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Rotation and Gameplay – Wolf Companion Druid Diablo 4 Build (Season 9)

Everything you need to know about gameplay for the Wolf Companion Druid!

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Build Mechanics

Rotation

Cyclone ArmorCyclone Armor Active portion is not used. The passive defense is present even during Grizzly RageGrizzly Rage.

Skills, Support and Synergies

The primary source of damage for the Wolf Companion build is naturally WolvesWolves.

WolvesWolves are Companions that are out and active; they attack and can be attacked and tank for you. Their Active Skill grants them Unstoppable and make them leap onto your target for high damage. Each active Wolf makes a separate attack.

Wolves excel at single target, and with Storm's CompanionStorm’s Companion, will do periodic shouts of Storm Howl for minor area of effect damage.

Summon Count and Modifiers

Base WolvesWolves starts with 2 Wolf Companions:

Wolves gain the Storm Tag with Storm's CompanionStorm’s Companion. This means scaling with appropriate Storm and Nature modifiers like ThunderstruckThunderstruck and being able to use Sinister TendrilsSinister Tendrils.

Companions inherit all your Stats. For example, your attack speed bonuses will improve your Companions’ attack speeds. Likewise for other stats like Critical Strike Chance, and Lucky Hit Chance.

Shepherd's AspectShepherd’s Aspect increases Companion damage for every active Companion. Because of One With NatureOne With Nature, RavensRavens and Poison CreeperPoison Creeper do not need to be on your bars; they’re passively out and counting for Shepherd's AspectShepherd’s Aspect.

Spirit Wolves summoned from the CehCeh Rune also count for total Shepherd's AspectShepherd’s Aspect. These are also Summons and will scale with some Companion modifiers.

Wolves Cooldown

The lowest any Skill can get for cooldown reduction is 75%. For WolvesWolves, that means 2.75s (75% of base 11 seconds). After 75%, any further sources will not be beneficial. This is achievable through Cooldown Reduction sources such as:

However, we instead rely on Spirit Boon Pack Leader with high Lucky Hit to reset our Wolves instead. Spirit Boon Pack Leader resets Companion Skills as a Lucky Hit on Critical Strikes.

Enough sources of Critical Strike and Lucky Hit and we all but guarantee resets before even the 2.75s cooldown.

Ultimate and Key Passive

This build uses Grizzly RageGrizzly Rage as its Ultimate Skill. Grizzly Rage grants Unstoppable for its duration, grants Damage Reduction, and a large Damage multiplier that grows over time. Grizzly Rage cooldown can be reduced while Grizzly Rage is active. Enough Cooldown and Duration tempers means you can have full uptime on Grizzly Rage.

Grizzly RageGrizzly Rage has a capped duration, but we gain or extend Grizzly Rage duration with:

  • Aspect of the Rampaging WerebeastAspect of the Rampaging Werebeast gives up to 10 seconds extra duration
  • Kills extend the duration by 1 second.
  • Overpowering Bosses extends duration by 5 seconds.
  • Offensive Tempers on gear give more duration.

Our Key Passive One With NatureOne With Nature gives the passive count and passive attacks of any pet, even if not on the Skill Bar. This is important for Shepherd's AspectShepherd’s Aspect and allows use of other Skills on top. This and the damage multiplier for Companions puts this Key Passive ahead for this build.

Which Elixirs Should You Use?

The Alchemist offers helpful consumables at the cost of foraged materials found throughout Sanctuary.

  • Craft the highest available Elixir of Advantage IIElixir of Advantage II for Lucky Hit and Attack Speed Bonuses.
  • One of each Incense Category can be used, for a total of three active Incenses at a time. In priority:
  • Upgrade your Potion as you level, increasing the instant healing of the potion!

Navigation to Other Pages:

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