In this Diablo 4 Build Guide, we will explore an incredibly strong speed farming build for the Druid class focused on the Lightning Storm core skill. This build shares similarities with the Tornado Werewolf build but offers several advantages for speed farming. Understanding the mechanics of Lightning Storm is crucial to optimize its effectiveness and clear enemies efficiently. We will cover the skill tree, passives, Paragon boards, unique items, and legendary aspects to maximize your Diablo 4 gold and item farming potential with this build.

• Understanding Lightning Storm Mechanics
• Build Detail Link
• Skill Tree
• Passives
• Paragon Boards
• Unique and Legendary Aspects
• Gems and Stats

 

↖ Understanding Lightning Storm Mechanics

• Lightning Storm is a channeled ability that spawns more lightning strikes based on the duration you channel it.
• Clicking the skill once will maintain the lightning storm at the current level of strikes.
• Holding down the ability will increase the number of strikes, but it spreads out the ability, making it less effective against single targets.
• For AoE situations, build up to the maximum of five strikes and then spam clicks to refresh the duration.
• For single targets or bosses, aim for two to three strikes to maximize damage output.

 

↖ Build Detail Link

https://d4builds.gg/builds/6757f9ce-0cfc-4395-bffb-ae5ebde8fd2f/

 

↖ Skill Tree

• Storm Strike (Generator): Primarily used for damage reduction and occasional immobilization.
• Lightning Storm: Focus on this skill for the build. Upgrade 1 preserves the size of the storm after channeling, and Upgrade 2 adds a chance to immobilize enemies.
• Cyclone Armor (Defensive): Provides non-physical damage reduction, knockback, and slow.
• Blood Hal (Healing): Offers healing, spirit generation, and damage reduction after using a defensive skill.
• Hurricane: Slows enemies and reduces their damage.
• Grizzly Rage: This is a key aspect of the build, providing massive damage increases, speed boosts, and other modifiers.
• Lupine Ferocity: Enhances werewolf skills, granting critical strikes and increased damage.

 

↖ Passives

• Heart of the Wild: Grants increased damage to core skills.
• Wild Impulses: Increases damage of core skills at the cost of more Spirit.
• Predatory Instinct: Movement speed increase while in werewolf form.
• Ancestral Fortitude: Provides damage reduction after using a defensive skill.
• Vigilance: Grants damage reduction after using a defensive skill.
• Greens and Nature's Reach: Increases damage to distant enemies.
• Elemental Exposure: Makes storm skills a chance to make enemies vulnerable.
• As Tempest: Increases the duration of a Hurricane.
• Neurotoxin and N Venom: Poison effects enhance damage scaling.
• Defiance: Increases damage to elites.
• Resonance: Provides additional multiplicative damage.

 

↖ Paragon Boards

• Glove: Werewolf damage increase, reduced damage around werewolf.
• Spiroglyph: Critical strike damage increase with core skills and damage amplification against you by enemies.
• Thunderstruck: Lightning skills deal increased damage against vulnerable or immobilized enemies.
• Glyph: Fulminate (increased lightning damage and additional damage to healthy and injured enemies).

 

↖ Unique and Legendary Aspects

• Unique: Temper (Lightning Storm becomes a werewolf skill with reduced spirit cost).
• Legendary: Grizzly Rage on Necklace (increases duration and adds critical strike damage).
• Legendary: Lightning Bolt Gloves (increases lightning damage and spawns additional projectiles).
• Legendary: Werewolf Offhand (increases damage based on available primary resource).

 

↖ Gems and Stats

• Critical Strike to vulnerable enemies on weapons.
• Damage reduction while fortified on gear.
• Skull for armor on jewelry.
• Focus on Critical Strike damage, lightning damage, and damage reduction while fortified on gear.
• Aim for rolls that enhance Werewolf skills, Critical Strike chance, lucky hit chance, and vulnerable damage on rings and necklaces.

 

Conclusion

This Lightning Storm speed farming build for the Druid in Diablo 4 offers incredible efficiency in gold and item farming. By optimizing the Lightning Storm mechanics, utilizing the skill tree and passives, and equipping the appropriate unique and legendary aspects, you can clear content quickly and effectively. Experiment with different stat priorities and gear rolls to further optimize the build. Harness the power of lightning and unleash devastating storms upon your enemies in Diablo 4!