Diablo 4 Season 11 is Killing Season 10’s Best Build

Diablo 4 Season 10 is the Season of Infernal Chaos, but it feels more like the Season of the Druid with how the class has dominated the meta. Druids got several new tools in their kits this season that have made Companion Druid builds S-tier contenders, including several class-specific Chaos Perks and the Kilt of Blackwing Chaos Armor. However, Druid fans should take advantage of the class’s time in the sun while they can, since Diablo 4 Season 11 is likely to nerf its most OP build.

Fans have already gotten an opportunity to see what is in store for Diablo 4 in Season 11 via the recent PTR test build of update 2.5.0. Although the game is making some drastic changes to its itemization and combat in Season 11, the changes to Diablo 4‘s Masterworking are already controversial among players. To make matters worse, some of Diablo 4‘s best features have come in the form of Season 10’s Chaos Perks and Chaos Armor mechanics, which are set to disappear after the season ends.

With Chaos Perks Gone, Ravens Druid Builds will Struggle in Diablo 4 Season 11

Season 10 is the perfect storm for Druid players after Diablo 4 built upon the class’s Season 9 success. Ravens Druid builds in particular benefit from the Kilt of Blackwing Unique’s focus on buffing the companions over their Wolves counterparts. By providing Druid players with an increased cooldown reduction for Ravens, a chance for Ravens to deal double damage, and a Unique affix that increases Ravens’ overall damage and provides an opportunity to summon an additional Raven, this version of the Companion Druid build is finally viable as a meta build.

Chaos Perks Made Ravens Druids Virtually Unbeatable in Season 10

Overabundance — Magic Druid Chaos Perk
Purge the Infected — Rare Druid Chaos Perk
Wild Transformations — Legendary Druid Chaos Perk
Savagery — Unique Druid Chaos Perks

In general, Chaos Perks are a game-changer for Diablo 4 builds that will be sorely missed when Season 10 ends. However, the Druid will be affected the most by their removal in Season 11, as the crux of this S-tier Ravens build comes from Savagery’s ability to turn Companion skills into Core skills, removing their cooldowns and instead causing them to consume Spirit when cast. This change essentially allows players to spam Ravens constantly, and with the damage multipliers from other Legendary Aspects and Chaos Perks like Overabundance, can melt enemy health bars with each cast.

Even with a New Unique, Druids Will Have a Mountain to Climb in Diablo 4 Season 11

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Although the Kilt of Blackwing Unique isn’t going anywhere in Diablo 4 Season 11, the loss of Savagery as a Chaos Perk is a major blow to the Ravens Druid build. Without Savagery, this build’s main DPS source is no longer Ravens, but instead the Druid’s Werebear and Werewolf skills like Pulverize and Shred, with Ravens serving primarily as a support skill. The Druid is set to receive the new Khamsin Steppewalkers Unique Boots in the next season, which allow the player to store charges by damaging enemies with Storm skills before granting Max Movement Speed and Unhindered for each charge they have after casting a Defensive skill, but this Unique likely won’t be enough to serve as a replacement for Season 10’s Chaos Perks.

To make matters worse, the changes to Masterworking in Diablo 4 Season 11 could also devastate the viability of certain Uniques that rely on the power of affixes that increase ranks to skills. Under the planned rework of Diablo 4‘s Masterworking system, each upgrade would no longer increase all affixes by 5% with a significant increase to one affix every four upgrades, instead increasing an item’s overall Quality with each upgrade. This means players would not be able to optimize their Kilt of Blackwing with more +Ranks to Ravens as a way to optimize the DPS of the Companion skill, effectively nerfing the entire build.