slash, which is the finishing skill of the combo. It will activate the enemy's marks and Icefragments, dealing much more damage.

With that, our combo is: Arctic Howl for buff, Pounce on the enemy, Lunar Assault until frozen, Shred until the enemy comes out of the freeze, and finish with Cross Slash.

And when you reach level 13 gems, you unlock Lunar Blessing, which is another buff for the build.


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