Diablo 4 Spiritborn BuildThorns Gorilla Spiritborn - Levelling Guide

Gorilla (Primary - Level 15)

The obvious choice for this build as it gives us 100% Thorns Damage on EVERY attack on top of our 100% Rocksplitter Thorns Damage. It also grants us a form of constant Barrier Generation so adds an extra layer of early defense to the build as well.

Gorilla (Secondary - Level 15)

We take the double Gorilla Spirit Hall setup in preparation for later on when we will look to double down on the Thorns Damage when using a Loyalty's Mantle Helm.

This provides us with extra Resolve Stacks and a means of frequent Unstoppable on the build very early on which is very useful for combatting Crowd Control Effects

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

Razorplate (Chest Armour)

This chest piece is the bread and butter of any pure Thorns build and will greatly boost the damage of the build if you're lucky enough to stumble across one whilst levelling. It may not seem by much but don't be deceived, with the Gorilla Primary Spirit Hall plus the baked in Rocksplitter Thorns Damage it packs a punch!

Sepazontec (Quarterstaff)

If you find one of these whilst levelling you will almost certainly annihilate the level 1 - 60 run. This weapon is what brings the Rocksplitter Thorns online properly in the endgame. It is possible that the Obol Vendor will be stronger in Season 8 so maybe gambling one will be possible early on.

Loyalty's Mantle (Helm)

This is non essential but if you do come across one it will double down on your Double Gorilla Spirit Halls boosting your Damage, Barrier Generation and making it even easier to sustain permanent Unstoppable early on.

If you happen to come across any of the following rune pairs whilst levelling they will greatly boost your build:

Moni + Ton

The Moni Rune is absolutely the best starter Rune for this build as it will generate us offering every 2 Rocksplitter Attacks. This in combination with the Ton Rune will drop a metric tonne of Meteorites upon your enemies giving you a very strong means of clearance.

Cir + Qua

The Cir Rune is another strong Activator Rune which grants us Offering every 5 Attacks with 3 Seconds Exhaustion between activations. This in combination with the Qua Rune grants access to up to an addtional 50% Movement Speed which is extremely nice for levelling early on.

I would recommend going and completing the new Apparition Incursion Events that are part of the Season 8 Mechanics so that you can get hold of the following Boss Powers early on. These will boost your Damage Output and Movement Speed helping to speed up the levelling process:

Sinerat's Flames (Main Boss Power)

This is a great early option for the build as it gives us some extra means of damage on every one of our Rocksplitter attacks. We opt to use this over the Allek's Talons because the modifier isn't useful to us at all as a Physical Damage Build.

Allek's Talons (Modifier Boss Power)

Another source of Movement Speed which again will just help speed up the levelling process early on. This scales by our Cooldown Reduction which we can scale in our Skill Tree as well as Equipment. We can later swap to more Damage Oriented Boss Powers but the Movement Speed will just be really nice early on before we can solve this elsewhere on the build.

Skerg's Toxins (Modifier Boss Power)

This boss power will grant us a nice bit of sustain to the build when being inflicted with Damage Over Time helping to trivialise the levelling process.

Torusk's Rage (Modifier Boss Power)

This will grand us some extra Attack Speed which is just extremely powerful for this build as the faster we can attack, the quicker we can get to the 3rd Attack on Rocksplitter which activates the Thorns Damage

29th April 2025 / v1.0

• Added build for Season 8
• Linked practice levelling VOD.

9th May 2025 / v1.1

• Changed Fell Soothsayer's Aspect for Rapid Aspect on Ring for All Variants.