Diablo 2 - Budget Fury Druid Build

A budget build guide on the fury druid in Diablo 2
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[@Dbrunski125]

This is my take on a budget fury druid build. Lots of different gear choices so let me know how you guys would change the build. Remember budget. Also I guess I could have casted a valk for a meat shield form harmony as well forgot about that one. Discord join it :) discord.gg/8GXyu7A

[@killerdude666]

Dbrunski125 i like grief and stormshield dungoes for damage and max block max dr with angelic rings amulet or highlords ravenfrost or duel leech ring in other rings bk or crafted rings that's just me i only use fury never use feral rage

[@stephenpardue2927]

It would be nice to see possible upgrades not that it isn't googable thanks for the build.

[@gluesniffer2]

have you ever gone back and rebuilt your first ever character? It would be interesting to see what you did and how you played that character.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

I played hardcore on battlenet back in the day and that was my merc setup. I posted it in a comment to your videos before but i don't know if you got it from me. Its awesome and so budget. I can't confirm this but i was told that fade has a secret 1% physical reduction per level. My only confirmation is that i maxed fade and never died. . When i would run ubers i would have my smiter wear treachery and stand in the conveinent fire in Uber Tristram until fade procced and then put his Guardian Angel armor back on. I did lose a smiter to lag. Uber Tristram was very laggy for me. Way too many trash monsters. I made a budget trapsin one season with weapon block (no dex needed) every point into stamina and a rare amulet of teleport i bought for cheap (+2 sins and telport charges but no other useful stats) . Massively strong and didn't cost anything. The teleport charges are massively expensive to repair so you're not a sorc. I ran Nithilak almost exclusively at that point so i needed to teleport once per run for him for some reason. I don't recommend my that trapsin build tho. Its just interesting. Don't build it. Its very demotivating because you can do almost everything the game easily but you don't need anything. You can get rich farming keys with it but i had nothing to spend it on. I couldn't put on enigma and start teleporting around because of the dual claw investment and the lack of cast rate.

[@danielgrimes1097]

I found a tomb reaver only 1 socket bit with a Shael is 80% attack speed mines also 50 all resist so good there my only concern is the fhr but I think if I socket my jalal with 7% fhr and I use duress I’ll be close then I can add a dungos this will get me to 87% is the breakpoint 86? Any advice?

[@bulkathos154]

The fury druid was and will always be my fav D2 character/build.

[@alphavampire9938]

Wolfhowl helmet on barbarian is mine. ( Barbarian Werewolf ) Shout, BO and passives. Super life and defense :).

[@93V]

@@alphavampire9938 furthest i ever went with a Breath of the Dying

[@chamexia4220]

Poison/fury better

[@TheNameTooSexyToShow]

Why do you like fury druid? I'm asking cause I want to make one. Currently I am playing with a frenzy barbarian, and that character is super fast when frenzy is fully "charged". Runs fast and attacks fast, super fun.

[@thatotherdan9984]

@@TheNameTooSexyToShow because it's hella tanky with garbage gear. Where as a barb is hella janky without great gear. Pretty much all the items for Wolfy can be farmed of NM Andy and mephisto.

[@ciprianhosu385]

Probably the best explanation of a budget build I've seen. You gave some info in here that I had no idea about even though I've played this game on and off for YEARS. Keep up the great work.

[@TardRepellent]

why are people trashing this guy? social media is destroying games. people are more obsessed with what's most popular. it's people new to the game that are upset they don't get the direct pro route because they have to have their hand held day 1. people don't even use their mind anymore. they just await for someone that does.

[@medsuit1686]

what do you mean? he's guides are great who's trashing him?

[@TheCooderix]

41k subs, 1746 likes and 94 dislikes on this video. Big trashing on this guy.

[@TardRepellent]

@@TheCooderix read the comments. it's nothing but people giving him shit. at least it was at the time I made this comment, a year ago.

[@GRoZoR]

Thanks for the vid! I just started a Fury Druid a few days ago and didn't think of the bear as a meat shield, that's great advice. Thanks too for all the tips! I learned a few tricks by watching your stuff such as the Lower Kurast runs for runes. Amazing! Please keep playing & posting.

[@leejordan001]

Outstanding build, also you brought back my old memories. Maybe I will come back to Diablo 2 to play this build. Subbed. Have a nice day!

[@alekstewart3101]

Great upload, DB! I'm a huge fan of the fury druid, myself. Great to see a more budget friendly build.

[@sensorysyrynx]

It's refreshing to see a budget build; well done. :) I've had a lot of fun with two Fury Druids, one wielding Windhammer, the other wielding an ethereal "Oath" Feral Axe.

[@hauer2980]

this used to be my character when i used to play D2. it is hella fun to play with. i miss those days. thanks for the upload and memories

[@zacharyjohnson4625]

Me too. This build was the shit. It's the only one that ever made my buddy playing his WW Barb take a step back and just watch me kill demons for a bit. Good memories.

[@LightYagami311]

I really enjoyed the budget build video, so many character tutorials will simply point you to the same well known overpowered runewords

[@ObliviouzRomantic]

Thank you man. Just got back into the game and I can't wait to try this out.

[@robertonuno2592]

DBrunski, I really like this build, I just got my plugy working again, I accidentally delete something and stop working,but now i install it again and is working just great, it i did lost everything I have before, but is ok,I didn’t have that much, from all the guys who post videos on you tube yours are my favorite ones, again thank you for posting.

[@shootinjimmys3774]

Nice vid! Love fury druids. Someday you should do a follow up with fort and an inventory and stuff. Good stuff db

[@adatud4804]

yo were the first d2 youtube to watch and i still love ur videos. thanks for the video. i sure will try this build out! thanks

[@fwliu2]

Thanks dbrunski. Just completed my first ever diablo2 playthrough of single player hell mode without any mod on a fury druid and this guide helped a lot. The only items I was able to pick up from this budget guide was Treachery for merc and Gore Rider. Somehow, I managed to barely beat the game with much less gear.

[@thatotherdan9984]

Ribcracker drops off NM Andy but it can take a while to see. I've only found two since launch of d2r but I don't farm Andy alot either. One was 200%dmg before I learned of the games janky way of saving to the shared stach. So rip perf ribcracker... :'(

[@ellednilvillorente1297]

Yay, fury druid!!! My first chracter played in D2, when I was just a student and dun have resources to play all I want.

[@x1PMac1x]

I really like your format and explanations of your build videos. They are SUPER helpful, and I have used several of them. I am currently enjoying my own Lightning Magic Find Sorceress. The only things that need improvement are your graphics (which happens anyway overtime as channels grow and get more experienced) and your ability to deliver any updates on your past builds. Maybe a compilation of short updates on several character builds in one video from time to time?

[@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush]

This has always been one of my favorite characters. I always go with Heart of the Wolverine instead of Oak Sage though. I'd rather have a bit more damage output then a ton of extra life that I don't really need.

[@richardross1754]

The Druid is a very underrated character.

[@craigdick5606]

Fury Druid is the only kind I have ever played, and you are right on target when you talk about how fun it is. I did not know how important FHR was. I have made sure it was high, but not as high as yours. TY for your video. Gives me a lot to think about. Well done.

[@VeganO_MexicanO]

One of my favorite builds!!!! 👌👍💪

[@mbloody]

this was my first d2 char ever played will never forget this good old druid times. best time in my life

[@oni7488]

Great video! I agree with your assessment that very few of us understand how to build a Shapeshift druid. Deliberately losing block is not something most people would think or want to do. Druid is one of my least-played classes, along with Assassin. This gives me a fun new character to build.

[@thatotherdan9984]

Oh man have you been missing out, assassin traps and windy or fire druid melts mobs through hell. And kicker sin once you farm the gear melts Ubers like it's easy.

[@melius7550]

Another awesome vid thanx dude! Druid runs through those mobs like a meat grinder.....

[@matthiasbayer6694]

This used to be my favourite build ever, with a Tomb Reaver. Glad to see it still gets some love.

[@chamexia4220]

Cb or tr

[@joshdanktank1427]

Currently making a fury druid and learned a lot here. Looking forward to making a couple of gear tweaks now.

[@MyYTwatcher]

Nice guide. I really like that you made budget version. People dont play these types of builds because they are single target builds. Majority of players will prefer aoe builds. I had fury druid many, many years ago on BN and it was awesome.

[@z0ttel89]

This build is gonna be SICK with the new 'Metamorphosis' runeword, can't wait to play it this upcoming ladder :D

[@TehSiets]

...aaaaannddd now I want to make a Fury Druid. Thanks Dbrunksi! >:(

[@fabiospringolo6863]

Lol, me too 😁 and found a shape 12 fhr skiller yesterday. Destiny?

[@onthewaterr]

Your channels going to blow up once resurrected drops. Awesome content!

[@jeremybake1965]

Thank you for the build, for the common player.

[@jerl7320]

Good D2 content, gj mate!

[@CGOLAN]

Every time in the past I have found a Bonehew (usually exploding a corpse with a necro) I was creating a werewolf druid, except that AFAIR I was no investing many points in feral rage, but more into ghost or bear (do not remember right now). btw, very nice channel, I have found it few days back and watched your other movies that remind me the fun play with Diablo2exp (but for me the fan was always at close battle net). There were also plugins available, but Blizzard did not liked it.

[@anorexia1681]

Im think is genius build, great work dude 👍🏻

[@Jreichh]

I did have one of these I forgot about it thanks for reminding me

[@Quentz84]

Hi D, thanks for the video. Do u think this will be a good league starter when D2R hits?

[@veljkojankovic3105]

Amazing video man!

[@Luciferi4n]

I still run this build to this day,its always fun to play,like the tiger strike assassin.

[@chichodormi4732]

U looked really sad, when u say that nobody is playing the build - i felt that 😅🙏❤️

[@agentnunez5118]

Good stuff man. Are you looking forward to Torchlight Frontiers?

[@jeffparryncc1701]

Nice, finished season 18, back to D2 :D

[@terriblewillen1092]

I will try this build. Getting so annoyed on my druids small windattackthings going the wrong way all the time lol

[@andresisthename]

I'm ought to try this! Thanks for showing us this build. You earned a new subscriber!

[@frankenstein3163]

I'm a huge fan of druid. I remember staking pre bufs on it :)

[@ElectricWolf1983]

Awesome build! I noticed that the game's graphics looks very clean. Could be youtube? Are you using nGlides's 3dfx wrapper or the original "2D" graphics? Any third party mods to enhance the look of the game? Just curious.

[@mattycans6994]

My characters going very well in the current ladder Dbrunski, I have to ask what items would you use late game?

[@BenFilley]

Nice thing about an fury Druid, it makes the best use of an eth botd thunder maul. I slapped one together the other day and it popped 398. 1344 printed max on the weapon. I was so excited. It’s on my key hunter barb currently. But once I get a Druid torch it will be moving around I think. Botd tmaul and a nice high defense stone should get the job done quite nicely

[@kidpresentable]

I used to run something like this in hardcore back in my 1.10 days. Lots of fun, although I would consistently die around 85 and have to restart him. Never really bothered me though.

[@Lolshi11]

Is leveling the character early with no gear enjoyable or only after you've leveled and geared up

[@disgruntledtoons]

In my own experience mana leech and resists are the essentials for this build. And mana burn bosses are this build's Achilles heel.

[@writerguy8194]

@Dbrunski125 Thank you for the content. What's your take on Heart of Wolverine vs Oak Sage?

[@DruidVorse]

Oak sage is better because it raises the chance of surviving vs just a little bit more of damage and AR, you can get the AR with two angelics.

[@kristofferammitzbll1811]

I play a fury druid too. One of my all time favorite builds. My current build is a bit different though as i havent found a good rolled ribcracker yet, that i would want to upgrade. Instead i use Oath in an eth feral axe and Gface to get more CB. Also i dumped all my statpoints in strenght instead of vitality for that Titan Wolf style :D

[@MonsterZero_17]

This is awesome and I'm definitely going to be building it. Have you messed around with Dire Wolves instead of Grizzly? I wonder if they are able to survive with max oak sage. It would be really useful for clearing out corpses around Nihilithak.

[@Dbrunski125]

Joe Shipe I'm going to revisit him with more godly gear. I'm not sure if dire wolves would survive well. They had okay survivability with my wind druid with oak sage and cta buff but they still die occasionally whete the bear like never dies

[@connorgrant6003]

fury druid was only char in d2 I got to 99 before 1.10, got some nostalgia watching this video. good times! def playing a fury druid in resurrected

[@ImVeryBrad]

Finally getting around to making mine lol

[@crazymiloyko6621]

I'm running a budget fury druid very similar to yours in regards to equipment. Difference is my main is fleshrender upped to tyrant club for +3 to shapeshift with jalals for +2/2, etlich for +1 and spirit monarch for +2 to skills. Question is, would you recommend to farm for ribcracker and respec extra str into vita (and respec wolverine into oak) or socket fleshrender with shael and continue with +10 to shapeshift skills that I have now? I'm kinda anxious about how he'll perform at hell, I'm lvl 57 currently act 5 nm. Notice, I have duress and goblin toe for open wounds, crushing and deadly strike combined with fleshrender

[@Ch-thalassa]

I have all this gear except merc, i cant wait to level this druid

[@DruidVorse]

The reason why you don't see a lot of Fury druids is that there is a bug that makes them pretty much useless for PVP. If the first hit misses, the rest always miss too. This is somehow related to the hit recovery animation being triggered when the Druid gets struck after doing the first hit. Because of that, I would prefer doing a hybrid with Rabies and Fury or a Barb with Wolfhowl since he can get to another IAS breakpoint through a Phase blade.

[@JohnnyCasey]

The most advantage of using Ribcracker is that it makes the satisfying blunt sound when you hit the enemy.

[@Sheriff_K]

Is there a good Runeword to use while lvl’ing on reset, or just hope for a good unique drop?

[@WolfieeifloW]

I used to use my Feral/Fury Druid to do ubers back in 1.13 on Battle.net. It worked fine as a replacement for a Smiter.

[@balintmiklosy9138]

Peace runeword is supet budget, and with certain setups it outperforms even Fortitude. The Oskill critical strike is massive for a Ribcracker vuild. Without G-face, it is a super solid option, even in a godly setup. It also makes Metalgrid a real contender to Highlords, and can actually result in some awesomely well rounded and smooth build.

[@nightowl8363]

Idk why p eople never use Metalgrid, its insane

[@planetoftheweek]

Nice I just reinstalled D2 and Plugy so I can get all the fancy runes ladder would have to offer. But I have to start somewhere so I was looking for a fun budget build to start. I never played a druid and while an elemental druid would be fun that would require me to have proper gear. So yeah this shapeshifter is going to be fun! Thx.

[@imrekalman9044]

I'd use Eye of Etlich amulet. But it's me.🤔 I can't remember ever finding Reaper's Toll, since 2003, when I started playing D2. It's also me. 😁 Perhaps Lawbringer/Rift/Voice of Reason on switch?

[@OGHawkeye]

gotta say i love this video...you explained things so much more clearly and it looked more fun and fast compared to your d2r decked out fury druid build...i actually think this one may be superior than that.as you contradicted yourself between the vids using dracs in the later one..but you have so much life and life steal whats the point in using dracs? my only problem is i cant decide if i should get an eth ribcracker AND a tomb reaver..already have the budget items besides them..might make breath of dying as well

[@TheUselessBrain]

I am currently using obedience on a thresher on my fury druid. I'm not sure, should I keep it or get the ribcracker anyway? I can already run the pit quite well but i'm not sure if the ribcracker is better

[@lovepeace230]

Looks really fun. Can't wait to play on d2 resurrected

[@420haxx]

Nice build guide ! But i have to say my all time favourite druid wolf weapon is Eth Zod'ed Tomb Reaver with 2 x ED/IAS jewels :)

[@420haxx]

Far from budget though i'm afraid.

[@bunnystew]

My favorite, and first toon I ever got 99 and max gear on, was a PVP Rabies Druid. It was amazing. I'd love to see a video about that!

[@johnvanhul7799]

Bout time aome9nw did a fury druid guide....keep up the good work

[@krunkcleanup2949]

It might seem a little odd, but try a Buriza on a fury druid. It attacks super fast and freezes everything. Since you're using it as a melee weapon, the freeze works much better than it does as a ranged weapon. The cold damage on it helps with immunes too.

[@Wild1990Child]

Would it be possible to make a vid on getting the build going? I've hit nightmare on mine but i'm having a really hard time in act 1

[@williamcanepa1388]

The nostalgia is real.

[@OnlyPars76]

What’s your opinion on headstriker vs upped butchers pupil? I run a budget fury Druid with stormshield but looking for the best budget 1 handed weapon

[@divinedbag]

i made one of these a few months back for the first time on bnet, had almost the same gear.... the upped ribcracker is a real beat stick. main problem i found was lack of defense as a wolf really hurt my durability in melee engagements, though i could usually kill fast enough that it didn't matter in a lot of situations. wound up going defiance merc to help with that. archer packs wound up being a real problem due to them being unleechable, and with the low defense they were landing a lot of hits

[@PsychokoreUndergroundRap]

ranged attacks and elemental damage is a problem. Hence the easy pit runs, which i don't really enjoy tbh

[@jislas12]

hello DB, is the ribcracker and shael rune viable to fight against D Clone??

[@zandrobaylan7558]

you can use feral rage and fury both. the life steal works on the 5 consecutive hits.

[@LyraTyrell]

Where do you recommend getting D2/what patch? Also, any add ons youd recc?

[@MrDutchmarshal]

If you never played diablo2, just buy it off the online store. Just play the newest patch and you will be fine. If you really can't stand the small inventory just use pluggy

[@Phantaram]

I remember doing full Immortal king on my werewolf druid for budget and I could clear everything but ubers. Felt really strong.

[@austinstueland2933]

Not possible my friend. Full Ik is Barb only

[@iamrubenmes]

Except for the helm, of course! I had a similar build and it was just so much fun! That IK experience on the mad wolfie

[@Phantaram]

@@iamrubenmes Yes right, no helm. Jalals in its place. I just need jalals and the IK chest on PlugY right now and I'll have that build complete!

[@Sweetguy1821]

I just started my self found fury druid on bnet yesterday. Found a Lo rune in NM throne room. Never imagined being able to make fortitude before even entering hell lol. I was hoping to get some ideas on what else to use, this build seems a bit to good for a true "budget" build.

[@rickarda9232]

I Think Tombreaver for weapon is the greatest, but it's also one of the hardest items items to find in the game. Especially with nice stats.

[@TheHungrySurgeon]

I want to make a fury druid and I have a tomb reaver, what would be best in the weapons sockets?

[@AntonRacing]

hello im cuuretnly very much into diablo 2! im dying for poison i dont know why! is it possible to have your build with rabbies `? and the plant what poisons as well ? im playing on hardcore ladder.

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

I really like that this is genuinely a budget build. The mercenary's gear is higher ilvl than the druid's, and as fast as you run, he hardly even gets involved lol

[@CanadianMang]

Wow! Amazing. Would this also make a good uber character?

[@nineinchheels2041]

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[@Oliver-uo9lu]

Wow this build is absolute good!!! need to build like one

[@banishedbr]

i Always run fury build since ever, my fav build.

[@dude_8434]

I had Jalal's, Fleshrender, Rhyme grim shield, venom grips, String of Ears, Inferno Stride, a upp'd Silks of Victor ( wasn't my first choice) and decent rare rings & amulet.. he was passable

[@maciejk3437]

nice build

[@allanmetsar123]

Never played a druid before, but loot- and gearwise, it looks like a solid HC candidate to participate in the vengeance of 99-s untwinked competition, will try to go through hell with one once i get the time :)

[@Afura33]

Did it work out for you in hc with a werewolf? I think the issue with werewolf will be reaching the 75% resistances ^^

[@TheAdditionalPylons]

I wonder if a concentration aura would help with the interruptability issue.

[@GrimReaper-vh9dg]

On Player 8, have you tried and if you did how fast was the killing ?

[@kurotsuki12]

Is pretty fast, i change a little things in the build i use wolverine instead of oak and use angelic for boost the attack raiting, and mf charms

[@alexs710]

hi dbrunski why do u say the AS in the amulet is useless then still put a shael in the weapon? i m leveling this druid in hc ladder europe rn ^^

[@JohnMHammer]

Werewolf attack speed is unaffected by IAS except that provided by the Werewolf skill itself and that on the weapon.

[@joat1979]

I personally love the hybrid Rabies/Fury Druid.

[@TheNameTooSexyToShow]

Is the Frenzy skill from Barbarian uninterruptible?

[@disgruntledtoons]

The other drawback of fury is that when you get mana burned, fury does nothing. You are suddenly doing nothing when you want to be attacking.

[@TheNameTooSexyToShow]

How to handle physical immunes? I am thinking of making a hardcore, single player, untwinked, un-modded, fury druid.

[@givenalrdy4227]

I started a guy like this :D I just threw ribcracker aw though..D: But ive found like 4(!) 5s runemaster which is rly KEWL. :S I just played my guy to like lvl ~50 - so im happy there is a fury d00d at all My attack speed wasnt that good though. I struggled ALOT at baals. Im on 1.14d/plugy. When fury is interrupted, the animation is not - right?

[@maxosuszek4447]

DB. Can you run a live stream with a totally jacked up Fury Druid? That would be awesome to watch. Just claw diablo's face off. Tear out his horns and all those good things.

[@nubesock5231]

Tyvm dbun great vid. Druids get too much hate

[@otac77]

Ok, now i have to make fury druid character...

[@TylerLawlawsy02]

Same