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Diablo 4 Build

Touch of Death - Deathborn

Spiritborn

Season 14

End Game

Infernal Hordes

Melee

Damage Over Time

Off-Meta

Controller Friendly

Hardcore

Imortilize

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By imortilize

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Updated on Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026

Build Overview

This Centipede Endgame Build focuses on optimising the Touch of Death Poisoning Damage whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content.

Check the How It Works Section and FAQ below to learn how the Touch of Death Spiritborn blasts all Endgame Content.

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Levelling Guide: Stinger - Stingerborn / Others: Tier List + Endgame Guides

Strengths and Weaknesses

Full Poison Build
Extremely Tanky
Easy Playstyle

Average Mobility
Craze of the Dead God Needs Love
Off-Meta Build

Build Variants

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

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

You ideally have a Craze of the Dead God and Loyalty's Mantle 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.

Equipment

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

HelmLoyalty's Mantle

Chest armorAspect of Debilitating Toxins

GlovesCraze of the Dead God

PantsAspect of Disobedience

BootsAspect of Potent Exchange

AmuletWrithing Aspect

Ring 1Aspect of the Expectant

Ring 2Insatiable Aspect

WeaponAspect of Supremacy

Equipment Priority

Unique Items

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

Loyalty's Mantle

- Boss Drops: Bartuc
- Big Cooldown Reduction

Craze of the Dead God

- Boss Drops: Andariel
- Converts Incoming Direct Damage to Poison DoT Damage
- Auto-Cast Touch of Death based on your Poisoned Health

Runes

Moni + Tzic

- Auto-Cast Concussive Stomp
- Grants Resolve

Igni + Kry

- Auto-Cast Vortex every 3.6s

Talisman

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

Talisman Priority

Seal

Balazan's Bite

- +1 Charm Slot
- Damage
- Centipede Skill Damage

Charms

- Centipede Skills
- All Stats
- Poison Resistance
- Maximum Life

Skills & Rotation

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

Primary

Secondary

Primary Spirit

Secondary Spirit

Spirit Halls

Centipede Primary Spirit Hall is taken for the Damage Reduction and Crowd Control
Centipede Secondary Spirit Hall for the Healing

Build Rotation

Cast Ravager for Cooldown Reduction
Cast Toxic Skin for Additional Armour, Weakness Application and Healing
Cast Scourge for Damage Reduction, Healing and apply Vulnerable to Enemies
Cast The Devourer for Additional Poisoning Damage and Healing
Cast Touch of Death to top up your Swarms
Cast Thrash liberally around other skills

Repeat each step as necessary

Skill Tree

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

Available

0 (0)

Spent69 (14)

Leveling Path

Thrash

- Activator Skill
- Generates Ferocity
- Reduces Active Skill Cooldowns

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)
- Increases Cooldown Rate
- Increases Maximum Ferocity

Toxic Skin

- Grants Unhindered
- Apples Weakness
- Grants Additional Armour
- Grants Healing

Concussive Stomp

- Auto-Cast via Tzic Rune
- Knocks Down Enemies
- Generates Resolve

Scourge

- Grants Damage Reduction
- Applies Weakness
- Grants Healing

Touch of Death

- Makes Swarms Pulse Poisoning Damage
- Applies Vulnerable
- Grants Maximum Life per Second

The Devourer

- Grants Additional Poison Duration
- Grants Life Regen (Based on Maximum Life)
- Grants [x]Poison Damage

Paragon Board

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

Paragon

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

In-Fighter
Convergence
Revealing

Mercenaries

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Build Overview

This Touch of Death Spiritborn focuses on optimising the damage from Touch of Death Poisoning Damage whilst staying tanky enough to beat all End Game Content. It does this through the following:

Swarms applying Poisoning Damage via Erupting Swarm Touch of Death
Extreme Defence and Auto-Cast of Touch of Death via Craze of the Dead God
Solving Cooldown Reduction via Loyalty's Mantle
Utilising both Centipede Spirit Halls to Reduce Enemy Damage and grant Big Healing
Increased Cooldown Rate via Ravager
Big Armour and Weakness Application via Toxic Skin
Scourge for Crowd Control, Damage Reduction and Healing
The Devourer for Additional Poison Damage and Healing
Maxing Attack Speed through Aspects, Equipment, Paragon and Ferocity.

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

Extra Details

With the correct gear this build should 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 Do We Not Use Barrier In This Build?

Barrier breaks the usage of Craze of the Dead God as you will never stack any of Life as Poisoned whilst you have Barrier Active so the build relies on huge Poison Resistance and Healing to stay alive.