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Diablo 4 Build

Crushing Hand - Hulkborn

Spiritborn

Verified

End Game

Imortilize

Pushing

The Tower

Speed Farm

Infernal Hordes

Melee

Beginner Friendly

Controller Friendly

Hardcore

Season 13

By imortilize

Updated on Apr 27, 2026

Apr 27, 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

High Damage Output
Easy Playstyle
Excellent AoE

Average Mobility

Build Variants

Starter

Endgame

Speed Farming

Pushing

This variant is designed to get you started towards getting to T4 Content straight from Levelling.

You ideally have a Rod of Kepeleke andRing of the Midnight Sun by this point which makes the build functional.

Everything else is Optional but very nice to have.

If you have everything this requires be sure to check out the Endgame Variant for Next Steps.

Assigned Skills

Starter

Endgame

Speed Farming

Pushing

Primary

Secondary

Primary Spirit

Secondary Spirit

Eagle (Primary)

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

Jaguar (Secondary)

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

Equipment

Starter

Endgame

Speed Farming

Pushing

HelmJuggernaut's Aspect

Chest armorAspect of Might

GlovesConceited Aspect

PantsAspect of the Deflecting Barrier

BootsDuelist's Aspect

AmuletAspect of Plains Power

Ring 1Aspect of Unyielding Hits

Ring 2Ring of the Midnight Sun

WeaponRod of Kepeleke

Equipment Priority

Aspects

You can acquire the following Aspects from World Map Dungeons and Drops Only:

Dry Steppes

Aspect of Might -> Dark Ravine

Hawezar

Aspect of the Deflecting Barrier -> Lost Keep

Drops Only

Aspect of Plains Power
Aspect of Unyielding Hits
Conceited Aspect
Juggernaut's Aspect
Duelist's Aspect

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

Runes

Poc + Que

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

Igni + Kry

- Auto-Cast Vortex

Talismans

Starter

Endgame

Speed Farming

Pushing

Talisman Priority

Charms

TBD

Sepazontec

- Synergises with Rod of Kepeleke
- Grants access to 3rd Attack Every Attack

Skill Tree

Starter

Endgame

Speed Farming

Pushing

Available

Spent60

Leveling Path

Skills

Crushing Hand

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

Vortex

- Auto-Cast via Kry Rune
- Grants Damage Reduction
- Pulls in Enemies
- Knocks Down Enemies

Ravager

- Grants Minimum Ferocity passively (+5% Attack Speed per stack)

Armored Hide

- Grants Additional Block Chance
- Grants Unstoppable

Concussive Stomp

Counterattack

- Grants Dodge Chance passively
- Reflects Crowd Control Effects

Scourge

- Grants Damage Reduction
- Applies Weakness to Enemies

The Hunter

Paragon Board

Starter

Endgame

Speed Farming

Pushing

Paragon

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

Sapping
In-Fighter
Convergence

Mercenary

Starter

Endgame

Speed Farming

Pushing

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 Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance and become Immune to Crowd Control Effects.
Cast Concussive Stomp.
Cast Scourge for Damage Reduction and apply Weakened to Enemies.
Cast The Hunter.
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.
Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance in combat.
Additional Block Chance using Armored Hide.
Scourge for Crowd Control, Damage Reduction and apply Weakness to Enemies.
The Hunter for additional Mobility.
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 on Equipment, Aspects, Paragon, Mercenaries and Elixirs.

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