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Fire Claws Druid Guide

Last Updated: March 2nd 2024

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The Fire Claws Druid is able to shape-shift into a powerful Werewolf. In this form, he mauls down enemies with mighty claws. And he is not limited to dealing Physical Damage! Fire Claws call upon nature's elements to imbue his claws with massive Fire Damage to annihilate anything that crosses the Druid's path.

With a massive Life pool and access to redemption from Phoenix Monarch, this build has incredible sustain and rarely finds itself in dangerous situations.

Armageddon provides very strong AOE Fire and Physical Damage that helps our clear speed. The increase in monster Level to Stony Tomb, makes it the perfect place for this mighty Druid. He can clear this area very quickly, even on a high player count.

Ideal Standard Setup
Ideal Standard Setup

Fire Claws

Armageddon

Werewolf

Teleport

This build guide assumes you have a Character at Level 75 before transitioning to it. Check out our Druid Leveling Guide and our General Leveling Strategies to reach Level 75.

Very Tanky ✔
Many Farming Options ✔
High Single Target Damage ✔
We Get To Be An Awesome Wolf ✔

❌ Bad Season Starter
❌ Clunky And Slow Mobility
Single Target Melee Attacks
❌ High-End Gear Requirements


Sunder Charm Setup

Patch 2.5 introduces a new way of breaking Immunities: Sunder Charms. Any enemy that would be Immune to your damage type is insted reduced to 95% Resistance, before any other Resistance reductions apply. (e.g. Conviction, Lower Resist) The Charm also reduces YOUR Resistance against the sundered damage type! Check out our post on Sunder Charms to learn more about these new Charms. The following setup usesFlame Rift, allowing you to farm anywhere you want.

Sunder Charm Setup
Sunder Charm Setup

Gear Changes

To optimize this Sunder Charm we need as much -% Enemy Fire Resistance as possible. Equip Hand of Justice Phase Blade, Flickering Flame Pelt, and Phoenix Monarch for a total of -63% Enemy Fire Resistance!

Flickering Flame Pelt counteracts the negative effect of Flame Rift easily.

Terror Zones

The new Terror Zone mechanic combined with Sunder Charms open up a wide range of farmable areas. The following list highlights the best and worst Terror Zones for this build on the Budget setup. With the Sunder Charm Setup, more Terror Zones become accessible. Learn more about Terror Zones here and see how they stack up in our Terror Zone Tier List.

Best

Nihlathak's Temple - Quick Access, Boss, JUST KILL Pindleskin
Frigid Highlands - Quick Access, Boss, JUST KILL Eldritch the Rectifier
Far Oasis - Quick Access, Boss, No Immunities
Stony Tomb - Many Elite Groups, No Immunities, Kill Elite Groups in Rocky Waste!
Tal Rasha's Tombs - High Density, SKIP TOMBS WITH Burning Dead!

Worst

Chaos Sanctuary - Immunities
Worldstone Keep + Throne of Destruction - Immunities, Tanky enemies, High Elemental Damage
Cathedral + Catacombs - Immunities, Trash Mobility
River of Flame + City of the Damned - Immunities, Tanky enemies
Outer Steppes + Plains of Despair - Immunities, Tanky enemies, High Elemental Damage

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Heart of Wolverine
2. lycanthropy
3. fury

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. Fire Claws
2. Molten Boulder
3. Firestorm
4. Armageddon
5. Volcano

Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression
Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression

Damage

Utility

Attributes

Note: This section provides you with the standard Stat Point allocation. Build Variants can require a different allocation!

Strength

Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength to equip all of your gear. Take into account how much Strength your gear provides when equipped.

Dexterity

Allocate enough Stat Points into Dexterity to equip all of your gear. Take into account how much Dexterity your gear provides when equipped.

Vitality

Allocate any remaining Stat Points into Vitality after meeting Strength, Dexterity and Energy requirements.

Energy

Do not allocate any Stat Points into Energy. Mana costs are covered by “x% Mana Stolen per Hit” or “+x Mana after each Kill” on gear.

Essentials

Gear Options

Farming Spots

Mercenary

Playstyle

Breakpoints

Hardcore

Build Variants

Budget
Standard
Magic Find

Setup

A hexfire socketed with a shael rune adds +3 to Fire Skills with decent Attack Speed. Equip Jalal's Mane, Magefist, and Spirit Monarch for as many +to Skills as possible. This increases your damage significantly!
Raven Frost and the Angelic Ring + Amulet combination grant Cannot Be Frozen and a huge amount of required Attack Rating. Shaftstop and String of Ears almost cap out your Physical Damage Reduction!
Hustle Phase Blade on your Weapon Swap drastically improves your Attack Speed Breakpoints once you procced burst of speed.

Mercenary

Equip your Mercenary with an Insight, a bulwark and a Treachery Mage Plate. His Holy Freeze brings a great amount of Crowd Control to help keep you and him safe.

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Heart of Wolverine
2. lycanthropy
3. fury

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. Fire Claws
2. Molten Boulder
3. Firestorm
4. Armageddon

Attributes

Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength and Dexterity to wear your gear. Put remaining points into Vitality.

Setup

The main variant of this build combines high mobility outside the shape-shifted form with as much damage as possible. With Magefist, Arachnid Mesh and Faster Cast Rate on the Caster Crafted Amulet (13+% FCR) and a Rare Ring we achieve a decent Cast Rate Breakpoint for Enigma's Teleport.
Raven Frost provides Cannot Be Frozen which is crucial for any Attack Build. A Grief Phase Blade combines a high Attack Speed, which is crucial for this build, with high Physical Damage to deal with monsters Immune to Fire. With burst of speed from Hustle Phase Blade you can achieve the maximum Attack Speed Breakpoint.
High damage values are achieved with as many +x to Skills as possible. Phoenix Monarch reduces enemies Fire Resistances to round out the build.

Mercenary

Infinity opens up a lot of farming spots for the Fire Claw Druid. Fortitude and Andariel's Visage make him very durable.

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Heart of Wolverine
2. lycanthropy
3. fury

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. Fire Claws
2. Molten Boulder
3. Firestorm
4. Armageddon
5. Volcano

Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression
Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression

Attributes

Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength and Dexterity to wear your gear. Put remaining points into Vitality.

Setup

The Magic Find variant simply replaces Spiritual Grand Charm of Vita with Steel Small Charm of Good Luck or Shimmering Small Charm of Good Luck. With enough Resistances on those Charms you can replace the Rare Boots with War Traveler.

With burst of speed from Hustle Phase Blade you can achieve the maximum Attack Speed Breakpoint.

Be careful to not reduce your damage too much!

Mercenary

Infinity opens up a lot of farming spots for the Fire Claw Druid. Fortitude and Andariel's Visage make him very durable.

Skills

Put 1 Skill Point into each of the following Skills:
1. Heart of Wolverine
2. lycanthropy
3. fury

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. Fire Claws
2. Molten Boulder
3. Firestorm
4. Armageddon
5. Volcano

Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression
Use the Scroll Bar to see Skill Point Progression

Attributes

Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength and Dexterity to wear your gear. Put remaining points into Vitality.

Summary

  • Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength and Dexterity to wear your gear. Put remaining points into Vitality.
  • Summon Heart of Wolverine and keep the spirit up at all times.
  • Use Feral Rage in Werewolf to increase movement speed until you have access to Enigma.
  • Use Hustle Phase Blade on your Weapon Swap to pre-buff yourself with burst of speed. This allows you to hit much faster Attack Speed Breakpoints.
  • Focus your efforts on Elite Group bosses as Fire Claws is a single-target ability. Cast armageddon for some AoE-clear.

The Fire Claws Druid is a powerhouse when it comes to single-target damage. With some practice, you can utilize the synergies to add AoE-damage and increase your efficiency, which feels very rewarding!

Good luck!

Credits

Written by Teo1904
Reviewed by MacroBioBoi

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