Diablo IV Barbarian Guide: Skills, Tactics, Best Builds

Overview of the Barbarian class Diablo IV will demonstrate the skills of the character and talk about how to play as a Barbarian in the popular RPG.

This guide covers everything you need to know about the Barbarian, including an in-depth look at class gameplay, unique class mechanics, primary stats, all available skills, upgrades, and passives.

Facts about the Barbarian class in Diablo IV

• class archetype: Hand-to-hand combat, close combat
• class resource: Rage
• Damage types: Physical
• Class Skill Groups: Basic, Primary, Defensive, Pugnacious, Weapon Mastery, Ultimate
• Class Skill Examples: Whirlwind, Jump, Attack, Warcry, Hammer of the Ancients
• Unique class mechanics: Armory system: Equip four different weapons at the same time!
• Used weapons and armor: One-Handed/Two-Handed Slashing Weapons, One-Handed/Two-Handed Blunting Weapons, Two-Handed Weapons

Barbarian abilities in Diablo IV

Each class in Diablo IV has several skill groups from which you can choose your favorites. These skill groups categorize specific skills by attributes such as damage type or class theme. Below are some examples of skills. For a full list of skills, upgrades, and passives, see our Barbarian Skills overview.

Basic skills

FLAY	generate rage:9 | Physical Damage

IMPROVEMENTS FLAY

When Flay deals direct damage to an enemy, they take bleeding damage increased by 10% for the next 3 seconds.

When Flay deals direct damage, you gain 1% damage reduction and 4 spikes for 3 seconds. This stacks up to 5 times.

DOUBLE SWING

Rage cost:25 | Physical Damage

IMPROVEMENTS DOUBLE SWING

If a double strike deals damage to a stunned or knocked down enemy, gain 25 rage points.

CALL OF THE ANCIENTS

Recovery time: 50,0 seconds | Physical Damage

IMPROVEMENTS CALL OF THE ANCIENTS

While Call of the Ancients is active, increase Attack Speed ​​by +10% and Damage by 10%.

The Barbarian's ability to dismount in Diablo IV

Each class comes with a unique dismount ability that the player can activate. Players who are hit by an enemy will automatically dismount and will not be able to activate their dismount ability.

When barbarians activate their dismount ability, they will jump off their horse and hit the ground.

Unique mechanics for the Barbarian class in Diablo IV

The unique class mechanics in Diablo IV are class-exclusive systems that offer additional ways to further customize your class. These systems are also tightly woven into the class fantasy and attempt to provide an immersive gaming experience.

The Barbarian's unique class mechanic is the Arsenal system. The arsenal system allows barbarians to use four different weapons at the same time to fully utilize their skill set based on different weapon requirements. These are their four weapon slots:

• Two-handed club weapon
• Two-handed slashing weapon
• Main hand
• Off-hand

Depending on this requirement, the barbarian will use the correct weapon for the specific skill.

Experience is also part of the arsenal system, which grants bonus effects based on your experience with each type of weapon. This system comes with a vehicle slot, but it was not available during pre-build of the game.

Barbarian build in Diablo IV

Barbarian Item Slots in Diablo IV

Characters in Diablo IV can equip a total of 10 items in the following item slots: Head, Torso, Arms, Legs, Feet, Neck, Ring 1, Ring 2, Main Arm, and Out of Arm. Barbarians can equip a total of 12 items, with additional item slots being a two-handed bludgeoning weapon and a two-handed slashing weapon (granted via the class mechanic). Arsenal System).

The main characteristics of the Barbarians in Diablo IV

The primary statistics system is another way to further customize your class. The primary effects of each primary stat will differ depending on the class.

The barbarian's primary stats provide the following primary effects:

• Force
  • Increases skill damage by xX.X% (1 Strength = 0,1% skill damage)
• Intelligence
  • No effect.
• Willpower
  • Increases resource production by xX.X% (1 Willpower = 0,1% resource generation)
  • Increases Super Strength damage by +X.XX% (1 Willpower = 0,25% Super Strength Damage)
• Agility
  • Increases critical strike chance by +X.XX% (1 Agility = 0,02% Critical Chance)

Each primary stat also comes with a secondary defensive effect that is the same for all classes:

• Force
  • Increases armor by +X (1 Strength = 1 Armor)
• Intelligence
  • Increases all resistances by +X.XX% (1 Intelligence = 0,05% of total resistance)
• Willpower
  • Improves healing received by +X.XX% (1 Willpower = 0,1% Healing Received)
• Agility
  • Increases the chance to dodge attacks by +X.XX% (1 Agility = 0,025% Dodge Chance)

The guide will be updated with useful information! The work is not finished, we are waiting for the release of the game!

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