Druid Summoning Skills

Druid Skills
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The Druid's summoning skills allow him to call up wild animals to fight for his cause. He also has two aura-like enhancements, and several interesting living vine skills in this tree.

Long ago, the Druids confided in prayer their sacred charge to the supreme spirits of Nature. The spirits were moved by their plight and answered the Druids' call for help. Over the many years since then, the spirits have contributed in many ways to the Druids' cause, even offering up soldiers to serve in their campaign. A Druid educated in the language of the Natural spirits can appeal to them, and they will provide him with valuable companions. These companions fall into three groups: spirit animals, sentient vines, and minor spirits of Nature.

Spirits
Only one Spirit spell may be active at a time. If you summon another Spirit the previous Spirit will disappear. Spirits have hit points and can be destroyed. Spirits are similar to Paladin Auras. Both of the Spirit Auras can be active on party members at the same time, but the same one will not stack, so Druids should decide in advance who will cast which.

Spirits are immune to Physical Damage and Poison on Nightmare. In Hell Difficulty, they're immune to Poison.

Summoned Minions
Druids may summon Ravens, Spirit Wolves, Dire Wolves, and Grizzly Bears. Ravens are optional, but only one type of the wolf or bear minions can be present at a time. For example, casting a Grizzly Bear will dispel previously cast wolves, and vice versa. In earlier versions of D2X, there was no reason to put more than one point into a wolf or bear summoning skill if you didn't intend to use that one constantly. Now, with synergies, multiple points in all three skills can be valuable.

Vines
Vines follow you around much like any other Minion. They can be attacked and can die. You can only have one Vine at a time. If you want your Vines to survive longer, spend more skill points to build up their maximum life.

Raven[edit]

Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: None
Details: Ravens swarm in a cloud and look nifty, but their damage is negligible and their AI is lacking. This skill is useful only as a prerequisite or a novelty.

Ravens can peck out their eyes of their targets, creating an effect similar to the Necromancer's Dim Vision curse.

Mana Cost:	5

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	# of Ravens	# of Hits	Damage +X	Slvl	# of Ravens	# of Hits	Damage +X	Slvl	# of Ravens	# of Hits	Damage +X	Slvl	# of Ravens	# of Hits	Damage +X
1	1	12	2-4	6	5	17	7-9	11	5	22	12-14	16	5	27	17-19
2	2	13	3-5	7	5	18	8-10	12	5	23	13-15	17	5	28	18-20
3	3	14	4-6	8	5	19	9-11	13	5	24	14-16	18	5	29	19-21
4	4	15	5-7	9	5	20	10-12	14	5	25	15-17	19	5	30	20-22
5	5	16	6-8	10	5	21	11-13	15	5	26	16-18	20	5	31	21-23

Poison Creeper[edit]

Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: None
Details: Poison Creeper vines tunnel through the earth and pop up beside monsters, hitting them for poison damage.

Mana Cost:	8
Poison Duration:	4 Seconds

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Life Normal	Poison Damage	Slvl	Life Normal	Poison Damage	Slvl	Life Normal	Poison Damage	Slvl	Life Normal	Poison Damage
1	50	4-6	6	112	18-19	11	175	37-39	16	237	61-62
2	62	7-8	7	125	21-22	12	187	42-44	17	250	67-68
3	75	10-11	8	137	23-25	13	200	47-48	18	262	73-74
4	87	12-14	9	150	28-30	14	212	51-53	19	275	78-80
5	100	15-17	10	162	33-34	15	225	56-58	20	287	84-86

Oak Sage[edit]

Required Level: 6
Prerequisites: None
Details: The Oak Sage spirit floats around, radiating a hit point enhancing aura that affects the Druid and all characters and minions in his party. Spirits are living things, and if killed their enhancing aura vanishes. A wise Druid will keep a close eye on the hit points of his spirit, and recast it when necessary. Unexpectedly losing half your hit points can be quite dangerous, and spirits are not very good at staying out of harm's way.

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Mana Cost	Life +X%	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Life +X%	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Life +X%	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Life +X%	Radius (yards)
1	15	30%	20	6	20	55%	26.6	11	25	80%	33.3	16	30	105%	40
2	16	35%	21.3	7	21	60%	28	12	26	85%	34.6	17	31	110%	41.3
3	17	40%	22.6	8	22	65%	29.3	13	27	90%	36	18	32	115%	42.6
4	18	45%	24	9	23	70%	30.6	14	28	95%	37.3	19	33	120%	44
5	19	50%	25.3	10	24	75%	32	15	29	100%	38.6	20	34	125%	45.3

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)
1	60	6	150	11	240	16	330
2	78	7	168	12	258	17	348
3	96	8	186	13	276	18	366
4	114	9	204	14	294	19	384
5	132	10	222	15	312	20	402

Oak Sage Builds[edit]

Summon Spirit Wolf[edit]

Required Level: 6
Prerequisites: Raven
Synergies: Points in Summon Dire Wolf will add substantially to the hit points of Spirit Wolves. Summon Grizzly increases their overall damage.
Effect: This gift of Nature allows the Druid to conjure forth one or more wolf allies who, with their mystical powers, provide the Druid a potent and ferocious colleague. Spirit Wolves make useful tanks, and can kill monsters fairly well early in the game. They aren't tough enough to use at higher difficulty levels, but thanks to the boosting synergy, points in this skill add to the Defense and Attack Rating of Dire Wolves and Grizzlies.

Mana Cost:	15

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Wolf #	Wolf Dmg	AR +X%	Defense +X%	Slvl	Wolf #	Wolf Dmg	AR +X%	Defense +X%	Slvl	Wolf #	Wolf Dmg	AR +X%	Defense +X%	Slvl	Wolf #	Wolf Dmg	AR +X%	Defense +X%
1	1	2-6	50%	50%	6	5	8-12	175%	100%	11	5	18-21	300%	150%	16	5	30-33	425%	200%
2	2	3-7	75%	60%	7	5	9-13	200%	110%	12	5	20-24	325%	160%	17	5	34-38	450%	210%
3	3	4-8	100%	70%	8	5	10-14	225%	120%	13	5	22-26	350%	170%	18	5	39-43	475%	220%
4	4	6-9	125%	80%	9	5	13-16	250%	130%	14	5	25-28	375%	180%	19	5	44-48	500%	230%
5	5	7-10	150%	90%	10	5	15-19	275%	140%	15	5	27-31	400%	190%	20	5	49-52	550%	240%

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Slvl	Slvl	Slvl
1	6	11	16
2	7	12	17
3	8	13	18
4	9	14	19
5	10	15	20

Summon Spirit Wolf Builds[edit]

Summoner Druid Build

Carrion Vine[edit]

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Poison Creeper
Details: This vine tunnels around and pops up out of the ground beneath monster corpses, causing them to rapidly consume and funnelling some of their life to the Druid.

This skill destroys corpses so they can not be resurrected by monster shamans.
This vine will drive Find Item Barbarians crazy as it dissolves valuable boss corpses.

Mana Cost:	10

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %
1	95	4%	6	213	7%	11	332	9%	16	451	10%
2	118	5%	7	237	8%	12	356	9%	17	475	10%
3	142	6%	8	261	8%	13	380	9%	18	498	10%
4	166	6%	9	285	8%	14	403	9%	19	522	10%
5	190	7%	10	308	9%	15	427	10%	20	546	10%

Heart of Wolverine[edit]

Required Level: 18
Prerequisites:: Oak Sage
Details: This spirit's aura provides a hearty attack rating and damage bonus to the Druid and all players and minions in his party.

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Mana Cost	Dmg. +X%	AR +X%	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Dmg. +X%	AR +X%	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Dmg. +X%	AR +X%	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Dmg. +X%	AR +X%	Radius (yards)
1	20	20	25%	20	6	25	55	60%	26.6	11	30	90	95%	33.3	16	35	125	130%	40
2	21	27	32%	21.3	7	26	62	67%	28	12	31	97	102%	34.6	17	36	132	137%	41.3
3	22	34	39%	22.6	8	27	69	74%	29.3	13	32	104	109%	36	18	37	139	144%	42.6
4	23	41	46%	24	9	28	76	81%	30.6	14	33	111	116%	37.3	19	38	146	151%	44
5	24	48	53%	25.3	10	29	83	88%	32	15	34	118	123%	38.6	20	39	153	158%	45.3

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)
1	136	6	306	11	476	16	646
2	170	7	340	12	510	17	680
3	204	8	374	13	544	18	714
4	238	9	408	14	578	19	748
5	272	10	442	15	612	20	782

Heart of Wolverine Builds[edit]

Summon Dire Wolf[edit]

Required Level: 18
Prerequisites: Raven, Oak Sage, Summon Spirit Wolf
Synergies: Points in Summon Spirit Wolf increases the Dire Wolves' AR and Defense, while Summon Grizzly adds to their overall damage.
Effect: Dire Wolves deal more damage and have more hit points than Spirit Wolves, but only three of them may be summoned at once. They eat corpses to heal themselves, destroying those corpses in the process. This denies monster shamans the ability to resurrect them, but since the wolves generally only eat when there are no other monsters in range to attack, this isn't a very good skill to destroy corpses in the middle of battle.

Mana Cost:	20

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Wolf #	Life +X%	Damage	Slvl	Wolf #	Life +X%	Damage	Slvl	Wolf #	Life +X%	Damage	Slvl	Wolf #	Life +X%	Damage
1	1	50%	8-14	6	3	175%	20-26	11	3	300%	36-42	16	3	425%	54-60
2	2	75%	10-16	7	3	200%	22-28	12	3	325%	39-45	17	3	450%	61-67
3	3	100%	13-19	8	3	225%	25-31	13	3	350%	43-49	18	3	475%	68-74
4	3	125%	15-21	9	3	250%	28-34	14	3	375%	46-52	19	3	500%	75-81
5	3	150%	18-24	10	3	275%	32-38	15	3	400%	50-56	20	3	525%	82-88

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Wolf Life (Normal)	Slvl	Slvl	Slvl
1	114	6	11	16
2		7	12	17
3		8	13	18
4		9	14	19
5		10	15	20

Summon Dire Wolf Builds[edit]

Summoner Druid Build

Solar Creeper[edit]

Required Level: 24
Prerequisites: Poison Creeper, Carrion Vine.
Effect: The solar creeper tunnels around the battlefield and pops up beside monsters, draining their life and converting it to mana, which it feeds to the Druid. This vine can assist an Elemental Druid in keeping his mana full, though the mana transferred isn't large enough to make this an especially useful minion.

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%
1	14	2%	6	19	4%	11	24	5%	16	29	6%
2	15	2%	7	20	5%	12	25	6%	17	30	6%
3	16	3%	8	21	5%	13	26	6%	18	31	6%
4	17	4%	9	22	5%	14	27	6%	19	32	6%
5	18	4%	10	23	5%	15	28	6%	20	33	6%

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)
1	165	6	330	11	495	16	660
2	198	7	363	12	528	17	693
3	231	8	396	13	561	18	726
4	264	9	429	14	594	19	759
5	297	10	462	15	627	20	792

Spirit of Barbs[edit]

Required Level: 30
Prerequisites:Oak Sage, Heart of Wolverine.
Details: This spirit bestows a Thorns aura on the Druid and all in his party. This skill is largely ignored since the damage reflected is woefully inadequate to make it viable past normal difficulty. Level 20 of this skill reflects 430% damage. In comparison, the Paladin's Thorns aura reflects 450% at level 6 and 1010% at level 20, and the Necromancer's Iron Maiden curse reflects 450% at level 11, and 675% at level 20.

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Mana Cost	Damage Returned	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Damage Returned	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Damage Returned	Radius (yards)	Slvl	Mana Cost	Damage Returned	Radius (yards)
1	25	50%	20	6	30	150%	26.6	11	35	250%	33.3	16	40	350%	40
2	26	70%	21.3	7	31	170%	28	12	36	270%	34.6	17	41	370%	41.3
3	27	90%	22.6	8	32	190%	29.3	13	37	290%	36	18	42	390%	42.6
4	28	110%	24	9	33	210%	30.6	14	38	310%	37.3	19	43	410%	44
5	29	130%	25.3	10	34	230%	32	15	39	330%	38.6	20	44	430%	45.3

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Life (Nightmare)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)
1	Life	1224	6	426	11	692	16	958
2	213		7	479	12	745	17	1011
3	266		8	532	13	798	18	1065
4	319		9	585	14	852	19	1118
5	372		10	639	15	905	20	1171

Summon Grizzly[edit]

Casting Delay:: 1 Second
Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Raven, Oak Sage, Summon Spirit Wolf, Summon Dire Wolf
Synergies: Points in Summon Spirit Wolf increases the Grizzly's AR and Defense, and Summon Dire Wolf adds substantially to its hit points.
Details: Summoned Grizzlies are fierce minions, capable of inflicting heavy damage. Grizzlies move slowly, but have strong attacks that stun and knock back their targets.

Only one Grizzly may be summoned at a time.

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Damage	Damage +X%	Slvl	Damage	Damage +X%	Slvl	Damage	Damage +X%	Slvl	Damage	Damage +X%
1	37-75	25%	6	140-192	75%	11	326-393	125%	16	605-687	175%
2	54-94	35%	7	166-222	85%	12	376-446	135%	17	684-769	185%
3	72-116	45%	8	195-253	95%	13	428-502	145%	18	767-855	195%
4	93-139	55%	9	235-297	105%	14	484-561	155%	19	854-945	205%
5	115-165	65%	10	279-344	115%	15	543-622	165%	20	945-1039	215%

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	Bear Life (Normal)	Slvl	Slvl	Slvl
1	650	6	11	16
2		7	12	17
3		8	13	18
4		9	14	19
5		10	15	20

Summon Grizzly Builds[edit]

The Amazon - Amazon Skills [e]
Bow and Crossbow Skills		Javelin and Spear Skills		Passive and Magic Skills
• Magic Arrow • Fire Arrow • Cold Arrow • Multiple Shot • Exploding Arrow	• Ice Arrow • Guided Arrow • Immolation Arrow • Strafe • Freezing Arrow	• Jab • Power Strike • Poison Javelin • Impale • Lightning Bolt	• Charged Strike • Plague Javelin • Fend • Lightning Strike • Lightning Fury	• Inner Sight • Critical Strike • Dodge • Slow Missiles • Avoid	• Penetrate • Decoy • Evade • Valkyrie • Pierce

The Barbarian - Barbarian Skills [e]
Combat Masteries Skills		Combat Skills		Warcry Skills
• Sword Mastery • Axe Mastery • Mace Mastery • Polearm Mastery • Throwing Mastery	• Spear Mastery • Increased Stamina • Iron Skin • Increased Speed • Natural Resistance	• Bash • Leap • Double Swing • Stun • Double Throw	• Leap Attack • Concentrate • Frenzy • Whirlwind • Berserk	• Howl • Find Potion • Taunt • Shout • Find Item	• Battle Cry • Battle Orders • Grim Ward • War Cry • Battle Command

The Necromancer - Necromancer Skills [e]
Curse Skills		Poison & Bone Skills		Summoning Skills
• Amplify Damage • Dim Vision • Weaken • Iron Maiden • Terror	• Confuse • Life Tap • Attract • Decrepify • Lower Resist	• Teeth • Bone Armor • Poison Dagger • Corpse Explosion • Bone Wall	• Poison Explosion • Bone Spear • Bone Prison • Poison Nova • Bone Spirit	• Raise Skeleton • Skeleton Mastery • Clay Golem • Golem Mastery • Raise Skeletal Mage	• Blood Golem • Summon Resist • Iron Golem • Fire Golem • Revive

The Paladin - Paladin Skills [e]
Combat Skills		Defensive Auras		Offensive Auras
• Sacrifice • Smite • Holy Bolt • Zeal • Charge	• Vengeance • Blessed Hammer • Conversion • Holy Shield • Fist of the Heavens	• Prayer • Resist Fire • Resist Cold • Resist Lightning • Defiance	• Cleansing • Vigor • Meditation • Redemption • Salvation	• Might • Holy Fire • Thorns • Blessed Aim • Concentration	• Holy Freeze • Holy Shock • Sanctuary • Fanaticism • Conviction

The Sorceress - Sorceress Skills [e]
Cold Skills		Fire Skills		Lightning Skills
• Ice Bolt • Frozen Armor • Frost Nova • Ice Blast • Shiver Armor	• Glacial Spike • Blizzard • Chilling Armor • Frozen Orb • Cold Mastery	• Fire Bolt • Warmth • Inferno • Blaze • Fireball	• Fire Wall • Enchant • Meteor • Fire Mastery • Hydra	• Charged Bolt • Telekinesis • Static Field • Lightning • Nova	• Chain Lightning • Teleport • Thunder Storm • Energy Shield • Lightning Mastery

Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)
1	60	6	150	11	240	16	330
2	78	7	168	12	258	17	348
3	96	8	186	13	276	18	366
4	114	9	204	14	294	19	384
5	132	10	222	15	312	20	402

Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %
1	95	4%	6	213	7%	11	332	9%	16	451	10%
2	118	5%	7	237	8%	12	356	9%	17	475	10%
3	142	6%	8	261	8%	13	380	9%	18	498	10%
4	166	6%	9	285	8%	14	403	9%	19	522	10%
5	190	7%	10	308	9%	15	427	10%	20	546	10%

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)
1	136	6	306	11	476	16	646
2	170	7	340	12	510	17	680
3	204	8	374	13	544	18	714
4	238	9	408	14	578	19	748
5	272	10	442	15	612	20	782

Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%
1	14	2%	6	19	4%	11	24	5%	16	29	6%
2	15	2%	7	20	5%	12	25	6%	17	30	6%
3	16	3%	8	21	5%	13	26	6%	18	31	6%
4	17	4%	9	22	5%	14	27	6%	19	32	6%
5	18	4%	10	23	5%	15	28	6%	20	33	6%

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)
1	165	6	330	11	495	16	660
2	198	7	363	12	528	17	693
3	231	8	396	13	561	18	726
4	264	9	429	14	594	19	759
5	297	10	462	15	627	20	792

The Assassin - Assassin Skills [e]
Martial Arts Skills		Shadow Disciplines Skills		Traps Skills
• Tiger Strike • Dragon Talon • Dragon Claw • Fists of Fire • Cobra Strike	• Dragon Tail • Claws of Thunder • Blades of Ice • Dragon Flight • Phoenix Strike	• Claw Mastery • Psychic Hammer • Burst of Speed • Cloak of Shadows • Weapon Block	• Fade • Shadow Warrior • Mind Blast • Venom • Shadow Master	• Fire Blast • Shock Web • Blade Sentinel • Charged Bolt Sentry • Wake of Fire	• Blade Fury • Lightning Sentry • Wake of Inferno • Death Sentry • Blade Shield

The Druid - Druid Skills [e]
Elemental Skills		Shapeshifting Skills		Summoning Skills
• Firestorm • Molten Boulder • Arctic Blast • Fissure • Cyclone Armor	• Twister • Volcano • Tornado • Hurricane • Armageddon	• Werewolf • Lycanthropy • Werebear • Maul • Feral Rage	• Fire Claws • Rabies • Shock Wave • Hunger • Fury	• Raven • Poison Creeper • Oak Sage • Summon Spirit Wolf • Carrion Vine	• Heart of Wolverine • Summon Dire Wolf • Solar Creeper • Spirit of Barbs • Summon Grizzly

Diablo I - Spells				Hellfire - Spells [e]
Rogue - Sorcerer - Warrior				Barbarian - Bard - Monk
• Apocalypse • Blood Star • Bone Spirit • Chain Lightning • Charged Bolt • Elemental • Fireball	• Firebolt • Fire Wall • Flame Wave • Flash • Golem • Guardian • Healing	• Heal Other • Holy Bolt • Identify • Inferno • Infravision • Lightning • Mana Shield	• Nova • Phasing • Resurrect • Stone Curse • Telekinesis • Teleport • Town Portal	• Berserk • Immolation • Jester • Lightning Wall • Magi	• Mana • Reflect • Ring of Fire • Search • Warp

Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)	Slvl	Oak Life (Normal)
1	60	6	150	11	240	16	330
2	78	7	168	12	258	17	348
3	96	8	186	13	276	18	366
4	114	9	204	14	294	19	384
5	132	10	222	15	312	20	402

Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %	Slvl	Life Normal	Regen %
1	95	4%	6	213	7%	11	332	9%	16	451	10%
2	118	5%	7	237	8%	12	356	9%	17	475	10%
3	142	6%	8	261	8%	13	380	9%	18	498	10%
4	166	6%	9	285	8%	14	403	9%	19	522	10%
5	190	7%	10	308	9%	15	427	10%	20	546	10%

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)
1	136	6	306	11	476	16	646
2	170	7	340	12	510	17	680
3	204	8	374	13	544	18	714
4	238	9	408	14	578	19	748
5	272	10	442	15	612	20	782

Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%	Slvl	Mana Cost	Mana Regen +X%
1	14	2%	6	19	4%	11	24	5%	16	29	6%
2	15	2%	7	20	5%	12	25	6%	17	30	6%
3	16	3%	8	21	5%	13	26	6%	18	31	6%
4	17	4%	9	22	5%	14	27	6%	19	32	6%
5	18	4%	10	23	5%	15	28	6%	20	33	6%

Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)	Slvl	Life (Normal)
1	165	6	330	11	495	16	660
2	198	7	363	12	528	17	693
3	231	8	396	13	561	18	726
4	264	9	429	14	594	19	759
5	297	10	462	15	627	20	792