Tornado Werewolf Endgame Druid Build for Diablo 4 (Season 3)

This is a legacy build that is not competitive for the current version of Diablo 4 and which we do not recommend using. It only exists for documentation purposes and will not receive any further updates.

Build Introduction

This is your comprehensive guide for building a Tornado wielding Werewolf with a hide made of steel, able to stand against any enemy and dominate. Welcome to the Wolf-Nado build. This unique build is focused on a unleashing powerful Tornadoes non-stop, while you stack Critical Strikes and Storm Damage, offering endgame enemies a ride back to hell in a devastating tornado.

Our guide will cover all basic mechanics and deep dive into the optimal setup for skills, paragon and gear for the build. Further down below you will find a supporting YouTube video as well to showcase the build in action.

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

Required Uniques

Tempest Roar

Flickerstep

Airidah’s Inexorable Will

Required Aspects (Non-codex)

Stormchaser’s Aspect

Dire Wolf’s Aspect

Season of the Construct

Season 3 Patch Updates

The following list details all changes of Season 3 that may pertain to Druids.

Skills

• Wind Shear
  • Spirit Generation increased from 14 to 16.
  • Damage increased by 10%.
• Wild Wind Shear
  • Additional Spirit per enemy hit increased from 3 to 4.

Aspects

• Aspect of Retaliation
  • Bonus damage reduced from 20–40% to 20–30%.

Seneschal Construct Companion Powers

The Season 3 theme introduces a Seneschal Construct Companion that can deal damage or provide support to complement your character. Equip the Seneschal with two Governing Stones to activate their abilities, and then link them to three Tuning Stones each to augment the abilities. There are 12 different Governing Stones and 27 different Tuning Stones that can be found in Vaults scattered across Sanctuary. Fuse together duplicate stones to level them up, increasing the potency of Governing Stones or adding augments to Tuning Stones.

Listed below are the general recommended Governing Stones and their linked Tuning Stones for Druids, ranked by importance.

1. Focus Fire: The Seneschal Construct channels a ray of fire onto targets dealing damage to each over time.
   • Evernight: The supported Skill grants you +4 to all Skills when used for 2.0 seconds.
   • Resource Support: Player gains an amount of Primary Resource when the supporting Skill first deals damage.
   • Efficiency Support: When the supporting skill deals damage, you gain Critical Strike Chance to the same targets hit.
   • Arcing Support: The supported Skill can hit additional enemies.
2. Flash of Adrenaline: Administers a quick flash of adrenaline into the player, granting bonus damage for a duration.
   • Genesis: Increase the effectiveness of the supported Skill by 150%.
   • Safeguard Support: When used, the supported Skill grants Damage Reduction to you.
   • Tactical Support: Decrease the cooldown of the supported Skill.
   • Duration Support: Supported Skills have their durations increased.

Video Guide

Please note that since this written build guide is ever-evolving and videos cannot easily be updated, the below video should serve as more of a guideline, whereas the written guide will always have the most accurate information.

Skill Tree Points and Skill Bar

Skill Bar Setup for the Tornado Werewolf Build (Order does not matter)

Tornado Wind Shear Hurricane Cyclone Armor Blood Howl Grizzly Rage

Follow the points allocated in the image above for the complete 58 point build. The additional 10 skill points are completed using the Renown system.

Priority Skills	Cluster
Wind Shear Level 1, Enhanced Wind Shear	Basic Skill
Tornado Level 5, Enhanced Tornado, Primal Tornado, Predatory Instinct Level 3, Heart of the Wild Level 1, Wild Impulses Level 3, Digitigrade Gait Level 2	Core Skill
Cyclone Armor Level 1, Enhanced Cyclone Armor, Preserving Cyclone Armor, Blood Howl Level 1, Enhanced Blood Howl, Preserving Blood Howl, Ancestral Fortitude Level 3, Vigilance Level 3	Defensive Skill
Nature’s Reach Level 3	Companion Skill
Elemental Exposure Level 1, Endless Tempest Level 3, Neurotoxin Level 1, Envenom Level 3, Toxic Claws Level 1	Wrath Skill
Grizzly Rage, Prime Grizzly Rage, Supreme Grizzly Rage, Resonance Level 3, Defiance Level 3, Circle of Life Level 3	Ultimate Skill
Lupine Ferocity	Key Passives

Boons – The Druid Specialization

Boons are additional buffs provided to the Druid class as part of their specialization. To unlock your Boons, you will need to complete a simple quest on the west side of the map in the stronghold of “Tur Dulra”. This becomes available at Level 15 and should be completed as soon as possible. The Boon mechanic allows you to pick a single buff from each of the corresponding master animals and the addition of a second Boon buff from a chosen master animal you select.

Once you are in the endgame and have completed the skill tree from the previous section, utilize the following set of Boons for the best results.

Staying in Grizzly Rage as much as possible is critical to not only our survival, but also our damage. Two the boons listed above are going to directly support our Ultimate Skill durations and Cooldown. First, we use the boon Calamity to help extend our Grizzly Rage by 25%. Next, the boon Calm Before the Storm going to constantly tick down our Grizzly Rage’s Cooldown. We also have the the benefit of Flickerstep to help lower our Cooldown even further. As you progress past Level 50 Nightmare Dungeons, you will benefit massively from the Fortify per second, increased Movement Speed, and being Unstoppable. These three buffs are critical to staying mobile and out of Elite’s special attacks, as well as bosses area of effect attacks.

Paragon

We recommend using these Legendary nodes and Rare Glyphs to truly take this build into the endgame. Note that each Rare Glyph’s information listed below is for the Level 21 version.

Rare Node	Effect
Territorial	– For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +[10]% increased damage to Close targets. – Additional Bonus unlocked after 25 Dexterity points are purchased in the glyph’s range: You gain 10% Damage Reduction against Close enemies.
Werewolf	– For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +[6.5]% increased damage while in Werewolf form. – Additional Bonus unlocked after 40 Willpower points are purchased in the glyph’s range: You gain 10% damage reduction while in Werewolf form.
Undaunted	– For every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal +[10]% increased damage while Fortified. – Additional Bonus unlocked after 25 Intelligence points are purchased in the glyph’s range: You gain up to 10% Damage Reduction the more Fortify you have.
Earth and Sky	– Grants +[150]% bonus to all Magic nodes within range. – Additional Bonus unlocked after 40 Willpower points are purchased in the glyph’s range: Radius Bonus: Nature Magic Skills deal x10% increased damage to Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.
Fang and Claw	– Grants +[150]% bonus to all Magic nodes within range. – Additional Bonus unlocked after 40 Willpower points are purchased in the glyph’s range: While in Werewolf or Werebear form, Close enemies take 12%[x] increased damage from you.
Spirit	– For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +[20]% increased Critical Strike Damage. – Additional Bonus unlocked after 25 Dexterity points are purchased in the glyph’s range: Critical Strikes increase the damage an enemy takes from you by x2% for 20 seconds, up to x12%.
Thunderstruck	– Storm Skills deal increased damage equal to x20% of your Damage vs Close and Damage vs Distant bonuses.
Ancestral Guidance	– After spending 75 Spirit, you deal x30% increased damage for 5 seconds.

Let’s break down each of these beneficial Nodes and where our Paragon Points are positioned in each of the Paragon Boards we use. This part of the build is presented in order of importance, so if you do not have enough Paragon Points for use in your Paragon Tree, just slowly work towards each step.

Starting Board

1. Begin with by up the right hand side of the board to get the Rare node Prime, to boost our raw Damage.
2. Now go to the left hand side and select the nodes towards the Rare Node Tenacity, to boost our Armor and Maximum Life.
3. Go to the open glyph slot and insert Territorial. This will increase our Damage and Damage Reduction for Close Enemies.
4. Select both Rare Nodes inside the Glyph radius, Impel and Resolve. This will grants us bonus Damage and Resistances.
5. Finally, head towards the top of the Paragon Board and attach Thunderstruck.

Thunderstruck

1. Path towards the open glyph slot, picking up the Rare node Hubris along the way.
2. Now go to the open glyph slot and insert Earth and Sky. This will boost the Magic Nodes inside the glyph radius and increase our Nature Damage.
3. Take the other Rare node inside the glyph radius, Stormcaller, helping our Storm damage.
4. Path on the left hand side of the glyph radius, up to the Rare nodes, Deluge and Lightning Resilience, these will increase our damage output and our Resistances.
5. Now take the Legendary Node Thunderstruck and the final Rare node Tempest.
6. Now head to the right hand side of the board to the connection point and attach Heightened Malice.

Heightened Malice

1. Head to the open glyph slot picking up Sinking Fangs along the way.
2. Insert Fang and Claw, remember to take all the Willpower nodes needed for the bonus as shown above.
3. Now path towards bottom of the glyph radius and take the Rare Node Nature-born, this will help us against Poisoned Enemies with increased Damage Reduction.
4. Continue up along the path to the top of the board and attach Ancestral Guidance.

Ancestral Guidance

1. Path towards the open glyph slot picking up Harmony along the path.
2. Insert Werewolf into the glyph slots for the bonus damage while in Werewolf form.
3. Take the other Rare node Resolve for the added Resistances inside the glyph radius.
4. Now follow the pathway down to the Rare Node Natural Attunement for the bonuses to Spirit and Maximum Life.
5. Next take the Rare node Reclamation for the important Spirit on Kill affix.
6. Now take the Legendary node Ancestral Guidance.
7. Take the pathway to the right hand side of the board and attach Constricting Tendrils.

Constricting Tendrils

1. Path to the open glyph slot and insert Spirit to add to our Critical Strike Damage.
2. Now take both Rare nodes Courage and Nature’s Will, this will increase our Maximum Life and Nature damage.
3. Continue to the top of the board and attach Inner Beast.

Inner Beast

1. Head to the open Glyph slot and insert Undaunted to boost our Damage and Damage Reduction while Fortified.
2. Now take the two Rare Nodes Shapeshifter and Determination with their corresponding Magic Nodes. These will increase our damage while Shapeshifted and grant us bonus Armor.
3. Finally, head back to the left hand side of the board and take the final Rare node Tenacity for more bonus Armor and Life .
4. This completes this Paragon Tree.

Paragon Board images courtesy of d4builds.gg.

Mechanics and Playstyle

The playstyle for the Wolf Nado build is very similar to some of our previous builds. We start by building up our Spirit using our generator Wind Shear, the fun part to this build is its ability to self-sustain your Spirit pool. Once your Spirit is topped off activate your Cyclone Armor and Blood Howl, which will trigger Vigilance and keep our enemies at a distant. Next, trigger your Grizzly Rage which will significantly lower your Spirit costs. Start spamming your core skill: Tornado. As your Tornadoes make everything around you vulnerable and your Grizzly Rage amplifies your Critical Strike Damage with kills, your damage will quickly ramp. Be smart with your movement and avoid elite attacks.

Keep your Hurricane up as it can help to build your Spirit back up and keep enemies slowed as they press towards you. Being to add in evade dodges, aiming to go through several enemies at a time for the bonus Cooldown Reduction from Flickerstep. This should be keeping our Grizzly Rage off Cooldown and up the majority of the time for us to keep using Tornado at a low cost. Should Grizzly Rage fall off before the Cooldown, just keep to a safe position and use Blood Howl if you need a boost of healing.

Grizzly Rage

This skill is paramount to the build; you cannot push endgame content with an effective setup to use with your Grizzly Rage. To create an effective setup for endgame, we will equip two specific aspects: Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast and Dire Wolf’s Aspect.

First, Dire Wolf’s Aspect alters the werebear only skill to be performed as a Werewolf, offering Movement Speed instead of Damage Reduction as well as a huge amount of Spirit Cost Reduction. This reduction is one of the main keys to us being able to spam Tornado. Next, Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast focuses on extending the uptime for our Grizzly Rage. We also benefit from our Airidah’s Inexorable Will pull effect while we use Grizzly Rage, helping to group enemies up for our Tornadoes.

Gear Choice and Stat Priority

As you begin to farm in World Tier 3 and 4, Rare and Legendary item drops will begin to appear with some regularity depending on your luck. We recommend saving the targeted Legendary items that have the needed Legendary aspects listed below. We also recommended to keep multiple copies of the build’s Aspects in your Stash for future upgrades.

As for the Rare items, you will need to inspect each one for targeted affixes for use in each specific slot and do your best to match the recommended rolls. We have listed our targeted affixes in order of importance. Check the chart below and make note of what affixes you are searching for when you see a Rare gear piece drop.

Season 2 Update (1.2.0): Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage affixes are changed to be additive with other damage increases. All additive damage increases of the same amount are equal in value, as long as their conditions are active.

Gear Slot	Targeted Affixes
Helm	Tempest Roar
Chest	1. Total Armor 2. Damage Reduction 3. Damage Reduction while Fortified 4. Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Poisoned. 5. Maximum Life
Gloves	1. Critical Strike Chance 2. Attack Speed 3. Rank up Tornado 4. Willpower 5.  Lucky Hit Chance
Pants	1. Damage Reduction 2. Damage Reduction while Fortified 3. Damage Reduction from Poison Enemies 4. Damage Reduction while Injured  5. Maximum Life
Boots	1. Movement speed  2. Spirit Cost Reduction 3. Damage Reduction while Injured 4. Needed Resistances
Amulet	1. Cooldown Reduction 2. Rank Up Envenom 3. % Willpower 4. Spirit Reduction 5. Total Armor While In Werewolf Form
Rings	1. Critical Strike Chance 2. Damage to Distant Enemies 3. Damage to Close Enemies 4. Maximum Life 5. Critical Strike Damage
2-Handed Weapon	1. Willpower 2. All Stats 3. Damage to Distant Enemies 4. Damage to Close Enemies 5. Core Skill Damage 6. Physical Damage

Please note that these Affixes are the recommended picks for the blank, but that is simply our opinion. Other Affixes could certainly work instead of the ones listed above, but may not be optimal. Also, there are several very specific affixes that are required to make the build work, particularly around Spirit generation, they are as follows:

1. Cooldown Reduction
2. Resource Generation
3. Spirit Cost Reduction

A final point on acquiring the right Affixes and Legendary Aspects, use your Obols to target farm them. Obols are awarded from many different activities in the game, you will always stockpiling them until you hit your maximum. Instead of just randomly spending them on a random pick, use them to target what you might be missing from this build. It is a great way to target a specific slot of loot and find what you need.

If you are interested in checking out a new tool for gambling Obols check out this link below from Icy Veins.

Legendary Aspects

Listed below are all the best-in-slot Aspects found on Legendary items that are important for the Tornado Werewolf Druid build. Aspects from the Codex of Power can be used if you cannot find the proper Legendary drops, but they have weaker effects. Extract Aspects from lower level Legendary items and imprint them onto better Rare items with preferred stats. The endgame itemization goal will be to imprint Aspects with the best values Ancestral Rare items with Item Power above or as close to 800, then upgrade them through the Blacksmith. Each aspect is listed with its matching gear slot. Do your best to keep each Aspect in the slot it was posted with.

Gear Slot	Legendary Aspect	Legendary Aspect Power
Helm	Tempest Roar
Chest	Aspect of Disobedience	You gain [0.6 – 1.1]% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to [36.0 – 66.0]%.
Gloves	Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast	The duration of Grizzly Rage is increased by [1-5] seconds. In addition, Critical Strikes while Grizzly Rage is active increase your Critical Strike Damage by 10% for the duration.
Pants	Aspect of Might	Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for [2.0-6.0] seconds.
Boots	Flickerstep
Amulets(50% bonus)	Aspect of Retaliation	Your Core Skills deal up to [20-40%] increased damage based on your amount of Fortify.
Ring	Stormchaser’s Aspect	Tornado will seek up to [1-3] targets.
Ring	Airidah’s Inexorable Will
2-handed Weapon	Dire Wolf’s Aspect	Grizzly Rage now Shapeshifts you into a Dire Werewolf. As a Dire Werewolf you gain [15-25%] Movement Speed instead of Damage Reduction and [30-50%] Spirit cost reduction bonus. In addition, kills Heal you for 10% of your Maximum Life.

Uber Uniques

The chart below is our recommendation for Uber Uniques that will work within this build. However, all Uber uniques are extremely powerful and can shine in different situations. Good Hunting!

Uber Uniques	Recommended(Y/N)	Replaces
Andariel’s Visage	No
Harlequin Crest	No
Melted Heart of Selig	No
Ring of Starless Skies	No
Doombringer	No
The Grandfather	No
Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander	No

Gems

Listed below are the best gems to socket into gear for each slot type.

• Weapon: Royal Emerald for critical strike damage to Vulnerable enemies.
• Armor: Royal Ruby for the Maximum Life.
• Jewelry: Royal Diamond for All Resistances, however, certain bosses may require you to switch to their corresponding resistances. If Resistance are capped, use Royal Skull.

Elixirs and Health Pots

Visit the Alchemist in any main town to craft helpful Elixirs that increase stats, and experience gain for 30 minutes. Make sure to forage plants and pick up the necessary crafting materials during your adventures; they randomly spawn around the world. Use an Elixir providing any Resistance you need most, or the Assault Elixir to increase Attack Speed.

Return to the Alchemist again when you reach Level 20, 30, 45, 60, 70, 80 and 90, to upgrade your potion. The extra healing is essential to survival.

Changelog

• March 5th 2024: Updates for Patch 1.3.3
• February 6th 2024: Build adjustments.
• January 20th 2024: Season 3 speculative changes.
• December 12th 2023: Build Revamped for NM 100 gameplay.
• October 13th 2023: Build Adjusted to prepare for Season 2 launch.
• August 8th 2023: Added notes about Patch 1.1.1 and link for paragon.
• August 6th 2023: Full build review and improvements in paragon tree and Affixes.
• August 4th 2023: Malignant Hearts and Paragon updated for clarity.
• July 19th, 2023: Season of the Malignant section added.
• July 18th, 2023: Reviewed and altered build with Season One Patch Notes.