BiS Gear – Wolf Companion Druid Diablo 4 Build (Season 9)

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This is the Best in Slot Gear page for the Wolf Companion Build. To navigate to the other pages of this build, use the table below.

Check the following sections for all important Wolf Companion gearing considerations to improve the power of your character in the endgame.

Legendary Aspects

Gear Slots with multiple options are listed in recommended priority. Any slot with an Optional Mythic Unique or Unique Item will include valid alternative legendary powers to use while still leveling and gearing. Combine these with the right stat priorities.

Slot	Gem	Aspect	Unique/Legendary Power
2 Handed Polearm	Nagu Xan	Shepherd’s Aspect	Companion Skills deal an additional 5-13% damage per Companion you have.
Head	Yul Ceh	Mythic – Heir of Perdition Aspect of Might	Succumb to hatred and earn Mother’s Favor, increasing your damage dealt by 60%. Slaughter enemies to briefly steal Mother’s Favor from Nearby allies.
Chest	Grand Sapphire	Mythic – Shroud of False Death Spirit Bond Aspect	If you haven’t dealt damage in the last 2 seconds, gain Stealth and 40% Movement Speed.
Gloves		Unique – Fists of Fate Moonrage Aspect	Your attacks randomly deal 1% to [200 – 300]% of their normal damage.
Pants	Grand Sapphire	Unique – Storm’s Companion	Your Wolf Companions are infused with the power of the storm, dealing Lightning damage and gaining the Storm Howl ability.
Boots		Unique – Rakanoth’s Wake Pit Push Unique – Flickerstep	When you cast a Skill with a Cooldown, you explode, dealing [150 – 450] Fire damage.
Amulet	Grand Diamond	Aspect of the Rabid Bear	While Grizzly Rage is active, your direct damage is converted into Poison damage, you deal 40-80% more Poison damage, and you passively spread Rabies.
Ring 1	Grand Diamond	Aspect of the Stampede	Gain 1 additional Companion. In addition, your Companion Skills deal 15-35% bonus damage.
Ring 2	Grand Diamond	Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast	The duration of Grizzly Rage is increased by 3-10 seconds. In addition, Critical Strikes while Grizzly Rage is active increase your Critical Strike Damage by 3% for the duration, up to a maximum of 60%.

Aspect of the Alpha is still bugged, and not increasing the active damage of Wolves, so is not used for now.

For more information on Legendary Aspects and the Codex of Power, check the guide here.

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Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Each line of affixes is listed in order of importance, and some alternatives are given. The bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades. Unique Items cannot be Tempered, but can be Masterworked.  Check the Tempering guide and Masterworking guide for more details about these topics.

Slot	Gearing Affixes	Tempering Affixes
2 Handed Polearm – Legendary Aspect	Willpower Max Life Critical Strike Damage	Companion Augments – Chance for Wolves to deal Double Damage Storm Finesse – Storm Critical Strike Chance
Helm – (Recommended Mythic) Heir of Perdition	Critical Strike Chance Lucky Hit Chance Movement Speed Ranks to Core Skillls
Helm – Legendary Aspect	Ranks to Wolves Cooldown Reduction Willpower All Resistances Armor	Worldly Endurance – Total Armor% Companion Innovation – Wolves Attack Speed
Chest – (Offensive Mythic) Shroud of False Death	All Stats Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth Maximum Life Resource Generation
Chest- Legendary Aspect	Willpower Armor Restance to All Elements Spirit Per Second	Worldly Endurance – Total Armor% Worldly Fortune – Lucky Hit Chance
Fists of Fate	Lucky Hit Chance Critical Strike Chance Attack Speed Chance to Make Enemies Vulnerable
Gloves – Legendary Aspect	Attack Speed Critical Strike Chance Willpower Chance on Hit to make enemies Vulerable	Shapeshifting Finesse – Grizzly Rage Duration Worldly Fortune – Lucky Hit Chance
Pants – (Required Unique) Storm’s Companion	Damage Reduction from Close Enemies Lucky Hit Chance bonus to Pack Leader Sprit Boon Wolves Attack Speed Ranks to Wolves
Rakanoth’s Wake	Movement Speed Cooldown Reduction Resistance to All Elements Non-Physical Damage
Boots – Legendary Aspect	Implicit: Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown Movement Speed Willpower Armor All Resistances	Druid Motion – Movement Speed Companion Innovation – Wolves Attack Speed
Amulet – Legendary Aspect	Willpower% Ranks to Call of the Wild Ranks to Envenom Ranks to Quickshift Critical Strike Chance Total Armor%	Shapeshifting Finesse – Grizzly Rage Duration Ultimate Efficiency —  Druid – Grizzly Rage Cooldown Reduction
Ring – Legendary Aspect	Attack Speed Critical Strike Chance Chance on Hit to make Enemies Vulnerable Willpower	Shapeshifting Finesse – Grizzly Rage Duration Ultimate Efficiency —  Druid – Grizzly Rage Cooldown Reduction

Storm Critical Strike Chance works for Wolves because Storm’s Companion applies the Storm Tag.

For the dedicated page on Gear Systems and Itemization Overview, check the guide here.

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Uniques and Mythic Uniques

The Wolf Companion Druid can benefit from several Unique and Mythic Unique Items:

Uniques

• Storm’s Companion has powerful gearing affixes and gives werewolves the Storm Tag. The increase to Ranks in Wolves, Wolves Attack Speed, and Additional Chance to trigger Pack Leader all scale the build well.

• The boot slot is a competitive slot with a few options
  • Rakanoth’s Wake also gives cooldown reduction and resistance, but the Unique item effect is not great. This is good early on.
  • Yen’s Blessing can periodically trigger extra casts of Wolves or other Supporting Skills, and provides All Resistance and okay other stats. Mastercraft the All Resistances or the All Stats.
  • Flickerstep can be the right choice in push, with a high Damage Reduction category and a way to reduce Grizzly Rage when things are not dying as fast in high pit push. Mastercraft the Damage Reduction from Close.

• Fists of Fate is a high source of Lucky Hit, Critical Strike and Attack Speed, all of which are beneficial for Pack Leader Spirit Boon resets. If Lucky Hit is already sufficient and there are no reset gaps without it, legendary gloves with Moonrage Aspect can be used for more Wolves.

Mythic Uniques

• Heir of Perdition is a strong multiplier with even stronger Gear Affixes. The Critical Strike and Lucky Hit chance both boost our chance for Pack Leader Resets.

• Shroud of False Death like for all builds, the +1 to all Skill Passives is powerful.

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Gems and Runewords

The following are the recommended Gem and Runeword setups for the Wolf Companion Druid:

Gems

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Grand Emerald for Critical Strike Damage	Grand Sapphire for Willpower	Grand Skull up to 1000 Armor, then Grand Diamond for resistance to all elements

Horadric Jewels

Seasonal Players can use these Horadric Jewels, placed in jewelry gear slots. Check out the Horadric Spell section for all available options.

Jewel	Description
Scornful Light	You deal 20% and take 10% more Elemental damage.
Idol From Below	You gain 6% primary stat, 6% maximum life and you are always Unhindered. However, you will be hunted in Sanctuary’s darkest places by Jewel Guardians who were entombed to protect this relic.
Reverie Horn	After you injure or kill an enemy, your Summons are empowered, growing larger and dealing 50% more damage for 4 seconds.

Runewords

Use these Runeword combinations for the Wolf Companion Druid, placed in the 2-Handed Weapon and into one Armor slot:

Runeword Combination	Runeword Effects
Nagu Xan	Nagu – Gain: 100 Offering. Maintain at least 1 active Summon for 5 seconds, gaining Offering for each up to 6 Summons. Xan – 300 Offering. Overflow: Increased duration. Your next attack will cause your hits to be a guaranteed Critical Strike and Overpower for 0.35 seconds.
Yul Ceh	Yul – Gain: 50 Offering. Cast a non-Channeled Core Skill. Ceh – Requires: 100 Offering, Overflow: Summon Multiple Wolves. Cooldown: 1 seconds. Summon a Spirit Wolf to attack enemies for 8 seconds.

Runewords use a conditional Rune of Ritual to generate Offering. The Offering is consumed by the Rune of Invocation to trigger its effect. Runes replace Gems in gear with two sockets. Up to two sets of Runeword Pairs can be placed at a time.

Xan will offer periods where all direct damage events Overpower. This is useful during bosses to extend Grizzly Rage.

Ceh will periodically summon Spirit Wolves to assist you in combat; applying Chill, Vulnerable, and adding to Shepherd’s Aspect count. They are Unhindered, passing through enemies and the player. They won’t do high damage like your Wolves, but they’re good boys anyways.

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