God Tier Diablo 4 Build - Crushing Hands Spiritborn Build Guide

[@d1vin1ty]

I just want to take a second and thank you for not being click bait. I will literally avoid any video rage gaming puts out because his titles are so obnoxious. Yours are so concise and professional that it draws me in due to the class.

[@CJW0056]

Worst thing about Rage is that speaking style, so forced and cringe.

[@donaldhess8649]

@@CJW0056literally makes my ears bleed

[@santiagoelebario5709]

I don’t comment ever on anything but same haha. Him and wudi are great

[@nanashiryuu5630]

Not just that but their builds are ass and they don't know what a trillion is. They said his sorc build hit for trillions yet he's only doing 30billion...

[@AK40Kevinn]

@@CJW0056LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

[@MrHellweasel]

Pro tip: put crushing hand on your right click, enter dungeon, press it and never let go. It's not like quill volley, which casts even without a target. If there is no target, crushing hand works like a move button. The moment you mouse over a mob, it starts going off.

[@bullpaxton2001]

i have it on my mouse wheel... no more painful wrist its been great

[@MrHellweasel]

@@bullpaxton2001 Sure, or you could just assign it to a programmable button. Not like anyone is going to know :)

[@kellyharris4234]

Just bind it to auto cast

[@Shaycare]

Oh on Xbox I hold all 5 buttons all buff buttons and attack and it just goes

[@maciejw9469]

@@MrHellweasel is there a way to make it work without a target? I tried macro shift+rmb but when presses it only repeat it one time

[@dcarmageddons]

finally an explanation in dept of this build i can understand. THANK YOU

[@v3n0mbrasil]

I'm using this build even before the patch, I love it

[@rasdro9549]

I was as well. Very fun build. Feels very monk :D

[@fabienb]

Playing on controller I’ve had a sore thumb from Evade and I thought “it’s gonna be the same, just pressing a different button”… until I realised I can keep it pressed to apply Crushing Hand and dash continuously. Love that!

[@AlastairGames]

if you're on a device with Steam, you can edit controls and make buttons be "turbo" so it repeats the button press for you, so you only need to hold it down

[@rhaegoti]

Keyboard isn't much better, my left thumb hates me for the space bar abuse over the past week

[@fabienb]

@@AlastairGames I'm playing D4 on a PS5 but that's good to know for other games, thanks!

[@canonbal11]

Great vid, as always. I like your straight forward approach to build vids and the fact that you lay out the issues one needs to solve for instead of spoon feeding.

[@mdouet]

I like how all of the top SpiritBorn builds run the same Uniques, paragon boards, and skills except for the main core skill. Makes swapping builds a breeze.

[@letmeregisterbitch]

Yeah, because its fun to have 1 build, right?

[@Djuntas]

its way to OP. Wish they could give more build diversity to other classes. Sorc which i only play has no new builds.

[@allenryan6071]

@@DjuntasI agree. You are not swapping builds at all. You are swapping one skill. There is no diversity in that at all.

[@S34Mii]

All the builds abuse the same bugs. No need to change anything but the skill

[@allenryan6071]

@@S34Mii it’s stupid. Don’t get me wrong it’s refreshing and fun to play the spirit born. But when you are running the same exact build and the only change is the skill..wack

[@zoss6410]

Thank You Raxx, for showing some love to the gorilla !

[@scimasterJ]

I swapped to this just before the patch and was amazed with how easy it is to run. I was worried that it would feel so much slower than evade spam, but it flies through EVERYTHING.

[@pyresama3776]

Same. It was this or the poison build. I'm glad I went with this build.

[@Techtonikization]

I've been playing close to this for while now. Like the day quill volley overpower came out i didn't like controlling ravage with a controller so I was like nothing changes except the feathers why can't I just change the core skill? Did that and loved it even though I hit a lot less and was just waiting for someone to crack the code

[@scimasterJ]

After two days, I've gotta say that this is maybe the best feeling build I've played. Once you get your resources solved, it's just SO easy. As long as you're constantly pressing the Crushing Hand skill, you can just press whatever other skill you want whenever you want. There's no wrong time to cast a skill, just have fun with it. You're borderline invincible and the longer a fight goes on the stronger you get if you spam the Hunter. ...just don't stand on top of explosions.

[@CJW0056]

​@@scimasterJi was literally about to give up on this class until i read this, guess I'll give this build a shot.

[@Hideyoumonkey]

Oooh oooh ah ah!

[@Smurffies]

Not going to lie I like your simplistic breakdowns of these builds it's like those classic for dummy books this is like D4 builds for dummies. Because I just revamped my dude for this build 2 days ago and I'm trying to understand the resource regeneration and I'm almost there where I get it constantly but not every time and I just watched wudi video on resources for this build and still kind of confused and this is making us slightly easier. Lol So thank you and I was debating to go the overpower route when I was looking at it last night

[@rlepidi3573]

Thanks for posting this Raxx! As an older gamer the evade SB was pretty easy to do, but once they patched it I was lost. This is a nice alternative.

[@JohnnyBGoode9]

FYI, it's "viscous" shield, as in "viscosity" meaning the thickness of a fluid, not "vicious". It's pronounced like "VIS-kiss".

[@Gregair13]

You should see how he pronounces “kyovashad” like Kmart.

[@zacharybrowning4918]

@@Gregair13hah! Great point.

[@vaquri]

Makes sense to call it vicious tho. Why does my shield need to be compared to a thick goop instead of... a vicious shield

[@droid5785]

You're right, just change Fluidity to "go fast do big dam" while ur at it ​@@vaquri

[@a-aron6724]

Words have meanings

[@crookedlid9653]

This build is so fun. Been loving it for a few days. D4 made flicker strike

[@grenburl]

Best 2 button build in the game. Loving it. Thanks for the video Raxx. Was running Evade, but, I love this build better.

[@Worldwave]

I like how all the top spiritborn builds (which is every build being discussed right now because it’s the strongest class not close) have exactly the same setup. Not at all an indicator that the class is broken or anything.

[@JacksDeadInside]

Nah man I love that every single build uses the same weapon, ult, and 3 unique items. Variety sucks!

[@timmers8135]

Thats exactly what makes D4 meh for me. I cant put my finger on it but after the campaign everything just kinda feels pointless. Rightclick everything, numbers go big, item upgrades dont really matter at all, just diss everything and put on bigger number stuff until you have enough Paragon to farm the stuff to make right clicking even faster. I get that it is supposed to be more casual friendly and I am a dad gamer, wanted to try some different builds this time and give it more of a chance but basically poison, evade and this all play the same.

[@chaddrusso8850]

@@timmers8135play a class other than spiritborn trust me you’ll notice a huge difference lol

[@lowkeyotaku2373]

I call it the “marching band” because of the sound it makes, it goes crazy in hordes too, I need better everything but I have T3 unlocked.

[@TopJew12]

I respec’d to this after the evade nerf and I’m absolutely loving it! I’m only on T2 due to trash gear, but still shreds like crazy.

[@smaller_cathedrals]

Love it! Went in blind and just chose what I like, namely smashing things. Glad to see that the pros now came up with a more sophisticated take on going ape!

[@AnnaShaw-h8s]

This guide was super easy to follow, thanks a lot!

[@The_Original_Big_Daddy]

If Blizzard gives us the wardrobe feature where we can swap between builds like in D3, I might actually try playing this, but for now I'm sticking with Quill Volley, and still doing 100 clears in 4-5 minutes.

[@officialdabaws5228]

quill volley stronger anyway, and i dont mean its a little stronger, its alot stronger, if you want to push as high as you can in pit, then play quill, if you want something thats faster at clearing and imo more fun, play crushing hand

[@mathieuduguay7280]

Hey dude I'm pretty much new to diablo and your videos are great, the way you explain things are very easy to understand, Thank you!

[@urgatorb8]

This build is incredible! The only tweak I made (and I think it's a good one for pit pushing) is to replace Counterattack with Vortex. Get a big group together, when you poison them they fear but you instantly pull them back together with Vortex. Survivability is not an issue even without Counterattack. I've yet to see my health dip below the massive barrier and you're always Unstoppable. This build is crazy!

[@AoABlodhgarm]

Thanks Raxx. I love this build. I have been running the one on Maxroll for a bit now and I love it.

[@adrianludwig282]

I'm playing this build since day 1 of season 6. Best build i played yet in diablo 4 (since Alpha!)

[@robertnester13]

I built my spirit born like this since the beginning, not following any guide just by playing the game and building what I thought was powerful. I have a few differences and definitely don’t have any mythic Uniques and it’s been very fun this season!

[@andersfjeldgaard]

Very well explained Raxx. Thanks!

[@Jayofteror]

Raxx is the best Diablo 4 content creator for sure. He always has the best guides, and they actually work.

[@TheSGRob]

did you see who actually wrote this guide?

[@renxomedia2427]

I made it into Torment 3 last night using a build i pieced together around crushing hand. Having a better understanding now of the overpower/crit/resource gen relationship, and most of the pieces to put this build together already in stash, It’s time to see about a re-spec.

[@Tres784]

Thank you Rax for your honesty. Not all about trillion damage. I prefer the over power non mythic unique and it's fun.

[@D.W._Bucks]

Ah, yes. Harambe being remebered the proper way.

[@denisyaroshenko1187]

Made me chuckle. A man of culture.

[@JKGYHTM]

PERFECT TIMING

[@robert900222]

Spiritborn is crazy with all the +x% multipliers. Armor stacking and resolve stacking and it is gg.

[@quitwastinmytime]

They actual key stat is the one not mentioned: LIFE. One big reason is that I am at paragon 250 and am not even close to max imprints on Redirected Force or Interdiction - which vastly lower the value of stacking Resolve for block. I think a lot of people will have the same problem. I still only have 12.5k base life but it gets boosted more than double that. I'm hitting over 100B with only using +9 resolve on my gear atm - and Crushing Hand only rank 9

[@legi0n47x]

Yup. I realised life is the major damage stat a while ago. Trying to get those GA life rolls and trying to hit as many paragon nodes for life as I can while I grind to 200. when I do I know I'm going to burn up some scrolls lol.

[@TheTurp]

why is life so important for scaling our dmg?

[@legi0n47x]

@@TheTurp Due to the viscous shield legendary paragon node allowing you to do additional damage based on your barrier percentage. It is the main "bugged" damage scaling thing on spiritborne. It has infinite scaling, they failed to cap it; for now. So, the more life you have, the more barrier you can generate, points wise, the more damage you can do. That's why everyone is stacking greater affix life on every piece it can roll and using amethyst in armor.

[@Jive0227]

Thanks for the build, Raxx!

[@YungYdoc]

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd now everyone has crushing hand build. Was figuring it hit any minute.

[@iAmStardust7]

Been running Crushing Hand from the jump. Can confirm. It’s cracked lol my favorite build.

[@levitamusico]

I´m bulding by myself a similar version of this Gorilla... happy to see I was in right direction, now I copy the masters of the game :)

[@johngunawanw300]

Same here, found it accidentally b4 the patch. Raxx forget to add 1 Gorilla aspect which is every 3rd attack will release 10x Crushing hands, more OP👍🏻

[@levitamusico]

@@johngunawanw300 I like this too... :)

[@AlAtar360]

Thanks Rax, the build works great!

[@rurkovmj]

thx for build bro Exploding Palm is back

[@OzPsych0]

Thanks for this, I tried making a Crushing Hands build by myself and failed as I didn't know what worked well.

[@maximus8940]

“Just slap on a banished lords and good to go!” …No… This is very much an end game build that takes either lots of masterworking to +max resource and or a shit ton of levels into glyphs to max out paragon nodes. Then you need an almost max roll of ring of the midnight sun, aaand something like yen’s blessing to get your resource gen high enough to fully reset and keep overpowering… This build honestly pissed me off when I first started it because every KZbinr making a video made it sound so easy to get going by just “slapping on Banished and adding a few paragon points…”. Took me two days of grinding to find the gear I needed and level up my glyphs/paragon (I’m p150 now)

[@markusgeiger4011]

you are right, it is NOT easy to put together but if the stars align it´s an incredible build! Switched from quill volley after a long farming session and loving it!

[@maximus8940]

@@markusgeiger4011 Yea, it’s absolutely an amazing build and probably the most fun one I’ve used since lightning shred was good, but I just wish these creators would fully explain how much you need to get to make it work (including resource gen, which they don’t talk about much). Not just pretend it’s a cakewalk to build. 🍻

[@Talpiot8200]

facts. Im fully geared minus some Max Life GA's and MW crits and i only hit for 10-20 billion. IDK how folks are getting to tens-hundreds of trillions. Ive got 275 res, lvl 80 glyphs, a max aspect Ebewaka, BLT, and Kepeleke, MW crits on Resolve and Resilient, 4,000 crit damage when at full resolve stacks, 1500 Ovp and i cant scratch 100 billion. Im assuming its bc my max life is only 5k base, but Idk how people are getting such insane numbers. The build definitely requires equipment grinding.

[@HeyImCubix]

Good time for a Rax video

[@blank98]

I tried quills and crushing hand. I went back to evade both times. Just the funnest build imo

[@gametenor]

I absolutely HATE the rune system to craft , the runes for crafting are insanely rare and you need like 18 to carft a tyriels might for example. If one tries to buy these runes from other players they're like 80 million gold each..

[@H10Edgerunner]

good, crafting omega good items is so horrendous to be in the game. Gearing in Diablo 4 is the worst arpg experience i've ever had

[@soxpoole]

Trade runes you don’t want for runes you do want

[@Akrotiriken]

Hey Raxx I couldn't find a better to contact you but I have a build idea I've been toying with. A spiritborn payback build using the Rod of Kepekeke, ring of the midnight sun and the aspect of Bristling Vengeance. One of the payback modifications turns it into a core skill. Perhaps you can do a better job than I theory crafting a build using payback as the primary skill.

[@enthusiasticgamer88]

The resolve/armor variant has quite a bit more power. I tested both variants compared back to back and pit 100s were slower on Overpower with the biggest numbers being around 50-70b. The resolve variant got up to 120b and was able to clear 100s in three minutes flat. I get 10k crit dmg % when fighting monsters with full resolve stacks.That's even with an amulet that I have movement speed on for QoL instead of a third damage roll. Edit: To clarify I tested this with paragon 250, full 100 glyphs and pretty solid gear (a few double GAs). Quill Volley still has higher DPS but Crushing Hand's speed and survivability is absolutely wild. I enjoy this far more than the Evade Eagle build pre-patch that I swapped from.

[@131313jim]

Swapped over last night from evade but I was looking for a video breaking it all down as I'm missing a few items and tempers. Thanks Rax!

[@Neirocity]

When he read the description of the Rod of Kekw, I was reassured uninstalling was the right choice.

[@dylanw.5197]

Payback is good too, not quite as good but still wrecks everything no problem. Love the animation.

[@Ceseleone]

Just dropped a 3ga shako and not like quill volley, tomorrow change to crushing hand!

[@scottmaynor3205]

i love how your sheet shows exactly 1000 armor :)

[@lillbrorsan]

I was just looking at changing to this build! Very excited to try it out.

[@alecsmith110]

Been playing it since season start and it’s incredible

[@MrCasquenoir]

Stat squish: this time we mean it. Oh…

[@immersionHEHE]

They really have though, it's just that all spiritborn builds are bugged and they can't fix it mid season because people would get mad

[@InkWavve]

"K Mart" "Zimbabwe" "Rod of kekw" Raxx is a poet.

[@Oxive]

Currently use the mythic version and do not really hit that hard. Gonna try the overpower version and wait till I get better gear for the other one. Thanks for a great video

[@Gregair13]

This seems really fun

[@k1ller1nc]

I'm running a homebrew poison build atm but am struggling in T3. T2 is no issue but I guess I'm gonna have to do an uber build to go further lol Love the content and keep up the good work!

[@bungmonkey2295]

Poison is useless sigh. I made a full centipede thinking it should be fun to use a shattered vow. Same as you i was smashing t2 then t3 mobs were like literally immune to my dot....very lame I'm switching to this gorilla build

[@KyronLee]

I always make homebrews ❤🎉

[@KyronLee]

@@bungmonkey2295 is it lame or did you miss something tho. Centipede with a Jag in the hall

[@bungmonkey2295]

@@KyronLee i doubt 1 mechanic will make a difference. There's just no dot happening whatsoever on t3. He's got 3 mythics and a bunch of uniques paragon 230 and literally does a millimeter of dot to enemy hp bars in t3. Feels lame and useless to me

[@egotgame38]

No reason to poison and slow down enemies in late game

[@ZensivYT]

He finally tried it! Missed it live unfortunately

[@fakenickib6245]

FINALLY levelling a SB doing the popular quill volley

[@SimplyScrapyard]

Thank you goblin inc

[@three-apples]

I've been playing a build like this since the expansion launched, it completely ruined every other melee class in the game for me. I can't imagine how bad it'd feel to play druid or barb after playing this.

[@officialdabaws5228]

it only feels good due to bugs causing damage, once those are fixed i think spiritborn will be right around where barb and sorc are right now.

[@OverAnchor]

I like how everyone complains in the comments knowing they have the same access to the build if the dlc was bought. Stop whining 🤣🤣👎🏼

[@a.jackson9613]

As long as you can hit the 242 vigor mark, you are good to go with a few really strong builds.

[@rebel6176]

These builds hitting for billions while Rob's doing 100s of trillions of damage. Sup with that

[@georgeli2710]

Did you watch the video? Raxx's dmg number is nowhere near optimal gear used. Rob's dmg numbers are elite top 1% of the player base. You'll never get to rob's trillions and trillions dmg playing 3-4 hrs a day solo.

[@Northmaul]

Thx Raxx!

[@olgapiletska1933]

Its godly with mythic shroud chest. Huge damage!

[@aljoschazastrow1517]

Great and thx raxx 👍

[@DarkepyonX]

Somebody did my build!!!! Since level 40 been doing this with the extra hits galore. Couch co-op with brother been a ravage boosted gorilla build no mythics and just the staff unique for basic 😂 Anyhoo my brother is quill setup and im CC monkey .

[@benedikus]

pls show the boss next time aswell :( a lot of builds usually clear fast but cant do the rift boss fast enough, would have been nice to see it. Nevertheless, a very good guide!

[@mindfreaktsa7680]

He did it during his live stream, I'm sure he'll put up another video showing that...but from what I saw, Duriel and any tormented bosses was like within few seconds

[@guncarter4203]

My gear is scuffed but I can still destroy lillith on torment 3 with this

[@Malindraelf]

Raxx i want to thank you for the video on how to kill Lilith after 6 season i finely got her down and got my spark. Thanks to you and your video!! Happy Dance 🙂❤❤❤

[@durtyred86]

I did a blend of crushing hands and touch of death. I call it the Poison Pounder. And I'm constantly taking these demons to pound-town. 😏

[@Kazu-wd6zk]

nice guide and thanks for the effort putting into the build. Just curious what you would spend the rest of the points in paragon as there are still a few points left over at the end of the build.

[@domlikeS]

What I personally would find great would be if the focus shifts to more non-meta builds...or even cooler, builds based on challenges...e.g. builds around selected skills, e.g. how far can you get if you have to use protector and payback.

[@johngunawanw300]

I accidentally found this build while in the way hunting an aspect for Volley build but I found +3 GA Crushing Hands Gauntlet then I try to use it then Boom💥😁 any Torment bosses just need 5-10 secs done ✅

[@kellyharris4234]

I love when new builds are created.. then out of the woodworks "i have been running this since day one" haha

[@IdyllicMullet]

I used rake and was doing crazy damage and it was just chaotic as hell. Really fun with cool visuals but if you get motion sick, it's not for you. Switched to crushing hand a few days ago and it blew me away. All the core skills perform really well. I'll be playing that until rogue gets buffed into being useful

[@ninzulu5337]

Crushing hand might crush our hands...

[@whatagoodfellow8882]

WARNING CONTROLLER PLAYERS! When using controller, the game allows you to fire off Crushing Hand without a target. No target hit = no Vigor regained. This happens constantly when spamming Crushing Hand on controller. Mouse and keyboard doesn't have this issue because it will only cast if you have a target, thus you always get your Vigor back.

[@MrFonzi22]

Omg I was going insane thinking I screwed something up and not getting my Vigor back. thought I was the only one with this problem!! How are you overcoming this problem?

[@joepolophotography]

I don't seem to have this issue on steam deck

[@rodgerbane3825]

I REALLY wish people would slow down on explaining these builds. Too many folks use too much jargon that people often don't understand.

[@Archimedes1988]

Hi Raxx, it’s everyone.

[@henley1438]

Like this build over quill because your life isn't constantly drained

[@bhec7715]

All these spiritborn builds really make Blizzard look horrible for not having an armory.

[@littlefoot2869]

i use over powered blood orb and it just melts bosses if place right

[@ParagonPanda]

I play it without OP but it's still a very strong build. Not an S Tier Bosser but it's very very fast and really fun. Was mad after Evade Nerf but Crushing Hand is the new fast shit 😁

[@pcheddar]

I need to know what my issue is, I switched to this build but I can’t get my vigor back in a hit

[@Ahzumer]

so much for the stat squish

[@aeppikx]

i play the armor variant with shako. i dont get enough max vigor to go ovepower. rly like this build. shako kepe midnight vicious shiel full resolve ....take what ever skill you want all kinda work xd

[@kopgamer]

After enjoying evade build too much, I didn't like this build because it just stops running when there's a target next to you. I want to circle around it, not stand still while spamming my skill. Other than that, thanks for great video guide, I've tried 2 other crushing hand builds from others and this is far more superior and easy to use.

[@Platxx]

I’m convinced there is a super strong zero life thorns gorilla build

[@KeaneKamina]

I got all my glyphs to 100 and now I just sit back and paragon farm. Might hit 300 by Sunday.

[@jackworden5229]

This was very helpful. Taught me alot. As I am new to this game. I love playing thrash jaguar, is there an over powered verison??

[@DonLoco3]

It would be GREAT if you guys would wait maybe a week before changing the bloody builds again! Beyond tired of going to look up what I need to gear for next to have it changed three damn times in as many days.

[@YamashitaPhilippines]

if you make the SIZE BIGGER in CRUSH it will be MASSIVE.. did you try it?

[@ischysyt]

Pro tip: You'll gain massive damage boost with having more resource cost reduction, hence having Shroud of False Death will help you greatly with this build. Also, Duelist aspect is great!

[@LJExpedition]

How does resource cost reduction increase damage output when you’re spending all your vigor each hit anyway?

[@MathieuPilot]

​@@LJExpeditionbug (or at least undocumented) interaction with the rod 'vigor spent' calculation unless mistaken.

[@immersionHEHE]

Correct. Maxroll builds are always super out of date and rarely get updated. You can do trillions of damage with up to date crushing hand. You can even do quintillions of dmg with the new spirit volley. These billions of dmg is a joke 😅

[@ischysyt]

@@immersionHEHE Plot twist, now you can deal quadrillions of damage

[@XardaZ0ly]

I'm finally excited again about SB after the evade nerf, thanks to this guide. thanks man, and wudijo, this guide is actually realistic and attainable, not like 90% of those GAZILLION DAMAGE builds that are mega niche, unrealistic to obtain, and target the 1% of player base.

[@grimlin8893]

just saying you can use both builds at once if you just add the crushing hand to the quils build and replace vortex....

[@RCJewellery]

Thanks Raxx Everyone

[@girthbrooks5018]

Using this also but with Heir of Perdition it hits super hard

[@DmaaaaaxC]

where is your build though? with the amulet and tempers?

[@YamashitaPhilippines]

bro, I have trouble in VIGOR, is there a way I can fix it to 240 using PARAGON? I am using mystic helm not shako..

[@Harrison-zc3hu]

Just double crits on max resolve stacks does soooo much. I have +9 on both my amulet and chest piece, and +2 on my legs giving me 30 total. Easily hitting 40-60B