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Druid Changes Coming in Season 5

We’ve taken the data from both DonTheCrown‘s and Rob‘s Season 5 sheets and compiled them into actual class changes. Blizzard has confirmed these changes for Season 5 during the content creator roundtable, but the list is incomplete and we’ll need to wait until the official Season 5 patch notes to have a full list of all changes. You can also check out the previously datamined changes notes for Druids based on the old PTR here.

Main Stat Scaling

Druids are also getting a big change to how their main stat affects their damage, with Willpower now granting 16.67% more damage to all skills than previously.

Skill Changes

BoulderBoulder

  • Damage increased to 70%.

Blood HowlBlood Howl

  • Is now always a Shout skill.

CataclysmCataclysm

  • More consistently hits enemies with its strikes.

RabiesRabies

  • Rabies has been reworked.
  • The Natural RabiesNatural Rabies skill upgrade which causes it to spread faster is now baseline.

Key Passives

Earthen MightEarthen Might

  • Luck Hit chance doubled to 10%.

Perfect StormPerfect Storm

  • Multiplier increased to 40%.

Paragon Nodes

Earthen DevastationEarthen Devastation

  • Critical Hit damage bonus maximum increased to 60%.

Survival InstinctsSurvival Instincts

  • Maximum damage bonus now 60%.

ThunderstruckThunderstruck

  • Damage bonus increased to 60%.

Unique Item Changes

Greatstaff of the CroneGreatstaff of the Crone

  • Up to 100% Critical Strike Damage
  • Up to 270% damage to Close Enemies.
  • Storm StrikeStorm Strike now chains to 2 extra targets.
  • Up to +4 to all Basic skills.

Mad Wolf's GleeMad Wolf’s Glee

  • Up to 1427 Maximum Life.
  • Increases Werewolf Attack Speed by up to 15%.
  • Increases Lupine Ferocity damage by 17%.
  • Grants up to +5 to Digitigrade GaitDigitigrade Gait.
  • Grants up to +5 to all Werewolf skills.

Storm's CompanionStorm’s Companion

  • Increases WolvesWolves Attack Speed by up to 25%.
  • Pack Leader Spirit Boon Lucky Hit chance increased to up to 85%.
  • Up to 17.5% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies.
  • Up to +5 bonus to WolvesWolves.

Legendary Aspect Changes

Balanced AspectBalanced Aspect

  • Spirit regeneration bonus more than doubled to 50%.

Aspect of the Blurred BeastAspect of the Blurred Beast

  • Damage bonus increased to up to 55%.

Aspect of RetaliationAspect of Retaliation

  • Bonus damage increased to up to 35%.

Runeworker's Conduit AspectRuneworker’s Conduit Aspect

  • Base duration increased to 3 seconds.
  • Deals up to 350% weapon damage.
  • Grants up to 40% bonus damage to all summoned Lightning Bolts.

Seismic-shift AspectSeismic-shift Aspect

No longer adds a cooldown to Earth SpikeEarth Spike.

Shepherd's AspectShepherd’s Aspect

  • No longer affects Core and Wrath skills, now only affects Companion skills.

Stormclaw's AspectStormclaw’s Aspect

  • Damage increased to up to 40%

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