Diablo 4 Season 3: All Druid Changes Patch 1.3.0

Diablo 4's third season is almost here and Blizzard have finally released the full patch notes. Season 3 is going to be filled with new content, with a new Seneschal Companion as one of the main mechanics and activities such as the new Vault Dungeons and Arcane Tremors available for players to experience in the end-game. 

A ton of new balance changes have also been revealed, with every class receiving adjustments to their abilities, items and paragon boards. Here are all of the changes coming to the Druid class in Diablo 4's Season of the Construct:

• New Items
• Skills Changes
• Passive Changes
• Spirit Boons
• Paragon Board
• Item Updates
• Bug Fixes

Diablo 4 Season 3 Full List of Druid Changes

A whole host of new changes are coming to the Druid in Diablo 4's Season of the Construct. The Rabies, Lacerate and Cataclysm abilities are all receiving big buffs, which is going to allow players to experiment with new builds. A new Unique item and Aspect have also been added to the game with a wide array of adjustments to passives, items and Spirit Boons. Here is the full list of Druid changes coming to Season 3 in Diablo 4:

New Items

Unsung Ascetic's Wraps

• Lightning Storm gains 1 additional strike each time it grows. Lightning Storm Critical Strikes cause lightning to strike twice, dealing 10–20% increased damage.

Virulent Aspect – Utility

• When Rabies infects an enemy, reduce its cooldown by 0.3–0.6 seconds. This cooldown reduction is tripled when infecting Elites.

Skills

Enhanced Rabies

• Maximum damage bonus increased from 30% to 60%.

Lacerate

• Cooldown reduced from 45 to 35 seconds.

Prime Lacerate

• Changed functionality: Lacerate hits Heal for 3% Maximum Life, increased to 6% on Critical Strikes.

Cataclysm

• Twister damage increased from 23% to 46%.
• Lightning damage increased from 77% to 95%.

Supreme Cataclysm

• Vulnerable duration increased from 3 to 6 seconds.

Passives

Mending

• Additional Healing received increased from 5% to 6% per rank.

Thick Hide

• Fortify gained increased from 6.4% to 10% per rank.

Unrestrained

• Control Impairing Effects duration reduction increased from 3% to 5% per rank.
• Increased benefit while over 50% Fortify reduced from tripled to doubled.

Natural Fortitude

• Fortify gained on Shapeshifting increased from 1.4% to 2% per rank.

Bestial Rampage

• Required Shapeshift duration reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds.
• Attack Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%.

Spirit Boons

Prickleskin

• Thorns increased from .15 to .6. (from 1,194 to 4776)

Gift of the Stag

• Maximum Spirit increased from 10 to 20.

Avian Wrath

• Critical Strike Damage bonus is now Multiplicative instead of Additive.

Paragon

Tectonic

• Bonus Lucky Hit Chance increased from 15% to 20%.

Poise

• Barrier increased from 5% of Maximum Health to 15%.
• Duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds.

Wilds

• Passive Companion damage bonus increased from 80% to 120%.

Item Updates

Aspect of the Blurred Beast

• Previous: While dashing, Shred seeks out Nearby Poisoned enemies instantly dealing 70–100% of the Poisoning damage to them.
• New: While dashing, Shred seeks out Nearby Poisoned enemies and deals 20–40%[x] increased damage to them.

Aspect of Metamorphic Stone

• Boulder Spirit Cost reduced from 50 to 40.

Aspect of the Unsatiated

• Spirit Generation and bonus damage increased from 20–30% to 30–40%.

Aspect of Retaliation

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

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Envenom displayed its damage bonus as additive, when it was multiplicative.
• Fixed an issue where Enhanced Ravens wasn't increasing Critical Strike Chance to enemies hit.
• Fixed an issue where the Dire Wolf's Aspect did not specify that it also made Grizzly Rage function as a Werewolf skill.

That covers the full list of Druid Changes coming to Diablo 4 Season 3. The Druid was always one of the most versatile classes in the game and with these updates and adjustments it seems like the trend is going to continue. With all of these additions to the class, combined with the new Seneschal Companion, there will be a ton of theorycrafting surrounding the class in the coming weeks. For more Diablo 4 news and guides, make sure to check out the rest of our website!