Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred: Best Spiritborn leveling build

Diablo 4’s Spiritborn is such a powerful class, and there are several possible leveling builds. Whether you want to focus on a specific Animal Spirit or spread your points throughout a few gameplay types, there are some phenomenal combinations to put together. While personally, I prefer a deep Centipede build for the pure power of poison, it’s not necessarily the best way to go. It’s sure fun, though!

Instead, we’re combining powers from Jaguar, Gorilla, and Centipede, to put together a serious damage dealer with a lot of survival capabilities. The best Diablo 4 Spiritborn leveling build relies on Stinger and Rock Splitter for damage, and a series of useful cooldowns to keep things going smoothly.

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Gameplay strategy and point placement for Diablo 4 Spiritborn leveling build

There are so many great ways to play Spiritborn, but here's our leveling process (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Diablo 4’s Spiritborn leveling build uses Rock Splitter to build Vigor, and Stinger to spend it. You’ve got abilities to get in close, lots of damage, and plenty of survivability. Counterattack provides extra damage, and once a pack is injured, The Hunter shreds them to pieces. Moreover, Armored Hide is a great defensive button, but most of the damage comes from Stinger.

You use Rushing Claw to get close, Armored Hide for defenses, Counterattack for extra damage, and of course, The Hunter and Stinger for the rest of your damage in a protracted fight.

General rotation

• Rushing Claw, Armored Hide, Counterattack, The Hunter, spam Stinger/Rock Splitter as needed to spend/build Vigor.

We have provided the skill spread that you’ll be spending in the exact order below. This assumes you have all 71 possible skill points, from Renown and from leveling 1-60.

Order	Skill	Skill Type
1	Rock Splitter	Basic Skill
2	Enhanced Rock Splitter	Basic Skill
3	Stinger	Core Skill
4	Enhanced Stinger	Core Skill
5	Advantageous Stinger	Core Skill
6	Stinger Rank 2	Core Skill
7	Stinger Rank 3	Core Skill
8	Stinger Rank 4	Core Skill
9	Stinger Rank 5	Core Skill
10	Vigorous	Core Passive
11	Velocity	Core Passive
12	Armored Hide	Defensive Skill
13	Enhanced Armored Hide	Defensive Skill
14	Reinforced Armored Hide	Defensive Skill
15	Counterattack	Defensive Skill
16	Counterattack Enhancement	Defensive Skill
17	Reinforced Counterattack	Defensive Skill
18	Rushing Claw	Potency Skill
19	Vigorous Rank 2	Core Passive
20	Vigorous Rank 3	Core Passive
21	Velocity Rank 2	Core Passive
22	Velocity Rank 3	Core Passive
23	Focal Point	Focus Passive
24	The Hunter	Ultimate Skill
25	Harmonious Hunter	Ultimate Skill
26	Exalted Hunter	Ultimate Skill
27	The Hunter Rank 2	Ultimate Skill
28	The Hunter Rank 3	Ultimate Skill
29	The Hunter Rank 4	Ultimate Skill
30	The Hunter Rank 5	Ultimate Skill
31	Focal Point Rank 2	Focus Passive
32	Focal Point Rank 3	Focus Passive
33	Mirage	Focus Passive
34	Adaptive Stances	Key Passive
35	Unrestrained	Focus Passive
36	Unrestrained Rank 2	Focus Passive
37	Unrestrained Rank 3	Focus Passive
38	Apex	Focus Passive
39	Apex Rank 2	Focus Passive
40	Apex Rank 3	Focus Passive
41	Diminishment	Focus Passive
42	Diminishment Rank 2	Focus Passive
43	Diminishment Rank 3	Focus Passive
44	Patient Guard	Defensive Passive
45	Antivenom	Defensive Passive
46	Nourishment	Defensive Passive
47	Nourishment Rank 2	Defensive Passive
48	Nourishment Rank 3	Defensive Passive
49	Endurance	Defensive Passive
50	Endurance Rank 2	Defensive Passive
51	Endurance Rank 3	Defensive Passive
52	Perseverance	Defensive Passive
53	Perseverance Rank 2	Defensive Passive
54	Perseverance Rank 3	Defensive Passive
55	Resilient	Potency Passive
56	Resilient Rank 2	Potency Passive
57	Resilient Rank 3	Potency Passive
58	Resolution	Ultimate Passive
59	Resolution Rank 2	Ultimate Passive
60	Resolution Rank 3	Ultimate Passive
61	Spiritual Attunement	Ultimate Passive
62	Supremacy	Ultimate Passive
63	Supremacy Rank 2	Ultimate Passive
64	Supremacy Rank 3	Ultimate Passive
65	Potent	Potency Passive
66	Furnace	Potency Passive
67	Furnace Rank 2	Potency Passive
68	Furnace Rank 3	Potency Passive
69	Ravenous	Potency Passive
70	Ravenous Rank 2	Potency Passive
71	Ravenous Rank 3	Potency Passive

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Which mercenary is the right pick for Diablo 4's Spiritborn?

Aldkin is our personal favorite and one of the best mercenaries in the game (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Out of the four mercenaries you can unlock in Diablo 4, the best one for the Spiritborn’s leveling experience is Aldkin, Cursed Child. You can also use Raheir as reinforcement. For Raheir, you’ll want to connect his Crater skill to your Stinger skill, to get the most out of it. Meanwhile, you will want to go down the Haunt tree for Aldkin, picking these powers as you level him up:

• Haunt
• Terrify
• Field of Languish
• Paranoia

Personally, I'm also a fan of his chain attack since it keeps enemies nice and close while you're battering them. That's because I also ran fear abilities in my other leveling build. It's far from necessary, but if you find you like it, it's worth putting on your mercenary's ability line.

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Spirit Hall Specialization choices

Jaguar's an amazing pick for your baseline Spirit (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

The Spiritborn’s Class Ability is the Spirit Hall in Diablo 4. You can pick a primary spirit at level 15, and a secondary at level 30 - once you’ve completed the class quest. In this case, you want the Primary Spirit Guardian Jaguar. It grants an additional strike every 15th hit of a Jaguar Skill.

This strike deals 15% of the damage you dealt the target in the last 0.5 seconds. To make this easier, all skills are now Jaguar Skills. Meanwhile, your Secondary Spirit Guardian is Gorilla. This helps gain more Resolve, and once you have at least five stacks of it, you are unstoppable.

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Ideal Legendary Aspects to consider

There are plenty of incredible new Spiritborn-exclusive Legendary Aspects (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

There are a few things you should look out for as you’re leveling a Spiritborn in Diablo 4. These include Legendary Aspects, many of which are brand-new for the Spiritborn class. As you’re exploring the game, keep an eye out for these abilities, as they will serve you well in the Season of Hatred and the Eternal Realms alike.

• Aspect of Infestation
• Aspect of the Umbral
• Aspect of Pestilence
• Duelist’s Aspect
• Aspect of Endurance
• Aspect of Interdiction
• Aspect of Unyielding Hits
• Aspect of the Dark Dance
• Aspect of Disobedience

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That is everything you should know about our recommended Spiritborn leveling build in Diablo 4. We hope this guide will come in handy and make your life a little easier in-game.