Hailing from the wilds of Nahantu, the Spiritborn is the new class introduced to Diablo 4 with the release of the Vessel of Hatred expansion. Wielding the primal power of either the mighty Gorilla, fearsome Jaguar, majestic Eagle or scuttling Centipede, the Spiritborn can fit into a variety of powerful archetypes.

However, at this stage in the life cycle of Diablo 4’s Vessel of Hatred expansion, 2 of these archetypes seem to stand out from the rest: the explosive DPS potential of the electrifying lightning-damage Eagle and the huge damage-over-time secreted by the poisonous Centipede.

The new activities and story missions in Vessel of Hatred are a lot more difficult than much of the base game, so it’s a good thing the Spiritborn is up to the task!

Here’s a rundown of how to craft the best Spiritborn builds in Diablo 4, as well as all of the best Skills to choose when constructing them!

This is great on its own, but can be sped up even more by grabbing the Centipede Key Passive at the end of the Skill Tree, Noxious Resonance. This causes your poison damage to be applied instantly on critical hits, not just dealing more damage more quickly, but removing the need to wait 9 seconds for your Touch of Death swarms to be created.

Or if you’re interested in a more immediate build with less set up, the lightning-damage Eagle build is based almost completely around the Quill Volley Skill, which is found on just the second node on the Skill Tree.

This is the Spiritborn’s resource consuming Skill, similar to Upheaval for Barbarians or Bone Spear for a Necromancer. So basically all you need to do is prioritise Vigor generation and damage on Eagle skills - nice and easy.

But since you need to fill out the rest of your hotbar, there are still some other great Eagle Skills - even if they don’t quite stack up to the unbelievable power of Quill Volley. It’s really easy to miss the extremely good combo of Measured Vortex and Auspicious from the third and fourth Skill Tree nodes respectively.

This combo gives you a passive barrier which can total as much as 20% of your maximum health and both powers Vortex up by 300% and knocks enemies caught by it down for 3 seconds. Not only does this really conveniently focus enemies in one place to be hit by Quill Volley, but it’s amazing crowd-control and gives you vital breathing room to build up some Vigor in a pinch.

Diablo 4 | Spiritborn Skill Tree

For the Spiritborn’s poison Centipede build, you can follow this Skill Tree:

1. Rock Splitter
2. Enhanced Rock Splitter
3. Sharp Rock Splitter
4. Stinger
5. Enhanced Stinger
6. Rampant Stinger
7. Vigorous
8. Vigorous 1
9. Vigorous 2
10. Balanced Exertion
11. Balanced Exertion 1
12. Balanced Exertion 2
13. Scourge
14. Enhanced Scourge
15. Reinforced Scourge
16. Endurance
17. Touch of Death
18. Enhanced Touch of Death
19. Poised Touch of Death
20. Ravenous
21. Ravenous 1
22. Ravenous 2
23. Oppressive
24. Oppressive 1
25. Oppressive 2
26. The Devourer
27. Harmonious Devourer
28. Exalted Devourer
29. Resolution
30. Sustenance
31. Intricacy
32. Intricacy 1
33. Intricacy 2
34. Noxious Resonance
35. Soar
36. Enhanced Soar
37. Measured Soar
38. Refund Rampant Stinger, Enhanced Stinger and Stinger and get Ravager, Enhanced Ravager and Measured Ravager
39. Touch of Death 1
40. Touch of Death 2
41. Touch of Death 3
42. Touch of Death 4
43. Rock Splitter 1
44. Rock Splitter 2
45. Rock Splitter 3
46. Rock Splitter 4
47. The Devourer 1
48. The Devourer 2
49. The Devourer 3
50. The Devourer 4
51. Mirage
52. Mirage 1
53. Mirage 2
54. Endurance 1
55. Endurance 2
56. Antivenom
57. Nourishment
58. Nourishment 1
59. Nourishment 2
60. Patient Guard

Alternatively, for the lightning-damage Eagle build, you can follow this Skill Tree:

1. Thunderspike
2. Enhanced Thunderspike
3. Quill Volley
4. Enhanced Quill Volley
5. Advantageous Quill Volley
6. Accelerated Thunderspike
7. Vortex
8. Enhanced Vortex
9. Quill Volley 1
10. Quill Volley 2
11. Quill Volley 3
12. Quill Volley 4
13. Patient Guard
14. Auspicious
15. Measured Vortex
16. Auspicious 1
17. Auspicious 2
18. Brilliance
19. Acceleration
20. Brilliance 1
21. Brilliance 2
22. Acceleration 1
23. Acceleration 2
24. Vigorous
25. Velocity
26. Velocity 1
27. Velocity 2
28. Vigorous 1
29. Vigorous 2
30. The Seeker
31. Harmonious Seeker
32. Exalted Seeker
33. Ravager
34. Vital Strikes
35. Focal Point
36. Apex
37. Apex 1
38. Apex 2
39. Diminishment
40. Diminishment 1
41. Diminishment 2
42. Enhanced Ravager
43. Measured Ravager
44. Counterattack
45. Counterattack Enhancement
46. Reinforced Counterattack
47. Vortex 1
48. Vortex 2
49. Vortex 3
50. Vortex 4
51. The Seeker 1
52. The Seeker 2
53. The Seeker 3
54. The Seeker 4
55. Thunderspike 1
56. Thunderspike 2
57. Thunderspike 3
58. Thunderspike 4
59. Bastion
60. Bastion 1