To be a literal force of nature, you must play the Druid class in Diablo 4, a class that is not only easy to play, but it’s also quite fun. Let’s dive into the best Druid leveling build for Diablo 4 Season 3.
For the Season of the Construct, changes have favored a specific Druid build which will obliterate enemies in general — Constructs in particular.
Making the most of your Druid leveling build in Diablo 4 Season 3
During Season of the Construct, the best Druid leveling build in Diablo 4 continues to be the Landslide Druid leveling build. The usage of the Landslide skill will submit your enemies to the weight of the world, making demonic pulverization a very easy task for starting Druids. It is straight-up the build with the most starting damage of the Druid builds and, in case you love using tank characters, the Landslide Druid features a lot of survivability, making sure that crowd control becomes an easy task.
Whether you want to deal single-target damage to elites or bosses or have great AoE potential for lesser enemies, the Landslide Druid will have your back. Also, in the Season 3 patch notes, certain aspects of the skills and effects you’ll be using have been buffed pretty nicely.
Landslide Druid leveling build: Skill Bar
The Landslide Druid leveling build will help you get through most enemy encounters by following a simple formula. Using your Skill Bar in an optimized way will make things easy for you, and, to be honest, the Landslide Druid is a very easy build to master.
First off, to maximize damage output, you want to use Petrify as your starting attack. This will increase your Critical Strike Damage, feeding into Trample and Earthen Bulwark. Despite you literally rushing and jumping toward your enemies, these attacks will generate Fortify, which helps survivability by reducing incoming damage.
Critical Strike Damage was one of the buffs Druids received in Season 3, as it’s now multiplicative instead of additive. Finally, the pièce de résistance: the Landslide skill. Use it on enemy groups to clear them almost instantly. If necessary, you can also use Storm Strike in between, which generates Resonance, which increases your skill damage output.
- Cyclone Armor: Passive: Powerful winds surround you, granting 10% Non-Physical Damage Reduction. Active: The Winds rapidly expand, Knocking Back enemies and dealing 30% damage.
- Earthen Bulwark: Rocks surround you for three seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Base Life in damage.
- Landslide: Crush enemies between two pillars of earth, dealing up to 75% damage.
- Petrify: Encase all Nearby enemies in stone, Stunning them for three seconds. You deal 30% increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by Petrify. Against Bosses, the Critical Strike Damage bonus is increased to 50% and its duration is increased to 6 seconds.
- Storm Strike: Electricity gathers around your weapon, dealing 20% damage to your target and chaining to up to three surrounding enemies, dealing 20% less damage each time it chains. You gain 15% Damage Reduction for three seconds after dealing damage with Storm Strike.
- Trample: Shapeshift into a Werebear, become Unstoppable, and charge forward, dealing 75% damage and Knocking Back enemies. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 45% damage and are Stunned for three seconds.
Landslide Druid leveling build: Skill Point allocation
| Cluster | Skills |
|---|---|
| Basic Skill | Storm Strike Enhances Storm Strike Fierce Storm Strike |
| Core Skill | Landslide Level 5 Enhanced Landslide Primal Landslide Heart of the Wind Abundance Level 3 Wild Impulses Level 3 |
| Defensive Skill | Cyclone Armor Earthen Bulwark Enhanced Earthen Bulwark Preserving Earthen Bulwark Ancestral Fortitude Vigilance Level 3 Ancestral Fortitude Level 3 |
| Companion Skill | – |
| Wrath Skill | Trample Enhanced Trample Natural Trample Crushing Earth Stone Guard Level 3 Safeguard Level 3 |
| Ultimate Skill | Petrify Prime Petrify Supreme Petrify Defiance Level 3 Natural Disaster Level 3 Resonance Level 3 Defensive Posture Nature’s Resolve Unrestrained Level 3 |
| Key Passives | Ursine Strength |
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Landslide Druid leveling build: Best Seneschal Companion build
| Governing Stones | Bushwhack: Quickly ambush dealing damage to each target. May strike the same target multiple times. Protect: The Seneschal Construct materializes a protective Barrier on the player for a portion of their Maximum Life. |
| Tuning Stones | Utility Class (eg. Protect): – Safeguard Support: When used, the supported Skill grants Damage Reduction to you. – Tactical Support: Decrease the cooldown of the supported Skill. – Voluminous Support: The supported skill’s effect size is increased. Melee Class (eg. Bushwahck): – Devastation Support: Supported Skill gains a Critical Strike Damage bonus. – Breaking Support: Damage from the supported Skill instantly destroys enemy Barrier effects. In addition, there is a chance to make enemies Vulnerable for two seconds. – Tactical Support: Decrease the cooldown of the supported Skill. |
Landslide Druid leveling build: Spirit Boons
To favor the Landslide Druid level build, pick Scythe Talons, Bolster, Gift of the Stag, and Calm Before the Storm. Then, go ahead and unlock the other Spirit Boons so you can equip the final boon: Avian Wrath.
| Spirit Boon | Animal | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Scythe Talons | Eagle | Gain 5% increased Critical Strike Chance. |
| Bolster | Wolf | Fortify for 10% of your Maximum Life when you use a Defensive skill. |
| Gift of the Stag | Deer | Gain 10 Maximum Spirit. |
| Calm Before the Storm | Snake | Lucky Hit: Nature Magic Skills have up to 15% chance to reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate Skill by 2 seconds. |
| Avian Wrath | Eagle | Gain 30%[x] Critical Strike Damage. |
Now that you are ready to become the ultimate Landslide Druid, go ahead and level up to reach the endgame content. Once you do, make sure to change toward the Storm Wolf, Shred Tornado, or Pulverize Werebear Druid builds. These are the best builds for endgame content but worry about it once you are at level 50.
With Season 3 bringing along new Governing and Tuning Stones, let’s discuss how to start farming them for your Druid leveling build.
Published: Jan 24, 2024 11:07 am