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Druids wield natural magic and shapeshifting abilities to pierce through enemies Path of Exile 2and like every other class in the game, players have several Ascendancy classes to choose from to make their Druid that much more powerful.
Rises in PoE 2 they behave similarly to subclasses in other games. They give characters a significant power boost and often follow a specific theme as well. Those for Druid elevate the class's natural magic and shapeshifting fantasy while giving players more ways to gain power. Here is a look at all Ascendances for the Druid.
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Lead your army of bones and spirits through Wraeclast with this Minion Witch character for the early stages of Path of Exile 2.
PoE 2 Druid Shaman Ascendancy Nodes
The first Ascendancy for Druids is called Shaman and leans heavily towards turning your character into a walking natural disaster. It offers a balance of offensive and defensive nodes, although it is better suited for players who want to use melee or melee builds.
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Node |
Effect |
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Flask recovery |
12% increased life and mana regeneration from bottles |
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Sacred flow |
+40 Spirit for each of your empty spell slots |
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Defenses |
10% increased defense |
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The wisdom of the Magi |
Gain the benefits of Bonded modifiers on runes and idols |
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Maximum rage |
+3 Maximum Rage |
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Druid Champion |
Every 2 Rage also deals 1% more spell damage |
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Maximum rage |
+3 Maximum Rage |
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Furious Wellspring |
Regenerate 6% of your maximum rage every second Mana regeneration increases and decreases also apply to rage regeneration Skills have a +5 Rage cost +7 to maximum rage No inherent rage loss |
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Elementary resistances |
+3% to all elemental resistances |
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Reactive growth |
Adapt to the highest elemental damage type of each hit you take 10% less damage for each type of elemental damage that matches your adaptation 10% less elemental damage |
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Elementary resistances |
+3% to all elemental resistances |
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Avatar of evolution |
Adaptations last 5 seconds 5% physical damage is taken as lightning damage 5% physical damage is taken as cold damage 5% of physical damage is taken as fire damage Double adaptation effect |
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Elemental damage |
12% increased elemental damage |
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The turning of the seasons |
Enemies in your presence are exposed Gain 10% of your damage as special random element damage |
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Elemental damage |
12% increased elemental damage |
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The bearer of the apocalypse |
Get Skill: Apocalypse Apocalypse triggers a random unique Elemental skill every 0.75 seconds for 12 seconds. Apocalypse requires 100 Glory to use (obtained by dealing elemental damage) |
A Shaman is usually considered to have a Shapeshifting Druid built into it PoE 2 for his passive Rage regeneration. However, it is also viable for elemental casters thanks to elemental damage bonuses and Apocalypse skills.
PoE 2 Druid Oracle Ascendancy Nodes
Oracle is an interesting Ascendancy in several ways. Instead of just being the caster counterpart to Shaman, Oracle boosts crit stats, grants resistance to critical hits, and provides access to a number of unique skills and passive nodesincluding a way to get passive tree nodes without them being attached to the player's larger passive skill path. While this mainly benefits the caster build, it can still work for many other options if players are creative enough.
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Skill |
Effect |
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Critical damage bonus on you |
Hits against you have a 12% reduced critical damage bonus |
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Minor damage |
Damage from enemies that hit you is unfortunate The chance of an enemy critical hit against you is unfortunate |
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Critical Hit Chance |
12% increased critical strike chance |
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Forced result |
Your critical hits are inevitable (Hits without a critical roll are rerolled until they crit, but each time they are rerolled they lose damage) |
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Totem cast and attack speed |
Attacks and spells used by totems are 5% faster |
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Unnamed Heartwood |
+1 to the maximum number of totems summoned Totems die 6 seconds after their health is reduced to 0 |
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Accumulation of immobilization |
20% increased immobilization |
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Converging paths |
Grants Skill: Moment of Vulnerability Send out a Nova that creates a visage of enemies when it hits those ready to be stunned, electrocuted, or frozen. Damage caused by Visages echoes to their owners. |
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Spell damage |
12% increased spell damage |
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A fateful vision |
Gain Skill: Align Destiny Get a buff while Align Fate is active. You will see Visage as your self casts certain spells while the buff is active. Casting the same spells as your Visages gives them increased multiplier damage. |
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Passive point |
Gain 1 passive point |
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The invisible path |
See Oracle-specific passive nodes in the skill tree |
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Passive point |
Gain 1 passive point |
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Intertwined realities |
Non-Keystone passive skills in the middle range of assigned Keystone passive skills can be allocated without connecting to your tree. |
Oracle is much less simple than Shaman. Players can get away with just increasing their crit chance or getting stronger spells through Align Fate, but to take full advantage of what Ascendancy has to offer, you'll need to make smart use of Entwined Realities and Unseen Path passives.
