So what's currently up with Druids? Are they okay to play, or no?
So what's currently up with Druids? Are they okay to play, or no?
I am literally just starting, and my friends that I'm gonna play with are telling me "pick anything but a druid, they're bad". But then I see articles out there saying that Druids are one of the most powerful at end game. Any thoughts from some of you that have been playing?
I would solidly rank druid as one of the top five classes you could play in Diablo 4.
I wanted to play as a bear, so I am playing as a druid, simple as. Am I weak, am I strong? How the hell should I know, I haven't played a different class yet! Just enjoying the game as it is and it's brilliant.
Bear is pretty stronk.
Maul maul pulverize next pack
Nothing annoys me more than powergamers giving out unsolicited advice. Play what you want to play, barring DM veto.
EDIT: I've just realized that I posted in the Diablo community. This is what I get for not reading the community name.
Gonna be a strange day when your DM vetos your Diablo class...
level 100 druid here. i've played landslide, trampleslide, pulverize, shred, and now finally i've arrived at storm wolf after getting tempest roar at 94.
the class owns. fuck the haters. storm wolf is a great end game chase, and when you finally get it online it is one of the strongest builds in the game.
I started with druid and it's fine. The game isn't bad when you just play a class, but it might feel bad when you start comparing other class builds. Still holds its own in any type of game encounter is what I've noticed. 55 druid, wt3
For real man just play the class that you wanna play. Druids are badass, what else matters?
Level 62 druid here.
- Fuck the meta, play what you enjoy.
- Druid can handle fine. I'm running a no shapeshift storm build and having a great time.
My brother is playing a druid and he absolutely smashes wt4. It was a rough start, but once his build came together he was shredding nightmare dungeons. I think you'd be fine playing a druid
Nice thanks!
I'm having fun playing a Druid that solely uses Werewolf skills and Wolf companions for roleplaying reasons. Not the most efficient build and single target damage output is not that great. But so far I've been able to beat The Butcher solo, so guess it isn't that bad. 😋
Just pick the class that appeals to you. You can play the same class in so many ways with the wide variety of available skills that a 'this class sucks' blanket statement is nonsense any way.
I started with rogue but rerolled to druid and never looked back. Never felt underpowered and the class is awesome. I didn't minmax either, just took whatever sounded like fun. Ever since a legendary dripped for me that heals me when I change form (I use storm strike melee basic skill and pulverize so I shapeshift a lot) I'm pretty much unkillable.
Pick whatever seems fun to you and whatever class fantasy speaks to you, there is nothing morenimportant for enjoyment.
The class has a very slow, very rough start; and is extremely gear/aspect dependent. However, once you are over the level 60-ish hump, it becomes an absolute powerhouse. I specifically chose the class because of how bad it was in beta, and I have loved how strong it ended up.
Pulv Druid, Trampslide both use earth skill passive synergy to ramp to a very solid strength, and are very easy to build into.
The wolf variants (Stormclaw, Tornado Wolf, CroneWolf, PoisonShred) all rely on getting the unique helm Tempest Cowl to start off. They are also very greedy about needing good stat rolls and aspects to get the crazy ramp. Much of their power is also tied up in the paragon board. That said, these are easily among the most broken OP builds in the game at the moment.
I'm lv 72 now. Am loving my Landslide, Petrify, Trample build.
Don't be me tho, I didn't do class quest to unlock the Druid Passive boons till Lv ~37. Granted by then I at least had enough of the items to unlock every one of them.
You want your most OP essence on your weapon, and the second best one on your amulet as they give bonuses to them.
The essences you get from dungeons have the lowest stats, if you find gear with better essence rolls/% make sure to extract it for later.
Won't link all my aspects, but the landslide one and the trample one are what make it golden
All jive well together for the big pew pews.
Feel like an earth bender or earth/rock ninja, but with angry-bear-bringing the landslide spamms.
I'm gonna potentially disagree with one thing: You should maybe avoid putting your best aspect on your weapon while still in the earlyish levels. Your weapon should be upgraded regularly when you find ones that do more damage, so reapplying aspects whenever you get a new weapon can be very expensive.
Don’t be me tho, I didn’t do class quest to unlock the Druid Passive boons till Lv ~37. Granted by then I at least had enough of the items to unlock every one of them.
It doesn't help that apparently that quest is locked behind a stronghold. I just reached that point, hoping with the benefits of being a 2nd character I'll be able to blast through it at those low levels.
I am level 40 now, have I been incredibly lucky to have both the trample and landslide aspects on dropped items? Can confirm they are fantastic to use!
Don’t know if I agree with the essence on the weapons, you should upgrade your weapon as often as possible since they define where your damage comes from afaik.
I'm currently lv56, have maxed out all companions, and use pulverize. It's probably not the best build, but I am having a lot of fun. Crowd control is excellent, damage against one enemy can be lacking sometimes, but is getting better. Will be interesting to see how far I can take it
So I beat the campaign as a Druid. There is some growing pain and I had a hard time getting my build to work in the earlier levels. The major issue being my aoe could destroy mobs but my single target damage was extremely low and bosses and elites would give me trouble.
I think some of that comes from naturally being drawn to wolf and bear skills which arguably aren’t that great for single target damage but are the more interesting skills to use. Higher levels and landslide wreck bosses though.
Now I’m around level 33 with a necromancer and honestly I can see why people are hating on the Druid. Necromancer feels way more powerful at both AOE and single target damage.
TLDR; In my opinion play what’s fun to you. The Druid is still a lot of fun and I’m sure there will probably be some nerfs and buffs soon.
I went Druid this time around. Usually am a squishy sorce glass cannon kinda guy, so I am really enjoying being a big bear(or wolf) and be a bit more tanky.
I will say early game can be a bit boring compared to other classes, and the loot table apparently is a lil wonky, but it’s been hella fun for me personally!
during the beta the druid was a little bit off, but imho it's fine now. the game just came out, and while i don't currently think any particular class is bad, there's always going to be some nerfs and buffs happening mostly at launch and a bit after. there will probably be nerfs/buffs throughout the course of the game too, so your friends can't really say for sure how the druid will end up, but i imagine it will be pretty balanced once things settle down.
I rolled necro but I've played with some druids, and they fucked. Level 53. Maybe it's not the strongest class or something but it looked sweet and killed stuff.
The streamers I watched (both hardcore) said 35-50 was pretty rough, but once skills come together and legendary starts dropping regularly it feels nice.
I got Vasily's Prayer last night actually.
I'm a Bear-Mage now. Swapped out petrify for Grizzly Rage and I got lucky with a ring with the sprit+spirit gen+ Essence.
Been on Tier IV since lv 68. I dinged 68 in mid tier IV capstone dungeon actually.
Am gonna try to do hard mode Lilith soon.
I got Penitent Greaves which triggers Crowd control essence/affix boosts and makes targets take 10% dmg while chilled to boot with them yay.
That triggers bonuses for earth magic against croud control essences/gem/affixes as well!
Now I really need Insatiable Fury I'm on my second paragon board. Did earth magic one and now doing the spirit+/creation/DMG boost board, next will be the shapshift one.
I'm lv 75.
Started as a WW Barb, was nerfed into the ground. I played a WW Rend Barb for a loooooong time in D3, so me sad. Transitioned to HotA for leveling (much better), then tried to go WW again. Got partied with an old friend who was doing just anything, pointed him to MaxRoll for a HotA build guide. Even though was still leveling, he surpassed me in damage. Went back to HotA.
Now I've started a druid, aiming at something that wrecks. It's still beter than WW, but not as stable as HotA (but that is to be expected at level 21, whereas my main is 71).
Long story short: like the others said, you should play what you want.
My buddy has a druid at about 80 and he does insane damage. He's running a build where he can cast tornados as a werewolf and it's beastly. You need some specific items to run that build though.