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Shred

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Shred is a Druid skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Physical Dmg Maximum Life
Poison Dmg Critical Strike Chance
Attack Speed
Heal
Critical Strike Dmg
Werewolf
Shapeshifting

Shred Details and Upgrades

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Shred

Spirit Cost: 35
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Shapeshift into a Werewolf and perform a trio of combo attacks:
1st Attack: Dash towards the target and deal 52% damage.
2nd Attack: Deal 72% damage.
3rd Attack: Perform a larger finishing move dealing 143% damage.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Core, Shapeshifting, Werewolf, Mobility


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Digitigrade Gait

You gain 4%[+] Movement Speed while in Werewolf form. This bonus persists for 3 seconds after leaving Werewolf form.

Tags: Werewolf, Shapeshifting

Prerequisite: Can also reach Digitigrade Gait via Shred.

Upgrades

Enhanced Shred Upgrade

Enhanced Shred

Shred gains 30%[+] Attack Speed and Heals for 4% of your Maximum Life (66) if an enemy is struck.

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Primal Shred

Shred's additional attacks also perform a dash. In addition, Shred's Critical Strike Damage is increased by x30%.

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Raging Shred

Shred's third combo attack is larger and applies an additional 70% Poisoning Damage over 5 seconds.


Other Skills that work with Shred

The following skills either:

  • Create a condition Shred can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Shred creates
Core Tree
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Wild Impulses

Your Core Skills cost 3%[x] more Spirit but deal 5%[x] increased damage. Passive

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Predatory Instinct

Critical Strike Chance against Close enemies is increased by 2%[+]. Passive

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Digitigrade Gait

You gain 4%[+] Movement Speed while in Werewolf form. This bonus persists for 3 seconds after leaving Werewolf form.

Tags: Werewolf, Shapeshifting

Prerequisite: Can also reach Digitigrade Gait via Shred. Passive

Companion Tree
Brutal Poison Creeper Upgrade

Brutal Poison Creeper

Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 20%[+] against enemies strangled by Poison Creeper .

Skill

Enhanced Wolf Pack Upgrade

Enhanced Wolf Pack

Wolves deal 25%[x] increased damage to Immobilized (CC), Stunned (CC), Slowed (CC), or Poisoned enemies.

Skill

Enhanced Ravens Upgrade

Enhanced Ravens

You have 8%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance against enemies for 6 seconds after they are hit by Ravens .

Skill

Wrath Tree
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Neurotoxin

Poisoned enemies are slowed (CC) by 8%.

Damage: Physical Damage
Passive

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Envenom

You and your Companions gain 10%[x] bonus Critical Strike Damage against Poisoned enemies.

Tags: Companion
Prerequisite: Can also reach Envenom via Rabies. Passive

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Toxic Claws

Critical Strikes with Werewolf Skills deal 12% of their Base damage as Poisoning damage over 4 seconds.

Damage: Poison
Tags: Werewolf, Shapeshifting
Prerequisite: Can also reach Toxic Claws via Rabies. Passive

Ultimate Tree
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Quickshift

Shapeshifting into a new animal form grants 1 / 2 / 3%[x] increased damage, up to 6 / 12 / 18%[x]. This bonus is lost after 3 seconds in Human form.

Tags: Shapeshifting Passive

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Natural Fortitude

Shapeshifting Fortifies you for 2% of your Maximum Life.

Tags: Shapeshifting
Prerequisite: Can also reach Natural Fortitude via Grizzly Rage and Lacerate. Passive

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Heightened Senses

When Shapeshifting, Werebear grants 3 / 6 / 9% Damage Reduction and Werewolf grants 2 / 4 / 6%[+] Movement Speed. Both bonuses persist as long as you are in either animal form and are doubled while both are active. They are lost after 3 seconds in Human form.

Tags: Shapeshifting, Werebear, Werewolf
Prerequisite: Can also reach Heightened Senses via Grizzly Rage and Lacerate. Passive

Key Passives Tree
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Bestial Rampage

When Shapeshifting, Werebear grants 40%[x] increases damage and Werewolf grants 30%[+] Attack Speed. Both bonuses persist as long as you are in either animal form, but are lost after 3 seconds in Human form.

Tags: Shapeshifting, Werewolf, Werebear Passive

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Lupine Ferocity

Every 3rd Werewolf Skill hit Critically Strikes and deals 100.0%[x] increased damage, doubled to 200.0%[x] against Injured enemies.

Damage: Physical Damage
Tags: Werewolf, Shapeshifting Passive

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Earthen Might

Lucky Hit: Damaging enemies with Earth Skills has up to a 15% chance to:
• Restore all of your Spirit
• Cause your attacks to be guaranteed Critical Strikes for 5 seconds
This chance is increased by:
15% for Critical Strikes
15% if the target is Stunned (CC), Immobilized (CC), or Knocked Back (CC)

Tags: Earth, Nature Magic Passive


Items that work with Shred

The following items either:

  • Grant a bonus when using Shred
  • Create a condition Shred can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Shred creates

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Nature's Savagery
Offensive Werewolf Skills function as Storm Skills and Werebear Skills function as Earth Skills for the Nature's Fury Key Passive.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Druid
Aspect of Retaliation
Offensive Your Core Skills deal up to 35 - 75% [x] increased damage based on your amount of Fortify..

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Seaside Descent
(Map)
Dry Steppes Druid
Aspect of the Blurred Beast
Offensive While dashing, Shred seeks out Nearby Poisoned enemies and deals 55 - 75% [x] increased damage to them.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Druid
Aspect of the Changeling's Debt
Resource You deal 25 - 65% [x] increased damage while hitting a Poisoned enemy as a Werebear or a Crowd Controlled enemy as a Werewolf.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Conclave
(Map)
Kehjistan Druid
Aspect of the Dark Howl
Utility Debilitating Roar is now a Werewolf Skill. In addition, Debilitating Roar will Immobilize (CC) Poisoned enemies for 2.5 - 4.5 seconds.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Druid
Aspect of the Unsatiated
Resource After killing an enemy with Shred, you gain 20 Spirit. Your Werewolf Skills deal 20 - 40% [x] increased damage when cast above 50 Spirit.

Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Tormented Ruins
(Map)
Fractured Peaks Druid
Shepherd's Aspect
Offensive Companion Skills deal an additional 5 - 13% [x] damage per Companion you have.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Bloodsoaked Crag
(Map)
Dry Steppes Druid
Skinwalker's Aspect
Defensive When you use a Shapeshifting Skill that changes your form, Heal for 5 - 25% of your Maximum Life. If you are at full Life, gain the same amount as Fortify.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Fading Echo
(Map)
Kehjistan Druid
Stormclaw's Aspect
Offensive Critical Strikes with Shred deal 60 - 80% of the damage dealt as Lightning damage to the target and surrounding enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Anica's Claim
(Map)
Fractured Peaks Druid
Stormshifter's Aspect
Utility While Hurricane is active, gain +5 Ranks to your Shapeshifting Skills.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Crusaders' Cathedral
(Map)
Kehjistan Druid
Subterranean Aspect
Offensive Poison Creeper's active also casts Landslide in a circle around you. Earth Skills deal 15 - 35% increased damage to Poisoned enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Druid
Vigorous Aspect
Defensive Gain 7.5 - 17.5% Damage Reduction while Shapeshifted into a Werewolf.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Steadfast Barracks
(Map)
Hawezar Druid

* Extraction means the Legendary Aspect can be removed from any Legendary item at the Occultist. A dungeon name means the Aspect will be added to your Codex of Power as a reward after completing that dungeon.

Unique Items

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Waxing Gibbous

The nights preceding the full moon are sometimes far more dangerous than the event itself. The frenzy has begun to rise, yet the night is just dark enough to obscure a hunter from their prey's sight.


Type: Unique Axe
Class: Druid

Description: Killing an enemy with Shred grants Stealth for 2 seconds. Breaking Stealth with an attack grants guaranteed Critical Strikes for [1.0 - 4.0] seconds.

  • +85.0% Critical Strike Damage

Affixes: (Item Power 925)
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Mad Wolf's Glee

“He was not a victim of the curse - he sought it out. As his skin split and his bones cracked, his laughter never ceased." – Tale of the Mad Nobleman


Type: Unique Chest Armor
Class: Druid

Description: Werewolf form is now your true form, and you gain [2 - 5] Ranks to all Werewolf Skills.


    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
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    Hunter's Zenith

    "By fang, claw, spear, or sword - send the bastards back to the flames from which they crawled! Soak the peat with their blood! For Fiacla-Géar! For Scosglen!" - Nafain, during the Days of Ash


    Type: Unique Ring
    Class: Druid

    Description: Gain a bonus when you kill with a Shapeshifting Skill:Werewolf: Your next Non-Ultimate Werebear Skill costs no Resource and has no Cooldown.Werebear: Your next Werewolf Skill will Heal you for [689 - 3,447] when damage is first dealt.

    • +10.0% Resistance to All Elements
    • +10.0% Lightning Resistance

    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
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    Fleshrender

    "This weapon is a reminder of the unbridled savagery of our druidic ancestors, the wisdom of which I see more clearly with every day that passes." - Moreg, Druidic Scholar


    Type: Unique Mace
    Class: Druid

    Description: Casting a Defensive Skill deals [150 - 450] damage to Nearby Poisoned enemies, increased by 15%[x] for every 100 Willpower you have.Current Bonus: 0%[x]

    • +85.0% Damage to Poisoned Enemies

    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
    • +[153 - 225] Willpower
    • +[957 - 1,259] Maximum Life
    • [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction
    • +[2 - 3] to Defensive Skills


    Changes to Shred

    Patch 1.4.0, 14 April, 2024

    • Damage increased by 10%.

    Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

    • Third Attack base damage increased from 60% to 70%.
    • Enhanced Shred - Healing increased from 1% to 2% of Maximum Life.
    • Raging Shred’s - Base damage increased from 51% to 70%.
    • Primal Shred’s - Bonus Critical Strike Damage increased from 20% to 30%.