Within the treacherous world of Diablo 4, the Earthguard Aspect rises as a formidable shield against the forces of darkness. This powerful aspect empowers druids to tap into the protective might of the earth itself. By embracing the Earthguard Aspect, druids gain the ability to bolster their defenses by manipulating the very essence of the earth, rendering them nearly invulnerable in the face of danger.
Description of the Aspect:
The Earthguard Aspect manifests as an embodiment of nature’s resilience, channeling the strength and stability of the earth. When activating the Earthen Bulwark ability, the druid’s connection with the earth becomes apparent. With each enemy that falls under the druid’s crowd control, the aspect imbues the Earthen Bulwark with additional protective power.
For each enemy successfully subjected to crowd control, the druid gains a 15-25% bonus amount to their next Earthen Bulwark. This bonus accumulates, stacking up to a maximum of 100%. The more enemies the druid successfully controls, the stronger their subsequent Earthen Bulwark becomes, transforming them into an unstoppable force shielded by the very essence of the earth.
Class: Druid
The Earthguard Aspect is tailor-made for the druid class, as these guardians of nature possess a deep affinity for the earth and its protective qualities. Druids draw power from the elements, shape-shifting and commanding nature’s forces to defend and preserve. By embracing the Earthguard Aspect, druids unlock an unparalleled defensive capability, solidifying their role as protectors of the natural order.
As a druid, you become a stalwart guardian, seamlessly blending with the strength and resilience of the earth. The Earthguard Aspect elevates your defensive prowess to new heights, shielding you from harm and allowing you to endure even the most ferocious onslaughts.
Type: Defensive
The Earthguard Aspect is a steadfast defense, fortifying the druid’s resilience and enhancing their ability to withstand attacks. With each successful crowd control on enemies, the druid gains a bonus to their next Earthen Bulwark, reinforcing their protective barrier. This aspect epitomizes the defensive capabilities of the druid class, ensuring their survival amidst the chaos of battle.
Unlocking the Aspect:
To unlock the power of the Earthguard Aspect, druids must embark on a quest to acquire loot drops containing this potent aspect. Seek out these rare drops and claim the aspect as your own. Imprint the Earthguard Aspect onto your gear, forging a profound connection between druid and earth, and becoming an impenetrable fortress of nature’s protection.
Embrace Earth’s Resilience:
The Earthguard Aspect calls upon druids in Diablo 4 to embrace the unwavering strength of the earth. Through crowd control, you harness the protective power of the earth, bolstering your defenses with each controlled enemy. Embrace this aspect, master its abilities, and witness as your connection with the earth transforms you into an unyielding guardian.
Prepare to become the ultimate Earthguard, harnessing the impenetrable defense granted by the very essence of the earth. In Diablo 4, the Earthguard Aspect awaits those druids who dare to command the protective forces of nature and shield themselves from all that threatens the balance.
Druid Aspect List
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accelerating Aspect | Offensive | Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by +15 - 25% for 5.0 seconds. |
| Aspect of Disobedience | Defensive | You gain 0.25% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to 25.00%. |
| Aspect of Inner Calm | Offensive | Deal 5 - 10 % increased damage for each second you stand still, up to 30.0%. |
| Aspect of Might | Defensive | Basic Skills grant 20.0% Damage Reduction for 2 - 6 seconds. |
| Aspect of Retribution | Offensive | Distant enemies have a 8% chance to be Stunned for 2 seconds when they hit you. You deal 20% increased damage to Stunned enemies. |
| Aspect of Shared Misery | Utility | Lucky Hit: When you hit a Crowd Controlled enemy, there is up to a 30% chance for that Crowd Control effect to spread to another unaffected enemy. |
| Aspect of the Crowded Sage | Defensive | You Heal for # Life per second for each Close enemy, up to 50 Life per second. |
| Aspect of the Deflecting Barrier | Defensive | While you have a Barrier active, there is a 7-13% chance to ignore incoming direct damage from Distant enemies. Barriers absorb damage from all sources up to a specified amount. |
| Aspect of the Expectant | Offensive | Attacking enemies with a Basic Skill increases the damage of your next Core Skill by 5.0%, up to 50%. |
| Aspect of the Protector | Defensive | Damaging an Elite enemy grants you a Barrier absorbing up to num damage for 10 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 30 seconds. Barriers absorb damage from all sources up to a specified amount. |
| Aspect of the Umbral | Resource | Restore 1 of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy. |
| Assimilation | Resource | You have +8.0% increased Dodge Chance versus enemies affected by Damage Over Time effects. When you Dodge you gain 5-10 of your Primary Resource. |
| Conceited Aspect | Offensive | Deal 15 to 25% increased damage while you have a Barrier active. |
| Edgemaster's Aspect | Offensive | Skills deal up to 10% increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource. |
| Eluding Aspect | Utility | Becoming Injured while Crowd Controlled grants you Unstoppable for 4 seconds. This effect has a 40 second Cooldown. |
| Exploiter's Aspect | Utility | You have +20.0% increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal x{20/50}% increased damage to them. |
| Ghostwalker Aspect | Mobility | While Unstoppable and for 2 seconds after, you gain 10% increased Movement Speed and can move freely through enemies. |
| Needleflare Aspect | Offensive | Thorns damage dealt has a 20% chance to deal damage to all enemies around you. |
| Protecting Aspect | Defensive | When hit while not Healthy, a magical bubble is summoned around you for 3 seconds. While standing in the bubble players are Immune. Can only occur once every 90.0 seconds. |
| Rapid Aspect | Offensive | Basic Skills gain 15% Attack Speed. |
| Smiting Aspect | Offensive | You have 10-20% increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain 20-40% increased Crowd Control Duration. |
| Starlight Aspect | Resource | Gain 10 -20 of your Primary Resource for every 25.0% of your Life that you Heal. |
| Wind Striker Aspect | Mobility | Critical Strikes grant 8.0% Movement Speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds. |
| Aspect of Cyclonic Force | Defensive | Cyclone Armor also provides Physical Damage Reduction. In addition, Cyclone Armor will also be applied to all Nearby Allies. |
| Aspect of Mending Stone | Defensive | The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy with Earth Skills replenishes 8 of your active Earthen Bulwark's barrier. Barriers absorb damage from all sources up to a specified amount. |
| Aspect of Metamorphic Stone | Offensive | Boulder is now a Core Skill and costs 60.0 Spirit to cast dealing 80-100% of normal damage. |
| Aspect of Natural Balance | Offensive | Casting a Storm Skill grants your Earth Skills 30-45% Critical Strike Damage for 4.0 seconds._x000D_ _x000D_ Casting a Earth Skill increases the Critical Strike Chance of Storm Skills by 8-12% for 4.0 seconds. |
| Aspect of Nature's Savagery | Offensive | Werewolf Skills function as Storm Skills and Werebear Skills function as Earth Skills for the Nature's Fury Key Passive. |
| Aspect of Quicksand | Utility | Damage from Earth Skills Slow enemies hit by 25% for 5 seconds. |
| Aspect of Retaliation | Offensive | Your Core Skills deal up to 20% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify. Fortified characters take 10% reduced damage. You become Fortified when you have more Fortify than current Life. |
| Aspect of The Aftershock | Offensive | Landslide's earth pillars each strike a second time and deal an additional 6-12% bonus damage per hit. |
| Aspect of the Alpha | Offensive | Your Wolf Companions are now Werewolf Companions. Werewolf Companions deal 75-100% additional damage and can spread Rabies. |
| Aspect of the Blurred Beast | Offensive | While dashing, Shred seeks out Nearby Poisoned enemies instantly dealing 60-90% of the Poisoning damage to them. |
| Aspect of the Calm Breeze | Resource | Lucky Hit: Wind Shear has up to a 5% chance to fully restore your Spirit. |
| Aspect of the Changeling's Debt | Resource | Damaging a Poisoned enemy with a Werebear Skill will instantly deal 120% of the Poisoning damage and consume the Poisoning. |
| Aspect of the Dark Howl | Utility | Debilitating Roar is now a Werewolf Skill. In addition, Debilitating Roar will Immobilize Poisoned enemies for 2-4 seconds. |
| Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast | Offensive | The duration of Grizzly Rage is increased by 1 seconds. In addition, Critical Strikes while Grizzly Rage is active increase your Critical Strike Damage by 10% for the duration. |
| Aspect of the Stampede | Offensive | Gain 1 additional Companion. In addition, your Companion Skills deal 10-20% bonus damage. |
| Aspect of the Tempest | Offensive | Hurricane damage is increased by 7.0% each second while active. |
| Aspect of the Trampled Earth | Offensive | Trample now summons 6.0 Landslide pillars of earth during its duration that deal 70-80% normal damage. Trample is now also a Nature Magic and Earth Skill. |
| Aspect of the Unsatiated | Resource | After killing an enemy with Shred, your next Werewolf Skill generates 20% more Spirit and deals 20% increased damage. |
| Aspect of the Ursine Horror | Offensive | Pulverize is now also an Earth Skill. After casting Pulverize, tectonic spikes continue to deal num damage over 2 seconds. |
| Aspect of the Wildrage | Offensive | Your Companions gain the bonuses from the Bestial Rampage Key Passive. |
| Balanced Aspect | Resource | Increase your Maximum Spirit by 30-50 and Spirit Generation by x20% while Grizzly Rage is active. |
| Ballistic Aspect | Utility | When you have Fortify your Earth Skills gain +2 Ranks. Fortified characters take 10% reduced damage. You become Fortified when you have more Fortify than current Life. |
| Crashstone Aspect | Offensive | Earth Skills deal 40% more Critical Strike damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. |
| Dire Wolf's Aspect | Offensive | Grizzly Rage now Shapeshifts you into a Dire Werewolf. As a Dire Werewolf you gain +15-25% Movement Speed instead of Damage Reduction and a 30-50% Spirit cost reduction bonus. In addition, kills Heal you for 10.0% of your Maximum Life. |
| Earthguard Aspect | Defensive | Gain 15-25-% bonus amount to your next Earthen Bulwark for each enemy you Crowd Control up to a maximum of 100.0%. |
| Lightning Dancer's Aspect | Offensive | Lightning Storm Critical Strikes spawn 3.0 Dancing Bolts that seek enemies in the area dealing # Lightning damage. |
| Mangled Aspect | Resource | When you are struck as a Werebear you have a 20% chance to gain 1 Spirit. |
| Mighty Storm's Aspect | Offensive | The Earthen Might Key Passive also applies to your Storm Skills. |
| Nighthowler's Aspect | Offensive | Blood Howl increases Critical Strike Chance by 5.0%. In addition, Blood Howl also affects Nearby Companions and Players for 3 seconds. |
| Overcharged Aspect | Offensive | Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance when dealing Lightning damage to overload the target for 3 seconds, causing any direct damage you deal to them to pulse num additional damage to surrounding enemies. |
| Runeworker's Conduit Aspect | Offensive | Critical Strikes with Storm Skills that you cast charge the air around you for 1-2 seconds causing a Lightning Bolt to periodically hit an enemy in the area for # Lightning damage. This duration can be extended by additional Critical Strikes. |
| Seismic-shift Aspect | Offensive | Earth Spike launches spikes in a line and has a 1.5-2.5 second Cooldown. |
| Shepherd's Aspect | Offensive | Core Skills deal an additional 6.0% damage for each active Companion. |
| Shockwave Aspect | Offensive | Pulverize creates a shockwave that travels forward, dealing 90-130% of its damage to targets in the path. |
| Skinwalker's Aspect | Defensive | When you use a Shapeshifting Skill that changes your form, gain num life. If you are at full Life, gain the same amount as Fortify. Fortified characters take 10% reduced damage. You become Fortified when you have more Fortify than current Life. |
| Stormchaser's Aspect | Offensive | Tornado will seek up to 1-3 targets. |
| Stormclaw's Aspect | Offensive | Critical Strikes with Shred deal 20% the damage dealt as Lightning damage to the target and surrounding enemies. |
| Stormshifter's Aspect | Utility | While Hurricane is active, gain +2 Ranks to your Shapeshifting Skills. |
| Symbiotic Aspect | Offensive | When the Nature's Fury Key Passive triggers a free Skill, your non-Ultimate Cooldowns of the opposite type are reduced by 4-8 seconds. |
| Vigorous Aspect | Defensive | Gain 10.0% Damage Reduction while Shapeshifted into a Werewolf. |
