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D4 PULVERIZE DRUID BUILD

This D4 pulverize Druid Build brings some insane Single-Target damage thanks to the way some legendaries enhance the damage of Landslide.  Pulverize we’re able to dish out some intense Area-Damage as well. 

Wit this Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid you’ll buff yourself, debuff the enemies and then pop them with a single attack. Its fun, and easy! Give it a try, and use the Index below to jump to whatever information you’re looking for for your Druid build.

Massive shoutout to Goavs34 for the build!

D4 PULVERIZE DRUID PROS / CONS

D4 PULVERIZE DRUID VIDEO GUIDE

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PULVERIZE DRUID PARAGON BOARD

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DRUID PULVERIZE BUILD

DRUID PULVERIZE BUILD
SHAPESHIFTER GLYPH SPIRIT GLYPH FANG AND CLAW GLYPH UNDAUNTED GLYPH EXPLOIT GLYPH

SHAPESHIFTER GLYPH

SPIRIT GLYPH

FANG AND CLAW GLYPH

UNDAUNTED GLYPH

EXPLOIT GLYPH

D4 PULVERIZE DRUID SKILLS & PASSIVES

BASIC ABILITY

The first ability your Pulverize Druid will unlock, used to apply vulnerability and damage the enemy. Grab this ability and these two passives.

Storm Strike
Storm Strike
BasicStormNature-Magic
Generate Spirit: 14
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Electricity gathers around your weapon, dealing 20% damage to your target and chaining to up to 3 surrounding enemies, dealing 20% less damage each time it chains.

1 Point

Enhanced Storm Strike
Enhanced Storm Strike
Storm Strike has a 15% chance to Immobilize all enemies hit for 2.5 seconds.

1 Point

Fierce Storm Strike
Fierce Storm Strike
Storm Strike has a 50% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

1 Point

CORE ABILITY

In a rare twist we will slot two Core Abilities in the short term, because we only use Pulverize once every 12 seconds for its guaranteed overpower. Pulverize for AOE damage, Landslide for Single-Target. 

Once we get some legendaries and passives to amp up our pulverize damage, we will be able to drop landslide for AOE and single target damage.

D4 Pulverize DruidPulverize
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Pulverize
CoreWerebearShapeshifting
Spirit Cost: 35
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Shapeshift into a Werebear and slam the ground, dealing 50% damage to surrounding enemies.

5 Points

D4 Pulverize DruidEnhanced Pulverize
D4 Pulverize Druid
Enhanced Pulverize
Your next Pulverize will Overpower every 12 seconds while you remain Healthy.

1 Point

D4 Pulverize DruidPrimal Pulverize
D4 Pulverize Druid
Primal Pulverize
Enemies hit with Pulverize deal 20% reduced damage for 4 seconds.

1 Point

Predatory Instinct
Predatory Instinct
Critical Strike Chance against Close enemies is increased by +2%.

1 Point

Iron Fur
Iron Fur
You gain 3% Damage Reduction while in Werewolf form.
This bonus persists for 3 seconds after leaving Werebear form.

3 Point

DEFENSIVE ABILITY

Earthen Bulwark will be your source of Unstoppable allowing you to break from from stuns, snares and other crowd control abilities that are likely to kill you. Grab this ability and these two passives.

Earthen Bulwark
Earthen Bulwark
DefensiveNature-MagicEarth
Cooldown: 16 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Base Life 3 in damage.

1 Point

Enhanced Earthen Bulwark
Enhanced Earthen Bulwark
Earthen Bulwark makes you Unstoppable while active.

1 Point

Innate Earthen Bulwark
Innate Earthen Bulwark
Rock shrapnel flies outward when Earthen Bulwark is destroyed or expires, dealing 30% to surrounding enemies. This damage is increased by Barrier bonuses.

1 Point

Cyclone Armor
Cyclone Armor
DefensiveStormNature-Magic
Cooldown: 18 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
  • Passive: Powerful winds surround you, granting 10% Non-Physical Damage Reduction.
  • Active: The winds rapidly expand, Knocking Back enemies and dealing 30% damage.

1 Point

Ancestral Fortitude
Ancestral Fortitude
Increase your Non-Physical Resistances by 5%.

1 Point

Vigilance
Vigilance
You gain 5% Damage Reduction for 6 seconds after using Defensive Skill.

3 Point

COMPANION ABILITY

This Druid Build will utilize a Ravens as a great aid in our screen clearing desires. Ravens do great AOE damage while debuffing the enemies with Vulnerable. You can spec into Poison Creeper until you unlock your Ultimate.

Clarity
Clarity
Gain 2 Spirit when transforming into Human form.

3 Point

WRATH ABILITIES

In this Druid build we have elected to forgo a wrath ability, and instead take a second companion.

Hurricane
Hurricane
WrathStormNature-Magic
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 22.4238%
Form a hurricane around you that deals 97.5% damage to surrounding enemies over 8.4 seconds.

1 Point

Enhanced Hurricane
Enhanced Hurricane
Enemies who are damaged by Hurricane are Slowed by 25% for 2 seconds.

1 Point

Savage Hurricane
Savage Hurricane
Enemies affected by Hurricane deal 20% less damage.

1 Point

Crushing Earth
Crushing Earth
Earth Skills deal x5% increased damage to Slowed, Stunned, Immobilized or Knocked Back enemies.

3 Point

Safeguard
Safeguard
Critical Strikes with Earth Skills Fortify, you for 2.2% Base Life 10.

1 Point

Stone Guard
Stone Guard
While you have Fortify, for over 50% of your Maximum Life, your Earth Skills deal x4% increased damage.

3 Point

Neurotoxin
Neurotoxin
Poisoned enemies are slowed by 8%.

1 Point

Envenom
Envenom
Poisoned enemies take x10% additional Critical Strike Damage.

3 Point

Toxic Claws
Toxic Claws
Critical Strikes with Werewolf Skills deal 7.5% of their Base damage as Poisoning damage over 4 seconds.

1 Point

ULTIMATE ABILITY

This Diablo 4 Druid Build is going to take Cataclysm as its ultimate for the great damage it provides.

Defiance
Defiance
Nature Magic Skills deal x4% increased damage to Elites.

3 Point

Natural Disaster
Natural Disaster
Your Earth Skills deal x4% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.

Your Storm Skills deal x4% increased damage to enemies that are Stunned, Immobilized, or Knocked Back.

3 Point

Resonance
Resonance
Nature Magic Skills deal 1 increased damage. Triple this bonus if an Earth Skill is the next Skill cast after a Storm Skill, or a Storm Skill is the next Skill cast after an Earth Skill.

3 Point

Defensive Posture
Defensive Posture
Increases the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by +5%.

1 Point

Quickshift
Quickshift
When a Shapeshifting Skill transforms you into a different form, it deals x5% increased damage.

3 Point

Natural Fortitude
Natural Fortitude
Shapeshifting Fortifies you for 1.4% Base Life 10.

1 Point

Heightened Senses
Heightened Senses
Upon Shapeshifting into a Werewolf or Werebear, gain 4% Damage Reduction against Elites for 5 seconds.

3 Point

KEY PASSIVE

Nature’s Fury
Nature’s Fury
Casting an Earth Skill has a 20% chance to trigger a free Storm Skill of the same category.

In addition, casting a Storm Skill has a 20% chance to trigger a free Earth Skill of the same category.

D4 PULVERIZE DRUID CLASS MECHANIC

DRUID SPIRIT BOONS

This D4 pulverize druid build will take the following passives to maximize damage and survivability!

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Wariness
Wariness
Take 10% reduced damage from Elites.
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Scythe Talons
Scythe Talons
Gain +5% increased Critical Strike Chance.
Avian Wrath
Avian Wrath
Gain x30% Critical Strike Damage.
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Bolster
Bolster
Fortify for 10% of your Maximum Life when you use a Defensive Skill.
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Obsidian Slam
Obsidian Slam
Every 10th kill will cause your next Earth Skill to Overpower

D4 PULVERIZE DRUID ROTATION

1

Storm Strike
Storm Strike
BasicStormNature-Magic
Generate Spirit: 14
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Electricity gathers around your weapon, dealing 20% damage to your target and chaining to up to 3 surrounding enemies, dealing 20% less damage each time it chains.

Use Storm Strike to generate Fury and Debuff your enemies with Vulnerable.

2

Earthen Bulwark
Earthen Bulwark
DefensiveNature-MagicEarth
Cooldown: 16 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Rocks surround you for 3 seconds, granting a Barrier that absorbs 45% of your Base Life 3 in damage.

Pop your Bulwark Shield and run into the middle of a large pack of enemies.

3

Storm Strike
Storm Strike
BasicStormNature-Magic
Generate Spirit: 14
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Electricity gathers around your weapon, dealing 20% damage to your target and chaining to up to 3 surrounding enemies, dealing 20% less damage each time it chains.

Use Storm Strike to generate Fury and Debuff your enemies with Vulnerable.

4

D4 Pulverize DruidPulverize
D4 Pulverize Druid
Pulverize
CoreWerebearShapeshifting
Spirit Cost: 35
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Shapeshift into a Werebear and slam the ground, dealing 50% damage to surrounding enemies.

Alternate between pulverize and storm strike. (storm strike will give you resource to cast pulverize, and it will also buff your next cast of pulverize)

5

Hurricane
Hurricane
WrathStormNature-Magic
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 22.4238%
Form a hurricane around you that deals 97.5% damage to surrounding enemies over 8.4 seconds.

Hurricane should have 100% uptime 

6

Cyclone Armor
Cyclone Armor
DefensiveStormNature-Magic
Cooldown: 18 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
  • Passive: Powerful winds surround you, granting 10% Non-Physical Damage Reduction.
  • Active: The winds rapidly expand, Knocking Back enemies and dealing 30% damage.

Use Cyclone armor on cooldown, it helps with sustain and can proc earthen bulwark

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STAT PRIORITY ON GEAR

HELMET

Aspect of Disobedience
Aspect of Disobedience
Defensive
You gain .25-.50% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to 15-30%.
Unlocked by completing Halls of the Damned in Kehjistan
Every class

-or-
Cooldown Reduction
Max Life
Total Armor
Willpower

CHEST

Aspect of Mending Stone
Aspect of Mending Stone
Druid
The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy with Earth Skills replenishes x of your active Earthen Bulwark’s Barrier.
Unlocked by completing Sealed Archives in Dry Steppes
Druid

-OR-
Maximum Life
Damage Reduction
Total Armor
Damage Reduction from Close Enemies

GLOVES

Crashstone Aspect
Crashstone Aspect
Offensive
Earth Skills deal 30-40% more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.
Progress Campaign in Scosglen to unlock
Unlocked by completing Stockades in Scosglen
Druid

Ranks of Pulverize
Critical Strike Chance
Critical Strike Chance to Injured
Lucky Hit Chance

LEGS

Aspect of Might
Aspect of Might
Offensive
Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for 2-6 seconds.
Progress Campaign in Dry Steppes to unlock
Unlocked by completing Dark Ravine in Dry Steppes
Every class

-OR-
Maximum Life
Damage Reduction
Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
Total Armor

BOOTS

Symbiotic Aspect
Symbiotic Aspect
Utility
When the Nature’s Fury Key Passive triggers a free Skill, your non Ultimate Cooldowns of the opposite type are reduced by 3-5 seconds.
Random drop
Druid

Move Speed
Spirit Cost Reduction
All Stats
Damage Reduction While Injured

1H AXE

Aspect of the Ursine Horror
Aspect of the Ursine Horror
Offensive
Pulverize is now also an Earth Skill. After casting Pulverize, tectonic spikes continue to deal x damage over 2 seconds.
Unlocked by completing Belfry Zakara in Hawezar
Druid

Vulnerable Damage

Critical Strike Damage
Core Skill Damage
Willpower

TOTEM

Aspect of Natural Balance
Aspect of Natural Balance
Offensive
Casting a Storm Skill grants your Earth Skills 30-45% Critical Strike Damage for 4 seconds. Casting an Earth Skill increases Critical Strike Chance of Storm Skills by 8-12% for 4 seconds.
Random drop
Druid

Spirit Cost Reduction
Damage Reduction

Cooldown Reduction
Willpower

AMULET

Aspect of Disobedience
Aspect of Disobedience
Defensive
You gain .25-.50% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to 15-30%.
Unlocked by completing Halls of the Damned in Kehjistan
Every class

Cooldown Reduction
Spirit Cost Reduction
Damage Reduction
Total Armor
-also good-
Damage Reduction from Close Enemies

RINGS

Aspect of Retaliation
Aspect of Retaliation
Offensive
Your Core Skills deal up to 20-40% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify.
Unlocked by completing Seaside Descent in Dry Steppes
Druid

Shockwave Aspect
Shockwave Aspect
Offensive
Pulverize creates a shockwave that travels forward, dealing 60-100% of its damage to targets in the path.
Random drop
Druid

Critical Strike Damage
Critical Strike Chance
Vulnerable Damage
Crit Damage to Earth Skills

D4 PULVERIZE DRUID LEGENDARY ASPECTS

The best aspects and Legendaries will be listed below for the Pulverize Druid Build, broken into their different types. You can only benefit from one aspect at a time, so don’t try to wear two of the same aspect.

CODEX OF POWER - DUNGEONS

These Legendary Aspects can be target farmed by simply completing the Dungeon they are located in. Once completed the aspect will appear in your codex of power for you to use as any time you want.

FRACTURED PEAKS

Eluding Aspect
Eluding Aspect
Utility
Becoming Injured while Crowd Controlled grants you Unstoppable for 4 seconds. This effect has a 40-20 second Cooldown.
Unlocked by completing Caldera Gate in Fractured Peaks
Every class

Aspect of the Protector
Aspect of the Protector
Defensive
Damaging an Elite enemy grants you a Barrier absorbing up to x damage for 10 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 30 seconds.
Unlocked by completing Lost Archives in Fractured Peaks
Every class

SCOSGLEN

Aspect of Inner Calm
Aspect of Inner Calm
Offensive
Deal 5-10% increased damage for each second you stand still, up to 30%.
Progress Campaign in Scosglen to unlock
Unlocked by completing Raethwind Wilds in Scosglen
Every class

Edgemaster’s Aspect
Edgemaster’s Aspect
Offensive
Skills deal up to 10-20% increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource.
Unlocked by completing Oldstones in Scosglen
Every class

Ballistic Aspect
Ballistic Aspect
Utility
When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +2 Ranks.
Unlocked by completing Whispering Pines in Scosglen
Druid

Crashstone Aspect
Crashstone Aspect
Offensive
Earth Skills deal 30-40% more Critical Strike Damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.
Progress Campaign in Scosglen to unlock
Unlocked by completing Stockades in Scosglen
Druid

Aspect of Quicksand
Aspect of Quicksand
Utility
Damage from Earth Skills Slow enemies hit by 25-50% for 5 seconds.
Unlocked by completing Feral’s Den in Scosglen
Druid

Aspect of the Expectant
Aspect of the Expectant
Offensive
Attacking enemies with a Basic Skill increases the damage of your next Core Skill cast by 5-10% up to 30%.
Unlocked by completing Underroot in Scosglen
Every class

DRY STEPPES

Rapid Aspect
Rapid Aspect
Offensive
Basic Skills gain 15-30% Attack Speed.
Unlocked by completing Buried Halls in Dry Steppes
Every class

Aspect of Mending Stone
Aspect of Mending Stone
Druid
The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy with Earth Skills replenishes x of your active Earthen Bulwark’s Barrier.
Unlocked by completing Sealed Archives in Dry Steppes
Druid

Shepherd’s Aspect
Shepherd’s Aspect
Offensive
Core Skills deal an additional 6-10% damage for each active Companion.
Unlocked by completing Bloodsoaked Crag in Dry Steppes
Druid

Aspect of Retaliation
Aspect of Retaliation
Offensive
Your Core Skills deal up to 20-40% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify.
Unlocked by completing Seaside Descent in Dry Steppes
Druid

Aspect of Might
Aspect of Might
Offensive
Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for 2-6 seconds.
Progress Campaign in Dry Steppes to unlock
Unlocked by completing Dark Ravine in Dry Steppes
Every class

HAWEZAR

Aspect of the Ursine Horror
Aspect of the Ursine Horror
Offensive
Pulverize is now also an Earth Skill. After casting Pulverize, tectonic spikes continue to deal x damage over 2 seconds.
Unlocked by completing Belfry Zakara in Hawezar
Druid

KEHJISTAN

LEGENDARY ITEMS - RANDOM DROP

These are the legendary aspect that can only be found as a drop in the game. You must kill enemies and bosses until you get these legendary items to drop.

Aspect of the Crowded Sage
Aspect of the Crowded Sage
Defensive
You Heal for x Life per second for each Close enemy, up to x Life per second.
Random drop
Every class

Conceited Aspect
Conceited Aspect
Offensive
Deal 15-25% increased while you have a Barrier active.
Random drop
Every class

Smiting Aspect
Smiting Aspect
Offensive
You have 10-20% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain 20-40% increased Crowd Control Duration.
Random drop
Every class

DROPS - DRUID SPECIFIC

Aspect of the Stampede
Aspect of the Stampede
Offensive
Gain 1 additional Companion. In addition, your Companion Skills deal 16-26% bonus damage.
Random drop
Druid

Earthguard Aspect
Earthguard Aspect
Defensive
Gain 15-25% bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of 100% .
Random drop
Druid

Shockwave Aspect
Shockwave Aspect
Offensive
Pulverize creates a shockwave that travels forward, dealing 60-100% of its damage to targets in the path.
Random drop
Druid

UNIQUE ITEMS

These are the unique items you should look out for. These won’t start dropping until you reach Tier 3 Difficulty, known as Nightmare.