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Even in Season of Witchcraft, the Barbarian inDiablo 4might feel like a very slow class to level up with. Most of its abilities are slow by design, but they hit extremely hard compared to other classes. However, there are a few builds for the Barbarian that goes against this convention by being much quicker in terms of both kill speed and mobility.
The following isaDiablo 4Barbarian buildmeant specifically for leveling up in Season 7. While it will work just fine in future seasons, it relies on one particular Season of Witchcraft power to turbocharge its clear speed.
Diablo 4 Season 7 Barbarian Leveling Build
This is a variation of the Bleed Thorns Barbarian build that caters more towards general mob clearing than boss killing. It is extremely efficient at dealing with large hordes of monsters at once, though it does slow down when fighting against major bosses with big health bars. It doesn’t require any Uniques to work, though it will need some very specific Legendary Aspects before it can start rolling.
Wrath of the Berserker
Ultimate Wrath of the Berserker
You’ll get bonus Thorns when you have max stacks of Combat Flay and whenever Challenging Shout is active. Pop Wrath of the Berserker before fighting a big elite pack or boss, and Rallying Cry when you get hit with crowd control. For general combat, make sure to keep Combat Flay’s stacks up at all times, and use Rend and Rupture to clear big groups.
You only need to max out Rend and Wrath of the Berserker. Use your spare points for Passive Skills or more levels for whichever Active Skill you prefer.
Passive Skills
Outburst and Tough as Nails will increase your Thorns significantly, especially once you get enough Maximum Life to benefit from Outburst. The rest of the passives are here for general stat boosts to offense, defense, and quality of life.
Gushing Woundsis the preferred keystone passive since you’ll be dealing a lot of Bleed damage. This makes it so that your Bleed effects scale with crit stats. By choosing this, you’ll be able to use items with crit chance and crit damage — if you decide to swap builds laterusingDiablo 4’snew Armory system, your pre-existing crit items won’t go to waste.
If you don’t care for crit stats, change Gushing Wounds toBarbed Carapace.
Season of Witchcraft Powers
Season 7 offers players 25 different powers to choose from courtesy of the witches serving the Tree of Whispers. For this build, we’ll be using the following:
Effect
Aura of Siphoning
Poisons all enemies near you. When upgraded, Aura of Siphoning heals you when it deals damage.
Shaken Soul
Eldritch powers apply Vulnerable to enemies. When upgraded, this effect is also applied by Psyche and Growth & Decay powers at half the duration.
Aura of Misfortune
Non-boss enemies are slowed. When upgraded, you gain movement speed, and attacks from nearby enemies have a chance of doing nothing.
Hex of Whispers
Every 5 seconds, inflict Hex of Whispers on your next instance of damage. The target takes Shadow Damage and passes the Hex to another target.
Soul Harvest
Gain bonus Primary Core Stat for each enemy near you when you use a Cooldown.
Vengeful Spirit Savant
Summon a Vengeful Spirit every X seconds, lasting for Y seconds. The spirit absorbs all damage you would otherwise take.
Once you start the endgame, you’ll be able to craft Occult Gems from Gelena near the Tree of Whispers. When that time comes, use the following:
Gear and Stats
All Legendary Aspects and gear pieces for this build will revolve around improving both Thorns and Bleed damage one way or another.Farming gear inDiablo 4is a lengthy process, and depending on how much you’ve played, getting the optimal items might take a while.
This Aspect setup, when paired with the Season of Witchcraft powers above, enables the following effects:
Paragon Boards
Diablo 4’sParagon Board systemlets players make meaningful progression even after they hit the level cap. Paragon bonuses vary from minor stat boosts to effects rivaling Legendary Aspects. For this build, we’ll be using the following (upgrades are required for some Glyphs fully work):
