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Best Beginner Barbarian Build For Vessel Of Hatred

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A Barbarian wears thick armor with weapons slung across her back.

Screenshot: Blizzard / Kotaku

Barbarians have been a mainstay in Diablo for a long time at this point, and Diablo IV has revamped them significantly. Weapon masters of the highest order, they have a versatile set of abilities they can use to trample through enemies and carve a path to victory. As a live-service game, Diablo IV has gone through a few changes, so if you’ve checked out for a little bit and are returning with the hopes of building the best possible Barbarian, read on.

This guide covers my favorite leveling and endgame build, currently, which is the Frenzied Upheaval build. It has a balanced set of abilities that help with crowd control, defense, and attacks at both the close and mid-range.

A screenshot of Diablo 4 shows a skill tree with specific skills selected.

Screenshot: Blizzard / Kotaku

You’ll attack with Frenzy to boost your attack speed, then switch to Upheaval to spend your Fury. Use Ground Stomp and Iron Skin to deal damage and stay alive, then use Mighty Throw to bomb small groups of enemies and stun them.

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Note: One key thing you’ll need to do is set your weapon-based abilities to different types of equipped weapons once you get Walking Arsenal, then make sure you are rotating between those abilities to keep the buffs up for maximum damage.

A screenshot of Diablo 4 shows a skill tree with specific skills selected.

Screenshot: Blizzard / Kotaku

Beginner Leveling Build – Barbarian

Basic Skills

Core Skills

  • Upheaval 5/5 – Furious Upheaval

Defensive Skills

  • Ground Stomp – Tactical Ground Stomp
  • Iron Skin – Tactical Iron Skin
  • Belligerence 3/3

Brawling Skills

  • Charge – Power Charge
  • Swiftness 3/3

Weapon Mastery Skills

  • Mighty Throw – Warrior’s Mighty Throw
  • Pit Fighter

Ultimate Skills

Key Passive

Now that the fires of your rage have been stoked, carve a path of destruction through the forces of Hatred and bring peace (however short lived) back to Sanctuary, Wanderer.

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