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Lightning Thrash - Stormborn

presentationSpiritborn
Season 15
End Game
Speed Farm
Infernal Hordes
Melee
Damage Over Time
Off-Meta
Controller Friendly
Imortilize
Verified
Updated on Sep 20, 2026
Sep 20, 2026

Build Overview

This Eagle Spiritborn Build focuses on optimising the Lightning DoT Damage from the Spirit Storms whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content.

Check the FAQ below to learn how this Stinger + Counterattack Spiritborn smashes all Endgame Content.

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

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Lightning DoT Build
  • Incredible Mobility
  • Excellent Farming Build
  • Not For Pushing
  • Excels With Mythics

Build Variants

This is the Best in Slot variant for Pushing High Content incorporating the Seasonal Mechanics carrying on directly from the Mythic Variant.

This requires the following Iconic Mythics Items:

  • None

This variant is going to be Extremely Hard to match so it's more a guideline of can be achieved.

Equipment

6
Helm
Leoric's Crown
9
Chest armor
Squirt's Blouse
2
Gloves
Hesha e Kesungi
4
Pants
Temerity
3
Boots
Flickerstep
5
Amulet
Aspect of Endless Talons
7
Ring 1
Aspect of Supremacy
8
Ring 2
Aspect of Fleet Wings
1
Weapon
Sepazontec
Equipment Priority
+9

Transfigurations

Weapon

    • Lightning Damage %[x]
    • Dexterity
    • All Stats
    • Gem Strength
    • Quality

Amulet (Kullean Tuning Prism)

    • Aspect of Apprehension

Other

    • Lightning Damage %[x]
    • Dexterity
    • All Stats
    • Cooldown Reduction
    • Maximum Life %

Unique Items

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

Sepazontec

    • Boss Drops: Harbinger of Hatred
    • Big damage
    • Every Thrash attack will spawn Spirit Storms
    • Double Basic Skill Damage
    • 3rd Attacks now spawns 3 Spirit Storms

Leoric's Crown

    • Boss Drops: TBD
    • Big damage via Splinter of Hellfire
    • Big Damage Reduction via Splinter of Pain

Hesha e Kesungi

    • Boss Drops: Butcher
    • Big damage on using The Protector
    • Can use The Protector at range
    • The Protector Cooldown
    • Gorilla Skill Ranks

Squirt's Blouse

    • Boss Drops: TBD
    • Big damage
    • Increased Damage Taken

Temerity

    • Boss Drops: Harbinger of Hatred
    • Solves Barrier
    • Allows Barrier Overheal

Flickerstep

    • Boss Drops: World Drop + Cube
    • Reduces Ultimate Cooldowns when Evading Through Enemies

Runes

Moni + Tzic

    • Auto-Cast Concussive Stomp
    • Generates Barrier
    • Grants Resolve

Igni + Kry

    • Auto-Cast Vortex every 3.6s

Splinters

Splinter of Anguish

    • Attack Speed
    • Fire Resistance

Splinter of Sin

    • Maximum Life
    • Lightning Resistance

Splinter of the Black Soulstone

    • Stacks damage On Kill
    • All Stats

Splinter of Hellfire

    • Big Damage
    • All Resistance

Splinter of Pain

    • Damage Reduction
    • Poison Resistance

Talisman

Seal of the Golden EpiphanyUnique Charm
Mlor of the MultitudeSet Charm
Echo of KwatliUnique Charm
Arioc's NeedleUnique Charm
Harmony of EbewakaUnique Charm
Phoba of the MultitudeSet Charm
Fer of the MultitudeSet Charm
Talisman Priority
+7

Seal

Multitude

    • +1 Charm Slot
    • Damage
    • Eagle Skill Damage
    • Centipede Damage
    • Jaguar Skill Damage
    • Gorilla Skill Damage
    • Cooldown Reduction

Charms

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

Unique Charms

    • Harmony of Ebewaka
    • Arioc's Needle
    • Echo of Kwatli

Skills & Rotation

Primary
1
15
Secondary
12
15
15
1
Primary Spirit
Secondary Spirit

Spirit Halls

  • Centipede Primary Spirit Hall is taken for the Damage Reduction and Crowd Control
  • Jaguar Secondary Spirit Hall for the Additional Maximum Ferocity and Ferocity Generation

Build Rotation

  • Cast Ravager for Additional Cooldown Rate
  • Cast Toxic Skin for Additional Armour and Weakness Application
  • Cast Scourge for Damage Reduction and apply Vulnerable to Enemies
  • Cast Touch of Lightning to generate more Moving Spirit Storms
  • Cast The Protector for Barrier Generation, Pull In, Defensive Measures and Unstoppable
  • Cast Storm Conjurer liberally around other skills

Repeat each step as necessary

Skill Tree

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Spent69 (14)

Storm Conjurer

    • Spawns Spirit Storms on 3rd Attacks
    • Spawns 3x Spirit Storms on 3rd Attacks with Sepazontec
    • Generates Ferocity
    • Reduces Active 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
    • Applies Weakness
    • Grants Additional Armour

Concussive Stomp

    • Auto-Cast via Tzic Rune
    • Grants Barrier
    • Grants Resolve
    • Knocks Down Enemies
    • Generates Storm Feathers

Scourge

    • Grants Damage Reduction
    • Applies Weakness
    • Applies Vulnerable

Touch of Lightning

    • Generates Moving Spirit Storms
    • Reduce own Cooldown when Spirit Storms are created

The Protector

    • Generates Barrier
    • Generates Resolve
    • Grants Unstoppable
    • Slows Enemies & Projectiles in area

Paragon Board

Paragon

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

  1. Swarm of Storms
  2. In-Fighter
  3. Convergence
  4. Viscous Shield

Mercenaries

Subo (Primary)

We take Subo as our Primary for the Extra DoT Damage and Bonus Damage from Scorched Earth and Bargaining Chips.

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 Storm Conjurer Spiritborn focuses on optimising the damage from the Sepazontec whilst staying tanky enough to beat all End Game Content. It does this through the following:

  • 3rd Attacks every attack via Sepazontec
  • Utilising Gorilla, Jaguar, Eagle and Centipede via the Multitude Talisman Set
  • All Four Spirit Halls for Harmony of Ebewaka via the Multitude Talisman Set
  • Cast Ravager for Additional Cooldown Rate
  • Cast Toxic Skin for Additional Armour and Weakness Application
  • Additional Block Chance using Armored Hide
  • Scourge for Crowd Control, Damage Reduction and apply Weakness + Vulnerable to Enemies
  • The Devourer for Big Movement Speed and Vulnerable Application
  • Maxing Attack Speed through Aspects, Equipment, Paragon and Ferocity
  • Various Damage Multipliers
  • Barrier for extreme defence
  • Huge Movement Speed for Speed Farming through Jagged Plume and Storm Feathers

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 Attack Speed Do I Need?

Aim for 100% Attack Speed from the following sources:

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

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Changelog

14th September 2026 / v2.0.0

  • Updated for Season 15

9th September 2026 / v1.1.0

All Variants

  • Updated in full for Season 15 based off PTR Testing before the final patch notes are available

15th August 2026 / v1.0.1

S15 Pushing Draft

  • Added for Season 15 PTR

14th August 2026 / v1.0.0

All Variants

  • Added for Season 14

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