Diablo 4 Best Barbarian Build: Skills, Passive, Gear & More

The Barbarian in Diablo 4 can do ludicrous damage while being tanky enough to clear dungeons. But what is the best Barbarian build out there? Here is my take on my ideal Barbarian build, including the Skills, passives, gear, and Paragon Boards. Take a look!

Active Skills

A quick note before I get into the active Skills. Barbarian has a status called Berserking with the following effects: Increases your damage by 25% and your movement speed by 30%. Here are my picks for the best Skills for this Barbarian build.

Skill	Type	Effects	Upgrades	Points Allocated
Lunging Strike	Basic	Fury Generate: 9 Lucky Hit: 50% Lunge forward and strike an enemy for 30% damage.	Enhanced Lunging Strike: +30% damage to Lunging Strike. Heal 2% Max Life when this Skill hits a Healthy enemy.	1
Whirlwind	Core	Fury Cost: 25 per second. Lucky Hit: 25% Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 24% damage.	Enhanced Whirlwind: Gain fury each time Whirlwind hits an enemy – 1 for a regular enemy and 4 for elites. Furious Whirlwind: Inflict a 5-second bleed on enemies, dealing 40% of the base damage if using a slashing weapon.	5
Challenging Shout	Defensive	Cooldown: 25 seconds. Taunt enemies and gain 48% damage reduction for 6 seconds.	Enhanced Challenging Shout: +20% bonus Maximum HP. Tactical Challenging Shout: Grants 3 Fury each time you take damage.	5
Rallying cry	Defensive	Cooldown: 25 seconds +30% movement speed and +40% resource generation for the player for 6 seconds and nearby allies for 3 seconds.	Enhanced Rallying Cry: You become Unstoppable and won’t be affected by movement-impairing attacks. Tactical Rallying Cry: +20 Fury regeneration and +20% resource regeneration.	1
War Cry	Brawling	Cooldown: 25 seconds +15% damage dealt for the player for 6 seconds and for nearby allies for 3 seconds.	Enhanced War Cry: Become Berserking, increasing damage by 25% and movement speed by 30%. Power War Cry: +10% damage with at least 6 enemies nearby, for a maximum +25% damage boost.	1
Wrath of the Berserker	Ultimate	Cooldown: 60 seconds Knock back surrounding enemies and gain Berserking and Unstoppable for 5 seconds. For the next 10 seconds, dealing direct damage with basic Skills grants Berserking for 5 seconds.	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker: +25% damage each time 50 fury is used with Wrath of the Berserker active. Prime Wrath of the Berserker: +20% movement speed and +30% Fury Generation with Wrath of the Berserker active.	1

Passives

Core Passives

Skill	Effect	Points Allocated
Pressure Point	Lucky Hit: Your Core Skills have up to a 30% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.	3

Brawling Passives

Skill	Effect	Points Allocated
Booming Voice	Your shout Skill effect durations are increased by 24%.	3
Raid Leader	Your shouts also heal allies for 3% of their max HP per second.	3
Aggressive Resistance	Gain 3% damage reduction while Berserking.	1
Prolific Fury	While Berserking, Fury generation is increased by 18%.	3

Weapon Mastery Passives

Skill	Effect	Points Allocated
Pit Fighter	You deal 3% increased damage to close enemies and gain 2% damage reduction.	1
No Mercy	You have a 9% increased critical chance against immobilized, Stunned, or Slowed enemies.	3
Hamstring	Your bleeding effects Slow enemies by 10%.	1
Thick Skin	Each time you take direct damage, gain 0.4% of your Base HP as Fortify.	1
Counteroffensive	While you have fortified for over 50% of your maximum HP, you deal 12% increased damage.	3

Ultimate Passives

Skill	Effect	Points Allocated
Heavy Handed	While using two-handed weapons, you deal 15% increased critical strike damage.	3
Tempered Fury	Increase your maximum Fury by 3	1
Invigorating Fury	Heal for 9% of your maximum HP every time you spend 100 Fury	3

These are my choices for the passives for this Barbarian build. I mostly focused on damage increase and fury management for the build.

Key Passive

Unbridled Rage

• Core Skills deal 135% increased damage but cost 100% more fury.
• This passive is why I recommend the upgrades that allow for more fury generation.
• The damage increase is too good to worry about the extra Fury cost, so I recommend this.

Gear

Here is my recommendation for the gear to be used with this build:

Unique Items

Armor	Type	Effects
Rage of Harrogath	Chest	+Physical Damage +Physical Critical Strike Chance against Elites +Damage Reduction from Bleeding Enemies +Thorns Unique Effect: Lucky Hit: 20 -40% chance to reduce the Cooldowns of Non-Ultimate Skills by 1.5 seconds when inflicting Bleeding on Elites.
Gohr’s Devastating Grips	Gloves	+Attack Speed +Lucky Hit Chance +Fury on Kill +Ranks to Whirlwind Unique Effect: Whirlwind explodes after ending, dealing 16 – 26% of total Base damage dealt to surrounding enemies as fire damage.
Temerity	Pants	+Potion Charges +Potion Drop Rate +Lucky Hit: Chance to Heal +Healing Unique Effect: Effects that Heal you beyond 100% Life, grant you a Barrier up to 40 – 80% of your Maximum Life that lasts for 8 seconds.

Legendary Armor and Weapons

Gear	Type
Runic Skullcap of Disobedience	Helm
Warlord Boots of Grasping Whirlwind	Boots
Penitent Hammer of The Dire Whirlwind	Weapon
Flammard of Berserk Ripping	Weapon, Main Hand
Conceited Serpent's Bite	Weapon, Off-Hand
Demon Blade of Limitless Rage	Two-Handed Slashing Weapon
Bold Chieftain's Circle	Ring 1
Edgemaster's Choker	Amulet
Ring of Echoing Fury	Ring 2

An interesting read: Diablo 4 Best Armor [All Classes]

Aspects

Legendary Aspects	Location of Application	Effect
Aspect of Disobedience	Helm	You gain 0.25 – 0.5% increased armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage. Going up to a total of 25 – 50%.
Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind	Boots	Whirlwind Pulls enemies to you every so often.
The Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind	Bludgeoning Weapon	Whirlwind’s Critical Strike Chance is increased by 3-8% for each second it is channeled for a total of up to 9-24%.
Aspect of Berserk Ripping	Dual-Wield Weapon 1	Whenever dealing direct damage while Berserking, inflict 20-30% of the Base damage dealt as additional Bleeding Damage over 5 seconds.
Aspect of Limitless Rage	Slashing Weapon	Each point of Fury you generate while at maximum Fury grants your next core Skill 1-2% increased damage for up to a total of 15-30%.
Conceited Aspect	Dual-Wield Weapon 2	Deal 15-25% increased damage while you have a Barrier active.
Edgemaster’s Aspect	Amulet	Skills deal up to 10-20% increased damage based on your available primary resource when cast, the more Fury the player has the more damage.
Aspect of Echoing Fury	Ring 1	Your Shout Skills generate 2-4 fury per second while active.
Bold Chieftain’s Aspect	Ring 2	Whenever you cast a Shout Skill, Its cooldown is reduced by 1-1.9 seconds per nearby enemy for up to a total of 6 seconds.

Gems

Gem	Gear	Effect
Emerald	Weapon	+12% critical strike damage to vulnerable enemies
Ruby	Armor	4% maximum HP\
Skull	jewelry	+250 Armor

An interesting guide: Diablo 4 Best Gems [All Types]

Stat Priority

• Main Stat: Strength
• Attack Speed Bonus
• Critical Strike Chance
• Critical Strike Damage
• Attack Damage
  • Damage against: Bleed
  • Damage against enemies with movement-impairing effects on them
  • Close Enemies
  • Distant enemies
  • Elites
  • Healthy enemies
  • Injured
  • Knocked-down enemies
  • While Berserking
  • While Fortified
• Vulnerable Damage

Paragon Board

Below is my guide on how to level up your Paragon Board to mid-max the build.

Starting Board

Weapon Master Board

Decimator Board

Warbringer Board

Blood Rage Board

My Thoughts On The Best Barbarian Build

When playing with the Barbarian Class in Diablo 4, you may struggle with the right skills to choose from since they are all so overpowered and resourceful. Nonetheless, I particularly went with this Whirlwind bleed build that simultaneously tears through enemies while being tanky.

Firstly, there’s the bleed Skill upgrade for Whirlwind, which deals more damage over time. Then, the rest of the passives helped me by giving me more damage against bleeding enemies. I also added a passive that slows enemies afflicted by bleed. 

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