Crushing Hand - Hulkborn

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

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 and synergises nicely with the Aspect of Adaptability for Double Dipping Damage Multipliers.

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

• Cast Ravager to gain Lock On Movement and 30% Resource Generation.
• Cast Armored Hide for 100% Block Chance.
• Cast Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance.
• Cast Scourge for up to 50% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies.
• Cast The Protector for Barrier Generation, Unstoppable and Immense Damage Output.
• Cast Crushing Hand liberally around the other skills.

Repeat each step as necessary

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 Aspect of Adaptability and 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.
• Unlocking Overpower Damage from the Xan Rune.
• Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance in combat.
• 100% Block Chance using Armored Hide.
• Scourge for Crowd Control and up to 50% Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies.
• The Protector for incredible Utility including the Pull In from the Hesha e Kesungi.
• Maxing Attack Speed through Aspects, Equipment, Paragon and Ferocity.
• Various Damage Multipliers.
• Barrier for extreme tankiness.

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

Extra Details

Season 11

This build has completed a Tower 110 in ~6m 30s with only the The Grandfather Mythic Sanctifications. You will require the other key Mythic Sanctifications for the higher pit pushes such as the Ring of Starless Skies on the Rod of Kepeleke and Double Melted Heart of Selig.

Season 12

This build went to ~Pit 105+ in the Season 12 PTR with Decent Equipment, Max Glyphs and Decent Blooded Affixes but had some room for improvement so should go a little higher.

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

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.

Season 11

For the Pushing Variant we opt not to use the Ring of the Midnight Sun in favour of the double Melted Heart of Selig tech which will be Insanely Hard to put together but combined with a lot of Life per Second + Life per Hit + Reinforced Scourge this will grant an insane amount of Vigor Generation and theretically will make you much harder to kill as well as granting Rod of Kepeleke activations more frequently whilst allowing us to still have both the Aspect of Adaptability and Aspect of Unyielding Hits equipped.

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

• • Intelligence
  • Resource Generation Tempers
  • Vigorous
  • Measured Ravager
  • Shroud of False Death
  • Melted Heart of Selig
  • Starlight Aspect + Life per Second + Life on Hit

Season 12

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

• • Intelligence
  • Resource Generation Tempers
  • Vigorous
  • Measured Ravager
  • Shroud of False Death

How Much Attack Speed Do I Need?

Aim for 100% Attack Speed on Equipment, Aspects, Paragon, Mercenaries and Elixirs.

You can only attain Attack Speed in Attack Speed Bucket 2 via Ferocity and Adaptive Stances if using a Jaguar Skill so we prioritise Ferocity since we are using a Gorilla Skill.

We achieve this by stacking Ferocity through the use of the Jaguar Secondary Spirit Hall.

How Does The Double Melted Heart Tech Work In The Pushing Variant?

Season 11 only

So this is an ultra gear requirement tech that without ALL of the pieces will probably feel awful to play.

The aim is to equip the Melted Heart of Selig along with having it Sanctified somewhere which essentially Quadruples your Maximum Resource and makes it your life source at the cost of bringing your Maximum Life down by 75% Twice granting you insanely Low Life.

This seems very bad on the surface but what it unlocks the ability to do is with the Starlight Aspect equipped we can create a vast amount of Automatic and On Hit Vigor Generation due to being able to Overheal by 120% so easily because our Maximum Life is now so low.

We stack Life per 5 Second on both our Rings and Boots as well as Healing Received because the more healing potential we have the better.

This then converts into a bulk of Primary Resource which is multiplied up by our now insanely high Resource Generation due to having the Melted Heart of Selig equipped as well as many ranks into Vigorous, Measured Ravager and Reinforced Scourge.

With all the correct pieces, not only will you see your Maximum Resource scale upwards of 1000+ Vigor you will cap out your Aspect of Adaptability, stack a huge amount of damage on your Rod of Kepeleke and fill our Maximum Resource virtually on demand both in and out of combat.

Note: This REQUIRES the Melted Heart of Selig to be Equipped and Sanctified as well as having the Starlight Aspect Sanctified on a Ring.

It will not work well without these so don't try until you have this as you will be ultra squishy!

Why do I remove all Resource Cost Reduction Modifiers In The Pushing Variant?

Season 12 only

With Season 12 introducing Blooded Affixes we have access to a Resource Cost Reduction per Kill Streak Tier modifier which can be obtained on all 5 Armour Slots.

It's important to know that on the PTR these all Added Together to count as 1 Singular Source of Resource Cost Reduction. This means that you get No Diminishing Returns if you have Only these equipped and have a Kill Streak active.

There comes a point where having Resource Cost Reduction anywhere on your Equipment causes you have have Less Resource Cost Reduction because of the way that multiple sources lead to Diminishing Returns.

Optimal Game Play would see someone use an Elixir of Resourcefulness before having a Kill Streak active and then swapping to either an Elixir of Advantage or Elixir of Fortitude whilst fighting with an active Kill Streak to avoid the diminishing returns as the Resource Cost Reduction can go hugely above 100% this way and it scales our Rod of Kepeleke Damage.

3rd March 2026 / v5.0.beta

• Updated in preparation for Season 12.
• This can still be used for Season 11 by using Ignoring the S12 Variants.

22nd January 2025 / v2.8

• Updated Elixirs & Incenses section.

19th January 2025 / v2.7

• Swapped Life on Hit with Healing Received on Rings for Pushing Variant.
• Swapped Vigor per Second with Healing Received on Rings for Pushing Variant.
• Replaced Reddamine Buzz with Song of the Mountain for Pushing Variant.
• Replaced Pre-Season Showcase with Live-Season Showcase.

18th January 2025 / v2.6

• Modified Pushing Variant to have the Double Melted Heart of Selig Tech.
• Added Double Melted Heart of Selig Tech explanation to the FAQ.
• Updated Skill Tree to incorporate Reinforced Scourge in Pushing Variant.

18th January 2025 / v2.5

• Changed Adaptive Stances to Prodigy's Tempo in Pushing Variant.
• Changed Tempers on Jewellery in Mythic and Pushing Variants.
• Changed Poc + Qax to Poc + Que in Endgame, Mythic and Pushing Variants.
• Changed Ahu + Xan to Xol + Xan in Endgame, Mythic and Pushing Variants.
• Changed Harmony of Ebewaka Masterwork Priority to Dexterity.
• Replaced Temerity with Tibault's Will in Endgame, Mythic and Pushing Variants.
• Changed Amulet affixes to Maximum Resource, Apex, Brilliance and Potent in Mythic and Pushing Variants.
• Changed Socketables in Endgame, Mythic and Pushing Variants.
• Updated Paragon Boards for All Variants.
• Changed location of Outmatch to Viscous Shield.
• Replaced Guzzler with Revenge for All Variants.
• Changed Essence of Sin to Essence of Hellfire in Pushing Variant.

12th January 2025 / v2.4

• Updated Sanctification Variant to Pushing Variant.
• Updated for Patch 2.5.2.

3rd January 2025 / v2.4

• Updated Equipment Section for All Variants.
• Updated Sanctificatons + Text.

28th December 2025 / v2.3

• Updated Equipment to reflect Known Sanctiication Outcomes.
• Removed Unrelenting Aspect in Higher Variants in favour or Hesha e Kesungi.
• Swapped Drive for Convergence as it plays better.
• Swapped Headhunter for Guzzler so remember to Drink Them Potions!

22th December 2025 / v2.2

• Updated In-Fighter to Drive in Paragon Boards since In-Fighter was Shadow Nerfed.

11th December 2025 / v2.1

• Updated for Season 11 - Patch 2.5.0

6th December 2025 / v2.0

• Updated for Season 11.
• Added Cooldown Reduction to Legendary Ring in All Variants.
• Added Sanctifications.
• Added Extra FAQ Info.
• Updated Variants for Smoother Progression.
• Changed The Hunter for The Protector after some thought for Easier Build Progression.

7th October 2025 / v1.1

• Updated for Patch 2.4.1.

4th October 2025 / v1.0

• Added build for Season 10.