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Perfected Juggernaut Barbarian Build (Level 70+ Build)

The Perfected Juggernaut Endgame Build is the evolved version of the Juggernaut Diablo 4 Midgame Barbarian Build that doesn’t use a single Shout Skill, and instead, constantly swaps Weapons to deal massive damage to any type of enemy!

Overview

• Class: Barbarian
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Active Skills: Lunging Strike, Hammer of the Ancients, Ground Stomp, Iron Skin, Death Blow, Iron Maelstrom
• Passive Skills: Imposing Presence, Martial Vigor, Swiftness (Optional), Pit Fighter, No Mercy, Expose Vulnerability, Tempered Fury, Furious Impulse, Wallop, Brute Force, Concussion, Walking Arsenal
• Weapon Technique: Two-Handed Axe Expertise
• Weapons: Highest Two-Handed Weapons with Best Bonuses like Overkill
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like 100,000 Steps and The Butcher’s Cleaver
• Bonuses Wanted: Maximum Fury, Ranks of Death Blow, Hammer of the Ancients; All Stats, Damage While Berserking, Total Armor, Damage, Damage to Skills that Swap to New Weapons, Physical Damage, Critical Strike Chance, Damage After Killing an Elite, Damage Reduction, Healing Received, Movement Speed, Damage to Close Enemies, Core Skill Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Critical Strike Damage, Damage to Stunned Enemies, Strength, Ranks of Passives, Damage with Two-Handed Slashing Weapons, Damage After Killing an Elite, Physical Damage
• Legendary Aspects: Luckbringer Aspect or Aspect of Numbing Wrath, Aspect of the Protector, Weapon Master’s Aspect, Aspect of the Iron Warrior, Wind Striker Aspect, Aspect of Retribution, Aspect of Limitless Rage, Conceited Aspect, Aspect of Encroaching Wrath, Edgemaster’s Aspect, Aspect of Ancestral Force, Earthstriker’s Aspect
• Paragon Boards: Bone Breaker, Warbringer, Weapon Master

This Diablo IV Build is a continuation of our Lvl 50 Hammer of the Ancients Juggernaut Build, making some adjustments to maximize performance thanks to the Paragon Boards and Glyphs. The general idea with this D4 Build remains the same. You’ll use Lunging Strike to close the gap with the enemies, followed by Ground Stomp to Stun them. Then, you’ll use Hammer of the Ancients to deal massive AoE damage, and finally Death Blow to finish off any remaining targets. For big groups of enemies, you’ll be using Iron Maelstrom, which decimates everything on the screen while cycling through all Weapons.

The best thing about this Diablo 4 Juggernaut Endgame Build is how engaging it is to play compared to most Barbarian Builds. Most Barbarians rely on Shouts to provide you with passive bonuses and increased damage, leaving you with only 1 or 2 active Skills that you actually use in combat, which becomes boring very fast. On the other hand, this Diablo 4 Barbarian Build gives you a ton of active Skills that you can use depending on the situation, making it feel fresh and rewarding at the same time.

Both Hammer of the Ancients and Death Blow deal an insane amount of damage, and you’ll often see damage by the millions on the screen when landing Critical Strikes.

Ice Vortex Barbarian Build (Level 70 Build)

This Lvl 70 – Whirlwind Barbarian, has the added twist that it also chills enemies. This build deals very high damage and allows you to quickly clear content as soon as you hit Tier IV.

Overview

• Class: Barbarian
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Active Skills: Lunging Strike, Whirlwind, Rallying Cry, Challenging Shout, War Cry, Wrath of the Berserker
• Passive Skills: Pressure Point, Booming Voice, Raid Leader, Aggressive Resistance, Prolific Fury, Pit Fighter, No Mercy, Hamstring, Thick Skin, Counteroffensive, Heavy Handed, Unbridled Rage
• Weapon Technique: Two-Handed Axe Expertise
• Weapons: Highest Two-Handed Weapons and Polearms with Best Bonuses. The Grandfather
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses. Harlequin Crest, Rage of Harrogath, Gohr's Devastating Grips or Frostburn, Temerity, Penitent Greaves
• Bonuses Wanted: Damage with Two-Handed Weapons, Ranks of Whirlwind and Shout Skills, Damage to Close Enemies, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Damage to Bleeding Enemies, Core Skill Damage, Critical Strike Damage Bonus, Damage with Two-Handed Slashing Weapons, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies, Damage Over Time, Damage While Berserking, Shout Skill Cooldown Reduction, Cooldown Reduction, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, Maximum Life, Damage Reduction
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind, Aspect of the Protector, Aspect of Anemia, Aspect of Numbing Wrath, Ghostwalker Aspect, Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind, Aspect of the Expectant, Conceited Aspect, Aspect of Limitless Rage, Edgemaster's Aspect, Aspect of Echoing Fury, Bold Chieftain's Aspect

This whirlwind build has an insane clear speed, allowing you to deal with massive packs of elites in a matter of seconds, while also providing you with max speed at almost all times, which greatly reduces the time it takes to clear a Dungeon. The main difference with other Whirlwind builds is that we’ll be using the Penitent Greaves as a crowd control mechanic.

The Penitent Greaves leave a trail of frost that chills enemies when they stand on top of it, greatly reducing both their movement and attack speed. This allows to easily handle big packs of enemies and allows you to have a better control of the battlefield.

The build is very easy to set up, but has a wide variety of option to further improve it, making it perfect for both players that are just starting with Tier IV, and for players that are looking to quickly farm experience, Nightmare Dungeons or loot in general, as it allows you to clear content many levels above your current without breaking a sweat.

Remember that to maximize damage, you’ll need to build up both Aspect of Limitless Rage and Aspect of the Expectant. To do so, simply use a couple of lunging strikes and keep an eye on top of your skill bar, where you’ll see both buffs. Once the number are at max, you’ll be able to cast whirlwind at its full power.

When using shouts, make sure to hit as many enemies as possible to further reduce their cooldown. If you are using Rallying Cry to navigate the dungeon, use War Cry and Challenging Shout as well, as the paragon glyph will help with cooldowns.

I highly recommend that you spend your Obols on rings, since this will allow you to get good versions of both Aspect of Echoing Fury and Bold Chieftain’s Aspect

Remember to craft and drink Precision Elixirs, which increases both critical strike chance and critical strike damage, further boosting the build performance.

This build is designed to fight multiple enemies at once, so try to run dungeons with tight corridors and big packs.

Whirlwind Barbarian Build (Beginner Build)

The Whirlwind Barbarian Beginner Build is a melee Diablo 4 Barbarian Build that quickly kills large groups of enemies.

Overview

• Class: Barbarian
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Active Skills: Lunging Strike, Whirlwind, Rallying Cry, War Cry, Wrath of the Berserker
• Passive Skills: Pressure Point, Booming Voice, Aggressive Resistance, Prolific Fury
• Weapon Technique: Two-Handed Axe Expertise or Two-Handed Sword Expertise
• Weapons: Highest Two-Handed Weapons with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Strength, Ranks of Active Skills and Whirlwind, Damage to Close Enemies, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Critical Strike Damage Bonus, Fury Cost Reduction
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind, Aspect of Berserk Ripping, Aspect of Ancestral Echoes, Aspect of Anemia, Aspect of Disobedience, Aspect of the Protector, Iron Blood Aspect, Aspect of Echoing Fury

The main feature of this Diablo 4 Whirlwind Barbarian Build is the Whirlwind Skill, which deals damage to multiple enemies at the same time allowing you to decimate huge groups in seconds.

The idea is to start by using Lunging Strike to close the gap between you and the enemies, followed by Rallying Cry to generate enough Fury before activating Whirlwind. Once you have them in your clutches, you should trigger War Cry to acquire Berserking in order to significantly improve your damage. These combinations of buffs will allow this Diablo IV Barbarian Build to maintain Whirlwind while moving forward through any dungeon without having to worry about Fury as long as there are enemies you can hit.

For Elites and Boss fights, you can activate Wrath of the Berserker for an even greater boost in damage and Movement Speed of this D4 Build. Since Shout Skills have a limited duration, you'll need to manage them depending on the situation.

Vortex Barbarian Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Vortex Midgame Build is the evolved version of the Whirlwind Diablo 4 Barbarian Build that makes you stronger while fighting more enemies and annihilating them by swinging your Polearm.

Overview

• Class: Barbarian
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Active Skills: Lunging Strike, Whirlwind, Charge, Rallying Cry, War Cry, Wrath of the Berserker
• Passive Skills: Pressure Point, Imposing Presence, Swiftness, Booming Voice, Raid Leader, Aggressive Resistance, Prolific Fury, Pit Fighter, No Mercy, Slaying Strike, Hamstring, Cut to the Bone, Heavy Handed, Tempered Fury, Invigorating Fury, Unconstrained
• Weapon Technique: One-Handed Sword Expertise
• Weapons: Highest Two-Handed Weapons and Polearms with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Damage with Two-Handed Weapons, Ranks of Whirlwind and Shout Skills, Damage to Close Enemies, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Damage to Bleeding Enemies, Core Skill Damage, Critical Strike Damage Bonus, Damage with Two-Handed Slashing Weapons, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies, Damage Over Time, Damage While Berserking, Shout Skill Cooldown Reduction, Cooldown Reduction, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, Maximum Life, Damage Reduction
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind, Aspect of Berserk Ripping, Aspect of Ancestral Echoes, Aspect of Anemia, Aspect of Disobedience, Aspect of the Protector, Iron Blood Aspect, Aspect of Echoing Fury, Aspect of the Umbral, Wind Striker Aspect.; The great Luck Drop Legendary Aspects to have are the Bold Chieftain's Aspect, Accelerating Aspect, Dust Devil's Aspect, Aspect of Grasping Whirlwind in place of the Aspect of Ancestral Echoes and Dust Devil's Aspect, Aspect of Burning Rage, Aspect of Limitless Rage, Skullbreaker's Aspect, and Aspect of Berserk Fury if you're still having issues with Fury.
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Wrath with the Carnage Barbarian Paragon Board

This Diablo 4 Vortex Barbarian Build takes from where the Diablo IV Whirlwind Barbarian Beginner Build left off and uses the additional Skill points to boost your damage output, Fury generation, HP regeneration, and overall speed. You'll also be adding the Charge Skill for an additional Unstoppable alternative, and swapping the Weapon Expertise and Technique. You won't be changing any other regular Active Skills, and just focus on passives to further increase your efficiency, trying to achieve almost 100% uptime.

This D4 Barb Build combines many different mechanics into one, to create the ultimate Whirlwind. The idea is to use your Shouts to boost your Fury generation, increase your damage and set up Berserking. Once those effects are active, you'll start using Whirlwind, which will apply Vulnerable, Bleeding, and Slow to enemies. Many effects on this Diablo 4 Build are triggered by Lucky Hit Chance, which is increased by the Polearm Weapon Expertise. The longer you use Whirlwind, the higher the Critical Strike Chance you'll have, which will eventually trigger an Attack Speed boost. The increased Attack Speed will increase the Lucky Hits and Critical Strikes, creating a snowball effect that turns you into an unstoppable killing machine.

Bloody Barbarian Build (Beginner Build)

The Bloody Barbarian Beginner Build is a melee-based Damage Over Time Diablo 4 Barbarian Build that focuses on setting the Bleeding status using Rend and finishing off enemies with Death Blow.

Overview

• Class: Barbarian
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Active Skills: Frenzy, Rend, Challenging Shout, Iron Skin, Leap, Death Blow
• Passive Skills: Pressure Point, Hamstring
• Weapon Technique: Two-Handed Axe Expertise or Two-Handed Sword Expertise
• Weapons: Highest Two-Handed Weapons with Best Bonuses
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Damage to Slowed Enemies, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies, Ranks of Rend and Death Blow, Damage to Close Enemies, Basic Skill Damage, Strength, Critical Strike Chance, Damage Over Time
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of Anemia, Slaking Aspect, Edgemaster's Aspect, Rapid Aspect, Aspect of the Protector, Conceited Aspect, Aspect of the Iron Warrior

The general strategy for this Diablo 4 Bloody Barbarian Build is to use Rend to soften up enemies with a good amount of Bleeding damage, before finishing them off with Death Blow. Both of these attacks hit in an AoE cone in front of you, allowing you to strike many enemies at once, which is what makes this Diablo IV Barbarian Build so good. You can wipe out many enemies at once, often in a single attack.

Fury is not a problem for this D4 Build because of the Fighter's Death Blow and Furious Rend passive Skills which generate Fury, as well as the Slaking Aspect. This allows you to focus on mainly using these 2 damaging Skills, and not having to worry about using a Basic Skill like Frenzy to generate Fury all that often (unless you muff up Death Blow).

Beyond this, we also use Skills to help keep us alive like Challenging Shout and Iron Skin, which come in handy when surrounded by many enemies at once, or when fighting a tough boss. And Leap is here to be able to get back to Bosses quickly or get out of sticky situations.

Blood-Soaked Barbarian Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Blood-Soaked Midgame Build is the evolved version of the Bloody Diablo 4 Barbarian Build that stacks Bleeding damage on enemies and rips them apart by creating a bloody explosion!

Overview

• Class: Barbarian
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Active Skills: Flay, Rend, Ground Stomp, Iron Skin, Challenging Shout, Leap, Rupture
• Passive Skills: Imposing Presence, Martial Vigor, Pit Fighter, No Mercy, Expose Vulnerability, Hamstring, Cut to the Bone, Heavy Handed, Gushing Wounds
• Weapon Technique: Two-Handed Axe Expertise
• Weapons: Fields of Crimson Unique Two-Handed Sword
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses
• Bonuses Wanted: Damage with Two-Handed Slashing Weapons, Ranks of Rupture, Rend, and Other Active Skills, Damage to Bleeding Enemies, Damage Over Time, Damage to Slowed Enemies, Core Skill Damage, Physical Damage, Damage to Stunned Enemies, Damage to Close Enemies, Vulnerable Damage Bonus, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, Damage Reduction, Maximum Life
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of the Umbral, Slaking Aspect, Aspect of Anemia, Aspect of Perpetual Stomping, Aspect of Retribution, Aspect of Bul-Kathos, Aspect of the Iron Warrior, Iron Blood Aspect, Weapon Master's Aspect, Aspect of Encroaching Wrath, Skullbreaker's Aspect, Earthquake Aspect
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Bloodfeeder and Disembowel with the Blood Rage Barbarian Paragon Board

This Diablo 4 Blood-Soaked Barbarian Build takes from where the Diablo IV Bloody Barbarian Beginner Build left off and makes the necessary adjustments to be able to effectively clear World Tier 3 content. We'll not only be swapping out some Skills, but the overall way this Build play changes as well but don't worry because you'll still be bleeding out your enemies to death). This is a very fun Barbarian Diablo 4 Build to play, that requires you to constantly engage with different combos and to adjust your strategy depending on what's happening on the battlefield, allowing it to remain fresh even after a long play session. 

First, you'll notice that we are not using any Basic Skills to generate Fury (except while fighting Bosses). Instead, we are using a combination of Leap and Ground Stomp to start off engagements. This will generate enough Fury to get Rend going as well as create two pairs of earthquakes that deal Physical Damage, and provide both increased damage and Damage Reduction.

While enemies are stunned, this D4 Barb Build will use Rend and start applying Bleeding until their bar is almost full. Then, we'll use Rupture to instantly consume the remaining Bleeding on them. Rupture will heal us for 15% of our Maximum Life, and create both a blood explosion and a blood pool, both dealing even more Bleeding damage to any remaining enemies.

For big groups of enemies, we'll use Challenging Shout to reduce incoming damage and further boost Fury acquisition, while we keep Iron Skin as a last resort option for when we are crowd controlled or really low on Health. Remember to replace Leap with Flay before fighting a Boss. This will help you with Fury Generation and increase single-target Bleeding damage.

Juggernaut Barbarian Build (Level 50-70 Build)

The Juggernaut Midgame Build uses a combo-playstyle to inflict massive damage on enemies. It's a very engaging Build that provides a very fast clear speed, and is suitable for players who like seeing big numbers on the screen and destroying bosses in seconds!

Overview

• Class: Barbarian
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Active Skills: Lunging Strike, Hammer of the Ancients, Ground Stomp, Iron Skin, Death Blow, Iron Maelstrom
• Passive Skills: Imposing Presence, Martial Vigor, Swiftness (Optional), Pit Fighter, No Mercy, Expose Vulnerability, Tempered Fury, Furious Impulse, Wallop, Brute Force, Concussion, Walking Arsenal
• Weapon Technique: Two-Handed Axe Expertise
• Weapons: Ramaladni's Magnum Opus Unique One-Handed Sword
• Armor: Highest Armor with the Best Bonuses like the 100,000 Steps Unique Boots
• Bonuses Wanted: Maximum Fury, Ranks of Death+Blow, Hammer of the Ancients, and Passives, Damage to Skills that Swap to New Weapons, Damage with Two-Handed Slashing Weapons, Damage with Two-Handed Bludgeoning Weapons, Damage to Stunned Enemies, Core Skill Damage, Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies, Strength, Overpower Damage, Damage to Close Enemies, Physical Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Critical Strike Damage, Damage After Killing an Elite, Damage Reduction from Close Enemies, Maximum Life, Damage Reduction
• Legendary Aspects: Aspect of Ancestral Force, Weapon Master's Aspect, Aspect of Encroaching Wrath, Aspect of the Iron Warrior, Luckbringer Aspect, Earthstriker's Aspect, Edgemaster's Aspect, Aspect of Retribution, Aspect of the Protector, Aspect of Limitless Rage,
• Paragon Board Glyphs: Mortal Draw with the Bone Breaker Barbarian Paragon Board

The feature of this Diablo 4 Juggernaut Barbarian Build is the Walking Arsenal Key Passive, which motivates you to constantly swap Weapons while attacking enemies. The main limitation is the amount of Fury that you can spend in combination with the cooldown of some Skills. To overcome this, we'll use a combination of Legendary Aspects, Skills, and passives that will allow us to maintain 100% uptime while keeping the Fury gauge at max at all times.

This Barbarian D4 Build allows you to engage enemies in many different ways, but the general idea is to start off with Lunging Strike (Dual-Wielded) and then using Ground Stomp to Stun enemies. You'll follow up with Death Blow (Slashing) and finally strike with Hammer of the Ancients (Bludgeoning). If any enemy remains alive, you'll use Death Blow again to finish them off and continue into the next group. From here, you'll want to swap to Lunging Strike – HOTA – Death+Blow as your regular combo, but you can adapt to different scenarios as required. If you are getting overrun or facing multiple elites, you can unleash the Iron Maelstrom Ultimate, which decimates everything in the screen while cycling through all your weapons.

This Diablo IV Barb Build acts similar to a glass cannon, as you'll sacrifice some defensive Skills to maximize damage output, but this isn't an issue as you'll be constantly applying Stun, and you kill stuff so fast that they won't even have a chance to strike back.