All Druid Changes in the Latest Season

Unique Items

Earthbreaker – Unique Ring

Landslide causes the ground to erupt in tectonic spikes which continue to deal 0.6-0.9 damage over 2 seconds. Casting Landslide in this area has a 20-30% chance to cause additional Landslide pillars to spawn within.

Wildheart Hunger – Unique Boots

When you Shapeshift into a Werewolf or a Werebear, you gain Wildheart for 5 seconds. Wildheart grants you 1%-1.5% increased damage with Shapeshifting Skills every 2 seconds, stacking 20 times.
Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Fevered Mauling

When you hit at least 1 enemy with Maul, increase its Attack Speed by 1%-2.5% and you gain 1%-3% Damage reduction for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.

Bold Chieftain’s

Now usable by Druids.

• Necromancer, Barbarian, Druid, and Sorcerer Companions now receive 100% of the player’s attributes.
• Applicable “Shout” skills for Druid and Barbarian are now tagged as Shouts.

Spirit Boons

Packleader

• Cooldown reset chance increased from 20% to 25%.

Energize

• Spirit restoration increased from 10 to 20.

Masochistic

• Critical Strike Healing increased from 3% to 5%.

Wariness

• Reduced damage from Elites increased from 10% to 15%.

 

Skills

Claw

• Damage increased by ~10% (.25 to .28).
• Enhanced Claw
  • Attack Speed increased from 15% to 20%.

Maul

• Damage increased by ~10% (.24 to .26).
• Enhanced Maul
  • Fortify increased from 5% to 8%.

Raging Pulverize

• Stun duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.

Shred

• Damage increased by 10%.
• Enhanced Shred
  • Healing increased from 2% to 4%.

Debilitating Roar

• Now categorized as a Shout skill.

Wolves

• Wolves now gain Unstoppable when the Skill is cast.
• Health increased by 200%.
• Respawn reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.

Hurricane

• Damage increased from 134% to 187%.

Petrify

• Prime Petrify
  • Previous – Petrify’s effect durations are increased by 1 second.
  • Now – Petrify grants 50 Spirit when cast and its effect durations are increased by 1 second.

   

• Supreme Petrify
  • Previous – Killing an enemy affected by Petrify grants 25 Spirit.
  • Now – Killing an enemy affected by Petrify reduces its Cooldown by 1 second. Hitting a Boss with Petrify reduces its Cooldown by 10 seconds.

Lacerate

• Damage increased by 22%.
• Prime Lacerate
  • Previous – Lacerate hits Heal for 3% Maximum Life, doubled on Critical Strikes.
  • Now – Lacerate hits Heal for 3% Maximum Life, doubled on Critical Strikes. The first Critical Strike is guaranteed and deals 150% increased damage.

   

• Supreme Lacerate
  • Previous – Lacerate’s initial strike is guaranteed to Critically Strike and deals 150% increased damage.
  • Now – Whenever Lacerate Critically Strikes, you deal 4% increased damage for 10 seconds, up to 40%.

   

Passives

Call of the Wild

• Damage increased from 10% to 12%.

Quickshift

• Previous – When a Shapeshifting Skill transforms you into a different form, it deals 7% increased damage.
• Now – When Shapeshifting into a new animal form, you deal 1% increased damage for 3 seconds, up to 6%.

Heightened Senses

• Previous – Upon Shapeshifting into a Werebear or Werewolf, gain 4% Damage Reduction against Elites for 5 seconds.
• Now – When Shapeshifting into an animal form, Werebear grants 2% Damage Reduction and Werewolf grants 2% Movement Speed, each for 6 seconds. Bonuses are doubled while both are active.

Clarity

• Previous – Gain 2 Spirit when transforming into Human form.
• Now – After casting a Companion Skill, your next Core or Wrath Skill’s damage and Critical Strike Chance are increased by 5%, up to 15%.

Digitigrade Gait

• Movement Speed increased from 3% to 4%.

 

Legendary Aspects

Of The Changeling’s Debt

• Previous – Damaging a Poisoned enemy with a Werebear Skill will instantly deal 120-124% of the Poisoning damage and consume the Poisoning.
• Now – You deal 25-40% increased damage while hitting a Poisoned enemy as a Werebear or a Crowd Controlled enemy as a Werewolf.

Of The Unsatiated

• Previous – After killing an enemy with Shred, your next Werewolf Skill generates 25-32% more Spirit and deals 25-32% increased damage.
• Now – After killing an enemy with Shred, you gain 20 Spirit. Your Werewolf Skills deal 10-25% increased damage when cast above 50 Spirit.

Of The Blurred Beast

• Damage increased from 25-32% to 25-35%.

Nighthowler’s

• Previous – Blood Howl increases Critical Strike Chance by 5-10%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds.
• Now – Blood Howl is now a Shout Skill and increases Critical Strike Chance by 5-10%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds.

Raw Might

• Now all Shapeshifting Skills contribute to the buff stacks.
• Damage increased from 35-50% to 40-55%.
• Stun duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.

Shepherd’s

• Now Wrath Skills also gain increased damage from Companions.

Mangled

• Previous – When you are struck as a Werebear you have a 25-40% chance to gain 3 Spirit.
• Now – While in Werebear form, you gain 10-25 Spirit every 8 seconds.

Of Mending Stone

• Killing an enemy with any Skill now replenishes the Barrier as well as Earth Skills.

Of Vocalized Empowerment (Previously of Echoing Fury)

• Now equippable by both Barbarians and Druids.
  • Previous – Your Shout Skills generate 2-4 Fury per second while active.
  • Now – Your Shout Skills generate 5-10 Primary Resource per second while active.

   

 

Unique Items

Fleshrender

• Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%.
• Previous – Debilitating Roar and Blood Howl deal damage to Nearby Poisoned enemies, increased by 15% for every 100 Willpower you have.
• Now – Casting a Defensive Skill deals damage to Nearby Poisoned enemies, increased by 15% for every 100 Willpower you have.

Waxing Gibbous

• Life On Kill replaced with Spirit On Kill.

 

Paragon

Tracker Glyph

• Poisoning damage effect duration increased from 33% to 40%.

Bane Glyph

• Poison effect double damage chance increased from 10% to 15%.

Shapeshifter Glyph

• Critical Strike Chance increased from 20% to 25%.

Wilds Glyph

• Damage increased from 120% to 130%.

Inner Beast Legendary Node

• Previous – After Shapeshifting, your Spirit costs are reduced by 10% for 5 seconds, up to 30%.
• Now – After Shapeshifting, your Spirit costs are reduced by 5% for 10 seconds, up to 45%. If you reach 10 stacks, this bonus resets and reduces the Cooldown of your Ultimate Skill by 5 seconds.

 

Bug Fixes

Druid

• Fixed an issue where the bonus damage from the Wild Impulses passive was additive instead of multiplicative.
• Fixed an issue where Hurricane was not displaying decimal values for its duration when affected by the Endless Tempest passive.
• Fixed an issue where the damage bonus from the Aspect of Retaliation bonus could apply twice.
• Fixed an issue where Storm Strike and Claw could attack in place instead of attempting to path the player.
• Fixed an issue where Blood Howl would not heal the player or properly regenerate Spirit when equipped with the Nighthowler’s Aspect.
• Fixed an issue where the Fortify values generated by Safeguard was using Base Life instead of Maximum Life.
• Fixed an issue where the multiplicative damage from the Wilds Glyph did apply for passive attacks from companions.
• Fixed an issue where Earthspike would deal increased damage exponentially when hitting multiple stacked targets.
• Fixed an issue where additional Landslides from the Aftershock Aspect didn’t fully apply the Enhanced Landslide upgrade modifier.
• Fixed an issue where the Inner Beast Legendary Paragon node did not trigger with the automatic Shapeshift granted by Mad Wolf’s Glee or Insatiable Fury.
• Fixed an issue where the bonus Attack Speed and Critical Strike chance granted by the Nighthowler’s Aspect was inconsistently applied for minions.
• Fixed an issue where Blood Howl would not work properly when Ravens was also equipped.
• Fixed an issue where the Spirit Glyph would only stack once instead of the intended six times.
• Fixed an issue where Shred could target invisible enemies.