The Spiritborn is an agile hybrid fighter inDiablo 4, introduced in the Vessel of Hatred expansion. The Spiritborn can channel each of the four Spirit Guardians to utilize different attacks, abilities, and combat styles.
The Spiritborn is one of the strongest classes in the game, and has access to a multitude of powerful build options. Below, we’ll go over a few of the very best Spiritborn builds, as well as each of their strengths and weaknesses.
Quill Volley is one of the Spiritborn’s best attacks for AoE, firing a wave of feathers in a cone that each deal decent damage. This build seeks to empower Quill Volley as much as possible, making it a top-tier skill that can be endlessly spammed for extremely high and consistent damage.
This is done through several Unique items, which leads to this build being somewhat difficult to gear up for. However, once you’ve obtained all the gear and Legendary Aspects you need, you’ll quickly see what makes this build so strong.
While only two Uniques are absolutely necessary for this build, that being the Rod of Kepeleke and the Ring of the Midnight Sun, there are several others that make it play a lot smoother, namely Yen’s Blessing and the Harmony of Ebewaka.
When combined, and with high enough Resource Generation, the Rod of Kepeleke and the Ring of the Midnight Sun essentially give you infinite Vigor, allowing you to endlessly spam powered-up Quill Volleys. This combo is used in a number of different Spiritborn builds, but its definitely at its strongest with Quill Volley.
In a lot of ways, the Crushing Hand build is very similar to the Quill Volley build we discussed earlier. However, there are a few key differences that set these builds apart, both offering fun, fast, and powerful playstyles.
Where Quill Volley shoots feathers in a wave to your front, Crushing Hand strikes in a large AoE around you, giving you a bit more coverage in terms of hitting as many monsters at a time as possible. Additionally, with the Rampant Crushing Hand trait, Crushing Hand’s damage will scale based on your Resolve stacks, giving the build a lot of built-in damage reduction.
This build also uses the Rod of Kepeleke and the Ring of the Midnight Sun combo for infinite, permanent Critical Strike Core skills. However, this build definitely lacks Vulnerable application, so its damage potential is somewhat limited compared to the Quill Volley build. Still, its a very strong alternative that suits a different playstyle.
The Stinger Centipede build centers around the Spiritborn’s Stinger Core skill. In its default state, Stinger deals damage to enemies within a small area and poisons them for a short duration. However, when you combine it with the Pestilence Legendary Aspect, things start to get more interesting.
The Aspect of Pestilence makes it so that Stinger spawns a Pestilent Swarm, which then spirals outward from you in an expanding circle. These Pestilent Swarms can hit the same enemy multiple times as it travels; depending on the size of the enemy’s hitbox, you may hit them with the same Pestilent Swarm five or more times.
To capitalize on Pestilent Swarm’s multi-hit capabilities, this build also uses Vortex or the Godslayer Crown to keep enemies grouped up, maximizing the potential for your Pestilent Swarms to hit them.
This build is very reminiscent of the Hammerdin-style builds from Diablo 2, or the Blessed Hammer build in Diablo 3. If you’re a fan of that playstyle, the Stinger Centipede build is definitely the one you should try out first.
The Touch of Death Centipede build is the second on this list that centers around poison, but it plays a lot differently than the aforementioned Stinger build. This one makes use of Touch of Death to stack on tons of poison damage to enemies before bursting it through Critical Strikes, which are guaranteed thanks to the Rod of Kepeleke and Ring of Midnight Sun combo.
This build relies on the Insatiable Aspect to grant these explosions, as well as the Jacinth Shell to help reset the cooldowns of your other abilities like The Hunter, Scourge, and Armored Hide. The Harmony of Ebewaka and Yen’s Blessing are also used, as they provide extremely strong effects that fit into a lot of different Spiritborn builds.
With five different Uniques in use for this build, it’s definitely one of the hardest to gear for, but the payoff is worth the effort, especially if you love poison or DoT-based builds.
The Rake Jaguar build is yet another build to utilize the Rod of Kepeleke and Ring of the Midnight Sun combo, but the playstyle here is quite different from the others on this list. This build takes advantage of Rake’s ability to generate Ferocity to stack extremely high attack speed, conjuring massive waves of Rake claw attacks.
This build epitomizes the Jaguar playstyle, with high attack speed, tons of hits, and decent mobility. It also uses the Jaguar for both the primary and secondary Spirit Hall choices, which are then amplified with the Loyalty’s Mantle Unique Helm.
