The Spiritborn class in Diablo 4's Vessel of Hatred expansion introduces several unique playstyles, with the Touch of Death Poison build standing out for its immense single-target damage and strong survivability. Centered around the Insatiable Aspect and Craze of the Dead God, this build simplifies the game by turning Spiritborn into a nearly unkillable boss-melter. This guide provides a breakdown of the skills, gear, and Spirit Hall choices needed to dominate with the Touch of Death Poison build.

Why Touch of Death Spiritborn Build is Overpowered

The Touch of Death Spiritborn excels in boss fights, dealing significant poison damage over time (DoT) and possessing excellent durability. It lacks the speed of traditional Spiritborn builds, but compensates with the Insatiable Aspect, which enhances Touch of Death swarms to explode and deal AoE damage, while each swarm kill extends the skill's active duration. Craze of the Dead God elevates the build further, granting three additional ranks to Touch of Death.

Ability Points & Skill Tree for Touch of Death Spiritborn

The build's skills and points allocation prioritize poison damage, survival, and crowd control:

Basic Skills:

Rock Splitter (1/5) with Enhanced Rock Splitter to improve Block Chance and Vigor generation.

Focus Skills:

Toxic Skin (5/5) with Enhanced Toxic Skin and Measured Toxic Skin for poison resistance and damage.

Defensive Skills:

Key skills like Armored Hide (4/5), Scourge (1/5), and Antivenom (3/3) to boost resistance and healing.

Scourge increases Crowd Control capabilities, regenerating Vigor and allowing players to stay resilient.

Potency Node:

Max out Touch of Death (5/5) with Poised Touch of Death for Vigor efficiency and improved damage.

Passives like Ravenous and Oppressive (3/3 each) are essential for poison-enhanced critical strikes and crowd control synergy.

Ultimate:

The Exalted Seeker is recommended for Vulnerability on bosses, but can be adjusted for different needs.

Spirit Hall Choices for Touch of Death Spiritborn

Primary Spirit: Centipede slows enemies while reducing their damage, which aids survival against the DoT effects of Craze of the Dead God.

Secondary Spirit: Jaguar, which generates Ferocity, works with Ring of the Midday Hunt to condense poison DoT into faster bursts.

Gear, Stat Priorities, and Legendary Affixes

Core Gear:

Insatiable Aspect: Extends swarm duration and enables AoE with swarms.

Craze of the Dead God: Adds Touch of Death ranks, maximizing damage output.

Stat Priorities:

Ranks of Touch of Death, poison damage, critical strike chance, resistances, and Vigor boosts for continuous use of Touch of Death.

Tempering Choices:

Prioritize Touch of Death's swarm duration (+100%), healing bonus (+100%), and mobility stats.

Other Useful Uniques:

Ring of the Midday Hunt to increase poison DoT speed, and X'Falls Corroded Signet for elemental resistance.

Paragon Boards and Glyphs for Touch of Death Spiritborn

Paragon selections focus on maximizing resistance, healing, and crowd control damage:

Paragon Path: Start with Bane glyph for DoT synergy, followed by Sapping, Bitter Medicine, and Convergence to enhance poison and Vigor boosts.

Glyph Leveling Priority: Level each glyph to 15, then to 45, and finally max to 100. Use Exploit as a temporary choice until reaching higher levels.

Mercenary and Reinforcement Choices

Mercenary Choice:

Subo applies Vulnerability without risk, increasing boss DPS and synergy with poison.

Skill Focus: Wire Trap and Loaded Munitions for control and increased vulnerability duration.

Reinforcement Choice:

Varyana, equipped with Earthbreaker, immobilizes enemies in poison clouds, optimizing Oppressive synergy and preventing escape from Touch of Death's radius.

With this setup, you'll have a deadly, resilient build, stocked with D4 Gold and Diablo 4 Items ready to take on Diablo 4's toughest bosses and end-game content.

MMOexp Diablo 4 Team