Path of Exile 2: All Druid Skills (known so far)

Two years after being shown off in Gamescom 2023, the Druid is finally coming to Path of Exile 2 on December 12. As the headliner class in the Last of the Druids update, it's coming with two Ascendancies (Oracle and Shaman), at least four shapeshift forms, and 21 Skills. So how strong is this class exactly? The answer, as it usually happens in any seasonal ARPG, will only be found after you get to try it in the upcoming League.

However, the Druid's caster-shapeshifter hybrid kit has loong been teased in multiple gameplay showcases. Plus, we also have some data from in-game files (thank to poe2db), so here's some of the numbers and explanations of all the known Druid Skill Gems.

Which, going by the promotional material, should be all of them, because we technically have more than 21 listed. What we don't know is whether the basic attack in each Shapeshift form (Maul for the bear, for example) count towards this limit. Furthermore, the real numbers are going to change when patch 0.4 goes live.

For now, this list of Druid Skills in Path of Exile 2 should serve more as a demonstrative piece rather than a proper basis for theorycrafting your build.

All Druid non-Shapeshifting Skills in Path of Exile 2

Your can grow a shocking garden with your rain-dance talents (Image via GGG)

The following are the four known Skills in the Druidic repertoire that don't require any specific equipment (specifically, Talismans). Generally, Druids wield staves as GGG conceptualized it, but like most Spells, all non-Shapeshifting Skills here can be cast regardless of what main-hand/offhand equipment you got.

Skill	Tags	Description	Stats (not final)
Thunderstorm	AoE, Sustained, Lightning, Duration	Conjure a thunderstorm which causes lightning strikes and torrential rain in an area. Enemies in the area are Drenched, causing them to become Shocked or Frozen more easily. [Plant\|Plants] in the area become [Plant\|Overgrown].	Cost: 23 Mana Cast Time: 0.90s Critical Hit Chance: 9.00%Deals 1 to 16 Lightning Damage Storm radius is 2.3 metres Impact radius is 0.8 metres Storm duration is 12 seconds Hits one target every 0.35 seconds Can Hit each enemy only once every 0.50 seconds Cannot Drench enemies above level 32 Drenched enemies receive 25% more Freeze buildup Drenched enemies have 50% more chance to be Shocked Drenched lingers for 2 second duration Limit 1 Thunderstorm
Volcano	AoE, Projectile, Sustained, Fire, Duration, Channelling	Uplift a volcano from the earth, damaging enemies standing on it and releasing a spray of molten Projectiles. While the volcano persists, Slamming it will cause another Projectile spray. Channelling this Skill for longer makes the initial eruption more violent, but does not affect subsequent Projectile sprays.	Cost: 7 Mana, 6 Mana per second Cast Time: 0.80s Critical Hit Chance: 5.00%Eruption: Deals 4 to 6 Fire Damage Modifiers to cast speed also affect this skill's cost Fires Projectiles every 0.5 seconds Channelling ends when reaching 4 Stages Eruption radius is 1.2 metres Volcano duration is 8 seconds Limit 1 Volcano 150% more Eruption damage per additional StageProjectiles: Deals 3 to 5 Fire Damage Fires 3 Projectiles Impact radius is 0.6 metres Fires Projectiles every 0.5 seconds, or when Slammed Initial eruption fires 4 additional Projectiles per additional Stage Volcano is destroyed after 10 Slams
Spell Totem	Totem, Duration, Conditional, Meta	Consume 3 Power or Endurance Charges to raise a Totem that uses socketed Spells. Cannot use Skills with Cooldowns.	Cost: 38 Mana Totem duration is 8 seconds Limit 1 Totem Socketed Skills deal 10% more damage per Power Charge Consumed 20% more Totem life per Endurance Charge Consumed 20% more Totem duration per Endurance Charge Consumed Socketed Skills deal 13% less Damage Socketed Skills have 25% less Cast Speed
Entangle	AoE, Sustained, Physical, Duration, Plant	Conjures a rootbound fissure that crawls forward, damaging enemies in its path. While the fissure persists, vines lash out from it and attach to nearby enemies, damaging and Slowing them.	Cast Time: 0.90s Critical Hit Chance: 10.00% Fissures: Deals 4 to 5 Physical Damage Fissure length is 8 metres Attaches Vines to enemies within 1.5 metres Limit 4 Fissures Fissure duration is 8 seconds Attaches a Vine every 0.1 seconds Overgrown fissures expire 50% slower Vines: Deals 1 to 1 Physical Damage Vines can stretch to a 2 metre length before breaking Vine attachment duration is 1 second Each attached Vine Slows enemy by 15% Can attach up to 3 Vines to each enemy Overgrown fissures can attach up to 2 additional Vines
Tornado	AoE, Physical, Duration, Orb	Create a Tornado that chases enemies for a duration, while hindering and repeatedly damaging enemies around it.	Cost: (10—110) Mana Cast Time: 0.75 sec Critical Hit Chance: 10.00%Deals (1.6—44.4) Base Physical Damage per second Enemies in range are Hindered

All Bear form Skills in Path of Exile 2

A Talisman is a bear necessity (Image via GGG)

All Bear form Skills, as well as any other shapeshift-tagged Skill in Path of Exile 2, requires a Talisman with the available form.

Skill	Tags	Description	Stats (not final)
Maul (Basic Attack)	Melee, Bear, Strike	Shapeshift into a bear and swipe with your claws. Hitting enemies generates rage.	Attack Speed: 110% of base Attack Damage: (55—172)% of base +0.6 seconds to Total Attack Time if not already a Bear +9 to Melee Strike Range Gain 4 Rage on Hit
Rampage	AoE, Melee, Bear, Slam, Duration, Channelling, Travel	Shapeshift into a bear and rampage forward, slamming the ground as you run. The initial roar generates rage, then consumes rage until you run out.	Cost: (12—85) Mana Attack Time: 1.25 sec Attack Damage: (90—281)% of base (10—96) to (14—144) Added Attack Physical Damage +0.6 seconds to Total Attack Time if not already a Bear
Ferocious Roar	Shapeshift, Bear, AoE, Nova, Meta	Shapeshift into a [Bear] and roar in defiance, immediately gaining Rage if there are enemies nearby and Empowering subsequent Attacks to Break Armour. Alternatively, socketing a human-form Warcry into this Skill triggers that Warcry instead, and augments its damage and area. This Skill's cooldown can be bypassed by expending an Endurance Charge.	Cost: 36 ManaCooldown Time: 8.00sUse Time: 1.10sSocketed Warcry Cost Multiplier: 200%Empowers one Attack per 10 enemy Power in range, counting up to 50 Power Warcry radius is 7 metres Gain 2 Rage per enemy Power in range Empowered Attacks Break 123 Armour on HitIf Socketed Warcry: Triggers Socketed Warcry instead of Ferocious Roar's effects Socketed Skills deal 48% increased damage Socketed Skills have 50% increased Area of Effect Attacks Empowered by Socketed Skills deal 48% increased damage
Furious Slam	Shapeshift, Bear, AoE, Melee, Slam	Shapeshift into a [Bear] and Slam the ground with great force, causing a pair of shockwaves. Can spend Rage to create larger shockwaves that leave behind Jagged Ground.	Cost: 10 Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Attack Damage: 70% Enraged Attack Damage: 110% Base: 60% more Stun buildup +0.4 seconds to base attack time if not standing +0.4 seconds to base use time when Shapeshifting Shockwave radius is 2 metres Spends 10 Rage to perform enraged slam if possible Enraged: 60% more Stun buildup +0.4 seconds to base attack time if not standing +0.4 seconds to base use time when Shapeshifting Shockwave radius is 3 metres Jagged Ground duration is 4 seconds
Walking Calamity	Shapeshift, Buff, Bear, AoE, Melee, Trigger, Fire, Duration, Conditional	While in [Bear] form, build Glory by gaining Rage while already at maximum Rage. When you have maximum Glory, roar to the heavens to bring them down upon your enemies. For the duration of the Skill and as long as you remain in [Bear] form, meteors rain down around you and you Gain Fire damage and Rage regeneration.	Level: 13 Cost: 93 Mana Attack Speed: 70% of base Small Meteor Attack Damage: 149% Large Meteor Attack Damage: 374% Walking Calamity: Supported Skills requires 20 Glory to use +0.3 seconds to base attack time if not standing Trigger a Meteor every 0.05 seconds A large Meteor falls every 20 Meteors Meteors fall in 8 metre radius Buff duration is 10 seconds Buff grants 5 Rage regenerated per second Buff grants 30% of damage Gained as Fire damage Small Meteor: Converts 100% of Physical damage to Fire damage Impact radius is 0.8 metres Large Meteor: Converts 100% of Physical damage to Fire damage Impact radius is 1.4 metres Ignited Ground duration is 5 seconds

All Werewolf form Skills in Path of Exile 2

The Werewolf is inclined to the lunar arts (Image via GGG)

Skill	Tags	Description	Stats (not final)
Rake (Basic Attack)	Shapeshift, Wolf, AoE, Melee	Physical slashes you can scale with cold, or use to knock shards of ice off your enemies, that then land on the ground nearby and explode. This is not to be confused with Rake, the Spear Skill, which is separate and does not have anything to do with the Wolf form. The name of this Skill is almost certainly going to change once the patch goes live.	Not available yet
Pounce	Shapeshift, Wolf, Melee, Strike, Metagem	Jump on an enemy and apply a mark, which will summon a wolf minion on defeating that enemy. It’s also a Metagem and allows you to socket other mark abilities for maximum curse application.	Not available yet
Arctic Howl	Shapeshift, Wolf, Warcry, AoE	This skill is a warcry that creates a chilled ground and adds cold damage to your attacks, while buffing the wolf pack, if you have any.	Not available yet
Lunar Assault	Shapeshift, Wolf, AoE, Melee, Strike, Cold	Shapeshift into a wolf and swipe with your claws, projecting an arc of moonlight and ice forward in a crescent.	Converts 80% of Physical damage to Cold damage 240% more Magnitude of Chill inflicted 240% more Freeze Buildup
Cross Slash	Shapeshift, Wolf, AoE, Melee	Shapeshift into a Wolf and leap backwards as you gouge the ground with both claws. Hitting a Marked enemy with both gouges will activate the Mark and cause an additional shockwave. Ice Fragments will be pulled into the location where the gouges cross and explode immediately. This skill can be used while using other skills to interrupt them.	Cross Slash: Gouge length is 4.7 metres Gouge width is 1.6 metres Flings Ice Fragments within 7 metres Shockwave: Gouge length is 2.4 metres Gouge width is 1.6 metres Flings Ice Fragments within 7 metres
Lunar Blessing	Attack, Shapeshift, Buff, Wolf, AoE, Melee, Trigger, Cold, Duration	Shapeshift into a Wolf and offer your Rage to the moon to receive a blessing, gaining bonus Cold damage, Attack speed and movement speed for yourself and any Wolf Minions you have from Wolf Pack or Predator's Mark. Spends all Rage to extend the Buff's duration. While the Buff is active, your Wolf Attacks call down Moonbeams on Hit.	Lunar Blessing: Cooldown does not recover during Buff effect Knocks Back Enemies Buff duration is 5 seconds, plus 0.2 seconds per Rage spent Buff grants 52% of damage Gained as Cold damage Moonbeam: Cooldown Time: 1.00s \| Attack Damage: 149% Converts 100% of Physical damage to Cold damage Impact radius is 1.6 metres

All Wyvern form Skills in Path of Exile 2

Skill	Tags	Description	Stats (not final)
Rend	Shapeshift, Wyvern	The Wyvern can consume a Power Charge to charge its lightning wings using Rend, which increases damage and transforms this melee skill into a much larger area of effect attack.	Not available yet
Wing Blast	Shapeshift, Wyvern, AoE, Melee, Wind	Shapeshift into a Wyvern and launch yourself backwards with a powerful wingbeat that Knocks Back enemies. Enemies Primed for Heavy Stun will be stunned, release a shockwave, and have a chance to grant you a Power Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills to interrupt them.	Cost: 10 Mana Attack Damage: 103% Shockwave Attack Damage: 145% Wing Blast: +0.3 seconds to Total Attack Time Cannot cause Stun buildup Knocks Back Enemies Blast length is 6 metres 10% [SurpassChance\|Surpassing] chance to grant a Power Charge on Heavy Stun, modified by Monster Power Shockwave: Cannot cause Stun buildup Shockwave radius is 2 metres
Devour	Shapeshift, Wyvern, AoE, Melee, Slam	Shapeshift into a Wyvern and devour a Corpse or Cullable enemy, and additional nearby Corpses. For each enemy or corpse devoured, you regenerate life and gain a Power Charge. If the target is far enough away, you will leap to them and damage nearby enemies where you land.	Cost: 13 Mana Attack Speed: 170% of base Attack Damage: 93% Up to +0.5 seconds to Total Attack Time based on distance travelled Knocks Back Enemies Impact radius is 1.8 metres Regenerates 39 life per enemy or Corpse consumed over 1 second Consumes up to 2 additional Corpses near the target
Oil Barrage	Shapeshift, Wyvern, AoE, Projectile, Channelling	Shapeshift into a Wyvern and spit Oil at enemies, creating Oil Ground where the Projectiles land. Consumes Power Charges if possible to instead Channel a sustained barrage of electrified Oil that does not create Oil Ground. Projectiles are fired in sequence, allowing multiple Projectiles to Hit the same target.	Cost: 19 Mana Attack Speed: 300% of base Attack Damage: 146% Fires 3 Projectiles Oil Slows enemy movement speed by 20% Oil applies Exposure, lowering Total Elemental Resistances by 20% Oil spray radius is 1.4 metres Oil and Oil Ground Duration is 6 seconds Channelling ends after one group of Projectiles Empowered: Attack Damage 201% Converts 40% of Physical damage to Lightning damage Fires 3 Projectiles Oil Slows enemy movement speed by 20% Oil applies Exposure, lowering Total Elemental Resistances by 20% Impact radius is 1.4 metres Oil duration is 6 seconds Consumes a Power Charge every 2 seconds to continue Channelling
Flame Breath	Shapeshift, Wyvern, AoE, Sustained, Fire, Duration, Channelling	Shapeshift into a Wyvern and take to the skies, immolating enemies with a jet of fire. Channelling ends after a short amount of time but can be prolonged by spending Rage. Consumes a Power Charge if possible to Empower the Skill, Gaining extra Lightning damage and spending Rage more slowly.	Cost: 88 Mana, 6 Rage per second Cooldown Time: 6.00s Attack Speed: 800% of base Attack Damage: 70% Converts 100% of Physical damage to Fire damage 750% more Ignite Magnitude Rage cost is ignored for first 4 seconds of Channelling Cannot gain Rage while this Skill is active Immolation radius is 2 metres Empowered Flame Breath Gains 50% of damage as Lightning damage Empowered Flame Breath spends Rage 50% slower
Rolling Magma	Shapeshift, Wyvern	As a dragon, you can also spew out magma orbs that will bounce along a straight path, dealing damage to all enemies in its AoE. It’s a separate skill in Path of Exile 1, and will likely feature similar mechanics.	Not available yet
Lightning Barrage	Not available	If you have Power Charges, the Wyvern can plant its wings on the ground and unleash a barrage of lightning-infused projectiles. The more charges you have, the longer the channeling time, but the Druid is vulnerable to melee attacks during this time.	Not available yet

Other than the stats not being final on these Skills, we also don't know much about the Druid's fourth form, a fire-demon, obtainable through a Unique Talisman (distinct from the Demon form obtained thorugh Infernalist's Ascendancy tree).

As mentioned earlier, we'll only get to know the full stats (and which form is mathematically better) once Druid actually goes live alongside Path of Exile 2 patch 0.4.0. Until then, check out the two Ascendancies coming with this class:

Edited by Sambit Pal