Stinger Spiritborn Endgame Build Guide for Diablo IV Season 12 - Slaughter

The Season 10 theme is Infernal Chaos. Infernal portals have sprung up in Helltides, Nightmare Dungeons and Infernal Hordes. Killing the enemies that spring forth grants Infernal Warp (Seasonal Currency) and progresses the Seasonal Questline, where you unlock Chaos Perks. You can equip any combination of 3 Magic, Rare and Legendary Perks. You can also have one Unique Perk, unlocked by killing Bartuc in the Infernal Hordes starting in Torment 1.

• Combined Strikes grants powerful AoE hits but we need to Evade-Thunderspike with Sepazontec to reset the cooldown between each hit.
• Unstable Power is a massive damage multiplier as Rod of Kepeleke makes Stinger count as a Basic skill, giving us a guaranteed Overpower for every attack. Note that this puts a cooldown on your skills and the Starter variant runs a different setup.
• Crazy Brew transforms our healing potion into a massive DPS cooldown for more attack speed and extra resource cost scaling with Rod of Kepeleke.

• Brawn Over Brains means we need to stack much less resistances, gain tons of extra HP and boost our Overpower damage.

• Accelerating Chaos can be used instead of Crazy Brew for slightly more cooldown reduction.
• Combined Strikes + Alacrity + A Beast Cornered + Marred Guard are used for the Starter variant of this build.
• AVOID USING Alacrity, Back Off!, Power Siphon & Invigorating Attacks as they either reduce your damage or straight up render the build dysfunctional (once you have unlocked the lategame setups).

In addition to the above perks, you may find ancestral Chaos Armor, twisted versions of a hand-picked list of existing Unique items that roll in a different slot from the original with increased power. Note that getting exactly the right setup is very difficult, but in most cases these can be used interchangeably if you find them in different slots. For more information, make sure to check out the item progression and variant sections below!

• Rod of Kepeleke (having this frees up the weapon slot for a legendary with tempers + aspect)
• Sepazontec (key item, allows the Evade-Thunderspike combo to reset your Stinger cooldown from Combined Strikes)
• Harmony of Ebewaka (adds more skill tags and massive damage scaling)
• Hesha e Kesungi (important for skill ranks, cooldown and The Protector synergy)
• Fists of Fate (a great damage buff and help with lucky hit procs to fill the last slot, but can be replaced by other options like Shroud of False Death or Heir of Perdition until you can fit this)

• Locran's Talisman (extra damage)
• Banished Lord's Talisman (skill ranks, overpowers)
• Band of First Breath (more damage and we evade anyway)
• Jacinth Shell (helps with cooldowns early on)
• Wushe Nak Pa (big barriers and easy cooldown resets)

Use the slider to see the progression steps. At around Paragon 200, leveling slows down significantly and all important Rare clusters, Legendary nodes and Glyph sockets should be unlocked. Afterwards, you can min/max your build with minor tweaks and by picking up additional smaller nodes.

You can have up to two Runewords in your setup, each consisting of one Ritual and one Invocation Rune. Socket them in Two-Handed Weapons if your build calls for them, otherwise place them into your Armor pieces to replace normal gems. The Stinger Spiritborn focuses on the following combos:

Best in Slot

• Cem + Que - Grants Earthen Bulwark for defense and Viscous Shield
• Neo + Mot - Grants Dark Shroud for better survivability

Alternative choices

As long as you haven't unlocked the final setup or found the top Runes, you can also benefit from these options:

• Qax for more damage (especially in pit pushing)
• Poc - Another way of generating offering
• Xal - For extra defense
• Ohm - War Cry provides a damage buff
• Thul - The Freeze adds more defense and an extra damage buff

Mercenaries are unlocked during the Vessel of Hatred campaign and assist you in battle. There are 4 separate Mercenaries to choose from, each with their own skill trees and abilities. You can have one hired (permanent) mercenary during solo play and a reinforcement who assists you from time to time in certain situations.

She grants extra attack speed (cap 1) with Hysteria but more importantly a ton of healing via Taste of Flesh. In addition to keeping us alive, it also fuels Replenishing Ravager to keep going effectively permanently.

We choose Field of Languish for extra damage reduction.

To enable the Stinger Spiritborn to perform optimally, hunt for these stats on your gear with good rolls and aim to Temper ⚒️ & Masterwork Crit ↑ them accordingly. The green arrow ↑ indicates which affix is most impactful to Masterwork Crit, and it does not indicate how many Masterwork Crits you need on that particular affix. Keep in mind that certain stats, such as Armor, Resistances, Extra Size Tempers, Attack Speed, and more, have caps that may affect your priorities according to the items and Paragon points available at that moment.

Recommended Endgame Stat Thresholds

• 25+ total Stinger ranks
• 240+ Vigor
• 1,800+ Dexterity

• 3,000+ Armor
• All Resistances 75%+
• 15,000+ Life

Recommended Consumables: Soothing Spices, Reddamine Buzz, Spiral Morning & Elixir of Resourcefulness II. Alternatively use Song of the Mountain to cap out your Armor if necessary.

Before you dive into the Endgame with the Stinger Centipede Spiritborn, take a look at this overview of the items used in the build. See below for further details about the different progression steps and variants. Some of your Skill Tree choices depend on what Legendary Aspects and Unique items are available to you. Keep in mind that while we can guarantee that everyone has access to the same Codex of Power Aspects, the exact progression is different for everyone.

This section is designed to guide your Stinger Spiritborn from a fresh level 60 into the very late endgame using the three variants Starter, Ancestral and Mythic. At the final step, you should be fully decked out with a great all-rounder build. From there, follow the other min/max variants if you want to optimize around certain activities such as Pit Pushing, Speedfarming and more.

Coming soon.