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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)
Spiritborn Touch of Death Endgame Build (Season 6)
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This is a Spiritborn Touch of Death endgame build and guide for Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Touch of Death build, including its skills, gear, gems, runes, mercenaries, and paragon boards, as well as how to play the build for Season 6!
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This build is a Legacy Build that was created from Season 6 (Season of Hatred Rising) and is not updated for the current season. |
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Touch of Death Build Guide
Touch of Death Build Summary
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This Spiritborn Endgame build is based on a build by AceOfSpades and Sanctum over at Goblin Inc (Youtube). The video includes details on how to gear up to get the build online. You can check AceOfSpades's Twitch Channel for more Diablo 4 content and to ask questions about the build!
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| Touch of Death Endgame Build |
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| Focus: DoT, AoE, Endgame | |
 High DPS and Crowd Control Excellent Survivability  Resource and Unique Gear Reliant |
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This build makes use of spamming Touch of Death by using Rod of Kepeleke and Ring of the Midnight Sun to deal large bursts of damage, while having the Gorilla as your primary Spirit Hall specialization to increase survivability, and Jaguar as your secondary spirit to increase your stacks on Ferocity.
The combination of Soar and Armored Hide makes this build an offensive tank that can increase its damage based on your Resolve stacks. We recommend this build for those who are reaching endgame as higher Torment difficulties require more defensive stats.
Touch of Death Build Skills and Class Mechanic
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Touch of Death Build Skills and Passives
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| Active Skills |
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 Basic Skill Tree┗
 Thrash
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Thrash
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 Core Skill Tree┗
 Vigorous
(1/3) ┗
Balanced Exertion
(3/3) |
 Focus Skill Tree┗
 Vortex
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Vortex
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Measured Vortex
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Ravager
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Ravager
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Measured Ravager
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Soar
(1/5) ┗
 Focal Point
(1/3) ┗
Apex
(3/3) |
 Defensive Skill Tree┗
Armored Hide
(5/5) ┗
 Enhanced Armored Hide
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Reinforced Armored Hide
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 Counterattack
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Counterattack
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Reinforced Counterattack
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Scourge
(1/5) ┗
 Enhanced Scourge
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 Antivenom
(1/3) |
 Potency Skill Tree┗
Touch of Death
(5/5) ┗
 Enhanced Touch of Death
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Poised Touch of Death
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 Vehemence
(3/3)┗
 Resilient
(3/3) ┗
 Dominant
(3/3)┗
 Ravenous
(3/3) ┗
 Oppressive
(3/3)┗
 Potent
(3/3) ┗
 Furnace
(3/3) |
 Ultimate Skill Tree┗
The Hunter
(1/5) ┗
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 Resolution
(3/3) ┗
 Spiritual Attunement
(3/3) ┗
 Supremacy
(3/3) |
 Key Passives Skill Tree┗
 Prodigy's Tempo
(1/1) |
Touch of Death Build Spirit Hall
| Primary Spirit |
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 Gorilla (Level 15) Casting a Gorilla Skill deals 100% Thorns to enemies you hit and grants a Barrier for 10% of Maximum Life (X), up to 40%, for 3 seconds. All Skills are now also Gorilla Skills. |
| Secondary Spirit |
 Jaguar (Level 30) Maximum Ferocity is increased by 1. Gain 1 stack of Ferocity whenever you kill an enemy or damage a Boss. |
Gorilla is the best specialization for the Primary slot and Jaguar for the Secondary slot in this Touch of Death build since it gives you access to Resolve, Barriers, and Ferocity, which increase damage and attack speed, respectively.
Touch of Death Build Aspects and Affixes
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※ More gear Aspects can be seen by scrolling vertically.
| Gear | Aspect and Affixes |
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| Head | Stats: ・All Stats ・Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Damage Reduction ★★★ |
| Chest | Stats: ・Dexterity ・Armor ★★★ ・Maximum Life Temper: ・Defensive - Worldly Endurance ┗ Total Armor
・Utility - Centipede Innovation
┗ Touch of Death Swarm Duration |
| Gloves | Stats: ・Ranks to Core Skills ★★★ ・Maximum Life ・Attack Speed Temper: ・Utility - Centipede Innovation ┗ Touch of Death Swarm Duration
・Offensive - Sharpened Finesse
┗ Basic Skill Damage |
| Pants | Stats: ・Ranks to Basic Skills ・Maximum Life ・Resistance to All Elements ★★★ Temper: ・Utility - Centipede Innovation ┗ Touch of Death Swarm Duration
・Defensive - Spiritborn Resolve
┗ Maximum Resolve Stacks |
| Boots | Stats: ・Movement Speed ★★ ・Armor ★ ・Maximum Life Temper: ・Utility - Centipede Innovation ┗ Touch of Death Swarm Duration
・Mobility - Natural Motion
┗ Movement Speed |
| Amulet | Stats: ・Ranks to Potent ・Total Armor ★★★ ・Dexterity Temper: ・Defensive - Spiritborn Resolve ┗ Maximum Resolve Stacks
・Utility - Eagle Innovation
┗ Vortex Size |
| Ring 1 | Stats: ・Attack Speed ★★★ ・Maximum Life ・Dexterity Temper: ・Offensive - Sharpened Finesse ┗ Basic Skill Damage
・Resource - Worldly Stability
┗ Resource Generation |
| Ring 2 | Stats: ・Dexterity ・Cooldown Reduction ・Critical Strike Damage ★★★ ・Ranks to Mirage |
| Weapon | Stats: ・Maximum Vigor ★★★ ・Ranks to Core Skills ・Critical Strike Chance |
Touch of Death Build Gems and Runewords
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Touch of Death Build Gems
| Armor | Jewelry |
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 Amethyst
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 Diamond
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For Gems, it's best to slot in Amethyst on armor slots for more Barrier Generation and Diamond on jewelry slots to get more Elemental Resistance. You will not be needing Gems for your weapons as you will be slotting Runewords for them.
Diamonds can be replaced with other gems depending on which resistances you need to get 70% or close across the board.
Touch of Death Build Runewords
| Runeword 1 | Runeword 2 |
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 Poc
 Que
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 Xol
 Lac
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The best runewords for the Touch of Death build are Poc + Que to consistantly grant yourself a barrier for more survivability, and Xol + Lac to use Challenging Shout and make use of your high survivability.
Make sure to equip these on your Chest Armor and Weapon as both of these can have 2 gem sockets that are perfect for slotting in Runewords.
Touch of Death Build Mercenaries
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| Mercenary | Reinforcement |
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 Raheir |
 Varyana |
The best mercenaries for the Touch of Death Build are Raheir, who can heal and redirect damage to himself, and Varyana, who can give +10% Attack Speed with Bloodthirst to help spam your Touch of Death even faster.
Touch of Death Build Paragon Boards
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| Paragon Boards |
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| 1. Starting Board (Colossal) |
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| 2. Viscous Shield (Canny) |
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| 3. Revealing (Fester) |
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| 4. Sapping (Revenge) |
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| 5. Convergence (Spirit) |
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For Glyphs, your best ones would be Fester, for massively increasing your Centipede and Poison Damage, and Revenge, for scaling up your damage whenever you deal Thorns damage.
We also recommend prioritizing getting the Viscous Shield and Convergence Legendary nodes as these will increase your damage significantly.
Touch of Death Build Playstyle and Tips
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The Touch of Death Build playstyle focuses on dealing large bursts of damage while having high defense and barriers to survive while enemies fall to your damage over time. The rotation is as follows:
- Activate Ravager and Armored Hide to deal more damage and maximize your Aspect of Redirected Force.
- Use Soar to dive in, inflict Vulnerable, and group up your enemies. Then, open with The Hunter and Touch of Death for maximum damage.
- Activate Scourge whenever you are in a tight spot to fear enemies and increase your damage.
- Spam Touch of Death and The Hunter as much as you can as these are your main damaging skills.
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