Firestorm – Spiritborn Build for Diablo 4 (Season 8)

Build Introduction

This Firestorm Evade Spiritborn build is a strong contender this season. It synergizes damage over time and mobility, using the Storm Feathers mechanic to keep your Sunbird’s Gorget‘ Firestorm active and dealing heavy damage to enemies around you.

Starting new? Begin with our Quill Volley Leveling Build and switch to this one at Level 60.
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Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Requirements

Required Uniques

Jacinth Shell

Sunbird’s Gorget

Required Aspects

Aspect of Falling Feathers

This build also requires the Mythic Unique Harlequin Crest for optimal damage output.
Want to know more about the Uniques supporting this setup? Jump to the Uniques section.

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Skill Bar and Skill Tree Points

Recommended

Suggested Skill Bar

ScourgeArmored HideRavagerThunderspikeCounterattackThe Hunter

Wondering what comes after Level 60? Head to the Paragon Board section to power up the build even further.

And if you want to see how everything plays out in combat, check out the Rotation and Playstyle section for a quick breakdown. If you are missing skill points, complete Renown Tier 1-3 in every zone.

Spiritborn Class Mechanic – Spirit Hall Choice

The Spirit Hall lets you combine two different Spirit Guardians or stick with one. For this build, we go with a mix of guardians that balance mobility and damage.

• Primary Spirit Guardian: Eagle
  • Casting an Eagle Skill grants 4 seconds of the Storm Feathers Movement Speed bonus. When you Evade, fling up to 8 Storm Feathers for every remaining second, each dealing 125% Lightning damage and making targets Vulnerable for 5 seconds. All Skills are now also Eagle Skills.
• Secondary Spirit Guardian: Jaguar
  • Maximum Ferocity is increased by 1. Gain 1 stack of Ferocity whenever you kill an enemy or damage a Boss.

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Gear, Stats, Gems, and Runes

The following sections cover all systems that are important if you want to improve the power of your character in the endgame of Diablo 4. 

Legendary Aspects

Each Aspect is listed with its matching gear slot. Do your best to keep each Aspect in the assigned slot. Remember to salvage Legendary Items with higher Aspect values to unlock them in the Codex of Power, and then imprint them onto gear pieces with the preferred affixes. For best results, combine these Aspects with the right stat priorities.

Gear Slot	Gems/Runes	Aspect / Unique	Legendary Aspect / Unique Power
Helm	Grand Amethyst	Harlequin Crest	Gain 20% Damage Reduction. in addition, gain +4 ranks to all Skills.
Chest	Bac Tzic	Jacinth Shell	Spending Vigor Heals you for 5-10% of your Maximum Life. Every second, your active Cooldowns now drain 10% of your Maximum Life to reduce their durations by 2 seconds.
Gloves		Aspect of Unyielding Hits	Casting a Gorilla Skill increases your Weapon Damage by [10-30%] of your Armor for 3 seconds. Maximum 1500 bonus Weapon Damage.
Pants	Cem Que	Aspect of Disobedience	You gain 0.4-0.8% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to 25-40%.
Boots		Rakanoth’s Wake	When you cast a Skill with a Cooldown, you explode, dealing X Fire damage.
Amulets(50% bonus)	Grand Skull	Sunbird’s Gorget	Picking up a Storm Feather forms a firestorm around you for 8 seconds dealing X Fire damage every 0.5 seconds. Storm Feathers are now a Jaguar Skill. Every 5 additional Storm Feathers you pick up intensifies the firestorm, increasing its damage by x100% but not refreshing its duration. Storm Feathers are now Jaguar Skills, and the firestorm is an Eagle, Jaguar, and Storm Feather Skill.
Ring	Grand Skull	Aspect of Recalling Feathers	Casting a Focus Skill recalls all Nearby Storm Feathers, dealing [75 – 96] Lightning damage to enemies along their way. If there are no Nearby Storm Feathers, the cast instead spawns 10 randomly around you.
Ring	Grand Skull	Aspect of Falling Feathers	Moving with a Mobility Skill or Evade drops Spirit Feathers along you which each deal X Lightning damage on impact.
Weapon (200% bonus)	Grand Amethyst	Aspect of Redirected Force	Gain increased Critical Strike Damage equal [30-70%] of Block Chance. Blocking doubles this bonus for 10 seconds.

Curious how this build compares to other endgame options? Take a look at our Endgame Build Tier List.

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Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Affixes on the same line are considered to be equally important. Bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades. Be sure to check our Tempering and Masterworking guides for more details about these topics. Want to jump back up to the gear table?

Slot	Targeted Gear Affix	Tempering Affixes
Helm	Cooldown Reduction Maximum Life Maximum Resource Armor	N/A
Chest	Damage Reduction while Injured Total Armor Armor Ranks to Endurance	N/A
Gloves	1. Critical Strike Chance 2. Armor 3. Dextirity	Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation Eagle Finesse (Offensive): Storm Feather Potency
Pants	1. Dextirity 2. Maximum Life 3. Armor	Natural Schemes (Utility): Barrier Generation Worldly Endurance (Defensive): Total Armor
Boots	Movement Speed Cooldown Reduction Resistance to All Elements Non-Physical Damage	N/A
Amulet	Movement Speed Ranks to Acceleration Ranks to Furnace Ranks to Potent	N/A
Rings	1. Critical Strike Chance 2. Dexterity 3. Maximum Life	Gorilla Efficiency (Resource): Defensive Cooldown Reduction Eagle Finesse (Offensive): Storm Feather Potency
Weapon	1. Polearm: Vulnerable Damage 2. Critical Strike Damage 3. Dexterity 4. Maximum Life	Eagle Finesse (Offensive): Storm Feather Potency Eagle Augments (Weapons): Primary Eagle Spirit Hall Potency

Prioritize capping all of your Resistances, and make sure to reach the Armor Cap of 1,000. Certain builds that scale with armor may benefit from having more of it. For instance, those that make use of the Aspect of Unyielding Hits. Furthermore, in higher difficulties, there will be a penalty to armor and resistance, so you will need a higher amount to compensate for the loss.

Looking for progression beyond gear? See our Paragon recommendations or Runewords Synergy next.

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Uniques and Mythic Uniques

Below, you will find information on Uniques and Mythic Uniques that are useful and recommended for this build. If a Unique or Mythic Unique is not listed here, it is NOT recommended and won’t benefit this specific build in any way.

Uniques

This Firestorm Evade Spiritborn build requires some Uniques to work:

• Jacinth Shell (required): Spending Vigor Heals you for 5-10% of your Maximum Life. Every second, your active Cooldowns now drain 10% of your Maximum Life to reduce their durations by 2 seconds.
• Sunbird’s Gorget (required): Picking up a Storm Feather forms a firestorm around you for 8 seconds dealing X Fire damage every 0.5 seconds. Storm Feathers are now a Jaguar Skill. Every 5 additional Storm Feathers you pick up intensifies the firestorm, increasing its damage by x100% but not refreshing its duration. Storm Feathers are now Jaguar Skills, and the firestorm is an Eagle, Jaguar, and Storm Feather Skill.
• Rakanoth’s Wake (recommended): When you cast a Skill with a Cooldown, you explode, dealing X Fire damage.

Mythic Uniques

This Spiritborn build does not require any Mythic Uniques to work! However, it is recommended to get the following Mythic Unique for optimal damage output:

• Harlequin Crest (recommended): Gain 20% Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +4 Ranks to all Skills.

If you are interested in target farming Mythic Uniques, check out our How to Farm Mythic Uniques guide. Or you can return to the Build Requirements.

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Gems and Runewords

Listed below are the recommended Gems and Runewords to socket into your gear.

Gems

Weapon Gems	Armor Gems	Jewelry Gems
Grand Amethyst For increased Damage Over Time	Grand Amethyst For more Barrier Generation	Grand Skull For more Armor

Runewords

Runewords are unlocked during the Vessel of Hatred campaign and replace gems in gear. Improve your build by combining a trigger Rune of Ritual and an effect Rune of Invocation. You can equip up to two Runeword pairs (four Runes) at a time. For a detailed guide on Runewords, check out our Runewords Guide!

Here are the recommended Runeword combinations for the Firestorm Spiritborn endgame build:

Runeword Combination	Runeword Effects
Bac Tzic	Bac – Gain: 50 Offering. Travel 5 meters. Tzic – Requires: 200 Offering (Overflow: Increase damage by 1% per Offering). Cooldown: 1 Second. Invoke the Spiritborn’s Concussive Stomp, dealing damage and Knocking Down enemies.
Cem Que	Cem – Gain: 75 Offering. Cast Evade. Qax – Requires: 300 Offering (Overflow: Increased Duration). Cooldown: 1 Second. Evoke the Druid’s Base Earthen Bulwark, granting yourself a Barrier.

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Paragon Board

Paragon unlocks at Level 60 and plays a big role in endgame progression. The following Legendary Nodes and Glyphs are recommended for this build. Keep in mind that each Glyph’s information and radius listed below is for the Level 46 version.

Need a refresher on how the skills are set up? Click here to return to the Skill Tree section.

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Boss Powers (Season 8)

During Season 8, you can unlock and rank up Boss Powers using Spectral Ash earned from Apparition Incursions, which provide powerful bonuses to support your build as you level.

Mercenaries

During the Vessel of Hatred campaign, you will unlock Mercenaries to assist you. While you can choose freely early on, we recommend Raheir for survivability and Varyana as a Reinforcement once you reach endgame.

Raheir Skill Tree choices:

• Core Skill: Ground Slam
• Core Passive: Raheir’s Aegis
• Iconic Skill: Bastion
• Iconic Passive: Inspiration

Varyana Reinforcement choices:

• Opportunity Skill: Cast a Skill
• Reinforcement Skill: Shockwave, then switch Bloodthirst as soon as you unlock it, for increased Attack Speed.

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Build Mechanics

Rotation and Playstyle

This Firestorm Spiritborn build is fast, powerful, and easy to play. Jacinth Shell gives you cooldown reduction, letting you use Ravager, which triggers Aspect of Recalling Feathers boosting your Sunbird’s Gorget‘s Firestorm damage.

Picking up Storm Feathers is a core mechanic of this build; the more you collect, the stronger your Sunbird’s Gorget Firestorm becomes. Aspect of Falling Feathers further increases this damage.

Thunderspike is cast when you Evade and keep moving. Scourge helps with crowd control by fearing and slowing enemies.

Your general combat flow looks like this:

1. Evade.
2. Ravager
3. The Hunter gives you more mobility and buffs your skills.
4. Armored Hide, grants Unstoppable and solid defense.
5. Scourge, use it on big packs to enable Fear and increase your damage.
6. Spam Evade, make sure Ravager is up, and trigger more and more storm feathers.
7. Pick up the feathers, and ramp up your damage with your firestorm.

Runeword Synergy

Another interesting interaction worth mentioning within this section comes from the Runewords we use in this build to trigger powerful effects.

• Bac Tzic: Bac gives you 50 Offering every time you travel 5 meters. Tzic then spends 200 Offering to trigger Concussive Stomp, dealing damage and Knocking Down enemies. By simply moving around during fights, you naturally build Offering and can stun and do more area damage.
• Cem Que: Cem grants 75 Offering every time you Evade. Que uses 300 Offering to cast Earthen Bulwark, giving you a Barrier. This combo makes your mobility double as defense: dodging attacks by moving around will keep your shield uptime high. Having a barrier will also increase your damage thanks to Sunbird’s Gorget.

Which Elixirs Should You Use?

Visit the Alchemist to craft a Resistance Elixir based on what you need most, or pick from the recommended options below. Some Elixirs only drop from Helltides or Nightmare Dungeons. Also, do not forget to keep your health potion upgraded.

• Elixir of Precision provides the highest damage output increase.
• Elixir of Advantage increases your attack speed
• Elixir of Resourcefulness helps with resource issues, if you struggle with resource management
• Elixir of Fortitude for additional survivability 

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Season 8 Updates

For a full overview of what is new in Season 8, please take a look at our comprehensive season hub.

Here is a quick overview of seasonal changes relevant to this build:

• Newly added: Sunbird’s Gorget
  • Affixes
    • Inherent: +30% Resistance to All Elements
    • +16-25% Movement Speed
    • +2-3 Ranks of Potent
    • +2-3 Ranks of Furnace
    • +2-3 Ranks of Acceleration
  • Unique Power
    • Picking up a Storm Feather forms a firestorm around you for 8 seconds dealing 200-400% Fire damage every 0.5 seconds.
    • Every 5 additional Storm Feathers you pick up grows the firestorm, increasing its damage by 100%[x] but not refreshing its duration. Storm Feathers are now Jaguar Skills, and the firestorm is an Eagle, Jaguar, and Storm Feather Skill.
• Fixed an issue where Aspect of Unyielding Hits would not properly interact with Sunbird’s Gorget and the Eagle Primary Spirit Hall.
• Aspect of Falling Feathers: Legendary ranks increased from 8 to 21. Damage increased from 50-64% to 75-150% of weapon damage.
• Fixed an issue where the Intricacy Passive would not correctly remember which Skill was last used after transferring to a new Zone.
• Fixed an issue that allowed for snapshotting of the Resilient Passive.
• Fixed an issue where some of the text on the Que rune was displaying in the incorrect font style.

Obol Gambling

Similar to Kadala in Diablo 3, the Purveyor of Curiosities lets you gamble your Obols for 750 item power gear at Level 60, making them a great way to fill in missing affixes, Aspects, or upgrades. There is also a small chance to receive an Ancestral piece with item power 800.

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Changelog

• April 26th, 2025: Build created for Season 8.