Spiritborn Skills

The Spiritborn’s versatility is shown off in their Skills, with every Skill representing one of the Spirit Guardians’ unique playstyle. Skill tiers like Focus and Potency will help give you extra damage, while the Defensive tier will give you various ways to help with survivability.

Tips

  • All of the Spiritborn’s Skills are tied to one of the Spirit Guardians. You can easily get Skills that work well together by choosing multiple Skills tied to the same Guardian.
  • With the Spirit Hall, you can make all of your Skills be tied to a chosen Guardian, opening a lot of flexibility with your Skill choices.
  • Spiritborns have 2 unique buffs: Ferocity and Resolve. Several Skills and Passives will give one of these passives, and some Skills will even require having one of them.
  • All Skills (besides the ones in the Ultimate tier) will have an Enhancement and two Upgrades.
    • Only one Upgrade per Skill can be chosen, and the Enhancement must be learned first.
  • All Skills have a maximum rank of 5, and most Passives (besides the Key Passives) have a maximum rank of 3.

Best Spiritborn Skills

Once you reach level 50 in Diablo 4, it’s time to figure out your Build, and the first step in that is determining what Skills you want to focus on. Your Skills will determine which weapons and armor you will want to go for, as well as what your rotation and approach will be, so picking the right set can be important.

While some Skills will be for specific Builds (and will often become their focus), other Skills are a staple for just about every Spiritborn.

Best Core Skills

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Crushing Hand

Best Build: Crushing Hand Build
This will be the primary Skill for this Build. It will constantly be spammed to deal massive AoE damage, while constantly giving yourself buffs.

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Quill Volley

Best Build: Quill Volley Build
This will be the primary Skill for this Build. It will constantly be spammed to deal and can deal great damage to both groups and single targets.

Best Focus Skills

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Vortex

Best Build: Quill Volley Build and Touch of Death Build
This is a great Skill to group enemies together.

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Ravager

Best Build: Any
This will give you a burst of damage in the form of extra attacks.

Best Defensive Skills

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Counterattack

Best Build: Crushing Hand Build
Gives a boost to both survivability and damage.

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Armored Hide

Best Build: Any
Gives a huge boost in survivability.

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Scourge

Best Build: Any
Gives a lot of extra damage and healing.

Best Potency Skills

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Touch of Death

Best Build: Touch of Death Build
This will be the primary Skill for this Build. Combined with the Insatiable Aspect, it will cause explosions to take out groups of enemies.

Best Ultimate Skills

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The Hunter

Best Build: Any
This is mainly used to give a wide variety of offensive buffs.

Full Spiritborn Skill List

As the name implies, these are your most basic Skills that will allow you to generate Vigor. These attacks can also apply debuffs to enemies, or buffs to yourself.

NameDamage TypeDescriptionEnhancementUpgrade 1 (Sharp)Upgrade 1 (Accelerated)
Rock SplitterPhysicalRush at a target and clobber enemies in front of you, dealing 20% damage.
Your 3rd attack strikes enemies around you, dealing 28% damage.		Rock Splitter increases your Block Chance by 15% for 5 seconds and when you Block you gain 11 Vigor.Rock Splitter’s 3rd attack Knocks enemies Back and grants Resolve per enemy hit.Rock Splitter increases your Thorns for 5 seconds and your 3rd attack deals 100% of your Thorns to enemies.
ThunderspikeLightningQuickly jab forward with a piercing strike dealing 15% damage.
Your 3rd attack pierces further, dealing 32% damage and reducing your Evade Cooldown by 5 seconds.		Thunderspike generates 5 additional Vigor if you have moved in the last 2 seconds.Thunderspike’s 3rd attack strikes back again, Pulling in and Knocking Down Distant enemies for 3 seconds.When you Evade, you attack with Thunderspike along the way and make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
ThrashFireDive at an enemy and slash into it dealing 18% damage.
Your 3rd attack unleashes a rapid series of slashes around your target, dealing a total of 27% damage.		After killing an enemy, your next Thrash generates 10 additional Vigor, up to 10 casts of Thrash.Thrash’s 3rd attack grants a stack of Ferocity.Thrash continues to unleash its 3rd attack if cast again within 1.5 seconds.
Withering FistPoisonDart at and jab an enemy, dealing 5% damage and applying 36% Poisoning damage over 6 seconds.
Your 3rd attack bursts on your target, damaging surrounding enemies and Slowing them by 40% for 3 seconds.		You gain 1 Vigor per second for every Nearby enemy Poisoned by Withering Fist, up to 10.Withering Fist’s 3rd attack spreads its Poisoning to 5 Nearby unaffected enemies. Hitting a Vulnerable enemy will also spread that effect to all hit.Enemies Poisoned by Withering Fist deal 20% less damage.

These Skills will likely be the Spiritborn’s main source of damage.

NameSkill/PassiveDamage TypeDescriptionEnhancementUpgrade 1 (Adventageous)Upgrade 2 (Rampant)
Crushing HandSkillPhysicalSmash down next to you with devastating force, creating 2 shockwaves on either side that overlap and each deal 40% damage.Crushing Hand grants a Barrier equal to 10% of the damage it deals for 2 seconds, up to 30% of your Maximum Life.Enemies hit by both strikes of Crushing Hand are Knocked Down for 2 seconds.Crushing Hand’s damage increases by 3% for every stack of Resolve you have, up to 24%.
Quill VolleySkillLightningHurl 5 feathers that pierce through enemies, each dealing 26% damage.Quill Volley makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds if they are hit with at least 3 feathers at once.Quill Volley hurls out 3 additional feathers and deals 10% increased damage to each enemy per hit.Quill Volley’s feathers fly 50% further and converge on your target with 0.20% additional Critical Strike Chance for each point of Vigor you had on cast.
RakeSkillFireConjure claws that rake through enemies in front of you, dealing 30% damage before exploding for an additional 45% damage.Casting Rake grants a stack of Ferocity.Hitting at least one enemy with Rake reduces your longest active Cooldown by 0.5 seconds.Rake’s Vigor cost is reduced by 2 per stack of Ferocity you have.
StingerSkillPoisonStrike a small area, dealing 70% damage to enemies within as well as all surrounding Poisoned enemies.Stinger applies 50% of its Base damage as Poisoning over 6 seconds to all enemies hit.If Stinger strikes a Vulnerable enemy it Heals you for 10% of your Maximum Life. If you are Healthy it makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.Stinger does 40% increased damage if it only hits a single enemy. Instead of echoing to surrounding Poisoned enemies, Stinger now draws from each to hit enemies in the primary area again for an additional 10% of its Base damage.
Follow ThroughPassiveYour Basic Skills deal 2% increased damage, doubled to 4% for 3rd casts.
VigorousPassiveCasting a Core Skill increases all Vigor Generation by 5% for 3 seconds.
Balanced Exertion (requires 1 point in Vigorous)PassiveYour Core Skills cost 3% more Vigor, but deal 5% increased damage.
Velocity (requires 1 point in Vigorous)PassiveIf you have dealt damage in the last 5 seconds and are moving, generate 1 Vigor per second.

These Skills will boost the Spiritborn’s offensive capabilities, though the approaches will offer a bit of variety.

NameSkill/PassiveDamage TypeDescriptionEnhancementUpgrade 1 (Measured)Upgrade 2 (Replenishing)
VortexSkillLightningCreates a cyclone that Pulls enemies inward followed by a crushing downdraft that deals 35% damage to them.Casting Vortex increases the damage of the next Skill cast by 20%.While you have an active Barrier, your Vortex does 300% additional damage and Knocks enemies down for 3 seconds.Critical Stikes with Vortex reduces its Cooldown by 1 second.
SoarSkillLightningFly into the air, creating a cloud which makes enemies at your target location Vulnerable for 5 seconds before you crash down upon them dealing 50% damage.The next hit against an enemy struck by Soar is a guaranteed Critical Stike. If Soar hits no enemies you instead gain 50% increased Movement Speed for 3 seconds.Soar makes you Unstoppable for 4 seconds.Soar’s cloud remains around you for 4 seconds after landing and continues to make enemies Vulnerable.
RavagerSkillFirePassive: Minimum Ferocity increased by 2.
Active: Unleash a savage roar, causing each of your attacks to trigger an additional 40% damage strike per enemy over 6 seconds.		Raveger’s duration is extended by 2 seconds per kill while active. This bonus is reduced by 0.25 each kill, to a minimum of 0.25 seconds.While Ravager is active, your Core Skills instantly dash to your target and all Vigor Generation is increased by 30%.Ravager passively stockpiles any Healing you receive up to 40 stacks. While active, Ravager spends stacks to strike Elite enemies up to an additional 4 times.
Toxic SkinSkillPoisonPassive: Enemies that attack you are Poisoned for 36% damage over 3 seconds.
Active: Your toxins overflow, applying the Poisoning in a trail and making you Unhindered for 5 seconds.		While active, Toxic Skin’s Poisoning is increased by 130% over 3 seconds.While Toxic Skin is active, you deal an additional 36% Poison Damage as Critical Strikes to Nearby Vulnerable Poisoned enemies every second.Toxic Skin passively increases Throns damage you deal to Poisoned enemies by 100%.
MiragePassiveGain 20% increased Dodge Chance during Evade. Whenever you Dodge, you gain 5% Critical Strike Chance for 3 seconds.
Unrestrained Power (requires 1 point in Mirage)PassiveYou deal 4% increased damage while Unhindered or Unstoppable.
Swift (requires 1 point in Mirage)PassiveYour Mobility Skill Cooldowns are reduced up to 1 second based on how far you travel with them.
Focal PointPassiveGain a bonus based on the weapon type you wield. Casting a Focus Skill doubles this bonus for 5 seconds:

– Glaive: 5% Bonus Lucky Hit Chance
– Quarterstaff: 3% Blocked Damage Reduction
– Polearm: 10% Lucky Hit Chance to make enemies Vulnerable
Diminishment (requires 1 point in Focal Point)PassiveVulnerable enemies deal 5% less damage to you.
Apex (requires 1 point in Focal Point)PassiveYou deal 3% increased Vulnerable damage. Double this bonus vs Elite enemies.

These Skills will boost the Spiritborn’s defensive capabilities in various ways.

NameSkill/PassiveDamage TypeDescriptionEnhancementUpgrade 1 (Reinforced)Upgrade 2 (Adaptable)
Armored HideSkillPhysicalPassive: Gain 1 Resolve every 5 seconds.
Active: Encase yourself, becoming Unstoppable and gaining 100% Block Chance for 3 seconds.		Activating Armored Hide grants you Maximum Resolve and increases your Thorns for the duration.While active, Armored Hide increases your Blocked Damage Reduction by 5% for every Nearby enemy, up to 20%.When you Evade through enemies with Armored Hide active, you deal 100% of your Thorns to them and Heal for 5% of your Maximum Life per hit.
Concussive StompSkillPhysicalStomp in front of you, releasing a shockwave that deals 30% damage and Knocks Down enemies for 3 seconds.Concussive Stomp grants a Barrier equal to 10% of your Maximum Life per enemy hit for 3 seconds, up to 30%.Concussive Stomp gains an additional Charge and does 600% increased damage to Unstoppable enemies and Bosses.When enemies recover from Concussive Stomp, you Dodge their next 3 attacks.
CounterattackSkillFirePassive: Gain 10% Dodge Chance and automatically retaliate against Close enemies for 80% damage when you Dodge their attacks.
Active: Dodge all direct attacks for 3 seconds per cast, up to 6 seconds.		Counterattack’s Cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds per stack of Ferocity you have.Counterattack passively increases your Critical Strike Damage by 6% for every Close enemy, up to 30%.When you Dodge a Control Impairing attack with Counterattack it will reflect that Crowd Control to all Close enemies for 2 seconds.
ScourgeSkillPoisonCall forth a wave of insects that bite enemies, Fearing and Slowing them by 50% for 3 seconds while applying 100% Poisoning damage over 6 seconds.Each time you hit an enemy with Scourge you gain 1% increased damage vs Crowd Controlled enemies for 6 seconds, up to 50%.Casting Scourge grants 60% of your Maximum Vigor for 6 seconds.Lucky Hit: Hitting an enemy affected by Scourge has up to a 60% chance to Life Steal 35% of the damage done, up to 25% of your Maximum Life.
EndurancePassiveCasting a Defensive Skill grants 5 Vigor.
Perseverance (requires 1 point in Endurance)PassiveGain 0.5% additional Damage Reduction per stack of Resolve.
Fueled (requires 1 point in Endurance)PassiveGain increased Life On Kill equal to 5% of your Maximum Life while you have at least 4 stacks of Ferocity.
AntivenomPassiveYou gain 15% increased Poison Resistance and your Maximum Poison Resistance is increased by 3%.
Nourishment (requires 1 point in Antivenom)PassiveYou Healing is increased by 20%. Whenever you Heal, your Poisoning Damage is increased by 4% for 3 seconds.
Patient GuardPassiveGain 10% Block Chance.
After standing still for 0.5 seconds, you gain 3% Block Damage Reduction until you next move.
Auspicious (requires 1 point in Patient Guard)PassiveYou accumulate 1% of your Maximum Life as a Barrier every second, up to 10%. Taking damage prevents additional accumulation for 5 seconds.
Bastion (requires 1 point in Patient Guard)PassiveGain Thorns. While you have a Barrier your Thorns are increased by 20%.

These Skills will all give you some extra damage, while some will also give some extra utility.

NameSkill/PassiveDamage TypeDesriptionEnhancementUpgrade 1 (Poised)Upgrade 2 (Invasive)
PaybackSkillPhysicalSmash enemies in front of you, dealing 125% damage.
When attacked, you have a 35% chance to reduce Payback’s active Cooldown by 1 seconds.		Each time an enemy attacks you the damage they take from Payback is increased by 5% for 60 seconds, up to 100%.Payback passively gives you Vigor when you take damage. Payback is now a Core Skill and consumes all available Vigor to increase its damage by 0.5% for each point spent.Becoming Control Impaired while Payback is on Cooldown makes it free to cast and grants you Unstoppable for 5 seconds. Can only occur once every 15 seconds.
Razor WingsSkillLightningWhirl out a cluster of razor sharp feathers that rebound back, dealing 75% damage each way. You can have up to 12 active Razor WingsRazor Wings makes enemies Vulnerable for 5 seconds when hitting with a Critical Strike or from behind.Razor Wings has a 10% chance to regain a Charge when they hit an enemy. Double this chance if you have an active Barrier.Razor Wings lasts 300% longer and spiral outwards.
Rushing ClawSkillFireSlash a short distance through an enemy, striking all enemies along the way twice for a total of 50% damage.Enemies hit by Rushing Claw take 20% increased damage from Rushing Claw, up to 100%.When Rushing Claw hits an Elite enemy you gain 10% increased Dodge Chance for 6 seconds.Using Rushing Claw’s last Charge will instantly refill 4 Charges by consuming 4 stacks of Ferocity.
Touch of DeathSkillPoisonStrike an enemy and infect them, dealing 5% damage and applying 300% Poisoning damage over 9 seconds.
When the infection expires or the host dies, a swarm hatches and seeks enemies for 9 seconds, dealing 10% damage per hit. You can have up to 3 swarms active at once.		Touch of Death’s infection Heals you for 2% of your Maximum Life per second for a total of 18% Maximum Life. You Heal any remaining when the swarm hatches.Touch of Death is now a Core Skill which costs 70 Vigor and has no Cooldown.Touch of Death’s swarm bursts every second, applying 30% of its Base Poisoning damage over 6 seconds to surrounding enemies.
ResilientPassiveCasting a Gorilla Skill grants 5% increased Maximum Life for 10 seconds.
Dominant (requires 1 point in Resilient)PassiveGorilla Skills deal 5% increased damage to Knocked Down enemies and their first hits have a 5% chance to Execute Non-Bosses.
RavenousPassiveYour Centipede Skills deal 2.5% increased damage. Double this bonus vs Healthy enemies.
Oppressive (requires 1 point in Ravenous)PassiveYour Centipede Skills deal 4% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies and gain 30% increased Crowd Control Durations.
VehemencePassiveYour Potency Skills deal 10% increased damage, but have 5% increased Cooldowns.

These are high-impact Skills with long cooldowns. Unlike the other Skills, these have a two-step linear upgrade path. There are also many Passives in this tier to help you focus on a specific element. You can only choose one Skill from this tree. However, you are free to pick as many Passives you want, just like in all of the previous tiers.

NameSkill/PassiveDamage TypeDescriptionUpgrade 1Upgrade 2
The ProtectorSkillPhysicalThe Gorilla Spirit protects an area for 6 seconds, continuously smashing surrounding enemies for 80% damage and granting you Barrier for 15% of your Maximum Life every 1.5 seconds.The Protector’s strikes deal 300% increased damage to Non-Elite enemies and reduce the damage you take from Elite enemies by 30% for 6 seconds.The Protector’s area persists for an additional 6 seconds. While in the area you are Unstoppable and any enemies or Small Missles inside are Slowed by 80%.
The SeekerSkillLightningThe Eagle Spirit swoops down and deals 35% damage. After a short delay it blasts off dealing 300% damage.The Seeker’s first hit Knocks enemies Down for 4 seconds and the second hit is a guaranteed Critical Strike.The Seeker constantly makes all Nearby enemies Vulnerable while active.
The HunterSkillFireBound across the battlefield with the Jaguar Spirit, dealing 50% damage upon landing and then rapidly slashing enemies in the area for 200% total damage over 7 strikes.The Hunter overfills your Ferocity by 4 stacks and causes you to deal 100% increased damage to Injured enemies for 8 seconds.Killing an enemy while The Hunter is present has a 40% chance to instantly reset its Cooldown. This chance is halved after each consecutive reset.
The DevourerSkillPoisonThe Centipede Spirit emerges, blasting enemies in a line for 140% damage and spitting at others for 40% damage. Lasts for 15 seconds.As it emerges, The Devourer launches 10 toxic globs that apply 210% Poisoning damage over 6 seconds wherever they land.While The Devourer is active, if a Non-Boss enemy’s remaining Life becomes Poisoned they die instantly and unleash a Pestilent Swarm that deals 30% damage per hit to enemies it passes through.
ResolutionPassiveCasting an Ultimate Skill grants 5% increased damage to Elites for 3 seconds. Double this bonus if you are only fighting one enemy.
Spiritual Attunement (requires 1 point in Resolution)PassiveYour maximum Vigot is increased by 10 while you have an Ultimate Skill equipped.
Sustenance (requires 1 point in Resolution)PassiveHitting enemies with Ultimate Skills Heals you for 2% of your Maximum Life.
Supremacy (requires 1 point in Spiritual Attunement)PassiveAny enemies you kill while an Ultimate Skill is active grants a stack of Supremacy, each increasing your damage by 1%, up to 10%. When an Ultimate Skill ends, you gain 5 stacks of Supremecy, but you begin to lose one stack every second.
Initiative (requires 1 point in Spiritual Attunement or Sustenance)PassiveCasting an Ultimate Skill makes you Unstoppable for 2 seconds.
Intricacy (requires 1 point in Sustenance)PassiveUpon casting an Ultimate Skill, the last Potency, Defensive, or Focus Skill you cast prior is reset and can be cast for free up to 1 time in the next 7 seconds.

These are powerful Passives that will likely define your Spiritborn’s overall playstyle. Only one of these Passives can be chosen.

NameDescription
Vital StrikesYou deal 45% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
After making an enemy Vulnerable, your next Direct damage dealt to them:

– Heals you for 2% of your Maximum Life
– Generates 5 Vigor
– Removes the Vulnerable effect
Adaptive StanceThe Base Spirit of a Skill cast grants:

– Eagle: 30% Movement Speed
– Gorilla: 30% Damage Reduction
– Jaguar: 30% Attack Speed
Centipede: 3% Life per Second

Casting a Skill of a different Base Spirit:
– Swaps to the new bonus
Increases Core Stats by 50% for 7 seconds
Prodigy’s TempoEvery 3rd consecutive cast of the same Basic Skill increases all purchased Skills’ Ranks by 2 for 5 seconds.
Every 3rd consecutive cast of the same Core or Potency Skill reduces all Skills’ active Cooldowns by 10%, increased by 2% for each of their Skill Ranks.
Noxious ResonanceYour Critical Strikes cause your Poisoning on an enemy to burst, dealing 100% of the total Poisoning instantly to them and 20% of it to surrounding enemies before removing the Poisoning effect from the primary target.
Damage increased by 30% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus.

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