Cycle Harvest
Rare attack
Deal 4 damage. Spend all Growth: +3 damage per Growth.
The Druid
Become what survives.
A keeper of lost seasons who borrows predatory, guardian, and grove forms.
- Max HP
- 70
- Growth
- up to 6
- Cards
- 30
How the Druid plays
Fight in one of three forms: Guardian (bear) adds Block, Thorns and Counter; Stalker (cat) adds damage and Bleed; Grove adds healing, draw and Growth. A card's form bonus is added on top while you are in that form. Your first shift each turn grants 1 Growth. Cards that say Spend Growth use it for extra damage, Block or healing. Growth caps at 6 and persists.
Starting deck
Every Druid run begins with these ten cards.
- 4x Thornlash: Deal 5 damage. Grove: draw 1 card.
- 3x Barkskin: Gain 5 Block. Guardian: +4 Block.
- 1x Prowl: Shift to Stalker. Draw 1 card. Your first shift each turn grants 1 Growth. Exhaust.
- 1x Rootbound: Shift to Guardian. Gain 4 Block. Your first shift each turn grants 1 Growth.
- 1x Groveward: Shift to Grove. Heal 3 HP. Your first shift each turn grants 1 Growth. Exhaust.
A few rare cards
Season's Turn
Rare skill
Draw 2 cards. Shift to the next form (Grove → Guardian → Stalker → Grove). Gain 1 Growth. Your first shift each turn grants 1 Growth.
Wild Spiral
Rare attack
Shift to the next form (Grove → Guardian → Stalker → Grove). Deal 6 damage. Spend up to 2 Growth: +3 damage per Growth. Your first shift each turn grants 1 Growth.
Primal Wake
Rare attack
Shift to Stalker. Deal 7 damage. If you shifted this turn: +3 damage. Your first shift each turn grants 1 Growth.
Disciplines
At the start of a run, and again at the start of each new act, you choose one of three Disciplines. They last for the rest of the run.
- Wild Memory: Your first shift each turn also restores 1 Energy.
- Deep Grove: Start each turn in Grove: gain 1 Growth.
- Living Bark: Start each turn in Guardian: gain 1 Thorns.
- Red Fang: In Stalker, your attack damage effects deal +2.
- Renewal: Gain 8 maximum HP and recover 12 HP.
- Cycle Advocate: Your first shift each turn also heals 3 HP.
Builds to try
Keeper of the lost grove
Stay in Grove to draw and build Growth with Seedwake and Starseed. Spend it all on Cycle Harvest for a finishing blow, or on Seasonal Promise to heal. Under the moon, Moonsear and Falling Heavens leave foes Moonburned and Starbreak turns Growth into one great blow.
Key cards: Starseed, Grove Secret, Cycle Harvest, Rootstorm, Wild Renewal, Seasonal Promise, Seedwake, Moonsear, Moonrise Vigil, Starbreak, Falling Heavens.
Disciplines that fit: Deep Grove, Renewal.
Thorn guardian
Shift into Guardian so Block cards get their Guardian bonus. Bark Mantle turns stored Growth into Block; Briarcrown adds Thorns and Counter in Guardian.
Key cards: Bramble Ward, Bark Mantle, Thistle Circle, Wild Renewal, Season's Turn, Seasonal Promise, Briarcrown, Briarhide Sweep.
Disciplines that fit: Living Bark, Cycle Advocate.
Hunter of the turning season
Shift before striking: Predator's Answer and Primal Wake hit harder once you have shifted this turn, and Stalker bonuses add Bleed. Wild Spiral turns Growth into damage.
Key cards: Rake, Fang of Winter, Predator's Answer, Wild Spiral, Primal Wake, Season's Turn, Moonlit Pounce, Rending Sweep, Duskfall Comet.
Disciplines that fit: Wild Memory, Red Fang, Cycle Advocate.