The Spiritborn is a class inDiablo 4that is able to channel the power of the four great Spirits, each with its own skills and playstyles that you can build around. The Gorilla Spirit emphasizes heavy attacks and high defenses, but with no cost of speed.

Crushing Handis a Core Gorilla skill for the Spiritborn that creates a cascading wave of damage that is decent on its own, but becomes unbelievably powerful when built around. Below, we’ll take a look at a Crushing Hand Spiritborn build that allows you to blaze through the endgame.

The Spiritborn summoning the Gorilla Spirit through The Protector Ultimate skill.

Crushing Hand is a Core Spiritborn skill, and the core skill of this build. In its default state, Crushing Hand deals high damage in an area, creatingoverlapping shockwaves. However, with theEnhanced Crushing HandandRampant Crushing Handpassives, we can turn the skill into adefensive powerhouseby granting Barrier and scaling its damage with Resolve.

Resolveis an extremely strong defensive tool for the Spiritborn, especially when generated through Armored Hide. Combine these with theUnyielding HitsandRedirected ForceLegendary Aspects, and you have not only incredible offense, but extremely strong defense, too.

The Witch Powers setup for a Crushing Hand build in Diablo 4.

The rest of the build seeks tosupport and amplify Crushing Handin a number of ways. Vortex groups up enemies and makes them easier to hit, while Ravager lets you quickly move to the next pack.

Keep in mind however, that to effectively run this build, you’ll need someheavy gear investment, including a few Uniques and strict Tempering rolls.

The Crushing Hand skill description in Diablo 4.

Season Mechanic

Season 7 introduces the Witch Powers mechanic, allowing you to selectfive Witch Powersandone Unique Witch Powerthat each add different effects to your character. Additionally, you’ll be able to craft specialOccult Gemsthat slot into your gear like normal gems. These provide a variety of powerful effects, on top of a flat160 Armor and 8 percent Resistance to All Elements.

Here are the Witch Powers and Occult Gems we recommend using with this build.

The Ring of the Midnight Sun Unique item description in Diablo 4.

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A Spiritborn using Crushing Hand to pummel enemies in Diablo 4.

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Prodigy’s Tempo

Before you have the full gear setup necessary for this build, you’ll want touse Rock Splitter to generate Vigor. Once you have the necessary Resource Generation and the Ring of the Midnight Sun and Rod of Kepeleke combo, you can swap out Rock Splitter.

Spirit Hall Choices

For the primary choice, Centipede offers anextra defensive layerwhen used with Scourge, while Jaguar in the secondary choice slotmakes Ferocity more reliable, improving your overall damage. Both of these Spirit Hall choices also contribute to theHarmony of EbewakaUnique.

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Viscous Shield (rotate once)

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Sapping (attach to left, rotate twice)

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Revealing (attach to bottom, rotate once)

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Drive (attach to left, rotate three times)

Nature’s Dance

Glyph Leveling Priority

As you level up with this build, focus onunlocking each Paragon Boardand slotting in your Glyphs as you get them. Once you’ve got the framework set up, you cango back in and add points to fulfill Glyph and stat requirementswhere necessary.

Aspect of the Moonrise

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This build works by combining the effects of two Uniques, theRod of Kepelekeand theRing of the Midnight Sun. The Rod of Kepeleke makes your Core Skills into Basic Skills andfree to cast, but if they are cast with full Vigor, they willconsume all your Vigor to be cast at their largest size and are guaranteed Critical Strikes.

The other part is the Ring of the Midnight Sun, whichrefunds a portion of the Vigor you spent in the last two seconds after dealing a Critical Strike. Since the Rod of Kepeleke guarantees Critical Strikes, you’ll always refund the Vigor you spend to cast Crushing Hand.

With high enough Resource Generation, you canfully recover your Vigor every single time. However, to achieve this, you’ll need to do a bit of tinkering with your gear. There are a few sources of Resource Generation in this build, like the Intelligence stat, Vigorous passive, Measured Ravagar effect, and a few nodes on the Sapping Paragon board.

The amount of Resource Generation you need depends on the roll you get on the Ring of the Midnight Sun. Here’s a breakdown of how much Resource Generation you need at a few intervals.

Any roll less than a 35 percent roll on the Ring of the Midnight Sun is unfeasible, so you’ll need to try for another one. Until you can get these stats, hold off on using the Rod of Kepeleke and Ring of the Midnight Sun combo, as you’ll be stuck without a way to generate Vigor.

Earth Breaker - linked to Scourge

Playing The Build

Once you’ve got everything set up, this build’s playstyle is relatively straightforward. Crushing Hand is the main damaging ability that you’ll be using at almost all times, ideallycasting it three times in a row to take advantage of Prodigy’s Tempo.

UseVortex to group up enemiesandRavager to teleport to nearby groups, all while spamming Crushing Hand to deal massive damage.

For Elites, Bosses, and other high-health enemies, useThe Hunterto gain a range of offensive buffs and burst down their health bar. Armored Hide provides tons of defense as it generates Resolve stacks, but you can pop it in an emergency for a quick defensive buff.