Diablo 4 S13 Lord of Hatred: Skill Tree Guide

he tool was updated leading into Season 13 for Druid, Sorc, Necromancer, Barbarian, and the new Warlock. Spirit Born and Rogue were still missing at time of filming: Rob estimated those would be up within a few hours. Take "a few hours" with the same grain of salt you apply to everything else pre-launch.

Current completeness: approximately 50–60%. Most skill trees are partially populated. End-nodes and some upgrade stats are unknown because Blizzard hasn't shown them. You can still put points in: the tool accepts input even on nodes it doesn't fully know. What those nodes actually do remains Blizzard's secret for now.

How to Use the Planner

The interface is straightforward enough that explaining it feels condescending. Here it is anyway, because someone will ask.

1. Select your class from the top. Each class has its own separate tree. The Druid's tree has additional transformation-specific branches: zoom out to see the full scope before touching anything.
2. Zoom out. The trees are large. Rob specifically mentioned zooming out to see all known nodes before starting. Do this. Otherwise you will spend points in the visible cluster and wonder why your build has no synergy with anything below level 30.
3. Assign skill points. Click nodes to allocate. You can now put up to 15 points into a single skill: DPS scales visibly as you add them. The planner shows the damage increase in real time where data is available.
4. Note which nodes are greyed or incomplete. Nodes without full stat data are still clickable. The planner does not stop you from planning around unknown nodes: it just means your build may need adjustments post-launch when the real numbers surface.
5. Check the Sets section. Some sets are already in the planner. Not all pieces are complete. The Soul Shard Demon summon set and the Abyss set are present. The Royal Ring of Grander (reduces set requirements by 1) is also in, with charm slot interactions noted.
6. Save and share your build link. The planner generates a shareable URL. If you're posting a build draft anywhere before launch, attach the link: at minimum it shows where you put the points, even if the node values are placeholder.

The planner will be updated on launch night: Rob's stated goal is to have the remaining nodes filled within a few hours of Season 13 going live. Until then, any build you construct is a draft. A well-reasoned draft is still useful. A build built entirely around unknown end-nodes is a prayer, not a plan.

The Druid: Special Case Worth Knowing

The Druid skill tree has a structure no other class shares: separate skill branches for werewolf form and human form, in addition to the shared nodes. When you zoom out on the Druid tree in the planner, you will see these additional branches extending outward. They are not a visual glitch. They are genuinely separate skill sets that only apply in their respective transformation states.

This means a Druid build requires a decision most classes do not have to make: which form are you actually playing, and how many points are you investing in transformation-specific nodes versus the shared baseline. The planner supports this. It does not make the decision for you. That remains your problem.

The Expansion Wall Inside the Planner

The bottom nodes on every class tree: the ones with the most transformative effects, the ones build guides will revolve around: are locked behind owning the Lord of Hatred expansion. The planner displays them. You can see them. You cannot use them without the expansion, and Blizzard confirmed this in their pre-launch blog post.

• Free for all players: the full skill tree rework, all mid-tier nodes, basic upgrades.
• Expansion-locked: bottom transformative nodes, Horadric Cube, Talisman system, the Warlock class, the Paladin class, the Skoval Islands region.
• The planner shows expansion-locked nodes regardless. It does not enforce ownership. The game will.

Do not build around bottom nodes if you do not own the expansion. The planner will happily let you assign points to nodes you cannot access in-game. It is a planning tool, not a gatekeeper. The gatekeeper is Blizzard's payment processor.