MOON Druid D&D 2024 Subclass (INSANE Damage Stacking!!)

🌕 Circle of the Moon Druid Subclass - D&D 2024 Breakdown 🌕
Join us as we delve into the Circle of the Moon Druid subclass from the 2024 Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook. We break down every ability and feature from levels 3 to 14 and explore how the Moon Druid’s wild shape is still one of the best frontline tank builds in D&D. Stick around to the end to see if the new 2024 Moon Druid is still an S-tier powerhouse compared to its 2014 version.

Timestamps
0:00 - 0:07: Introduction to Circle of the Moon Druid Subclass
0:07 - 0:16: Overview of the Circle of the Moon Druid in 2024
0:16 - 1:12: Level 3: Circle Spells - Cure Wounds, Moonbeam, Conjure Animals, and More
1:12 - 1:58: Level 3: Circle Forms - Higher Challenge Ratings and Improved AC in Wild Shape
1:58 - 2:55: Level 6: Improved Circle Forms - Lunar Radiance and Constitution Saves
2:55 - 3:43: Level 10: Moonlight Step - Teleportation and Advantage in Wild Shape
3:43 - 4:41: Level 14: Lunar Form - Bonus Radiant Damage and Shared Teleportation
4:41 - 5:56: Tier Ranking and Final Thoughts on the 2024 Circle of the Moon Druid
5:56 - 6:35: Outro and Secret ending

Key Abilities
Circle Spells (Level 3): You gain powerful circle spells based on the moon, which includes Cure Wounds, Moonbeam, Conjure Animals, and even Mass Cure Wounds at higher levels. Importantly, you can now cast these spells while in your wild shape form, a huge improvement since normally Druids can’t cast spells in wild shape until level 18!

Circle Forms (Level 3): Your wild shape forms are significantly improved:

You can assume beast forms with a challenge rating equal to your Druid level divided by 3, allowing you access to stronger creatures earlier.
You also get an improved Armor Class (AC) in wild shape, which equals 13 + your Wisdom modifier if it’s higher than the beast’s original AC. This is a huge durability boost compared to the old rules where beast AC was often too low.
Improved Circle Forms (Level 6):

Lunar Radiance: Your wild shape attacks can deal radiant damage, which is almost always better than standard damage types. This will help bypass many resistances.
Increased Toughness: You can add your Wisdom modifier to Constitution saving throws, improving your ability to maintain concentration on spells like Moonbeam or Fountain of Moonlight while in wild shape form.
Moonlight Step (Level 10): This feature lets you teleport up to 30 feet as a bonus action while in wild shape, and your next attack after teleporting has advantage. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier and regain uses on a long rest. You can also regain uses by expending a spell slot, making it incredibly flexible for repositioning during combat.

Lunar Form (Level 14):

Improved Lunar Radiance: You can now deal an extra 2d10 radiant damage once per turn with your wild shape attacks. When combined with the Fountain of Moonlight spell or your Primal Strikes, this can lead to massive amounts of damage every round without spending extra resources.
Shared Moonlight: You can teleport an ally within 10 feet of you along with your Moonlight Step, allowing for creative and strategic team play, either to save an ally or bring them into a more advantageous position.
Why to Watch
Casting in Wild Shape: The biggest improvement for the Moon Druid is the ability to cast your circle spells while in wild shape starting from level 3, making it an early powerhouse compared to 2014.
Tank and Damage Dealer: With increased AC, temporary hit points scaling with your Druid level, and the ability to deal significant radiant damage, the Moon Druid excels as both a frontline tank and a powerful damage dealer.
Teleportation and Mobility: Moonlight Step at level 10 allows for incredible mobility, giving you tactical options for both offense and defense.
Team Utility: At level 14, Shared Moonlight lets you teleport an ally with you, opening up creative ways to protect or reposition your teammates during combat.
S-Tier Tank: The combination of all these abilities makes the Circle of the Moon Druid a top-tier tank while still having full access to ninth-level spells and healing abilities.

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[jake]

one thing that isnt being talked about is that now you can turn into like.. just a raven with 72hp and 18AC, so, the weaker wild shapes get to have more fun too

[AStarInAndromeda]

Druids: “I can cast spells and speak while wildshaped, teleport, multi-attack, can add additional damage with each strike, can use minor elementals, and get temporary HP during too! Also, I have full spellcasting.”

Warlock: “Could we have another spell slot please”

[activekiwi]

I actually love the track we're on with how they redesign the beasts. It actually looks fun to wildshape into different animals like for example the tiger. It has weaker damage than the brown bear, but instead it has an incredible built in hit-and-run playstyle. Can't wait to test it in play

[axis]

The Moon Druid is definitely still a very powerful subclass despite the nerf to Wild Shaping, and having more use out of their features definitely helps it out. I think this and the Land Druid are the top of the Druids for 2024 and you can get a ton of fun of using either of them.

[fabiononis]

Moonlight step is awesome thinking that you don't even need to be in wild shape form to teleport

[Lordwolfhound]

hi im sorry to bother you im playing as a 2024 moon druid for the first time im currently lvl2 but im having trouble figuring out how to calculate the temp health of my forms

[sandstorm]

Great content

Video editing tip: increase the volume of your intro. It’s very quiet and breaks immersion.

[MrMuddyWheels]

Higher AC is actually better than extra HP

[martinrosschou]

What would be a good multiclass options with Moon Druid? For damage.
I'm thinking just 2 level's, so CR6 Wildshape is still the cap regardless.

[EGGDEATHBRINGER]

What feats do we all think will be king here? War caster for sure, what about tough, do we think the additional temp hit points and ac will be enough?

[Joshyyoshi]

if you go mage initiate wizard, and unlock shield spell, can you react and use it during wildshape?

[douglaspope-gzeq]

I'm probably going to get a lot of heat for this but this needed to be nerfed

[woj_kal]

I love the elemental forms and that's a huge loss

[MarkG-se]

The brown bear attack was super nerfed. Lion is the new way to go!