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The best Druid build in Diablo 4 Season 10 is likely related to its summons. In fact, Companion Druid in Season 9 already demonstrated impressive damage, but it focused on summoning wolves, while Season 10 focuses on summoning Ravens.

This is primarily because of a Season 10 Chaos Perk, Savagery (unique to Druids), which makes Ravens a core skill, and The Season 10 unique item, Kilt of Blackwing, also buffs summons, making Diablo 4 Season 10 Storm Ravens Druid build possible.

Pros, Cons, And Bugs

The advantage of this build is that it's very simple, requiring fewer skills. However, simplicity doesn't mean it's less powerful. Players on PTR have easily reached over 130 The Pit with it, but this was primarily due to exploiting a bug in Aspect of the Wildrage and a numerical anomaly with Overabundance Perk. You know this bug is unlikely to appear in Season 10, but as far as this build itself is concerned, reaching 100 The Pit is no problem if you have good gear.

This build also has very low paragon and Diablo 4 item requirements. You only need two unique items to get it working, which means you can start this build early. It's likely to be on the same level as the Hydra Sorcerer from Season 9, which is very interesting.

It also has its drawbacks. First, its damage takes time to stack, and second, it's quite gear-dependent.

Finally, let's talk about the bug with Aspect of the Wildrage. It gives you a chance to trigger another companion's skill and reduce its cooldown when you cast one. If you only have Raven in your skill bar (whose cooldown can be reduced to 0), this aspect will reduce its cooldown to negative, causing your damage to increase infinitely. This bug will likely be fixed, so players should just play normally.

Storm Ravens Druid Skill Tree

Active Skills

• Wild Shear (Rank 1)
• Storm Stirke (Rank 1)
• Ravens (Rank 5): Enhanced Ravens and Brutal Ravens.
• Wolves (Rank 1): Enhanced Wolves, Ferocious Wolves
• Petrify (Rank 5): Prime Petrify and Supreme Petrify
• Cyclone Armor (Rank 1): Enhanced Cyclone Armor and Innate Cyclone Armor.
• Earthen Bulwark (Rank 1): Enhanced Earthen Bulwark.

Selected Passives

• Earthen Might: Enables Earth Skills to restore Spirit and increases Lucky Hit chance.
• Perfect Storm: Grants damage and Spirit restoration when using a Storm Skill.
• One with Nature: Grants an additional summon.
• Clarity: Increases the critical hit chance and damage of the next Core Skill after using a Companion Skill. Wild Impulses: Increases the consume and damage of core skills.

Spirit Hall

• Deer: Wariness
• Eagle: Scythe Talons and Avian Wrath
• Wolf: Energize
• Snake: Clam before the storm

Although you need to add many skills, you only need to fill your skill slots with Cyclone Armor, Petrify, Ravens, and Earthen Bulwark. Wolves skill is just used primarily to trigger buffs and lucky hits.

As for the other nodes, you can adjust them according to your needs. After all, the difficulty of enemies in The Pit and Nightmare Dungeons will vary. Adjusting skills won't consume too many Diablo 4 gold, but it's a bit complex process.

Storm Ravens Druid Equipment

• Helm: Gathlen's Birthright (Sapphire and Sapphire)
• Chest Armor: Shroud of False Death (Cir and Ceh)
• Gloves: Mighty Storm's Aspect
• Pants: Aspect of Mending Stone (Lum and Nagu)
• Boots: Kilt of Blackwing
• Amulet: Shepherd's Aspect (Diamond)
• Ring 1: Aspect of Retaliation (Diamond)
• Ring 2: Ring of Starless Skies (Diamond)
• Weapon: Stormcrow's Aspect (Emerald)
• Offhand: Aspect of the Stampede (Emerald)

The equipment requirements for this set aren't high, and most of the items are easily obtainable Legendary Aspects.

Shepherd's Aspect increases the damage of core abilities based on the number of companions.

Stormcrow's Aspect converts ravens damage to lightning damage, granting Storm tag and triggering additional bonuses. Aspect of Retaliatio provides a significant damage boost based on fortified health.

Aspect of Mending Stone enhances Petrify, increasing your survivability.

Aspect of the Stampede increases the number of all companions by +1, significantly increasing damage.

Mythic items can significantly improve your survivability and resource recovery, but they are not essential. Gathlen's Birthright and Kilt of Blackwing are core Diablo 4 items you need, as they activate the key passives of Perfect Storm and Earthen Might and increase the damage of your summons.

You can use Diablo 4 items to modify and improve your equipment affixes, and ideal equipment attributes are as follows;

• Attack Speed: Aim for 100%.
• Lucky Hit Chance: Aim for 100% with Raven skills.
• Crit Chance: It's easy to reach or approach 100% with skills and equipment.
• Ravens Deal Double Damage: Aim for 100%.
• Willpower: Druid's primary stat, increasing skill damage.
• Cooldown Reduction: Reduces the cooldowns of Petrify and Earthen Bulwark.
• Life: Ensures survival.

Chaos Powers Perk

• Savagery: Required. Makes companion skills considered core skills and provides a 60% (multiplicative) damage bonus, unlocking all core skill synergies.
• Marred Guard: Provides significant armor, resistances, fortified life, and barrier, greatly enhancing survivability.
• Accelerating Chaos: Increases Lucky Hit damage.
• Overabundance: A core source of damage boost.

Storm Ravens Druid build has demonstrated exceptional strength on the PTR, and its mechanics hold great potential. Even after the PTR bugs are fixed, this build is expected to remain a simple, powerful, and robust Tier A to Tier S build, perfect for Season 10 exploration and mid-to-late game levels of The Pit.

In the Season 10 PTR, Companion Druid received a significant buff. It's likely to become an endgame meta build, similar to Hydra Sorcerer from Season 9, as it was already a Tier S build in Season 9.

One of the main reasons many players enjoy playing Necromancer is that it's incredibly easy. You can delegate most of the work to your army, allowing you to leisurely farm Diablo 4 items like a stroll. Companion Druid build also summons armies of minions, with a maximum of 15.

Pros And Cons

Foremost, as a summoner build, this playstyle's biggest advantage is its ease. You can choose this playstyle early on. In areas with a lot of monsters, like dungeons or wilderness, your companions will handle them on their own. Even when facing bosses, Druid's superior damage makes them easy to defeat.

The obvious downside of this build is that it doesn't offer very strong survivability. This is a common problem with summon builds because you can treat your summons as your health in some ways, which leads to your own health not much. Most of the time, you can hide behind your companions, but once you encounter tough enemies like those in The Pit, you'll feel overwhelmed. However, with top-tier gear, you can reach at least 100 The Pit, as Companion Druid in Season 9 is incredibly powerful.

Horadric Spells

Catalyst

• Celestial Surge (bound to Wolves): Periodically deals area-of-effect damage.

Infusion

• Nebulous Extract: Reduces monster damage, increasing your companion's survivability.

Arcana

• Bloody Charm: Allows Celestial Surge to decimate low-health enemies.
• Fractured Core: Disables monster resistance auras, increasing your damage.
• Gleaming Conduit: Enhances Catalyst abilities.

Horadric Jewels

• Reverie Horn: Simply grants your summons a 50% (multiplier) damage boost.
• Idol From Below: Allows you to remain unstoppable and summon additional elite monsters for you to kill.
• Scornful Light: Increases your elemental damage and can increase the poison damage of Aspect of the Rabid Bear.

Companion Druid Skills

• Maul (Rank 1): Enhanced Maul
• Shred (Rank 1): Enhanced Shred and Primal Shred
• Cyclone Armor (Rank 1)
• Blood Howl (Rank 1): Enhanced Blood Howl and Innate Blood Howl
• Wolves (Rank 5): Enhanced Wolf Pack and Brutal Wolf Pack
• Ravens (Rank 1): Enhanced Ravens and Brutal Ravens
• Grizzly Rage (Rank 5): Prime Grizzly Rage and Supreme Grizzly Rage

Wolves are your core skill in Season 9. Storm's Companion (unique pants) grants your pack the ability to use Blood Howl and increases their attack speed. Moonrage Aspect, Aspect of the Stampede, and One With Nature (passive) increase your Wolves' skill levels, summon count, and damage.

Grizzly Rage is your ultimate ability, and you'll need Dire Wolf's Aspect to transform it into a werewolf ability. Shred is used for faster movement and to trigger transformation buffs. Blood Howl heals, increases damage, and triggers other passive abilities.

There are also some passive abilities you need to pay special attention to. Call of the Wild is the most suitable damage-boosting passive for this build, increasing the damage of your allies. Envenom and Toxic Claws increase your poison damage, but overall, they're not as good as Call of the Wild.

One With Nature, mentioned earlier, is a key passive, amplifying the damage boost from Shepherd's Aspect.

Druid Spirit Boons

• Deer Spirit: Wariness
• Eagle Spirit: Avian Wrath
• Wolf Spirit: Packleader
• Snake Spirit: Overload

Skill Order

In most situations, you can let your wolves handle the enemies on their own. However, when encountering elite or difficult enemies, you should actively use your skills to increase your damage.

Your skill order is as follows:

• 1. First, alternate between Maul and Shred to stack Quickshift buff.
• 2. Then activate Grizzly Rage and use Blood Howl at least once to activate its buff.
• 3. Use Shred to move closer to elite monsters or the next wave of enemies.
• 4. Use your Wolves skill to focus fire on elite or high-health targets.
• 5. Try to avoid using your allies' destructive ground-effect skills.

Glyphs

The boosts provided by Legendary Glyph nodes are also significant, so after reaching level 60, it's best to farm The Pit to upgrade your glyphs. Since glyph resets require Diablo 4 gold, it's best to plan ahead.

Level 15 Glyph

• ‍Wilds
• ‍Headhunter
• ‍Keeper
• ‍Earth and Sky
• ‍Spirit

Level 46 Glyph

• ‍Wilds
• ‍Earth and Sky
• ‍Spirit
• ‍Keeper
• ‍Headhunter

Companion Druid Equipment

Start

• Helm: Vigorous Aspect
• Chest Armor: Spirit Bond Aspect
• Gloves: Storm's Companion
• Pants: Juggernaut's Aspect
• Boots: Dire Wolf's Aspect
• Mainhand: Shepherd's Aspect
• Amulet: Aspect of the Alpha
• Left Ring: Aspect of the Rabid Bear
• Right Ring: Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast

Torment Difficulty (Ancestrals Items)

• Helm: Vigorous Aspect
• Chest Armor: Spirit Bond Aspect
• Gloves: Aspect of the Stampede
• Pants: Storm's Companion
• Boots: Dire Wolf's Aspect
• Mainhand: Shepherd's Aspect
• Amulet: Aspect of the Rabid Bear
• Left Ring: Moonrage Aspect
• Right Ring: Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast

Best Gear

• Helm: Heir of Perdition
• Chest Armor: Shroud of False Death
• Gloves: Aspect of the Stampede
• Pants: Storm's Companion
• Boots: Dire Wolf's Aspect
• Mainhand: Shepherd's Aspect
• Amulet: Aspect of the Rabid Bear
• Left Ring: Moonrage Aspect
• Right Ring: Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast

Most of this set's item requirements are relatively low, allowing you to build it early and save a considerable amount of Diablo 4 gold. Heir of Perdition and Shroud of False Death significantly increase your damage. If you need to fight bosses or push The Pit, you can adjust your gear details accordingly.

In addition, your first choice for runes is Nagu + Ceh, which summons more companions. Yul + Kry is also a good choice, which can help you gather monsters.

The above is the general outline of Season 9 Companion Druid build. You can familiarize yourself with its gameplay in advance. Season 10 strengthens Ravens' skills, so there may be some changes to Companion Druid skills in Season 10, but the core gameplay will not change much.