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Diablo 4 Build

Evade Thorns - Trampleborn

Spiritborn

Season 13

End Game

Speed Farm

Pushing

Melee

Controller Friendly

Imortilize

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By imortilize

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Updated on May 26, 2026

May 26, 2026

Build Overview

This Thorns Gorilla Spiritborn Build focuses on optimising the Thorns Damage from Armoured Hide whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content.

Check the How It Works Section and FAQ below to learn how this Armored Hide Spiritborn smashes all Endgame Content.

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

Strengths and Weaknesses

Incredible Mobility
Decent Defence
Thorns Damage

Lacks AoE Damage
Doesn't Scale As Well As Top Build

Build Variants

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

This is the Best in Slot variant for Pushing High Content carrying on directly from the Endgame Variant.

This requires the following Mythics Items:

Heir of Perdition

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

Assigned Skills

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

Primary

Secondary

Primary Spirit

Secondary Spirit

Centipede (Primary)

We take the Centipede Primary Spirit Hall for the Damage Reduction, Poison Application and Slow Application.

Eagle (Secondary)

We take the Eagle Secondary Spirit Hall for the 20% Vulnerable Damage and +5% Additional Critical Chance.

Equipment

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

HelmHeir of Perdition

Chest armorRazorplate

GlovesHesha e Kesungi

PantsAspect of Glynn's Anvil

BootsFlickerstep

AmuletAspect of Kinetic Suppression

Ring 1Insatiable Aspect

Ring 2Band of First Breath

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:

Razorplate

- Boss Drops: Duriel
- Pure Thorns Damage
- Synergises well with Accelerated Rock Splitter

Band of First Breath

- Boss Drops: Urivar
- Damage on Evade
- Grants access to the Armored Hide Passive for free

Flickerstep

- Boss Drops: Any + Horadric Cube
- Solves Ultimate Cooldown Reduction

Mythic Unique Items

Heir of Perdition

- Craft Runes: 6x Jah, 6x Que, 6x Gar
- Big Damage
- Critical Chance
- Movement Speed
- +Core Skills

Runes

Yul + Tzic

- Auto-Cast Concussive Stomp
- Generates Barrier
- Knocks Down Enemies

Moni + Que

- Auto-Cast Earthen Bulwark
- Generates Barrier

Talismans

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

Talisman Priority

Seal

Kwatli's Grace
+1 Unique Charm Slot
+1 Charm Slot
Damage
Thorns Damage

Charms

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

Skill Tree

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

Available

0 (0)

Spent69 (14)

Leveling Path

Ravager

- Passively Increases Minimum Ferocity (4x at Rank 20 with Ferocity Minimum Ravager)
- Increases Cooldown Rate

Armored Hide

- Grants Barrier
- Grants Blocked Damage Reduction
- Grants Unstoppable

Concussive Stomp

- Auto-Cast via Tzic Rune
- Grants Barrier

Counterattack

- Grants Dodge Chance passively
- Reduces Damage Over Time effects

Scourge

- Grants Thorns Damage per Enemy Affected
- Applies Weakness
- Applies Vulnerable

Rushing Claw

- Enables Perma-Evade (Requires 4x Minimum Ferocity from Ravager)
- Resets via Charge Refund Rushing Claw
- Extends Incarnate Skill Durations

The Protector

- Generates Barrier
- Generates Resolve
- Grants Unstoppable for 6 Seconds
- Slows Enemies & Projectiles in area

Paragon Board

Starter

Endgame

Mythic

Pushing

At this point we can swap out Prodigy's Tempo with Convergence as we have Cooldown Reduction coming from the Kwatli's Talisman Set.

Paragon

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

Prodigy's Tempo
In-Fighter
Drive
Viscous Shield

Mercenary

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.

How it Plays

The main focus here is to apply Big Thorns Damage through Evading with Armored Hide active.

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

Cast Rushing Claw to move around
Cast Ravager for Additional Cooldown Rate
Cast Scourge for Additional Thorns Damage and to Apply Weakness + Vulnerable to Enemies
Cast Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance
Cast The Protector for Big Thorns Damage, Pull In and Barrier Generation
Cast Armored Hide liberally around the other skills

Repeat each step as necessary

How it Works

Build Overview

This Gorilla Endgame Build focuses on optimising the Thorns Damage across the build whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content. It does this through the following:

Use of Thorns
Utilising the Three Spirit Halls, Gorilla, Centipede and Eagle via the Harmony of Ebewaka.
Making use of the Band of First Breath.
Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance in combat.
The Protector for incredible Utility including the Pull In from the Hesha e Kesungi.
Huge Damage and Defence via Resolve Stacking.
Maxing Cooldown Reduction through Aspects, Equipment and Talisman.
Auto-Procs of Vortex and Concussive Stomp
The Wumba's Embrace and Kwatli's Grace Talisman Set
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 Do You Get Perma-Evade?

Learn how to Perma Evade from this video Here.

To attain Perma-Evade you will need to have a Minimum of 4x Ferocity so that you reset your Rushing Claw charges via the Charge Refund Rushing Claw upgrade.

You should be able to attain this through investing enough ranks into Ravager from the following affixes on the Amulet, Boots and Charms:

- Focus Skill Ranks
- Ravager Ranks
- Gorilla Skill Ranks
- Eagle Skill Ranks (with Harmony of Ebewaka equipped)

Do You Have A Loot Filter?

Yes, you can find the loot filter I'm currently using over at Diablo Filter.

Be sure to sign up and subscribe to me over there for updated filters on future builds.

Why Does My Minimum Ferocity Go Below 4x When I have 20 Ranks Of Ravager?

There is currently a bug where if you have Skill Ranks being applied to Ravager associated with your Secondary Spirit Hall via the Harmony of Ebewaka then it will not honour these and you will in fact go below the 20x Ravager Rank threshold.

To bypass this you can over compensate to some degree in the Skill Tree but it's probably just best to try get your Primary Spirit Hall related ranks if possible.

How Much Attack Speed Do I Need?

Aim for as close to 100% Attack Speed through the following means:

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

Changelog

20th May 2026 / v1.0.2

Removed Vortex from Skill Tree which was redundant and moved points into Counterattack for All Variants.

19th May 2026 / v1.0.1

Added Build Guide Video.
Replaced Convergence with Prodigy's Tempo for Endgame and Mythic Variants smoother progression.
Fixed Talisman Charms.

18th May 2026 / v1.0

Added for Lord of Hatred and Season 13.
Cleared Pit 130 in ~7m with decent but no where near Best In Slot Gear (Will likely go to ~Pit135+).
Added Loot Filter.