Druid

Druid combines Strength and Intelligence and is associated with primal staves and talismans. The source card presents shapeshifting, nature spells and animal minions as its main identity. Volcano is the recorded starting skill. Those descriptions explain why a Druid comparison needs more than a single weapon damage value: the skill setup may involve casting, a transformed form or companions.

Oracle and Shaman are the named specialisations. Oracle's card focuses on foresight, luck and access to passives outside the ordinary route, while the class overview provides the broader shapeshifting context. Keep those two levels of description separate when choosing a build. A Druid does not automatically gain every mechanic named by an ascendancy. Version 0.4.0 is the class's introduction marker in these sources, which distinguishes an existing Early Access class from the Duelist and Shadow launch previews. Before copying a guide, identify which skills it actually uses in each form and which equipment requirements those skills state. Check the attribute path and defensive assumptions as well as the transformation itself. The Oracle detail page supplies a focused specialisation comparison; the skills and companion tables help locate the individual effects rather than treating every nature-themed ability as part of one package.

Select the class at character creation. Class identity, starting weapon and build routing.