Diablo 4’s Vessel of Hatred expansion brings new story missions, quests, and a playable area, but the biggest and most fun addition to the game is the Spiritborn class.
Spiritborn is a versatile class in Diablo 4, with several different viable builds thanks to the class’s mastery of Spirit Guardians. Each Spirit Guardian offers fun ways to play, but our leveling build is perfect for grinding to level 60 and letting the fun truly begin.
Here’s how to master the Spiritborn as you level up to 60 in Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred.
Diablo 4 Spiritborn leveling build guide
This leveling guide for Spiritborn focuses on the Eagle Spirit Guardian, fast movement, making enemies Vulnerable, and constantly using your Evade to move around the field of battle while also dealing damage. Vortex brings enemies close for follow-up attacks like Concussive Stomp and The Seeker for big-time damage, while Soar is used to escape or close the gap, and Armored Hide is for defense.
Basic Skills
Thunderspike (5/5) – Enhanced, Sharp
This build is centered around Thunderspike and its ability to refresh your Evade cooldown, with the Enhanced and Sharp upgrades increasing damage and generating Vigor. The general idea here is to combine your basic attack and Evade with the Eagle Spirit in the Spirit Hall to create massive damage output.
When using Eagle, every time you Evade, you will cast several Storm Feathers at enemies in your vicinity. These are very powerful, dealing big damage and making the targets Vulnerable to take even more.
And while this build doesn’t use many of the Spiritborn Resource, Vigor, your Basic Skill you use for your attack is crucial because it’s the main way that Spiritborn regenerate their primary resource in Diablo 4.
Focus Skills
Soar (1/5) – Enhanced, Replenishing
Your main movement ability, Soar will send you flying into the sky at a long distance, which is good for both fleeing enemy damage if your Evade is somehow on cooldown, but also excellent for closing the gap and moving through Dungeons quickly.
The cloud that you create will also make enemies Vulnerable, meaning this is a great ability to use when beginning your combat phase.
Vortex (1/5) – Enhanced, Measured
While dealing some damage, Vortex is a key ability for pulling enemies close to you, allowing you to hit them with Thunderstrike or follow up with Concussive Stomp. It’s excellent for using The Seeker Ultimate, too, and pulling enemies in for a big blast of damage.
Defensive Skills
Armored Hide (1/5) – Enhanced, Reinforced
Concussive Stomp (1/5) – Enhanced, Reinforced
Concussive Stomp is a Gorilla skill that will knock enemies down for three seconds, allowing you to follow up with more attacks while they are unable to defend themselves whatsoever. With Reinforced Concussive Stomp, the 600 percent increase in damage to Unstoppable enemies and bosses is key.
Armored Hide, meanwhile, is the one true defensive ability in the build. It increases survivability by making you Unstoppable, increasing Resolve, and adding 100 percent block chance for three seconds. Use it when you’re about to get hit with something big.
Ultimate Skill
The Seeker (5/5) – Harmonious, Exalted
The Eagle Spirit Guardian’s Ultimate attack should be used whenever you have it, which is why I chose to put five points into it. The Seeker has a large AoE effect, but it also makes enemies Vulnerable, so you should continuously attack while it is around.
The Seeker’s first attack is menial, but its second when it takes off again and deals big damage is what you should focus on. I like to cast The Seeker, then use Vortex to pull enemies into the blue circle of death that it cases to hit them all with its second hit.
Key Passive
Vital Strikes
All of the build’s focus on making enemies Vulnerable comes to fruition with Vital Strikes, which allows you to deal a whopping 45 increased damage to any enemy afflicted.
Additional Skills
Several other additional skills can be added to help further your Eagle dominance, including Brilliance and Acceleration, which both directly buff Eagle skills. Here are some we suggest, but feel free to get creative.
- Follow Through
- Focal Point
- Apex
- Mirage
- Unrestrained Power
- Swift
- Patient Guard
- Auspicious
- Resilience
- Brilliance
- Acceleration
Once you hit level 60, the real fun begins with the Paragon board. Here you can further accentuate this build or even try something new, including builds centered around the powers of the Jaguar, Gorilla, or Centipede Spirits.
