This guide will explore an exciting and powerful lightning build for the Druid class in Diablo 4. This build revolves around utilizing the Lightning Storm skill as our core ability, synergizing with the Direwolves Aspect and Rampaging Wear Beast to achieve insane critical damage. The Lightning Storm's impressive range allows us to eliminate enemies off-screen while minimizing damage taken. This build can tackle high-tier Nightmare dungeons and offers a highly enjoyable playstyle for all types of content. Let's delve into the gear, skill tree, and Paragon board to maximize the potential of this build.

 

• Gear Recommendations
• Skill Tree Overview
• Paragon Board Setup

 

 

Build Link:

https://d4builds.gg/builds/069216ec-7e3f-455f-9162-e82c4b329188/

 

↖ Gear Recommendations

• Helmet - Tempest Raw: Grants werewolf skills to Lightning Storm, enabling its use during werewolf form. Synergizes with Grizzly Rage.
• Chest Armor - Legendary Aspect: Provides 14% damage reduction while shape-shifted into a werewolf, a valuable defensive aspect. Look for additional damage reduction from close enemies and total armor stats.
• Gloves - Mickey Passive: Extends to Storm skills, crucial for the build. Look for lucky hit chance and ranks in Lightning Storm.
• Pants - Aspect of Disobedience: Offers increased armor, a potent form of defense. Seek stats such as damage reduction while fortified, damage reduction from close enemies, max life, and dodge chance.
• Boots - Ghost Walker Aspect: Provides 19% increased movement speed while unstoppable during Grizzly Rage. Look for other beneficial stats alongside this aspect.
• Weapon - Imprint: Grants 10% increased damage for every second standing still. Since Lightning Storm is a channeled skill, this offers a significant damage boost. Seek stats like lightning critical damage, critical strike damage, and damage to injured enemies.
• Necklace - Direwolves Aspect: Essential for the build, offering increased movement speed, damage, and spirit cost reduction during Grizzly Rage. Transforms the Druid into werewolf form, enhancing the build's effectiveness.
• Ring - Aspect of Rampaging Werebeast: Another vital legendary aspect, prolonging Grizzly Rage and increasing critical strike damage on each critical hit. Prioritize stats such as lucky hit chance, vulnerable damage, and crit strike damage with werewolf skills.
• Amulet - Cooldown reduction is recommended to maximize Grizzly Rage uptime. Additionally, ranks of the Venom passive provide a substantial DPS boost, increasing critical strike damage against poisoned enemies.
• Second Ring - Lightning's Dancer Aspect: On critical strikes with Lightning Storm, spawns three dancing balls that seek enemies, dealing damage in the area. A great legendary for AoE damage.

 

↖ Skill Tree Overview

 

Generator:

Storm Strike: Recommended for challenging situations where the 25% damage reduction can be beneficial.

 

Core Skills:

Lightning Storm: The primary skill of this build. Prioritize the first passive and one additional lightning strike. The additional lightning strike passive can be interchanged based on the content type.

 

Wild Impulses:

Enhances damage output. Allocate points accordingly.

 

Defensive Row:

• Cyclone Armor: Provides damage reduction.
• Blood Howl: Offers healing when low on health.

 

Nature Magic

• Nature's Reach: Increases damage to distant enemies and doubles the bonus against immobilized enemies.
• Electric Shock: Lightning damage has a chance to immobilize enemies, increasing damage dealt to them by 18%.

 

Werewolf Skills

• Unlock the Notch: Critical strikes with werewolf skills apply poison damage over time.
• Savage Fury: Increases critical strike damage to poison enemies.

 

Other Skill Trees

• Allocate points to amplify damage against Elites and immobilized enemies.
• Grizzly Rage is essential for damage output.
• Consider Cooldown Reduction and other suitable nodes for increased damage and reduced cooldowns.

 

↖ Paragon Board Setup

 

1st Board:

Exploit Glyph: Apply vulnerable for three seconds upon engaging enemies.

Increase damage, max life, and elemental resistance.

 

2nd Board:

Lust for Carnage: Restores 2 spirit per critical strike.

Werewolf Glyph: Increases damage while in werewolf form.

 

3rd Board:

Attach the Constricting Tendrils board for a glyph slot.

 

4th Board:

Attach the Heightened Malice board for a glyph slot.

 

5th Board:

Attach the Thunderstruck board for a glyph slot.

 

Conclusion:

This Lightning Build for the Druid class in Diablo 4 offers an incredibly fun and powerful gameplay experience. With a focus on Lightning Storm and synergistic aspects, the build excels in clearing mobs at a considerable range while providing excellent single-target damage. By carefully selecting gear with appropriate stats and optimizing the skill tree and Paragon board, you can maximize your character's potential. Enjoy the mesmerizing lightning animations and dominate the battlefield with this electrifying build!