Wolf Companion Endgame Druid Build for Diablo 4 (Season 4)

Build Introduction

The Wolf Companion Druid build will focus on using Wolves as the main source of single target damage, with Poison Creeper and Ravens dealing AoE damage and used as clearing skills. This build uses Blood Howl as the main defensive, as well as utilizing Trample to be able to get out of sticky situations.

If you are looking for a build that lets you focus on your companions and have them do the killing, all while you are able to stay back and tank any damage that may hit you, then this is the build for you.

This endgame build guide assumes your character is at least Level 50. Check the Druid Leveling Guide if you need help getting there.

Strengths and Weaknesses

To see how this build compares to the other builds on our site, you can check out our build tier lists.

Build Requirements

Required Uniques

Storm’s Companion

Required Legendary Aspects

Aspect of the Alpha

Aspect of the Stampede

Shepherd’s Aspect

Skill Bar and Skill Tree Points

Recommended

Suggested Skill Bar

Blood Howl Poison Creeper Wolves Ravens Wind Shear Trample

Follow the points allocated in the Skill Tree above for the complete 58-point build. The additional 10 skill points are completed using the Renown system.

Spirit Boons – The Druid Specialization

Below is the order in which you should unlock your Spirit Boons. Only offer enough Druidic Spirit Offerings to unlock the first four listed Boons and then fully unlock the rest to activate the final Boon with Spirit Bonding.

Paragon Board

We recommend using the following Legendary nodes and Rare Glyphs to truly take this build into the endgame. Note that each Rare Glyph’s information and radius listed below is for the Level 21 version.

Click this link to see the Paragon Board in its entirety! Paragon Board images are courtesy of d4builds.gg.

1. Starting Board

For the Starting Board, path up and place the Human Glyph into the Glyph Socket.

2. Heightened Malice

For the second board, choose Heightened Malice, placed against the Starting Board. Socket the Spirit Glyph into the Glyph Socket.

3. Inner Beast

For the Third Board, Choose Inner Beast, placed against the left side of Heightened Malice. Socket the Wilds Glyph into the Glyph Socket, making sure to take ALL of the Int nodes to increase our Wolves Damage.

4. Lust For Carnage

For the fourth board choose Lust For Carnage placed against the bottom of Inner Beast. Socket the Keeper Glyph into the Glyph Socket.

5. Constricting Tendrils

For the 5th Board choose Constricting Tendrils placed against the left side of Lust for Carnage. Socket the Exploit Glyph into the Glyph Socket making sure to take all of the Dexterity nodes to increase our Vulnerable damage.

6.Survival Instincts

For the 6th board choose Survival Instincts placed along the top of Constricting Tendrils. Socket the Poise Glyph into the Glyph Socket.

7.Ancestral Guidance

For the 7th board choose Ancestral Guidance placed along the top of Heightened Malice. Socket the Protector Glyph into the Glyph Socket.

Gear, Gems, Elixirs, and Stats

The Season of Loot Reborn brings us an incredible shift in how gear and itemization are done. It is major and will affect the game beyond Season 4’s confines. For further details, make sure to read our Tempering and Masterworking section below.

Legendary Aspects

Each aspect is listed with its matching gear slot. Do your best to keep each aspect in the assigned slot. Additionally, if you are trying to farm a specific item, we recommend using your Obols to target farm them!

Gear Slot	Gems	Aspect / Unique	Legendary Aspect / Unique Power
Helm	Royal Ruby	Juggernaut’s Aspect	Gain [X] Armor, but your Evade has 100% increased Cooldown.
Chest	Royal Ruby	Skinwalker’s Aspect	When you use a Shapeshifting Skill that changes your form, gain {#} Life. If you are at full Life, gain the same amount as Fortify.
Gloves	N/A	Aspect of the Calm Breeze	Lucky Hit: Wind Shear has up to a [7 – 12%] chance to fully restore your Spirit. Wind Shear now deals X Poisoning damage over 4 seconds.
Pants	Royal Ruby	Storm’s Companion	Your Wolf Companions are infused with the power of the storm, dealing Lightning damage and gaining the Storm Howl ability.
Boots	N/A	Aspect of Concussive Strikes	Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy has up to a 20% chance to Daze them for 2 seconds. You deal x [5 – 20%] increased damage to Dazed enemies.
Amulets(50% bonus)	Royal Diamond	Aspect of the Stampede	Gain 1 additional Companion. In addition, your Companion Skills deal {X – X%} bonus damage.
Ring	Royal Diamond	Aspect of the Wildrage	Your Companions gain the bonuses from the Bestial Rampage Key Passive.
Ring	Royal Diamond	Nighthowler’s Aspect	Blood Howl increases Critical Strike Chance by +[5 – 10]%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds.
2 Handed Weapon	Royal Emerald	Aspect of the Alpha	Your Wolf Companions are now Werewolf Companions. Werewolf Companions deal {75 – 100%} additional damage and can spread Rabies.

Gems

See below for a more detailed explanation of the best Gems to socket into your gear for each category.

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Royal Emerald For Increased Critical Strike Damage	Royal Ruby For increased Maximum Life.	Royal Diamond Or Whatever Resist you need

Which Elixirs Should You Use?

Visit the Alchemist and craft an Elixir providing any Resistance you need most, the Elixir of Precision II to increase Crit and Crit Damage for bossing, or the Elixir of Holy Bolts to increase Clear speed. Some Elixirs cannot be crafted and only drop from things like Helltides or Nightmare Dungeons. Additionally, make sure to keep your health potion upgraded!

Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Affixes on the same line are considered to be equally important. Bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades. Additionally, there are several very specific affixes that are required to make the build work, they are as follows:

• Companion Finesse: [82.5 – 105%] Wolves Damage
• Companion Efficiency: [23.5 – 32.5%] Wolves Cooldown Reduction

Slot	Targeted Gear Affixes	Tempering Affixes
Helm	1. Ranks to Wolves 2. Willpower 3.Life/Armor	Companion Innovation: [13 – 17.5%] Wolves Attack Speed Shapeshifting Endurance:[8 – 10%] Blood Howl Cooldown Reduction
Chest	1. Ranks to Blood Howl 2. Willpower 3. Maximum Life/Armor	Companion Innovation: [13 – 17.5%] Wolves Attack Speed Shapeshifting Endurance:[8 – 10%] Blood Howl Cooldown Reduction
Gloves	1. % Critical Strike Chance 2. % Attack Speed 3. Willpower	Companion Finesse: [82.5 – 105%] Wolves Damage Companion Innovation: [13 – 17.5%] Wolves Attack Speed
Pants	Storm’s Companion 1. Ranks to Wolves 2. Damage Reduction	Unique
Boots	1. Willpower 2. % Movement Speed 3. Maximum Life/Armor	Natural Motion: [8 – 12.5%] Movement Speed Companion Innovation: [13 – 17.5%] Wolves Attack Speed
Amulet	1. Ranks to Call of the Wild 2. % Willpower 3. % Critical Strike Chance	Companion Finesse: [82.5 – 105%] Wolves Damage Companion Efficiency: [23.5 – 32.5%] Wolves Cooldown Reduction
Rings	1. % Critical Strike Chance 2. % Attack Speed 3. Willpower	Companion Finesse: [82.5 – 105%] Wolves Damage Companion Efficiency: [23.5 – 32.5%] Wolves Cooldown Reduction
2H-Weapons	1. Willpower 2. % Damage 3. % Critical Strike Damage	Companion Finesse: [82.5 – 105%] Wolves Damage Elemental Surge: Any of them as a proc for our wolves

Keep in mind that the maximum Resistance is 70% by default for each element and can be increased to 85% by various sources.

Rotation and Playstyle

Our damage rotation is actually a priority system and it is the same for AoE and Single Target situations:

1. Use Wolves on Cooldown
2. Use Wind Shear to Apply Poison
3. Use Poison Creeper on Cooldown
4. Use Blood Howl on cooldown (stay in Werewolf form for 3 seconds to gain Bestial Rampage buff)
5. Use Trample if you need to escape a pack or gain the Bestial Rampage buff by staying in it for 3 seconds.
6. Use Ravens for additional damage in a clumped pack

Make sure to check out the advanced Build Mechanics section for a more in-depth description of how the build works, what synergies exist, and what to look out for.

Uniques and Uber Uniques

Below you will find information on Uniques and Uber Uniques that are useful for this build. Moreover, if you are interested in target farming Uber Uniques, check out our How to Farm Uber Uniques guide.

Uniques

Listed below are the recommended and optional Unique Items for this build.

• Storm’s Companion

Uber Uniques

The information below lists our recommendations for which Uber Uniques will work best with this build and which Aspects they should replace. Uber Uniques can start dropping from monsters Level 55 or higher and will always drop at 925 item power. If a Unique or Uber Unique is not listed here, it is NOT recommended and won’t benefit this specific build in any way.

• Harlequin Crest – Replaces Juggernaut’s Aspect

Season 4: Loot Reborn

The following list details the changes in the Season 4 Update (Patch 1.4.0) that may pertain to Druid.

• Necromancer, Barbarian, Druid, and Sorcerer Companions now receive 100% of the player’s attributes.
• Packleader
  • Cooldown reset chance increased from 20% to 25%.
• Wolves
  • Wolves now gain Unstoppable when the Skill is cast.
  • Health increased by 200%.
  • Respawn reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Nighthowler’s
  • Previous – Blood Howl increases Critical Strike Chance by 5-10%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds.
  • Now – Blood Howl is now a Shout Skill and increases Critical Strike Chance by 5-10%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds.
• Call of the Wild
  • Damage increased from 10% to 12%.
• Storm’s Companion
  • Ranks of Wolves increased from 2–3 to 4–5.
  • Storm Howl damage increased by 180%.

Advanced Information

Build Mechanics

This is one of the easiest builds you will play! Poison Creeper and Wind Shear are used to poison packs of mobs to slow enemies and increase our Crit damage against them, while our Wolves will be Run around and kill everything using the active on elites. To finish things off, Ravens are used as a bit of extra damage for both single-target and AoE. Ravens also provide increased Critical Strike Chance against enemies that have recently been hit by them. Call of the Wild is taken to increase the damage of all Companions.

Defenses

Below, you will find every additional piece of information you need to know for a more in-depth look at this build.

For defensive layering, Blood Howl is taken for a way to provide sustain with a self-heal and comes with a bonus damage increase. When it comes to Talents Vigilance, and Ancestral Fortitude both increase survivability even more by increasing Damage Reduction and Resistances.

Paragon Information

The Paragon Board is a progression system unlocked at Level 50, giving player power through Common stat Nodes, Magic affix Nodes, Rare leveled Glyphs, and Legendary board-exclusive Nodes. For general paragon board information, check the guide here.

The recommended Paragon boards with images for the Wolf Companion Druid Build are listed above. The following section goes over some explanation and descriptions for the pathing process for the Wolf Companion Druid Build.

Broadly speaking, decisions for pathing through the Druid paragon board are divided into three categories:

• Damage – The paragon boards provide a significant amount of Damage Multipliers and Additives. This includes:
  • Socketed Glyphs such as Keeper,Wilds, and Guzzler.
  • Legendary Nodes such as Heightened Malice.
  • Magic and Rare nodes such as Impel, Prime, and Toxic Bane.
• Defense – The paragon boards help reach goals on Damage Reduction, Armor, and Resistances. This includes:
  • Damage Reduction is improved from nodes like Nature-born.
  • Resistances are improved from Magic and Rare Resistance nodes like Poison Resilience.
• Build Functionality – The paragon boards improve our build functionality by including the following nodes:
  • The Legendary Node Constricting Tendrils allows our nature skills to immobilize our enemies and increases our damage.

Tempering and Masterworking

The Season 4 update (Patch 1.4.0) introduces a rework for itemization. Tempering and Masterworking bring the biggest change to itemization since the release of Diablo 4, so make sure you understand the new systems explained in this section.

The amount of affixes on items has been changed to reflect their rarity: Normal Items have no affixes, Magic Items have 1 affix, Rare Items have 2 affixes, Legendary Items have 3 affixes, and Unique Items have 4 affixes. Upgrading a Rare Item to a Legendary Item by imprinting a Legendary Aspect from the Codex of Power will not add a third affix. Therefore, Legendary Items are superior to lower rarity items for a min-maxed character.

Greater Affixes are a newly added mechanic that increases the value of an affix by 50%. Ancestral Legendary Items and Unique Items can now drop with up to 4 Greater Affixes! Search for items with your preferred Greater Affixes to upgrade with Tempering and Masterworking.

Tempering and Masterworking is an important system, even mandatory in the endgame, for character progression. You are able to add 2 additional affixes on any Rare Item or Legendary Item, exclusive to the Tempering System. An Ancestral Legendary Item can have up to 5 total affixes! Unfortunately, Unique Items cannot be tempered to add affixes.

Masterworking uses new crafting materials found in The Pit to further enhance the stats of an item. These upgrades can be applied on an Ancestral Legendary Item that has its Tempering Slots filled out. Unique Items can be upgraded with Masterworking right away, as tempering does not apply to them. Each item has 12 upgrade slots. On upgrade Ranks 4, 8, and 12, a random affix is increased in value by 25%. Every other upgrade Rank applies a 5% increase to all affixes on an item. Attempt to apply the bonus 25% upgrade to your preferred affix multiple times by resetting the Masterworking Ranks to repeat the process.

Obol Gambling

Obol gambling is a great way to potentially find item upgrades or items missing from your build. Check out the new tool from Icy Veins for gambling Obols in the link below:

Changelog

• May 10th, 2024: Updated for Season 4 (Patch 1.4.0)
• January 22nd, 2024: Updated for Season 3 (Patch 1.3.0)
• October 17th, 2023: Updated for Season 2 (Patch 1.2.0)
• August 7th, 2023: Updated for patch 1.1.1.
• July 27th, 2023: Clarified the Aspects required to transition to this build, in the Build Requirements section.
• July 23rd, 2023: Updated Gems section to reflect the presence of Malignant Hearts.
• July 18th, 2023: Updated for Season 1, adding Malignant Hearts to the guide. Added Active Skill Bar.