Summon Spirit Wolf (Diablo II)

Summon Spirit Wolf Summons wolves to fight for the Druid.

Class: Druid Skill Tree: Druid Summoning Skills Required Level: 6 Damage Type: Physical Cast Delay: - Active Prerequisites: Raven

Skill progression Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mana Cost 15 Damage 2-6 3-7 4-8 6-9 7-10 8-12 9-13 10-14 13-16 15-19 Wolves 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Attack Rating +% 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 Defense Bonus +% 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 Life 71 {{{Variable E}}} {{{E1}}} {{{E2}}} {{{E3}}} {{{E4}}} {{{E5}}} {{{E6}}} {{{E7}}} {{{E8}}} {{{E9}}} {{{E10}}}   Level 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mana Cost 15 Damage 18-21 20-24 22-26 25-28 27-31 30-33 34-38 39-43 44-48 49-52 Wolves 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Attack Rating +% 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 550 Defense Bonus +% 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 Life 71 {{{Variable E}}} {{{E11}}} {{{E12}}} {{{E13}}} {{{E14}}} {{{E15}}} {{{E16}}} {{{E17}}} {{{E18}}} {{{E19}}} {{{E20}}}

Synergies Summon Dire Wolf Life Bonus Summon Grizzly Damage Bonus {{{Synergy3}}} {{{Synergy Effect3}}} {{{Synergy4}}} {{{Synergy Effect4}}} {{{Synergy5}}} {{{Synergy Effect5}}} {{{Synergy6}}} {{{Synergy Effect6}}}

Description

Summon Spirit Wolf is the second useful summoning skill the Druid has, although the usefulness of it is undebated. Spirit Wolves are weaker than Skeletons summoned by the Necromancer, and a Summoning Druid never reaches quite the power that a Summonancer does. With this in mind, most druids simply focus on Summon Grizzly to act as a tank and all but ignore the wolves, but which is unwise.

Spirit Wolves, if focused on however, are synergistic with Summon Dire Wolf and Summon Grizzly, providing passive bonuses to both their own and the other summons' Attack Rating and Defense by the same percentage as seen above in the table. So the more points spent in this skill, the better Dire Wolves and Grizzlys will be at hitting their enemies and avoid getting hit.

Dire Wolves in turn provide the Spirit Wolves with increased life, and the Grizzly them with damage, making it absolutely vital for a Summoning druid to spend as many points as possible into his summons.