Tips to Build Your Barbarian in Diablo IV Season 1: Season of the Malignant

If you’ve chosen a Barbarian for Diablo IV Season 1, you need to know the best Skills and Aspects to use to get the most out of your build. Here’s what might end up working for you for the next few weeks.

What is the best Barbarian build for Diablo IV Season 1?

Before Season 1, Barbarian relied heavily on Hammer of the Ancients to deal devastating damage in Diablo IV. The meta has been shaken up slightly for Season of the Malignant, but Hammer of the Ancients still reigns supreme when it comes to Barbarian. However, there are some slight tweaks.

Which Barbarian Skills should I pick in Diablo IV Season 1?

For a Barbarian, I recommend you spend your Skill Points on the following Skills:

• Hammer of the Ancients
• Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients
• Furious Hammer of the Ancients
• Lunging Strike
• Enhanced Lunging Strike
• Battle Lunging Strike
• War Cry
• Enhanced War Cry
• Power War Cry
• Challenging Shout
• Enhanced Challenging Shout
• Tactical Challenging Shout
• Rallying Cry
• Enhanced Rallying Cry
• Tactical Rallying Cry
• Wrath of the Berserker
• Prime Wrath of the Berserker
• Supreme Wrath of the Berserker

Choose the following buffs and passives to accompany your Barbarian Skills:

• Heavy Handed
• Wallop
• Concussion
• Unbridled Rage
• Pressure Point
• Aggressive Resistance
• Prolific Fury
• Booming Voice
• Raid Leader
• Hamstring
• No Mercy

Which Aspects should I use in my build?

With your Skills squared away, it’s essential that you pick Aspects that allow you to get the most out of them. I recommend you go for the following for your Berserker in Diablo IV Season 1:

• Aspect of Ancestral Force: Hammer of the Ancients emits an outward quake that deals a percentage of damage to enemies.
• Edgemaster’s Aspect: Skills deal increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast. You receive the maximum benefit when your Primary Resource is full.
• Aspect of the Expectant: Using a Basic Skill increases your next Core Skill damage by up to 30%.
• Aspect of Berserk Ripping: While Berserking, inflict up to 30% of the Base damage dealt as additional Bleeding damage over five seconds.

Diablo IV is available now on the PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.