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Druid Skills Navigation
Druid Skills: Druid Elemental Skills Druid Shape Shifting Skills Druid Summoning Skills

Shape Shifting allows the Druids to manipulate their own flesh and form, taking on characteristics and capabilities of the beasts they have sworn to protect. Druidic warriors follow two paths: the path of the bear, and the path of the wolf. Some Shape-shifting skills are available only to a single animal form, while others are common to both wolf and bear forms.

There is only one graphic for Werewolf or Werebear form. Weapons and armor do not show up, but your equipment is as important as it is for every other character. Weapons do just what they would in human form, but are given substantial bonuses by the wolf or bear modifiers. Listen to the sound of your weapon and pay attention to when you hit your weapon switch; it's possible to change to the wrong weapon and not realize it since there's no visual indication of the change.

Druids in fur form can not fire or throw ranged weapons. Bows and other such items can be used, but they will deal their normal damage with melee hits. A big damage bow can be quite an effective melee weapon, though.

Druids lose the ability to cast almost all of their elemental skills while in fur form.

Werewolf

Casting Delay: 1 Second
Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: None
Details: Transforms the Druid into a Werewolf. Adds substantial attack speed, attack rating, life, and stamina.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 15
Duration: 40 Seconds
Attack Speed +%	20	28	35	40	45	48	51	53	56	57	59	61	62	63	64	66	66	67	68	68
Attack Rating +%	50	65	80	95	110	125	140	155	170	185	200	215	230	245	260	275	290	305	320	335
Life +25%
Stamina: +25%

Lycanthropy

Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: Werewolf
Details: This skill adds a passive bonus that allows the Druid to remain in fur form much longer. There is also a substantial hit point boost.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Max Life +%	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115
Duration +X Seconds	40	60	80	100	120	140	160	180	200	220	240	260	280	300	320	340	360	380	400	420

Werebear

Casting Delay]: 1 Second
Required Level: 6
Prerequisites: None
Details: This skill enables the Druid to transform into a Werebear. It includes substantial bonuses to his defense, damage, and life.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 15
Duration: 40 Seconds
Damage +%	50	57	64	71	78	85	92	99	106	113	120	127	134	141	148	155	162	169	176	183
Defense +%	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120
Life +50%

Maul

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Werebear
Details: This skill adds a damage bonus that increases with consecutive hits of the skill. An orbiting, glowing orb grows in size to indicate the degree to which this skill is charged up.

Only usable when in Werebear form.
Attack Bonus: 3%, +3% Per Level

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 3
Duration: 20 Seconds
Damage +%	20-60	20-80	20-80	20-100	20-100	20-120	20-120	20-140	20-140	20-160	20-160	20-180	20-180	20-200	20-200	20-220	20-220	20-240	20-240	20-260
Attack +%	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210
Stun Length (Seconds)	0.9	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	3	3	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4

Feral Rage

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Werewolf
Details: This skill enables life steal, and adds substantial bonuses to damage, attack rating, and movement speed, while active. The skill can be powered up for three levels; an orbiting, glowing red orb grows in size to indicate the degree to which this skill is charged up. The usual technique is to charge this up, and then switch to Fury for the faster hits and greater damage that skill allows.

The movement and life steal bonuses
Druid must be in Werewolf form to use this skill.
Effect lasts for 20 seconds after last hit. (Charge it up with the last hit on a pack, so it will still be in effect when you reach the next one.)

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 3
Duration: 20 Seconds
Damage +%	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120	125	130	135	140	145
Attack +%	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210
Life Steal %	4-12	4-16	4-20	4-24	4-28	4-32	4-36	4-40	4-44	4-48	4-52	4-56	4-60	4-64	4-68	4-72	4-76	4-80	4-84	4-88
Walk/Run Speed +%	19-31	19-36	19-36	19-40	19-40	19-43	19-43	19-45	19-45	19-47	19-47	19-49	19-49	19-50	19-50	19-52	19-52	19-53	19-53	19-55

Fire Claws

Required Level: 18
Prerequisites: Werewolf, Werebear, Feral Rage, Maul
Synergies: Fire Claws receives substantial damage bonuses from a number of Elemental skills.

Firestorm: +22% Fire Damage Per Level
Molten Boulder: +22% Fire Damage Per Level
Fissure: +22% Fire Damage Per Level
Volcano: +22% Fire Damage Per Level

Details:: This skill adds fire damage and attack rating.

Druid must be in either fur form to use this skill.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 4
Fire Damage	15-20	23-28	31-36	39-44	47-52	55-60	63-68	71-76	83-88	95-100	107-112	119-124	131-136	143-148	155-160	167-172	187-194	207-216	227-238	247-260
Attack +%	50	65	80	95	110	125	140	155	170	185	200	215	230	245	260	275	290	305	320	335

Rabies

Required Level: 18
Prerequisites: Werewolf, Feral Rage
Synergies: Poison Creeper grants +18% Poison Damage Per Level. Details: A poison damage skill that is highly contagious. One infected monster will spread the poison to all the monsters in a group.

Rabies is inflicted with a bite; this skill is worth using once in a while just to see the animation.
Rabies is very useful for PVP, since antidote potions will not cure it.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 10
Poison Damage Over...	18-43	34-61	52-82	73-105	96-131	121-159	150-190	180-223	219-264	261-308	306-356	354-406	405-460	460-517	517-577	578-640	658-723	742-810	831-901	924-996
... X Seconds	4	4.4	4.8	5.2	5.6	6	6.4	6.8	7.2	7.6	8	8.4	8.8	9.2	9.6	10	10.4	10.8	11.2	11.6
Attack +%	50	57	64	71	78	85	92	99	106	113	120	127	134	141	148	155	162	169	176	183

Shock Wave

Required Level: 24
Prerequisites: Werebear, Maul
Details: This skill splashes a sort of energy wave, dealing minor damage and major stun to anything it strikes.

Only usable while in Werebear form.
Shock Wave can stun multiple targets with a single use.
Like other stun skills, bosses can resist it, but it will affect them if used repeatedly. Act Bosses can not be stunned.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 7
Damage	10-20	13-23	16-26	19-29	22-32	25-35	28-38	31-41	36-46	41-51	46-56	51-61	56-66	61-71	66-76	71-81	78-88	85-95	92-102	99-109
Stun Length (Seconds)	1.6	2.2	2.8	3.4	4	4.6	5.2	5.8	6.4	7	7.6	8.2	8.8	9.4	10	10.6	11.2	11.8	12.4	13

Hunger

Required Level: 24
Prerequisites: Werewolf, Werebear, Feral Rage, Maul, Fire Claws.
Details:: This skill steals life and mana, and also includes an attack rating bonus, but comes with a substantial damage penalty.

Most Druids find life and mana steal from equipment more than sufficient, and do not bother with this slow, low damage attack.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 3
Damage: -75%
Attack +%	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240
Life Steal %	72	90	104	116	125	132	138	143	149	152	156	159	162	165	167	170	171	173	174	176
Mana Steal %	72	90	104	116	125	132	138	143	149	152	156	159	162	165	167	170	171	173	174	176

Fury

Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Werewolf, Feral Rage, Rabies.
Details:: The werewolf's most popular skill; this one works just like the Paladin's Zeal, allowing the Werewolf to strike up to five times in rapid succession.

All hits will strike a single foe. If there are multiple enemies in range, the hits will alternate between them.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 4
Attack +%	50	57	64	71	78	85	92	99	106	113	120	127	134	141	148	155	162	169	176	183
Damage +%	100	117	134	151	168	185	202	219	236	253	270	287	304	321	338	355	372	389	406	423
Hits	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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 * [[Druid Skills]]:
-** [[Elemental]]
+** [[Druid Elemental Skills]]
-** [[Shape Shifting]]
+** [[Druid Shape Shifting Skills]]
-** [[Summoning]]
+** [[Druid Summoning Skills]]
+|}Shape Shifting allows the Druids to manipulate their own flesh and form, taking on characteristics and capabilities of the beasts they have sworn to protect. Druidic warriors follow two paths: the path of the bear, and the path of the wolf. Some Shape-shifting skills are available only to a single animal form, while others are common to both wolf and bear forms.
 There is only one graphic for Werewolf or Werebear form. Weapons and armor do not show up, but your equipment is as important as it is for every other character. Weapons do just what they would in human form, but are given substantial bonuses by the wolf or bear modifiers. Listen to the sound of your weapon and pay attention to when you hit your weapon switch; it's possible to change to the wrong weapon and not realize it since there's no visual indication of the change.