Best Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3: Leveling and endgame

The best Barbarian builds in Diablo 4’s Season 3 will depend largely on what you’re doing in the game. Universal builds are rare, after all. When leveling, players will want to have a particular setup, while endgame content requires different gear, abilities, and, of course, builds.

No matter what you’re doing, you’re going to be building rage and slaughtering the forces of Hell, so we’re here to help. We’ll go over, in detail, the best build that you should run in the Season of the Construct.

At this time, we’re just adding the most useful leveling build; the endgame build will come after we’ve had more time to delve deep into the pits of Hell. It’s also worth noting that the best Barbarian builds in Diablo 4 are subjective—you may disagree and prefer a completely different build, and that’s perfectly fine.

Best Barbarian build in Diablo 4 Season 3 for leveling

1) Strategy and point placement

It's all about Rend and Flay (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Out of the best Barbarian builds in Diablo 4 Season 3 for leveling, the most powerful one is Rend Barbarian. We’re focusing on Barbarian first because, let’s be honest, it’s the most powerful class in the game. Also popular in the previous game, Rend Barbarian uses Rend, predictably, on groups of enemies and then finishing off foes with Death Blow.

Rend and Flay help give out Vulnerability stacks and make enemies Bleed. We’ll use the Walking Arsenal key passive to increase our overall damage as well. This build shreds through packs of enemies, and Death Blow finishes them off and almost always resets the cooldown in this, making it one of the best Barbarian builds in Diablo 4.

There’s a very particular set of skills you’ll want to be targeting as you play the best Barbarian build in Diablo 4. Before we dive into specific skill points, here are the attacks and abilities you want to use:

Rend
Flay
Rallying Cry
Death Blow
Leap
Wrath of the Berserker (Ultimate)

Your first 26 points are all focused on getting the build online and having all the specific attacks you want. Then, you can worry about your Key Passive (Walking Arsenal), as well as the useful passive abilities. You can find a table below of all the points you’ll want to put down and in what order:

Skill Point	Ability/Attack
1	Flay
2	Enhanced Flay
3	Combat Flay
4	Rend
5	Enhanced Rend
6	Violent Rend
7	Rallying Cry
8	Enhanced Rallying Cry
9	Tactical Rallying Cry
10	Rend Level 2
11	Rend Level 3
12	Leap
13	Enhanced Leap
14	Power Leap
15	Rend Level 4
16	Rend Level 5
17	Death Blow
18	Enhanced Death Blow
19	Warrior's Death Blow
20	Hamstring Level 1
21	Cut to the Bone Level 1
22	Cut to the Bone Level 2
23	Cut to the Bone Level 3
24	Wrath of the Berserker
25	Prime Wrath of the Berserker
26	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker
26-30	Death Blow Levels 2-5
30-33	Swiftness Levels 1-3
34	Walking Arsenal
35	Imposing Presence Level 1
36-38	Martial Vigor Levels 1-3
39-41	Pit Fighter Levels 1-3
42	Thick Skin Level 1
43-45	Defensive Stance Levels 1-3
46-48	Counteroffensive Levels 1-3
49-51	Heavy Handed Levels 1-3
52-55	Leap Levels 2-5
56-58	Slaying Strike Levels 1-3

In addition, you’ll want very specific Legendary Aspects. These will enhance our Bleeding damage and take a few for improving our defensives. Here’s a list of abilities to keep an eye out for if you don’t have them unlocked already:

Aspect of Berserk Ripping
Aspect of Might
Aspect of Disobedience
Iron Blood Aspect

2) Equipment options for Barbarians in Diablo 4

While you're leveling, it's not always going to be easy to get the ideal stats and affixes on your gear. In particular, focus on your main weapon being a Two-handed sword. You want at least one one-hander and one bludgeoning weapon in your off-hand slots.

Each gear slot has its own ideal stat choices, as well as Legendary Affixes. We'll go over those in the table below so you know what to look out for:

Gear Slot	Affixes	Legendary Aspect
Helm	Cooldown Reduction, Attack Speed, Maximum Life, Resistances	Aspect of Might
Chest	Maximum Life, Damage Reduction while Fortified, DR from Close Enemies, DR from Enemies that are Bleeding	Aspect of Dominance
Gloves	Critical Strike Chance, Rend Ranks, Attack Speed, Strength	Aspect of Anemia
Pants	Maximum Life, DR while Fortified, DR from Close enemies, DR from Enemies that are Bleeding	Iron Blood Aspect
Boots	Movement Speed, DR while Injured, Fury Cost Reduction, Resistances	Ghostwalker Aspect
Amulet	Cooldown Reduction, Fury Cost Reduction, DR while Fortified, Ultimate Skill Damage	Aspect of Bul-Kathos
Rings	Critical Strike Chance, Vulnerable Damage, Maximum Life, Resource Generation	Aspect of the Relentless Armsmaster
Weapons	Strength, Vulnerable Damage, Damage to Bleeding Enemies, Core Skill Damage	See Below

Since a Barbarian can wield four weapons, I wanted to exclude them from the table. For your Slashing weapon, you want Edgemaster's Aspect. For your off-hand Bludgeoning option, take Aspect of the Expectant. Then, for your dual-wield choices, Rapid Aspect and Aspect of Berserk Ripping.

3) What Seneschal Construct Companion Powers to take while leveling up

Here's what your robot pal needs (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

As a part of the best Barbarian build in Diablo 4, you don’t really need a damage-dealing construct. Instead, when picking the Seneschal construct abilities, you’ll want to consider a tanky build. Here are your Governing Stones and Tuning Stones to consider:

Governing Stones

Protect: Creates a protective Barrier on the player for a portion of their Maximum Life.
Reconstruct: The construct channels a healing beam on the player for a portion of their Maximum Life over a set time

Tuning Stones

Safeguard Support: When used, the supported Skill grants Damage Reduction to you.
Fortify Support: When the Seneschal Construct uses the supported Skill, you gain Fortify. Skills with slower attack speeds or skills with cooldowns will increase the amount of Fortify granted.
Tactical Support: Decrease the cooldown of the supported Skill.
Duration Support: Supported Skills have their durations increased.
Initiative Support: The supported Skill will cause the Seneschal Construct to teleport to the target if out of range. It can only occur once every so often seconds.