Best Diablo 4 Season of the Malignant Barbarian leveling, endgame, and PvP build

The Diablo 4 Barbarians are masters of weapons (Image via Blizzard)
The Diablo 4 Barbarians are masters of weapons (Image via Blizzard)

The Barbarian is a master of weapons in Diablo 4. No other class in the game can wield as many weapons as the Barbarian. While it isn't the best of classes in the title, it has a decent damage output and can absorb a decent amount of damage. This class is safe for players of all levels and doesn't really take much effort to master.

It's important for players to get their skill selections right with respect to the best Diablo 4 Barbarian build. Without the appropriate skills, it's difficult to get a proper damage output. With that said, here are the skills and abilities that players should take into account while making this build.


Best Diablo 4 Barbarian leveling build

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Leveling builds are those that help you move from level 1 to level 50 pretty quickly. Now, these builds aren't that skill intensive, and you can throw on random skills and abilities to get past most of the monsters in the initial parts of the game.

However, once you start going up against bosses, you will take longer to defeat them, and you will often find yourself running out of Fury. So to start off, you should consider getting the Lunging Strike skill. The next skill you need to focus on is the Whirlwind Strike. You should've unlocked all upgrades for both of these skills by the time you make it to level 7.

From level 8 to level 20, you will need to focus on your shouts and movement skills. This is one build that will use a lot of shouts. Although they don't seem like much, your shouts will help you with those sweet little buffs that aid you in Fury management.

From level 21 onwards, you will need to focus on Passive skills that will help boost your currently selected skills and abilities. Finally, once you hit level 35, you will have to focus on fine-tuning your build until you hit level 50 and get your first paragon point.

The table below should give you a fair idea of which skill to select at which level:

LevelSkills
1-
2Lunging Strike
3Enhanced Lunging Strike
4Whirlwind
5Enhanced Whirlwind
6Furious Whirlwind
7Battle Lunging Strike
8Rallying Cry
9Enhanced Rallying Cry
10Tactical Rallying Cry
11Whirlwind
12Whirlwind
13Whirlwind
14whirlwind
15War Cry
16Enhanced War Cry
17Power War Cry
18Leap
19Enhanced Leap
20Power Leap
21Hamstring
22Booming Voice
23Booming Voice
24Raid Leader
25Call of the Ancients
26Prime Call of the Ancients
27Supreme Call of the Ancients
28Aggressive Resistance
29Prolific Fury
30Prolific Fury
31Prolific Fury
32Pit Fighter
33Pit Fighter
34Pit Fighter
35Unbridled Rage
36Rallying Cry
37Rallying Cry
38Rallying Cry
39Rallying Cry
40Raid Leader
41Raid Leader
42Booming Voice
43No Mercy
44No Mercy
45No Mercy
46Heavy Handed
47Heavy Handed
48Heavy Handed
49Pressure Point
50First Paragon Board Point
Renown 1Pressure Point
Renown 2Pressure Point
Renown 3Guttural Yell
Renown 4Guttural Yell
Renown 5Guttural Yell
Renown 6Thick Skin
Renown 7Thick Skin
Renown 8Counter Offensive
Renown 9Counter Offensive
Renown 10Counter Offensive

Since the Diablo 4 Barbarian is a master of weapons, you will be able to unlock Specialization once you hit Level 15. Make sure you place two-handed swords (2H Swords) in your Technique slot to get this build to work properly.

Diablo 4 Barbarian Aspects

Since this is a leveling build, you needn't focus on Legendary Aspects too much. However, if you really want to use them, the following should give you a fair bonus, especially with this particular build.

  • Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind - Garan Hold, Scosglen
  • Aspect of the Expectant - Underroot, Scosglen
  • Edgemaster's Aspect - Oldstones, Scosglen
  • Bold Chieftain's Aspect - Random world drop

Best Diablo 4 Barbarian endgame build

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When you make it to the endgame segment of the game, a lot of other options will open up for you. While a major chunk of your powers and ability bonuses will come from the Paragon Boards that you're using, some of them will also come from the skills you select.

For the endgame stages, it's wise for you to swap out some of the skills that you already have with some new ones. For example, you will have to swap out Call of the Ancients with Iron Skin for added defense. Furthermore, you need to swap out Leap with Kick because you will need that additional damage boost more than movement.

As for your Paragon Boards and Glyphs, you need to pick the following:

Paragon BoardsGlyphs
StarterMight
WarbringerExploit
Flawless TechniqueUndaunted
Bone BreakerWrath
DecimatorMarshal

Best Diablo 4 Barbarian Caged Hearts for Season of the Malignant

At any given point, you will be able to use three Caged Hearts with your build in Diablo 4 Season of the Malignant. For the Barbarian, the best-in-slot hearts are as follows:

  • Wrathful Heart: Caged Heart of the Barber
  • Vicious Heart: Caged Heart of Focused Rage
  • Brutal Heart: Caged Heart of Revenge.

Best Diablo 4 Barbarian PvP build

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Out of all the classes in the game, it's most fun to participate in PvP activities as a Barbarian. However, do not try to engage the enemy without hitting level 80 first. By the time you're at this level, you will more or less be at your peak potential with the build, and you can head into the Fields of Hatred swinging your weapons like no one's business.

If you're looking at a PvP build, keep the skills the same, but focus on gear pieces that give you the Thorns buff. This is absolutely nasty in PvP and will help you get the upper hand on your opponents.


Stats that you should be focusing on

Since this is a build that depends heavily upon the usage of your skills, you will need to have a limitless supply of Fury. To keep a steady flow of Fury coming in, you must focus on the Willpower Stat.

Secondly, you will also need to focus on the Strength because it deals with the amount of armor points you have. So, don't forget to add some points to this as well. Additionally, collecting all Altars of Lilith in the game should give you a decent boost to all your abilities.


Best Diablo 4 Aspects for Barbarians

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The Barbarian uses the most number of Aspects when compared to every other class in Diablo 4. Here are all the important ones:

  • Aspect of Numbing Wrath - Heathen's Keep, Hawezar
  • Relentless Berserker's Aspect - Hakan's Refuge, Kehjistan
  • Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind - Random World Drop
  • Aspect of Disobedience - Halls of the Damned, Kehjistan
  • Ghostwalker's Aspect - Make it to Scosglen during the Campaign to unlock
  • Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind - Garan Hold, Scosglen
  • Aspect of the Expectant - Underroot, Scosglen
  • Edgemaster's Aspect - Oldstones, Scosglen
  • Bold Chieftain's Aspect - Random world drop
  • Aspect of Echoing Fury - Sirocco Caverns, Kehjistan
  • Aspect of Limitless Rage - Random world drop
  • Aspect of Retribution - Abandoned Mineworks, Kehjistan

At this point, this is the best Barbarian build that you can use in Diablo 4 right now. This character does have a lot of other skills at its disposal, so feel free to try them out and see which ones work best for you and suit your playstyle.

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