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Diablo 4 Build

Swarm - Swarmborn

presentationSpiritborn
Season 15
End Game
Speed Farm
Infernal Hordes
The Tower
Pushing
Caster
Damage Over Time
Beginner Friendly
Controller Friendly
Imortilize
Verified
By imortilize
Updated on Sep 28, 2026
Sep 28, 2026

Build Overview

This Poison Centipede Spiritborn Build focuses on optimising the Poison DoT Damage from the Pestilient Swarms whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content.

Check the How It Works Section and 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

  • Poison DoT Build
  • Incredible Mobility
  • Excellent Farming Build
  • Starts off Resource Heavy
  • Excels With Mythics

Build Variants

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

This build requires No Uniques to get going which makes it an excellent starter build once you have enough Resource Management to get started.

You will ideally have crafted a Lore and Stealth by this point to help ease into the later variants of the build.

It is recommended to have the following aspects before starting:

  • Aspect of Infestation
  • Aspect of Pestilence

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

Aspect & Uniques

4
Helm
Lore
3
Chest armor
Stealth
2
Gloves
Aspect of Pestilence
9
Pants
Aspect of Disobedience
7
Boots
Aspect of Kinetic Suppression
6
Amulet
Aspect of Supremacy
5
Ring 1
Vulpine's Aspect
8
Ring 2
Aspect of Alacrity
1
Weapon
Aspect of Infestation
Equipment Priority
+9

Rune Words

Lore

    • Runes: Ort + Sol
    • Base: White Helm
    • All Skills
    • Damage Reduction

Stealth

    • Runes: Tal + Eth
    • Base: White Chest Armour
    • Damage Reduction
    • Movement Speed
    • Resource Generation

Runes

Moni + Tzic

    • Auto-Cast Concussive Stomp
    • Generates Barrier

Cir + Kry

    • Auto-Cast Vortex via Rushing Claw

Splinters

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

SealUnique Charm
Linta of Balazan's BiteSet Charm
Mlor of Balazan's BiteSet Charm
Phoba of Balazan's BiteSet Charm
BerĂş of Balazan's BiteSet Charm
Fer of Balazan's BiteSet Charm
Talisman Priority
+6

Seal

Bazazan's Bite:

    • +1 Unique Charm Slot
    • +1 Charm Slot
    • Damage
    • Damage Over Time
    • Poison Damage

Charms

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

Prime Evil Powers

Ghosts of Odium

Mephisto's Splinter of Hatred

Skills & Rotation

Primary
1
15
Secondary
1
15
15
5
Primary Spirit
Secondary Spirit

Spirit Halls

  • Gorilla Primary Spirit Hall is taken for Barrier Generation
  • Eagle Secondary Spirit Hall for the 20% Vulnerable Damage

Build Rotation

  • Cast Ravager for Additional Cooldown Rate
  • Cast Toxic Skin for Additional Armour and Weakness Application
  • Cast Scourge for Damage Reduction and apply Weakness + Vulnerable to Enemies
  • Cast The Devourer for Big Damage
  • Cast Rushing Claw to move when Charges are available
  • Cast Counterattack liberally around other skills

Repeat each step as necessary

Skill Tree

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Spent69 (14)

Stinger

    • Generates Pestilent Swarms
    • Applies Vulnerable

Vortex

    • Auto-Cast via Kry Rune
    • Grants Damage Reduction
    • Pulls in Enemies
    • Knocks down enemies
    • Grants Vigor Generation

Ravager

    • Passively Increases Minimum Ferocity
    • Increases Cooldown Rate
    • Grants Vigor Generation

Toxic Skin

    • Grants Unhindered
    • Apples Weakness
    • Grants Additional Armour
    • Grants Vigor Generation

Concussive Stomp

    • Auto-Cast via Tzic Rune
    • Grants Barrier
    • Generates Storm Feathers

Counterattack

    • Grants Dodge Chance passively
    • Generates Pestilent Swarms
    • Reduces Cooldown per Ferocity Stack

Scourge

    • Auto-Cast via Balazan's Bite Talisman Set
    • Grants Damage Reduction
    • Grants Vigor Generation
    • Applies Vulnerable

Rushing Claw

    • Mobility
    • Locks-On to Enemies
    • Resets via consuming 4x Ferocity
    • Extends Incarnate Skill Durations

The Devourer

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

Paragon Board

Paragon

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

  1. Prodigy's Tempo
  2. Convergence
  3. Drive

Mercenaries

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 Centipede Endgame Build focuses on optimising the Poison Damage from Counterattack whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content. It does this through the following:

  • Use of Pestilent Swarms
  • Utilising the Three Spirit Halls, Gorilla, Centipede and Eagle via the Harmony of Ebewaka
  • Making use of the Ring of Writhing Moon
  • Using Leoric's Crown and Squirt's Blouse for big boosts to Damage and Defence
  • Using Lore and Stealth Runewords whilst working towards Endgame Items
  • Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance in combat
  • The Devourer for Big Poison Damage
  • Big Armour and Weakness Application via Toxic Skin
  • Huge Damage and Defence via Resolve Stacking
  • Maxing Attack Speed through Aspects, Equipment and Ferocity
  • Auto-Procs of Vortex and Scourge
  • The Balazan's Bite Talisman Set
  • 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 Do You Get Perma-Evade?

On this build Perma-Evade is not longer truely achievable but we do our best to bridge the gap with the mobility options we have available to us.

We now use Evolving Claws Rushing Claw which had the tech moved into it.

This allows us to to Perma Rushing Claw via Locking On to Enemies but it will now require 30 Ranks in Ravager to achieve as the +1 Minimum Ferocity was removed as an upgrade option on Ravager.

How Much Attack Speed Do I Need?

Aim for a decent amount of Attack Speed through the following means:

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

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.

Changelog

17th September 2026 / v3.1.0

Starter

  • Replaced Helm with Lore
  • Replaced Chest with Stealth

Endgame

  • Replaced Chest with Stealth

All Variants

  • Added Prime Evil Splinters

14th September 2026 / v3.0.0

  • Updated for Season 15

7th September 2026 / v2.1.2

All Variants

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

15th August 2026 / v2.1.1

S15 Pushing Draft

  • Added Splinter Info

14th August 2026 / v2.1.0

S15 Pushing Draft

  • Added for Season 15 PTR

8th August 2026 / v2.0.8

All Variants

  • Replaced Damage Over Time Reduction Counterattack with Cooldown Reduction Counterattack to help with Swarm Uptime

30th July 2026 / v2.0.7

Mythic

  • Replaced Shattered Vow with Legendary Polearm for to make the build progression easier to follow.

Pushing

  • Updated Aspects to match current push meta for Full Glass Cannon (Note: This will be extremely squishy so is intended for pushing only)

18th July 2026 / v2.0.6

Other

  • Updated Build Video

17th July 2026 / v2.0.5

Endgame

  • Swapped Fester with Revenge in Paragon Board
  • Swapped Damage Over Time Temper on Gloves to Thorns Temper to work with Revenge

Mythic

  • Swapped Fester with Revenge in Paragon Board
  • Swapped Damage Over Time Temper on Gloves to Thorns Temper to work with Revenge

Pushing

  • Swapped Fester with Revenge in Paragon Board
  • Swapped Damage Over Time Temper on Gloves to Thorns Temper to work with Revenge

17th July 2026 / v2.0.4

Endgame

  • Fixed some affixes that were broken on Rings
  • Replaced Viscous Shield with Revealing in Paragon Boards for more consistent damage.
  • Replaced Aspect of Alacrity with Writhing Aspect

Mythic

  • Replaced Viscous Shield with Revealing in Paragon Boards for more consistent damage.

Pushing

  • Replaced Viscous Shield with Revealing in Paragon Boards for more consistent damage.

All Variants

  • Replaced Maximum Life Temper with Maximum Resolve Temper on Helm to cap Aspect of Glynn's Anvil
  • Replaced Dexterity with All Skills on Amulet
  • Replaced Aspect of Disobedience for Aspect of Glynn's Anvil for more consistent Damage Reduction
  • Minor fixes to Counterattack, Toxic Skin, Concussive Stomp and Rushing Claw in the Skill Tree as some nodes broke after a previous update on the site
  • Changed order of Paragon Glyphs

Other

  • Updated Loot Filter

5th July 2026 / v2.0.3

All Variants

  • Replaced Aspect of Glynn's Anvil with Aspect of Disobedience
  • Replaced Maximum Resolve Tempers with Maximum Life Tempers
  • Replaced Colossal with Fester as Colossal doesn't work with Swarm DoTs.
  • Fixed some incorrect Affixes and Tempers

3rd July 2026 / v2.0.2

Pushing

  • Changed back to Legendary Polearm as it seems to push a little higher than Shattered Vow

2nd July 2026 / v2.0.1

Starter

  • Removed Feather Cooldown Tech
  • Replaced Evasive Swipe Rushing Claw with Evolving Claws Rushing Claw

Endgame

  • Removed Feather Cooldown Tech
  • Replaced Evasive Swipe Rushing Claw with Evolving Claws Rushing Claw

Mythic

  • Added Shattered Vow back as the weapon of choice
  • Removed Feather Cooldown Tech
  • Replaced Evasive Swipe Rushing Claw with Evolving Claws Rushing Claw

Pushing

  • Added Shattered Vow back as the weapon of choice
  • Added Protean Heart instead of using Double Set.

Other

  • Updated FAQ

30th June 2026 / v2.0.0

  • Updated for Season 14

16th May 2026 / v1.9.6

15th May 2026 / v1.9.5

15th May 2026 / v1.9.4

14th May 2026 / v1.9.3

12th May 2026 / v1.9.2

5th May 2026 / v1.9.1

5th May 2026 / v1.9.0

4th May 2026 / v1.8.0

4th May 2026 / v1.7.0

3rd May 2026 / v1.6.0

2nd May 2026 / v1.5.0

2nd May 2026 / v1.4.0

1st May 2026 / v1.3.0

1st May 2026 / v1.2.0

30th April 2026 / v1.1.0

  • Updated in full for T12 Content in Season 13

27th April 2026 / v1.0.0

  • Added for Lord of Hatred and Season 13

Comments

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PrettySun•1d ago

Squirt’s Blouse is basically unusable. Even if you don’t lose any health, the bonus gets reset whenever you take any damage, which completely defeats the purpose of using it. Is there any way to make it work?

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ShinyFlower•1d ago

This build just doesn't seem updated at all. Using Jagged Plum instead of Colossal is just pure insanity. Leoric's crown is only better if you can manage to get a Gem str affix transfigged on there. Otherwise running Ebewaka on helm with the 2pc Kwatli is just better overall, more dmg and more survivability. Resolve stacks are super important for this build. You need as much dmg reduction as possible. This build as it is, unless you get lucky enough to get poison transfigs on all your gear will most likely not get you past 125. Other places have better variation of this build available.

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PrettySun•1d ago

I get 130 without posion trans.

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Deerlok•1d ago

At what point do we swap to mythic version?

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WorthyStorm•2d ago

You have Revenge in description, but you miss it on paragon board. What do you replace it with?

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Aleera83•3d ago

This is probably a stupid question, but I admit I'm kinda noob so :p what loot filter should I use? I am done with levelling and are starting on "Starter", but the loot filter is only for pushing? :)

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SherryTrooper •4d ago

In comments here, people are having trouble with survivability. I'm using the Mythic version of this build, but I would occasionally die to ground effects (not often but more than I would like). I swapped out the legendary ring with Writhing Aspect for a mythic Stone of Jordan. The stats on my Stone of Jordan are Dex, All Dmg X, DOT X, and + All Skills. I then swapped the + All Resists gem for a + Poison Resist gem. That solved my survivability issues, and I don't feel like I lost that much DPS. I know I probably lost some DPS by giving up All Dmg for more Poison Dmg with the ring, but I really don't feel the difference. Just throwing this out here as an option for others.

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Greywolf74•4d ago

Your skill tree from end game up says that you've spent all 83 points but if you add them up its only 80-81 points. Not sure where the other points should go.

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Popa69•5d ago

Absolute garbage in high end game. It dies to literally *everything*. The build lacks critical aspects, and for some reason, they threw in Leoric's Crown. It was obviously slapped together haphazardly, without considering how miserable it is to play—constantly getting one-shot.

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Beardfish•5d ago

I'm not sure what you're doing wrong, but I'm using the Mythic version and I'm farming T12 with absolutely no issues. My boss kill speed is definitely 5-10 seconds slower than my warlock buddy, but that's the only weakness.

Leoric's Crown makes sense because you're getting up to 75% [x] damage and 38% damage reduction from the soul splinters. Almost all builds are using mythic Leoric's Crown this season.

The Maxroll version uses a different approach, you can't fit in Leoric's Crown if you're using the Seal of the Diamond Mind with the 4pc Balazan's Bite and 2pc Kwatli's Grace. You then have to equip Harmony of Ebewaka instead of using the unique charm. I'm going to try that and see how it compares.

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PrettyGun•5d ago

Why are thorns selected as the temper on the gloves? I just need some clarification. I’ve tried searching for an answer and can’t seem to find it.

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JOY•41min ago

For Revenge trigger

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ShinyFlame•5d ago

Hey, I am trying to follow this build, and I was wondering, why do the charms have +Ranks to Gorilla skills when we mostly use Jaguar and Centipede skills? especially if we're trying to achieve 30 ranks into Ravager?

Thanks

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eredkaiser•5d ago

Primary hall Gorilla means every skill is a gorilla skill, so using +gorilla skills is bosting all skills
Harmony is also making every skill your 2nd spirit hall (eagle in this case)

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Table of Contents

1. Build Overview2. Strengths and Weaknesses3. Build Variants4. Aspect & Uniques5. Talisman6. Prime Evil Powers7. Skills & Rotation8. Skill Tree9. Paragon Board10. Mercenaries11. Frequently Asked Questions Build Overview Extra Details Masterworking Boss Drops FAQ12. Changelog13. Comments

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