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Diablo 4 Build

Crushing Hand - Hulkborn

presentationSpiritborn
Season 13
End Game
Pushing
Infernal Hordes
Melee
Beginner Friendly
Controller Friendly
Hardcore
Off-Meta
Imortilize
Verified
Updated on Jun 13, 2026
Jun 13, 2026

Build Overview

This Gorilla Endgame Build focuses on optimising the Damage from Crushing Hand whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content.

Check the How It Works Section and FAQ below to learn how the Crushing Hand Spiritborn smashes all Endgame Content.

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Levelling Guide: Rock Splitter - Gorillaborn / Others: Tier List + Endgame Guides

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Decent Damage Output
  • Easy Playstyle
  • Excellent AoE
  • Average Mobility
  • Not For Leaderboard Pushing

Build Variants

This is the version to aim for before getting Mythics carrying on directly from the Starter Variant.

You ideally have a Rod of Kepeleke, Ring of the Midnight Sun and Harmony of Ebewaka by this point which makes the build functional and boosts the build damage dramatically.

Everything else is Optional but very nice to have.

If you have everything this required be sure to check out either the Mythic Variant or Pushing Variant for Next Steps.

Assigned Skills

Primary
1
15
Secondary
15
1
15
1
Primary Spirit
Secondary Spirit

Jaguar (Primary)

  • We take the Jaguar Primary Spirit Hall for the additional Damage and Beast Strike Hits.

Eagle (Secondary)

  • We take the Eagle Secondary Spirit Hall for the 20% Vulnerable Damage and Guaranteed Critical Strikes every other cast.

Equipment

3
HelmHarmony of Ebewaka
5
Chest armorAspect of Glynn's Anvil
9
GlovesAspect of Redirected Force
6
PantsAspect of Tenacity
4
BootsAspect of Momentum
7
AmuletAspect of Plains Power
8
Ring 1Ferocious Aspect
2
Ring 2Ring of the Midnight Sun
1
WeaponAspect of Supremacy
Equipment Priority
+9

Transfigurations

Weapon

    • Gem Strength

Amulet (Kullean Tuning Prism)

    • Aspect of Apprehension
    • (Replace Chest with Aspect of Apprehension)

Other

    • Physical Damage %[x]
    • Dexterity
    • All Stats
    • Cooldown Reduction
    • Maximum Life %

Unique Items

If you happen to come across any of the following Unique Items whilst levelling they will greatly boost the build:

Rod of Kepeleke

    • Boss Drops: Duriel + Harbinger of Hatred
    • Converts Core Skills to Basic Skills
    • Big Critical Damage scaled by Maximum Resource

Ring of the Midnight Sun

    • Boss Drops: Grigoire + Urivar
    • Allows Rod of Kepeleke to activate every attack when 100% Resource Generation is attained
    • Cooldown Reduction
    • Grants the Counterattack passive

Harmony of Ebewaka

    • Boss Drops: The Beast In The Ice
    • Big damage
    • Unlocks Triple Spirit Hall Tech

Runes

Poc + Que

    • Activated on Spending Resource
    • Auto-Cast Earthen Bulwark on Evade to generate Barrier

Tam + Tzic

    • Auto-Cast Concussive Stomp
    • Generates Barrier

Talismans

Talisman Priority
+7

Seal

Multitude

    • +1 Charm Slot
    • Critical Damage
    • Damage

Charms

    • Centipede Skills
    • Eagle Skills
    • Gorilla Skills
    • All Stats
    • Fire Resistance
    • Lightning Resistance
    • Physical Resistance
    • Cold Resistance
    • Poison Resistance
    • Shadow Resistance
    • Maximum Life

Skill Tree

Available13 (0)
Spent69 (1)

Crushing Hand

    • Omni-Directional Damage
    • Multiple Hits via Unrelenting Assault Crushing Hand
    • Scales Damage by Blocking (5% per Stack / Max 25%)

Vortex

    • Grants Damage Reduction
    • Pulls in Enemies
    • Knocks Down Enemies

Ravager

    • Grants Minimum Ferocity passively (+5% Attack Speed per stack)
    • Increases Maximum Ferocity
    • Grants 50% Vigor Generation

Armored Hide

    • Grants Additional Block Chance
    • Grants Unstoppable
    • Grants Resolve

Concussive Stomp

    • Auto-Cast via Tzic Rune
    • Grants Barrier
    • Knocks Down Enemies

Scourge

    • Grants Damage Reduction
    • Applies Weakness to Enemies
    • Applies Vulnerable to Enemies

The Hunter

    • Mobility Skill
    • Overstacks Ferocity
    • Executes Enemies

Paragon Board

Paragon

Focus on rushing the Legendary Nodes on your Paragon Boards to start with as these will grant Huge Immediate Bonuses:

  1. Sapping
  2. In-Fighter
  3. Convergence
  4. Viscous Shield

Mercenary

Raheir (Primary)

We take Raheir as our Primary for the Extra All Resistance and Bonus Damage from Inspiration.

Aldkin (Secondary)

We take Aldkin as our Secondary for the 40% Slow Movement and 20% Damage Reduction on affected enemies.

How it Plays

The main focus here is to apply attacks as Fast as Possible doing Big Damage in a huge Omni-Directional Pattern which we further boost this with Maximum Resource Scaling.

The Rod of Kepeleke allows us to Critical Strike on demand as long as we have full resource whilst allowing us to hit much harder.

The following steps are the recommended Build Rotation for skill usage:

  • Cast Ravager
  • Cast Armored Hide for Additional Block Chance and become Unstoppable
  • Cast Scourge for Damage Reduction and apply Weakness and Vulnerable to Enemies
  • Cast Vortex to Pull-In Enemies and Knock Them Down
  • Cast The Hunter for Mobility and Ferocity Generation
  • Cast Crushing Hand liberally around the other skills

Repeat each step as necessary

How it Works

Build Overview

This Crushing Hand Spiritborn focuses on optimising the damage from the Rod of Kepeleke in combination with Maximum Resource Scaling whilst staying tanky enough to beat all End Game Content. It does this through the following:

  • Maximum Resource Scaling on Rod of Kepeleke.
  • The Rod of Kepeleke allows Crushing Hand to be a Basic and Core Skill.
  • Utilising the Three Spirit Halls, Gorilla, Jaguar and Eagle via the Harmony of Ebewaka.
  • Additional Block Chance using Armored Hide.
  • Scourge for Crowd Control, Damage Reduction and apply Weakness and Vulnerable to Enemies.
  • The Hunter for additional Mobility and Ferocity Generation
  • Maxing Attack Speed through Aspects, Equipment, Paragon and Ferocity.
  • Various Damage Multipliers.
  • Barrier for extreme defence.

Check out the In-Depth Explanations below for further details on the build.

Extra Details

With the correct gear this build this will easily beat all the Hardest Content In The Game without issue.

Masterworking

Check out the Masterworking Guide for full information on how Masterworking functions.

Boss Drops

Check out the Boss Loot Table for full information on where to farm Uniques for your builds.

FAQ

If you have any questions about this guide feel free to reach out to me whilst live on Twitch, YouTube, Kick or X or contact me offline via my Discord.

How much Resource Generation Do I need?

With the reduction of Resource Generation Sources across the board it has now become more difficult to enable you to activate the Rod of Kepeleke on Every Single Hit which is where our Big Damage comes from.

The Easiest way to achieve this is to use the Ring of the Midnight Sun which escaped the Resource Source Nerfs and can still Restore 50% Resource Spent in the Last 2 Seconds on a Critical Strike. The pairs excellently with the Rod of Kepeleke because this will spend 100% when at Maximum Resource to guarantee a Critical Strike.

This means that we need to achieve 100% Resource Generation on the build along with a Maximum Rolled Ring of the Midnight Sun at 50% to enable a 100% Activation Rate when attacking with the Rod of Kepeleke.

You can obtain the Resource Generation required from various sources including:

    • Intelligence
    • Resource Generation Affixes
    • Resource Generation Tempers

How Much Attack Speed Do I Need?

Aim for 100% Attack Speed from the following sources:

    • Ferocity
    • Equipment Affixes
    • Offensive Temper Affixes
    • Paragon Nodes
    • Varyana Primary Mercenary (if you're struggling)

Changelog

13th June 2026 / v4.1

Pushing

  • Updated Equipment
  • Updated Talisman
  • Updated Skills
  • Updated Paragon

All Variants

  • Updated in full
  • Changed Rezoka Talisman Set to Multitude Talisman Set for more consistent damage.

Other

  • Updated Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Renamed Speed Farming to Mythic
  • Updated Build Rotation
  • Updated How It Works
  • Updated FAQ

26th April 2026 / v4.0

  • Updated for Lord of Hatred and Season 13.

9th March 2026 / v3.0

  • Updated for Season 12.

6th December 2025 / v2.0

  • Updated for Season 11.

4th October 2025 / v1.0

  • Added build for Season 10.

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