Spiritborn – Gorilla

Spiritborn – Gorilla Skills

Rock Splitter rushes at your target, dealing damage and increasing your Block chance as you add a point into the enhancement.

Crushing Hand is a skill that is useful across builds. I found it very useful in my Centipede build too, because while it slams down with two damaging shockwaves by default, enhancing it can cause any enemy caught by both shockwaves to be knocked to the ground. If you are having trouble surviving or keeping your enemies in one place, and your main Vigor spender doesn’t add something essential to your build, consider switching to Crushing Hand.

Armored Hide passively gives you increased damage reduction, with two stacks of the ‘Resolve’ buff (which reduces the damage you take when you Block) every few seconds. When you activate the ability, you become Unstoppable and gain 100 percent Block chance for several seconds. Since Unstoppable keeps you from being stopped, slowed, or otherwise impaired, and it removes those effects, this is a great way to bust out of annoying enemy abilities.

Concussive Stomp performs a shockwave that damages enemies and knocks them down for several seconds, and enhancing it can add a Barrier to your health, helping add to your survivability. Additionally, you can grab a second enhancement that deals six times the damage to enemies that are Unstoppable (and to Bosses), meaning it can stay useful in every situation.

Payback is a big smash attack that has a 15 second cooldown, but every time enemies hit you, there is a chance to reduce the cooldown remaining. Use this every time it’s available, and consider taking the enhancement where Payback grants you passive Vigor every time you take damage. The other side of that enhancement? It spends all your Vigor when you use Payback, dealing extra damage based on how much Vigor you spent. A nice all-out attack to have.

The Protector Ultimate skill slams the area for six seconds when used, dealing damage and generating a protective barrier around you. Great to use when you need to stay alive for just a few more moments to get the kill on a boss or Elite group.

Spiritborn – Gorilla Spirit Hall Passives

The first Gorilla Passive adds the Gorilla tag to every Skill, and every time you use a Gorilla Skill, it will deal 100 percent of your current Thorns (damage enemies take when they hit you) to enemies and give you a Barrier to increase your survivability.

The second passive increases your maximum Resolve by two, and when you have at least five stacks of Resolve, you’ll also gain Unstoppable.