Best Diablo 4 Barbarian builds for leveling, endgame & PvP in Season 3

The Barbarian class returns in Diablo 4, but just how effective is this melee class when you’re using the best Barbarian build in Season 3 of the game? Our handy guide has everything you need to know.

The Barbarian is physically the strongest class in the Diablo series and has been for a long time. They use pure strength and melee weapon mastery to defeat hordes of enemies. If a one-person army sounds like the playstyle for you, then the Barbarian is a great option. The question is, what’s the best Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3?

Having made their original debut in the Hellfire Expansion of the original Diablo, Barbarians have been featured in every Diablo game since, and there are multiple ways to build them. So, if you want to survive the legions of Hell, then using the best Diablo 4 Barbarian build is essential. Here are the best Barbarian builds in Diablo 4, for PvE leveling, endgame, and PvP during Season 3.

Contents

• Best Barbarian leveling build
• Best Barbarian endgame build
• Best Barbarian PvP build

Best Barbarian build in Diablo 4 for leveling

The Rend Barbarian build remains the best Barbarian build for leveling in Season 3 of Diablo 4. Remember this is only the best build for leveling through the game’s story, as opposed to the best in PvP or endgame activities.

Diablo 3 players will recognize the Rend build as it was also a popular playstyle in that iteration of the hack-and-slash series. Now, Diablo 4 has its own version of Rend and the build is absolutely slaying it in Season 3.

To summarize the best Barbarian leveling build in Diablo 4, here it is in table form:

Level	Skill
2	Lunging Strike
3	Enhanced Lunging Strike
4	Rend
5	Enhanced Rend
6	Furious Rend
7	Battle Lunging Strike
8	Rallying Cry
9	Enhanced Rallying Cry
10	Tactical Rallying Cry
11	Rend
12	Rend
13	War Cry
14	Enhanced War Cry
15	Power War Cry (Place two-handed swords in your Technique Slot)
16	Rend
17	Rend
18	Hamstring
19	Death Blow
20	Enhanced Death Blow
21	Fighters Death Blow
22	Death Blow
23	Death Blow
24	Death Blow
25	Call of the Ancients
26	Prime Call of the Ancients
27	Supreme Call of the Ancients
28	Death Blow
29	Booming Voice
30	Booming Voice
31	Booming Voice
32	Pit Fighter
33	Pit Fighter
34	Pit Fighter
35	Unbridled Rage
36	Rallying Cry
37	Rallying Cry
38	Rallying Cry
39	Rallying Cry
40	Raid Leader
41	Raid Leader
42	Raid Leader
43	Guttural Yell
44	Guttural Yell
45	Guttural Yell
46	Tempered Fury
47	Invigorating Fury
48	Invigorating Fury
49	Invigorating Fury
Renown 1	Cut to the Bone
Renown 2	Cut to the Bone
Renown 3	Cut to the Bone
Renown 4	Aggressive Resistance
Renown 5	Prolific Fury
Renown 6	Prolific Fury
Renown 7	Prolific Fury
Renown 8	Pressure Point
Renown 9	Pressure Point
Renown 10	Pressure Point

When choosing weapons and techniques from the Barbarian’s unique skills, the Rend build favors two-handed swords. Therefore, we’d recommend equipping one of those in your main hand and two smaller swords for your off-hand weapons.

Legendary Aspects

While there are lots of useful Legendary Aspects in the Codex of Power that will help this build, there are three in particular that you need to prioritize for this build. Here’s what they are and where to find them:

• Offensive Aspect of the Expectant – (Underroot, Scosglen)
• ‍Edgemaster’s Offensive Aspect – (Oldstones, Scosglen)
• Utility Aspect of Anemia – (Kor Dragan Barracks, Fractured Peaks)

Each one will essentially buff your damage in various ways and make your Barbarian build even more powerful.

We’d recommend not imprinting these Aspects on your weapons, as you’re likely to replace these many times on your Leveling journey. Instead, add offensive Aspects to your jewelry, this way, it can continue to serve you well into endgame.

Seneschal Companion stones

To get the best out of the Seneschal Companion for this build, try to find and equip the following Governing and Turning Stones:

• Lightning Bolt (Governing)
• Fortify Support (Turning)
• Resource Support (Turning)
• Swift Support (Turning)

  
• Reconstruct (Governing)
• Safeguard Support (Turning)
• Tactical Support (Turning)
• Duration Support (Turning)

Best Barbarian endgame build

Once you get past level 50 and have seen the ending of Diablo 4, you’ll then enter the endgame. This means the build you used up to this point may no longer be viable. The above build is designed for leveling, but after this, there are other builds that will help you survive the difficulty spike.

Remember, if you want to switch from the above leveling build to the below endgame build, you’ll need to respec your skill points. We’ve included our recommendations for that build alongside the levels as a guide to which ones you should choose first, but you’ll still have all your points ready to allocate so could do them in any order you wish.

Here’s the best endgame Barbarian build in Diablo 4 which is currently the Double Swing Barbarian:

Active Skills	Passive Skills
Double Swing	Imposing Presence
Lunging Strike	Martial Vigor
War Cry	Booming Voice
Ground Stomp	Raid Leader
Rallying Cry	Guttural Yell
Challenging Shout	Pit Fighter
–	No Mercy
–	Aggressive Resistance
–	Counteroffensive
–	Dualist
–	Wallop
–	Invigorating Fury
–	Unbridled Rage

The Double Swing Barbarian build makes use of dual weapons. Of course, the Barbarian class can swing two-handed weapons in one single hand as part of their unqiue character skills.

Paragon Board

At level 50 you’ll gain access to the Paragon Board to continue building your character to level 100. Here are the boards you need to focus on to maximize the potential of the best endgame Barbarian build:

• Starting board
• Blood Rage board
• Decimator board
• Warbringer board
• Flawless Technique board

Glyphs

Here are the Glyphs we’d recommend activating as you work through the Paragon board:

Level 15

• ‍Ire
• ‍Territorial
• ‍Ambidextrous
• ‍Undaunted
• ‍Marshal
• ‍Wrath

Level 21

• ‍Ire
• ‍Wrath
• ‍Territorial
• ‍Ambidextrous
• ‍Marshal
• ‍Undaunted

Legendy Aspects

As this is an endgame build, it pays to unlock as many Legendary Aspects for the class as possible. Try to unlock the following Aspects as soon as possible to take advantage of their buffs, as each will have its own use within an endgame build:

• Berserk Ripping (Mournfield)
• ‍Disobedience (Halls of the Damned)
• ‍Edgemaster’s (Oldstones)
• ‍Echoing Fury (Siroccos Caverns)
• ‍Ghostwalker (Broken Bulwark)
• ‍Might (Dark Ravine)
• ‍Numbing Wrath (Heathen’s Keep)
• ‍Rapid (Buried Halls)
• ‍Relentless (Berserker’s Hakan’s Refuge)
• ‍Retribution (Abandoned Mineworks)
• ‍Shared Misery (Oblivion)
• ‍Unrelenting Fury (Hallowed Ossuary)

You can also find Aspects by gambling with Obols or farming through Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons.

Seneschal Companion stones

To get the best out of the Seneschal Companion for this build, try to find and equip the following Governing and Turning Stones:

• Lightning Bolt (Governing)
• Arching Support (Turning)
• Breaking Support (Turning)
• Efficiency Support (Turning)
  
• Flash of Adrenaline (Governing)
• Duration Support (Turning)
• Tactical Support (Turning)
• Safeguard Support (Turning)

Endgame Item build

Here are the items you should aim to equip for your endgame Barbarian build in Diablo 4:

Item name	Item type
Godslayer Crown	Helm
Steadfast Tunic of Audacity	Chest Armor
Smithing Runic Gloves	Gloves
Tibault’s Will	Pants
Ghost Walker Runic Cleats	Boots
Bonebreaker of Limitless	Main Hand
Accelerating Kingslayer	Offhand
Amulet of Disobedience	Amulet
Bold Chieftan’s Band	Ring 1
Band of Echoing Fury	Ring 2

Best Barbarian PvP build

Interestingly, the best PvP Barbarian build in Diablo 4 in the current meta is also the Double Swing Barbarian. To make the best possible Barbarian for PvP battles in Diablo 4, craft the Endgame build above, complete with items and Paragon information.

If you’re not feeling these builds, check out our alternative Barbarian builds guide.

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