If you’ve been following the Diablo series for a long time, then you know how far the barbarian class has come in Diablo IV. For those who don’t know, the Barbarian specializes in dealing physical damage. But some players don’t understand what skills, perks or talents to invest their points into. Don’t worry, we’ve rounded up the different skill types to focus on for this build. So, check out our guide to the best Diablo 4 barbarian build for single players, along with her skills and talents.
Best Barbarian Build, Skills and Talents in Diablo 4
Before we start with the Barbarian build, be sure to unlock the Arsenal system at Tier 5 in Diablo IV. Once you unlock this system, you will be able to equip four weapons at the same time. With more weapons, you can deal more damage to your enemies.
So, here are the best Diablo 4 Barbarian build and skills for solo players looking to deal the most damage:
Core Skills
Bash or Flay
- For Bash 5/5:
- Improved kick
- combat strike
- For Torture 5/5:
- Improved freshness
- Combat livestock
Basic Skills (Rage)
- Rend (5/5)
- Improved Gap
- Purple Rend
Defensive Skills
Rally Cry (1/5) or Ground Stomp (1/5)
- For the rallying cry:
- Empowered War Cry
- Strategic battle cry
- For ground stomp:
- Improved Ground Slam
- Strategic ground strike
Combat skills
- Impact (3/5)
- Charging (3/5)
Weapon proficiency
- Gap (4/5)
- Improved Gap
- Fighter Gap
Ultimate Skills
- Wrath of the Berserker
- Basic
- Supreme
Best barbarian build (explained)
Of all the skills, Rift and Rift can help you defeat the toughest bosses in Diablo IV solo. The Rend skill can inflict heavy damage and a bleeding effect. Whereas Rupture can pierce through enemies, dealing damage based on total bleeding. So, that’s why we chose the above skills:
- Bash: Hit an enemy with your weapon. His fourth hit can stun your enemies.
- Skinning: Deals damage and inflicts a bleed effect.
- Rend: Inflicts high damage and a bleed effect with slashing weapons.
- Enhanced Rend: Deals direct damage, increases the duration of Vulnerable to enemies.
- Violent Rend: Increases damage dealt to vulnerable enemies.
- Ground Stomp: Deals AoE damage and stuns your enemies.
- Rallying Cry: Alternatively, you can use this skill to increase your movement speed and get more resources.
- Kick: Deals knockback damage and knocks back enemies in front of you. Doesn’t need a weapon to use the skill.
- Dash: Charges forward at enemies, dealing knockback damage. Any full arsenal of weapons is needed.
- Rupture: Causes enemies and piercing enemies to deal damage based on the total amount of bleeding.
- Enhanced Rupture: This skill causes an explosion that removes the bleeding effect.
- Fighter Rupture: When you hit an enemy, your attack speed is increased.
- Wrath of the Berserker: Allows you to develop the Berserker skill and become unstoppable.
- Might: Increases movement speed and generates rage while the skill is active.
- Supreme: Increases damage per cost of 50 rage while the skill is active.
But apart from the skills mentioned above, you can also invest your skill points into other skills for the Diablo 4 barbarian class. However, you can override skills to experiment more with the barbarian build. Or you can check out our recommendations for choosing the best Diablo IV build calculator.
That’s all for the best barbarian build and skills in Diablo 4. If you enjoyed this guide, check out our guides to the best Wizard build, how to create a clan or join a clan, how to get a Temptation Mount, and other Diablo IV guides in our dedicated Diablo section.