Diablo 4 Barbarian builds in Season 3: Leveling, endgame & PvP

Barbarian has been the strongest class in Diablo 4 for some time now and some of its builds are famous for one-shotting even world bosses in Season 3. Here’s a rundown of all the skills and specializations that you need to use to make the best Barbarian builds in Season 3.

The Barbarians in Diablo 4 have received some massive buffs since Season of Blood, and players can continue making them even more powerful with these builds in Season 3. The prime focus of these builds is inflicting massive damage so that you can one-shot even extremely powerful enemies with ease.

To help you make the most of the Barbarian in Diablo 4 Season 3, here’s a list of the class’s best builds such as Rend and Hammer of the Ancients. 

• Best Diablo 4 Barbarian build for leveling
• Best Barbarian build for endgame
• Best build for PvP
• Best attributes for Barbarian in Diablo 4
• Best gems for Barbarian in Diablo 4
• Best technique slots for Barbarian

Best Diablo 4 Barbarian build in Season 3 for leveling up

The Hammer of the Ancient Barbarian is the best Barbarian build for leveling up as of Diablo 4 Season 3. This skill was an integral part of the meta in the last season, and you should be able to wreak havoc with the Barbarian in Season of Construct as well. 

Here’s a rundown of the skills necessary for the Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian build:

Level	Barbarian Skill
2	Lunging Strike
3	Enhanced Lunging Strike
4	Hammer of the Ancients
5	Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients
6	Furious Hammer of the Ancients
7	Hammer of the Ancients
8	Endless Fury
9	Endless Fury
10	Rallying Cry
11	Enhanced Rallying Cry
12	Endless Fury
13	Tactical Rallying Cry
14	Hammer of the Ancients
15	Hammer of the Ancients
16	Charge
17	Leap
18	Enhanced Charge
19	Power Charge
20	Aggressive Resistance
21	Battle Fervor
22	Battle Fervor
23	Battle Fervor
24	Hammer of the Ancients
25	Enhanced Leap
26	Prolific Fury
27	Prolific Fury
28	Prolific Fury
29	Combat Lunging Strike
30	Wrath of the Berserker
31	Prime Wrath of the Berserker
32	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker
33	Tempered Fury
34	Furious Impulse
35	Furious Impulse
36	Walking Arsenal
37	Power Leap
38	Swiftness
39	Charge
40	Charge
41	Swiftness
42	Switness
43	Charge
44	Charge
45	Lunging Strike
46	Lunging Strike
47	Pit Fighter
48	Leap
49	Leap
Renown skill point 1	Pit Fighter
Renown skill point 2	Pit Fighter
Renown skill point 3	Leap
Renown skill point 4	Leap
Renown skill point 5	Imposing Presence
Renown skill point 6	Imposing Presence
Renown skill point 7	Imposing Presence
Renown skill point 8	Furious Impulse
Renown skill point 9	Lunging Strike
Renown skill point 10	Lunging Strike

How to build the Seneschal for Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian build 

We recommend using the following Governing and Turning Stones for the Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3:

• Reconstruct – acquired by defeating Heralds in Arcane Tremors
  • Duration Support – Vaults
  • Tactical Support – Vaults
  • Safeguard Support – Vaults
• Lightning Bolt – acquired by defeating Heralds in Arcane Tremors
  • Resource Support – Vaults
  • Swift Support – Vaults 
  • Fortify Support – Vaults

Best weapon specialization 

Ranking up Two-Handed Axe expertise, Two-Handed Sword expertise, Two-Handed Mace expertise, One-Handed Sword expertise, and One-Handed Mace expertise are recommended for the Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3. 

When selecting the expertise that you want to use, it’s important that you go ahead with the Two-Handed Sword, because you need that additional bleed damage that you get from it.

Best Legendary Aspects for Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian build

The following Legendary Aspects will drastically improve your Double Swing Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3:

• Aspect of Ancestral Force – Complete Sunken Ruins in Scosglen.
• Ghostwalker – Complete Broken Bulwark is Scoglen.
• Unrelenting Fury – Get by completing Hallowed Ossuary in Fractured Peaks. 
• Edgemaster’s Aspect – Complete Oldstones dungeon in Scosglen.
• Relentless Armsmaster – Complete Calibel’s Mine in Scosglen.
• Earthstriker – Complete Maugan’s Works in Hawezar.
• Relentless Berserker – Complete Hakan’s Refuge in Kehjistan.

Best Diablo 4 Barbarian build in Season 3 for endgame

Rend is the best Barbarian build worth using during the endgame in Diablo 4 Season 3.

Here’s a breakdown of the Rend Barbarian build in Diablo 4 explaining how to spend all your skill points from level 1 to level 50 and the ten additional skill points from Renown:

Level	Barbarian Skill
2	Rend
3	Rend
4	Enhanced Rend
5	Furious Rend
6	Rend
7	Rallying Cry
8	Enhanced Rallying Cry
9	Tactical Rallying Cry
10	Rend
11	Rend
12	War Cry
13	Enhanced War Cry
14	Power War Cry
15	Rend
16	Challenging Shout
17	Enhanced Challenging Shout
18	Hamstring
19	Steel Grasp
20	Enhanced Steel Grasp
21	Fighter’s Steel Grasp
22	Steel Grasp
23	Steel Grasp
24	Steel Grasp
25	Swiftness
26	Swiftness
27	Swiftness
28	Cut to the Bone
29	Cut to the Bone
30	Cut to the Bone
31	Pit Fighter
32	Pit Fighter
33	Pit Fighter
34	Gushing Wounds
35	Imposing Presence
36	Imposing Presence
37	Imposing Presence
38	Booming Voice
39	Booming Voice
40	Booming Voice
41	Guttural Yell
42	Guttural Yell
43	Guttural Yell
44	Raid Leader
45	Raid Leader
46	Raid Leader
47	Martial Vigor
48	Martial Vigor
49	Martial Vigor
Renown skill point 1	Aggressive Resistance
Renown skill point 2	Aggressive Resistance
Renown skill point 3	Aggressive Resistance
Renown skill point 4	Prolific Fury
Renown skill point 5	Prolific Fury
Renown skill point 6	Prolific Fury
Renown skill point 7	Heavy Handed
Renown skill point 8	Heavy Handed
Renown skill point 9	Heavy Handed
Renown skill point 10	Heavy Handed

How to play the Rend Barbarian in Diablo 4

The Rend Barbarian build in Diablo 4 is all about crowd-controlling your opponents and bleeding them to death. It works best against elite bosses and enemies because you’ll stack up damage over time. Skills like Furious Impulse, Prolific Fury, and Rallying Cry take care of your Fury while Rend and Flay apply the Bleeding effect consistently.

Hamstring and Cut to the Bone significantly improve the damage from Bleeding and you’ll also be able to stun enemies with Concussion. Overall, every attack you perform will control the enemy in some way and all you need to do is switch between aggressive skills and the ones that regenerate Fury.

Best Rend Barbarian Paragon Board in Diablo 4

You can use your Paragon Points on the following nodes and Glyphs to make the strongest end-game Barbarian in Diablo 4:

Paragon Board for the Barbarian	Nodes (including Legendary) to pick	Glyph
Starting	Brawn, Raw Power	Exploit
Weapon Master	Raw Power, Iron Strength, Hunter Killer	Marshal
Warbringer	Raw Power, Hungering Fury, Guarded Advance	Wrath
Decimator	Demolish, Arrogance, Pillage	Disembowel
Bone Breaker	Vigor	Territorial
Flawless Technique	Havoc	Imbiber

Here’s an image of the Paragon board for better understanding:

How to build the Seneschal for Rend Barbarian

We recommend using the following Governing and Turning Stones for the Rend Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3:

• Flash of Adrenaline – acquired by defeating Heralds in Arcane Tremors
  • Duration Support – Vaults
  • Resource Support – Vaults
  • Effeciency Support – Vaults
  • Evernight
• Reconstruct – acquired by defeating Heralds in Arcane Tremors
  • Tactical Support – Vaults
  • Safeguard Support – Vaults 
  • Fortify Support – Vaults
  • Genesis 

Best Legendary Aspects for Rend Barbarian build

• Iron Blood Aspect – Complete Forgotten Ruins in Kehjistan
• Aspect of Might – Complete Dark Ravine dungeon in Dry Steppes
• Aspect of Disobedience – Unlocked by completing Halls of the Damned in Kehjistan 
• Edgemaster’s Aspect – Complete Oldstones dungeon in Scosglen

Best Uber Unqiues for Rend Barbarian build 

Getting the following Uber Uniques should be your goal when farming items for your Rend Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3:

Item	Placement
Harlequin Quest	Helm
Doombringer Sword	Hand
The Grandfather Sword	Hand

Best Diablo 4 Barbarian build in Season 3 for PvP

In the absence of a loadout system or a system that allows you to change your skills on the fly, having a specific build just for PvP activities is slightly challenging. However, thankfully, the Rend Barbarian build can double up as a PvP build as well, because it inflicts a lot of bleed damage.

Best attributes for the Barbarian class in Diablo 4

While building the Barbarian class in Diablo 4, we recommend focusing on the following attributes:

• Strength
• Willpower
• Fury

Apart from this, you can use Rubies to increase Fury generation through your gear and Topaz to boost damage reduction.

Best Gems for the Barbarian class in Diablo 4

Emeralds are the best Gems for the Barbarian class in Diablo 4. Adding them to a weapon increases Crit DMG against Vulnerable enemies which is a huge advantage if your build has the Flay skill. Moreover, they increase Thorns when placed in Armor which is a primary component of many builds.

However, for Jewelry, you might want to go for Skulls as they boost survivability.

Best technique slot & expertise for the Barbarian class in Diablo 4

Arsenal system

Barbarians in Diablo 4 have a unique arsenal system that allows them to not only wield four weapons at once but also build expertise for each of them. To make the most of this system, you need to use weapons that align well with your skills, and here’s what we recommend for the builds mentioned above:

• Two-handed maces and two-handed axes for the Whirlwind Barbarian build.
• Two-handed sword and two-handed axe for a bleeding build.

Technique slot

After reaching level 15, Barbarians in Diablo 4 also unlock a Technique slot that lets them enjoy an arsenal system buff permanently regardless of the active weapon. These are the best abilities to put in your Barbarian’s Technique slots:

• Two-handed sword expertise for the Rend Barbarian and the Hammer of the Ancients builds, as it increases your Bleeding damage.
• Two-handed mace expertise for the Whirlwind Barbarian build.

That was everything to know about building the best Barbarian build in Diablo 4. For similar content on the game, you can check out:

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