Shred – Druid Build Guide for Diablo 4

Build Introduction

The Shred Druid dashes and rips into the foes of Sanctuary, every strike echoing the ferocity of a werewolf under the moonlit sky. This build excels at speed, mobility, and easy clear for farm content. Gather and destroy enemies with powerful Shred and cleave bursts of lightning with your Stormclaw’s Aspect.

This guide covers everything necessary to get started on your Shred adventure including Skill Tree points, Paragon, Gearing, and Seasonal updates. The guide will primarily cover Endgame pushing, but will also cover alternative options and in-depth gameplay.

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

The following Legendary Aspects are required for build functionality to get started on the Shred Druid:

Required Aspects

Stormclaw’s Aspect

Waxing Gibbous

• Stormclaw’s Aspect gives Shred Critical Strikes additional Lightning Damage in an area around the target.
• Waxing Gibbous gives periodic Stealth and guaranteed Critical Strikes after breaking Stealth.

Skill Tree Points and Skill Bar

Recommended

Skill Bar for Shred Druid

Debilitating Roar Earthen Bulwark Blood Howl Hurricane Petrify Shred

Spirit Boons – The Druid Class Specialization

Druids unlock powerful Spirit Boon passives, giving offerings to the animal spirits to receive their Blessing. Once fully unlocked, activate the final Boon by Spirit Bonding with one of the four animal spirits to take two passives from that row.

Paragon Board

The following are the preferred Glyphs, Boards, and pathing recommended for making the most of the Shred Druid.

The road to max paragon level is long. Pathing priority should be the following:

• Path for the Legendary Node effects and the board’s Glyph Slots, filling out enough surrounding nodes to activate the Additional Bonus for the Glyph.
• Fill out Rare Nodes along the path taken for Legendary Nodes and Glyphs.
• Take the rest of the paths inside the Glyph Radius, such as filling in all Dexterity nodes for Spirit for their additive bonuses.
• Take the branching paths to the rest of the Rare Nodes.
• Fill out the remaining Magic Nodes near their Rare Nodes.
• Complete the rest of the board.

Glyphs have two significant breakpoint increases. At level 15, the glyph grows in radius and gains a special effect. At level 46, the glyph grows to its max radius and gains a strong conditional damage multiplier.

Glyphs are placed as if they are at least level 15+ in radius. Total Boards placed are now limited to a max of 5; the Starter Board and four Class Boards. Rotate boards as necessary.

For further info on Paragon choices, check the Paragon Information in the Additional Information Section.

Gear, Stats, Gems and Elixirs

The following are the recommended Legendary Aspects, Gear Affixes, Gems and Elixirs for the Shred Druid.

Legendary Aspects

Gear Slots with multiple options are listed in recommended priority. Any slot with an Optional Mythic Unique or Unique Item will include a valid alternative legendary power to use while still leveling and gearing.

Slot	Gem	Aspect	Unique/Legendary Aspect Power
Weapon	Grand Emerald	(Recommended Unique)Waxing Gibbous	Killing an enemy with Shred grants Stealth for 2 seconds. Breaking Stealth with an attack grants guaranteed Critical Strikes for 1-4 seconds.
Totem	Grand Emerald	Aspect of Retaliation	Your Core Skills deal up to 35-75% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify.
Helm	Grand Sapphire	(Recommended Mythic) Heir of Perdition (Recommended Unique)Godslayer Crown Vigorous Aspect	Give in to hatred and earn Lilith’s Favor, increasing your damage dealt by 60%. Slaughter enemies to briefly steal Lilith’s Favor from Nearby allies.
Chest	Grand Sapphire	(Recommended Mythic) Shroud of False Death (Recommended Unique)Mad Wolf’s Glee Juggernaut’s Aspect	If you haven’t attacked in the last 2 seconds, gain Stealth and 40% Movement Speed.
Gloves		Stormclaw’s Aspect	Critical Strikes with Shred deal 60-80% of the damage dealt as Lightning damage to the target and surrounding enemies.
Pants	Grand Sapphire	Aspect of the Agile Wolf	Shred gains a 4th Dash attack that hits all surrounding enemies, deals 20-60% increased damage, and Knocks Down enemies for 2 seconds.
Boots		(Recommended Offensive)Wildheart Hunger Stormshifter’s Aspect	Shapeshifting into a new animal form increases the value of your Bestial Rampage bonuses by 2-5%, up to 20-50%. This bonus decays by 2% per second.
Amulet	Grand Diamond	Aspect of the Unsatiated	After killing an enemy with Shred, you gain 20 Spirit. Your Werewolf Skills deal 20-40% increased damage when cast above 50 Spirit.
Ring 1	Grand Diamond	(Recommended Unique)Hunter’s Zenith  Aspect of the Changeling’s Debt	Every 30 seconds you spend in an animal form, your next Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower and Critically Strike, and deals 30-60% increased damage. Casting a Shapeshifting Skill reduces this timer by 1 second, or 2 seconds if it changes you to a new animal form.
Ring 2	Grand Diamond	(Recommended Mythic)Ring of Starless Skies (Offensive)Aspect of the Blurred Beast (Spirit Management) Starlight Aspect	Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your Skills and increases your damage by 10% for 3 seconds, up to 50%.

Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Each line of affixes is listed in order of importance. Tempering Manuals and their recommended affixes are provided in the final column. 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.

Any slot with an Optional Mythic Unique or Unique Item will include a valid alternative legendary power to use while still leveling and gearing.

Slot	Gearing Affixes	Tempering Affixes
Weapon – (Recommended Unique) Waxing Gibbous	Critical Strike Damage Blood Howl Grants Stealth for 2.2-3 seconds Ranks to Shred Ranks to Toxic Claws
1 Handed Dagger	Willpower Max Life Chance to Heal Chance to Restore Resource	Werewolf Augments – Chance for Shred to Deal Double Damage Shapeshifting Finesse – Werewolf Attack Speed
Totem	Cooldown Reduction Willpower Lucky Hit Chance Chance to Heal Chance to Restore Resource	Werewolf Augments – Chance for Shred to Deal Double Damage Shapeshifting Finesse – Werewolf Attack Speed
Helm – (Recommended Mythic) Heir of Perdition	Maximum Life Lucky Hit Shadow Resistance Cooldown Reduction
Helm – (Recommended Unique) Godslayer Crown	All Stats Maximum Life Damage to Elites Cooldown Reduction
Helm – Legendary Aspect	Willpower Max Life Cooldown Reduction Armor	Shapeshifting Endurance – Blood Howl Cooldown Reduction Worldly Fortune – Chance to Stun/Freeze/Immobilize
Chest – (Recommended Mythic) Shroud of False Death	All Stats Maximum Life Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth Resource Generation
Chest – (Recommended Unique) Mad Wolf’s Glee	Max Life Werewolf Attack Speed Lupine Ferocity’s Damage Bonus Ranks to Digitigrade Gait
Chest – Legendary Aspect	Willpower Max Life Spirit Per Second Armor	Shapeshifting Endurance – Blood Howl Cooldown Reduction Nature Magic Innovation – Petrify Duration
Gloves – Legendary Aspect	Critical Strike Chance Ranks to Shred Attack Speed Willpower	Shapeshifting Finesse – Werewolf Attack Speed Nature Magic Innovation – Petrify Duration
Pants	Armor Willpower Max Life Dodge Chance	Worldly Endurance – Total Armor Nature Magic Innovation – Hurricane Duration
Boots – (Recommended Unique) Wildheart Hunger	Movement Speed Shapeshifting Attack Speed Cold Resistance Ranks to Heightened Senses
Boots – Legendary Aspect	Implicit: Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown By 1.5 Seconds Willpower Movement Speed Max Life Spirit Per Second	Druid Motion – Ranks to Digitigrade Gait OR Movement Speed Nature Magic Innovation – Petrify Duration
Amulet – Legendary Aspect	Ranks to Envenom Ranks to Quickshift Movement Speed Resource Cost Reduction	Nature Magic Innovation – Petrify DurationShapeshifting Finesse – Werewolf Attack Speed
Ring – (Recommended Mythic)Ring of Starless Skies	Attack Speed Critical Strike Chance Lucky Hit Chance Ranks to Core Skills
Ring – (Recommended Unique) Hunter’s Zenith	Willpower Ranks in Predatory Instinct Ranks in Heightened Senses Ranks in Quickshift
Rings – Legendary Aspect	Attack Speed Willpower Chance to Make Enemies Vulnerable Max Life	Shapeshifting Finesse – Werewolf Attack Speed Ultimate Efficiency – Petrify Cooldown Reduction OR Worldly Stability – Resource Generation

2-Handed vs Waxing Gibbous and Totem

When choosing between using a 2-Handed setup and using Waxing Gibbous and Totem, consider the following:

• A 2-Handed Weapon setup has more potential Topend multipliers and a higher Temper range for Chance for Shred to deal double damage. That will be beneficial in push content but overkill in farm content.
• The Waxing Gibbous setup is faster casting and better at speed farming. If you are struggling to maintain the Waxing Gibbous Stealth from not killing fast enough, then that’s where the 2-Handed Weapon setup will pull ahead.
• To play the 2-Handed weapon setup, make the following changes:
  • Use Aspect of Retaliation on 2-handed weapon.
  • Place Aspect of the Blurred Beast on Amulet.
  • Use Lupine Ferocity Key Passive.
  • Do not use Wildheart Hunger.
  • Gear for Max Life, Willpower, and Resource Cost Reduction. Temper for Chance for Shred to Deal Double Damage (Mastercrafted) and Werewolf Attack Speed

Have at least one Hurricane duration Utility Temper to maintain the Skill.

Armor cap is 1000 for up to 85% Physical Damage Reduction. This is generally reached with either one Armor Gear Affix and one Total Armor% Temper, or using a Juggernaut’s Aspect.

Gems and Runewords

Gems

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Grand Emerald for Critical Strike Damage	Grand Sapphire for Willpower	Grand Diamond for All Resistance

Runewords

Runewords are a flexible power to help strengthen a build or fill its weaknesses. Two Runes combine for the total Runeword effect:

• A conditional trigger Rune of Ritual that supplies Offerings when the condition is met.
• An effect Rune of Invocation that costs Offerings.

Once the Rune of Ritual has supplied enough Offerings, the Rune of Invocation will trigger its effect. Some Runes of Invocation will have overflow effects, where excess Offerings will spillover to empower the triggered effect.

Runewords replace Gems in gear. Up to two sets of Runeword pairs can be placed at a time. Runeword combinations are placed within 2 sockets of the same item e.g. Helm, Chest, Pants or 2-handed Weapon.

The following are Runeword combination options for the Shred Druid, placed in Armor slots:

Runeword Combination	Runeword Effects
Tam Wat	Tam – Cast a non-Channeled Core Skill. Gain: 25 Offering Wat – Requires: 100 Offering Cooldown: 1 Second. Evoke the Necromancer’s Horrid Decrepify, Slowing enemies, reducing their damage, and letting you Execute them.
Xol Yom	Xol – Gain: 150 Offering. Evoke power from another Class Yom – 500 Offering Cooldown: 5 Seconds. Evoke the Druid’s Petrify, Stunning enemies and restoring 100 Spirit.

Shred is a fast attack, and will trigger high volumes of Horrid Decrepify, which is an efficient trigger for Xol. Periodic casts of Petrify will be a strong Stun, Critical Strike Damage multiplier and Spirit Generator. Tempering for Petrify Duration will mean significant uptime on Petrify.

Other combinations can also situationally work well; adjust to the content you are running. These can include:

• (Offering Efficiency) other Ritual options such as Lith for Stand Still, Bac for Move, Monifor Skill after Moving, or Feo for get Crowd Controlled may trigger more often.
• (Gathering) Kry rune for Vortex can be a strong quality of life increase.
• (Spirit Management) PocLum in combination can give strong Spirit Refund.
• (Early Gearing) While leveling and gearing before legendary Runes become accessible, many Magic and Rare runeword combinations such as MoniGar for Critical Strike Chance will be viable.

Elixirs, Incense and Health Potions

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

• Craft the highest available Elixir of Advantage for Attack Speed and Lucky Hit bonuses.
• If mats are available, craft Chorus of War.
• Remember to upgrade your potion as you level, increasing the instant healing of the potion!

Unique Items

The Shred Druid has several Unique Item options to consider:

• (Recommended) Waxing Gibbous gives strong coverage of full Critical Strike Chance which allows the player to gear other affixes.
  • If you’re having trouble keeping Stealth or the Critical Strike Buff after Stealth buff covered, consider using Bold Chieftain’s Aspect on a ring for more Cooldown Reduction on Blood Howl, or tempers for Blood Howl cooldown Reduction.

• (Recommended Unique) Godslayer Crown is an effective grouping tool, as well as a strong damage multiplier. If used, triggers of stun and immobilize from sources like Crowd Control Tempers will activate the bonus.

• (Recommended) Mad Wolf’s Glee is an excellent offensive Unique Item that gives high ranks to Werewolf Skills.

• (Recommended) Wildheart Hunger gives a stacking bonus to Bestial Rampage, gaining stacks as you shift to Werebear or Werewolf forms, including from Human form. Periodic casts of your supporting Skills will help keep these Wildheart stacks high, but may not stay capped. Nevertheless, it is a strong option for its Attack Speed and Damage bonuses.

• (Recommended) Hunter’s Zenith is strong gear affixes and periodic Critical Overpowers.

Mythic Unique Items

• (Recommended) Ring of Starless Skies is a powerful Resource Cost Reduction tool and damage multiplier and can be useful for making gameplay a bit smoother.

• (Recommended) Heir of Perdition has Strong Gear Affixes and a steady damage multiplier. The multiplier can be stolen occasionally from others that also use this helm for a higher damage multiplier.

• (Recommended) Shroud of False Death gives +1 rank to all Skill Passives which means several bonuses to Damage Multipliers, Damage Reductions, Resistances, Fortify, Healing and Critical Strike Chance. The Stealth effect and gear affix synergizes well with Waxing Gibbous.

Mercenaries

Once unlocked, Mercenaries are followers that aid the Player in combat. A main mercenary is chosen to fight alongside you, granting strong buffs or perks, and a secondary Mercenary is chosen to periodically Reinforce you under a chosen Opportunity condition. As you build Rapport with your Mercenary, you gain more access to their Skills and Perks.

The following Mercenary options are recommended for the Shred Druid:

Main Mercenary – Varyana, the Berserker

• Core Skill: Cleave
• Core Passive: Hysteria
• Iconic Skill: Bloodthirst
• Iconic Passive: Bloodlust

Reinforcement – Raheir, the Shieldbearer

• Reinforcement Ability – Crater
• Opportunity – Shred

Hysteria and Bloodlust will both give strong Attack Speed bonuses.

Rotation and Playstyle

1. Shred to approach enemies.
2. Blood Howl to trigger Stealth, activating the Critical Strike bonus for Waxing Gibbous.
3. Petrify to stun enemies, restore Spirit and apply a Critical Strike Damage debuff.
4. Maintain Hurricane for Damage Reduction and damage events for Calm before the Storm.
5. Debilitating Roar for the damage buff and maintenance of Werebear buffs including Bestial Rampage.
6. Cast Shred on enemies.
7. Killed all your enemies? Excellent work, Champion of Sanctuary. Run, Evade, or Dash with Shred to the next threat.

Use Earthen Bulwark as necessary for Fortify and as a source of Unstoppable to break Crowd Controls.

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

Season 6: Season of Hatred Rising

The following list details the important changes in the Season 6 Patch Updates that are specific to the Shred Druid. For general Season 6 information, check out our Season 6 Hub.

Itemization:

• New items including Shroud of False Death and Heir of Perdition.
• Hunter’s Zenith – New Effect – Every 30 seconds you spend in an animal form, your next Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower and Critically Strike and deals 30-60% increased damage. Casting Shapeshifting Skills reduces this timer by 1 second, or 2 seconds if you change to a new animal form.
• Wildheart Hunger – New Effect – Shapeshifting into a new animal form increases the value of your Bestial Rampage bonuses by 2.0-5.0%, up to 20-50%. This bonus decays by 2% per second.
• Werewolf Augments now includes Chance for Shred to Deal Double Damage.
• Mad Wolf’s Glee Ranks of Werewolf Skills increased from 2-5 to 4-7.
• Starlight Aspect – New Effect – Gain 25-40 Primary Resource for every 20% Life that you Heal or every 200% that you Overheal when at Maximum Life.
• Aspect of Retaliation increased to 35-75%.
• Stormclaw’s Aspect increased to 40-60%.
• Aspect of the Blurred Beast increased to 55-75%.
• New – Aspect of the Agile Wolf – Shred gains a 4th attack that hits all surrounding enemies, deals 20-60% increased damage, and Knocks Down enemies for 2 seconds.

Skills and Stats

• Paragon Boards are now limited to 5 boards; the Starter Board and up to four Class Boards.
• Several Paragon Boards have shifted their nodes around.
• New Skill Passives including Backlash and Feral Aptitude.
• Quickshift – New Effect – Shapeshifting into a new animal form grants 1/2/3% increased damage, up to 6/12/18%. This bonus is lost after 3 seconds in Human form.
• Heightened Senses – New Effect – When Shapeshifting, Werebear grants 3/6/9% Damage Reduction and Werewolf grants 2/4/6% Movement Speed. Both bonuses persist as long as you are in either animal form and are doubled while both are active. They are lost after 3 seconds in Human form.
• Bestial Rampage – New Effect – When Shapeshifting, Werebear grants 30% increases damage and Werewolf grants 20% Attack Speed. Both bonuses persist as long as you are in either animal form, but are lost after 3 seconds in Human form.
• Innate Debilitating Roar – New Effect – Debilitating Roar increases your damage by 15% for its duration.
• Petrify – New Effect – Generates 100 Spirit. Encase all Nearby enemies in stone, Stunning them for 4 seconds.
• Prime Petrify – New Effect – You deal 30%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by Petrify. Against Bosses the Critical Strike Damage bonus is increased to 50%[x] and its duration is increased to 7 seconds. Bonus Critical Strike Damage now applies to damage done by your Companions.
• Ancestral Guidance increased from 30% to 40%.
• Lust for Carnage now also gives 50% more damage to Werewolf Critical Strikes.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Mad Wolf’s Glee could grant fewer Skill Ranks than displayed on its tooltip.
• Fixed an issue where the first attack of Shred didn’t hit the targeted enemy after dashing.
• Fixed an issue where the fourth Shred Strike from Aspect of the Agile Wolf would always critically strike.
• Fixed an issue where the Aspect of the Blurred Beast did not gain damage against targets poisoned by Poison Creeper.
• Fixed an issue where the 4th Shred attack from the Aspect of the Agile Wolf did not dash into enemies as intended.

2.0.5

• Stormclaw’s Aspect Damage increased from 40-60% to 60-80%.
• Bestial Rampage
  • Werebear damage increased from 30% to 40%.
  • Werewolf attack speed increased from 20% to 30%.
• Avian Wrath Spirit Boon increased to 40%.
• Swooping Attacks increased to 20%.
• Masochistic increased to 10%
• Fixed an issue where the Chance for Shred to Hit Twice Tempering affix was actually granting Shred a chance to Deal Double Damage. The affix has been updated to reflect this functionality, and is now listed as Chance for Shred to Deal Double Damage.
• Fixed an issue where the 4th Shred Attack when using the Aspect of the Agile Wolf did not dash correctly.

Advanced Information

It is time to start your Shred journey!

Or see below for further information on how the build works, as well as further explanations for Paragon, Gearing, Gameplay, and available playstyle options.

Build Mechanics

The Shred Druid groups and dashes into enemies for strong damage. Shred is a high mobility skill that is efficient for killing and then moving on.

• Stormclaw’s Aspect causes a secondary hit with Lightning damage when Shred Critically Strikes
• If used, Waxing Gibbous will give full Critical Strike Chance, guaranteeing Stormclaw’s Aspect to deal its splash damage.

Supporting Skills

• Blood Howl gives attack speed, healing, and Stealth when used with Waxing Gibbous. With Waxing Gibbous and Shroud of False Death benefiting from Stealth, this means strong bursts of Shred damage.
• Debilitating Roar is a damage buff, damage debuff on enemies, source of Fortify and a way to upkeep Werebear bonuses like Bestial Rampage and Heightened Senses.
• Hurricane provides Damage Reduction and damage events to help trigger Calm Before the Storm Petrify.
• Earthen Bulwark provides Unstoppable, Fortify and Barrier as needed.

Ultimate and Key Passives

• Petrify is our Ultimate Skill. Casts will stun enemies, give Spirit and apply a Critical Strike Damage debuff. Our Runeword setup for Yom ritual of invocation will give high volume of Petrify casts, and Tempering for Petrify duration will keep the debuffs active on enemies for longer periods.
• Bestial Rampage is the Key Passive for this build, providing a Damage Multiplier from Werebear form, and Attack Speed from Werewolf form. These bonuses are lost if in Human Form for longer than 3 seconds. Use Debilitating Roar for Werebear buffs, and Shred covers Werewolf buffs.

Spirit Management

Shred does not use a Basic Attack Spirit builder, instead relying on several sources of alternative Spirit generation, including:

• The Wolf’s Energize Spirit Boon.
• Casts of Petrify.
• Lust for Carnage Critical Strikes grant resource.
• Ancestral Guidance nodes for Spirit on Kill and Max Spirit
• Aspect of the Unsatiated granting Spirit on Kills with Shred.

In Early Gearing and Leveling, consider doing the following for Spirit Generation and Management:

• Adjust Gear affixes: Resource Cost Reduction or Chance to restore resource on Weapon, Resource Generation on Rings, Spirit on Kill on weapon, or Spirit Per Second on Helm, Chest, or Boots can all be helpful.
• Use Starlight Aspect, Aspect of the Dark Dance or Aspect of the Umbral on rings. Enhanced Shred and Skinwalker’s Aspect is strong healing for Starlight, and Toxic Claws with Neurotoxin provide the Crowd Control needed for Umbral.
• Worst case in early leveling and gearing, use Maul as a Basic Attack Builder. Replace Debilitating Roar. Maul can be useful for upkeeping Werebear Shapeshifting buffs as well.

Paragon Information

The Paragon Board is a progression system unlocked at Level 60, 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. Paragon Points are earned from leveling, Renown and Altars of Lilith.

The recommended Paragon boards with images for the Shred Druid are listed above. The following section goes over some explanations and descriptions for the pathing process for the Shred Druid.

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 asFang and Claw and Spirit.
  • Legendary Nodes such as Heightened Malice.
  • Magic and Rare nodes such as Impel and Reclaim.
• Defense – The paragon boards help reach goals on Damage Reduction, Armor, and Resistances. This includes:
  • Damage Reduction is improved from Werewolf secondary effects, as well as individual nodes providing bonuses like Damage Reduction from Poisoned Enemies.
  • Resistances are improved from Magic and Rare Resistance nodes.
  • Armor goals are reached with the help of Armor nodes in Inner Beast.
• Build Functionality – The paragon boards improve functionality for the build, including:
  • Inner Beast is taken for Spirit Cost Reduction and more casts of Petrify.

Controller vs Keyboard and Mouse

The Shred Druid can play smoother on a controller. When held, Shred can auto-move to the nearest enemies, or continue direction if no enemies are in range. The Dashes from casts of Shred auto-aim to the nearest enemy. Keyboard and Mouse can offer better control, allowing you to choose targets to Dash to. Both options are valid. Keyboard and Mouse can also access the auto-aim behavior by going into ESC -> Options -> Gameplay, and changing Skill Toggle Behavior to Toggle All.

Changelog

• 15 October, 2024: Updated for new onsite Paragon Tool.
• 27 September, 2024: Updated for Season 6. Changes to Paragon, Skill Tree, Skill Bar, and recommended Uniques.
• 7 August, 2024: Updated for post-launch of season 5. Small updates to Tempering recommendations. Improved readability and clarified case use and explanation for Waxing Gibbous.
• 3 August, 2024: Significant changes to Skills and Paragon to adjust for season 5, the change to Shepherd’s Aspect and the introduction of the Mjölnic Ryng.
• 17 June, 2024: Updated for mid-season patch 1.4.3.
• May 15, 2024: Small changes in gear affixes to adjust for season launch changes from PTR.
• 3 May 2024: Guide reworked for the significant 1.4.0 changes to gearing and for season 4 speculative changes. Format changed to frontload basic build information and offer extra information and options afterwards.
• 8 March 2024: Guide created, fully replacing the previous guide.
  • Ownership transferred.
  • Adjusted Gear, Skills, and Paragon sections to hit defensive stats targets and improve overall damage output.
  • Improved readability, explanations, and options.