The Barbarian has always been a formidable force in PvP in the Diablo franchise. Known for their exceptional mobility and high life pool, they have dominated the battlefield. However, Diablo 4 presents an even more exciting opportunity for gamers to experience the full potential of a Barbarian in combat.
In the Fields of Hatred, no class should underestimate the power of a Barbarian with a strong PvP build. Even when faced with opponents who can restrict movement or skill usage, there is a specific build for the Barbarian that can still emerge victorious.
Skill Tree
Skill | Points |
Flay | 5 |
Enhanced Flay | 1 |
Combat Flay | 1 |
Rend | 5 |
Enhanced Rend | 1 |
Violent Rend | 1 |
Pressure Point | 3 |
Outburst | 3 |
Tough as Nails | 3 |
Leap | 5 |
Enhanced Leap | 1 |
Mighty Leap | 1 |
Swiftness | 3 |
Quick Impulses | 1 |
Rupture | 5 |
Enhanced Rupture | 1 |
Fighter's Rupture | 1 |
Hamstring | 3 |
Cut to the Bone | 3 |
Steel Grasp | 5 |
Enhanced Steel Grasp | 1 |
Warrior's Steel Grasp | 1 |
Iron Maelstrom | 1 |
Prime Iron Maelstrom | 1 |
Supreme Iron Maelstrom | 1 |
Gushing Wounds | 1 |
Players can invest a total of 58 skill points at the maximum level with all the Renown gathered. This PvP Barbarian build is designed to deliver devastating bleed damage, slows, and vulnerability while maintaining excellent mobility. Additionally, if the opponent manages to catch the Barbarian off-guard, the build allows for some return damage, ultimately hurting the opponent as well.
Paragon Boards
This ability presents enemies with a dilemma. If they choose to flee, they risk being dragged back by Steel Grasp, while the user's added mobility with Leap makes it difficult to outrun them. Alternatively, they can engage in a fight, but this exposes them to significant bleed and thorns damage.
Board | Paragon/Legendary Nodes | Glyph |
Start | Raw Power, Brawn | Disembowel |
Hemorrhage | Lacerator, Hemorrhage, Flayer, Grit, Butcher | Bloodfeeder |
Blood Rage | Blood Rage, Grit, Revel, Craving | Revenge |
Warbringer | Guarded Advance, Warbringer, Raw Power | Territorial |
Weapons Master | Raw Power, brute, Weapons Master | Undaunted |
Understanding how the paragon boards and glyphs work can be a bit challenging. It involves adjusting the boards in a way that allows them to flow smoothly. While reaching the maximum of 200 paragon points may be difficult, those who do will gain significant enhancements to their powers.
Listing every single node can be overwhelming and difficult to follow. However, players can easily navigate between the major nodes provided. It's important to ensure that all relevant stat bonus nodes within the designated glyph areas are purchased.
Gear
To maximize the effectiveness of a bleed-first build, it's important to prioritize spending paragon points on the Hemorrhage and Blood Rage boards. It's also worth noting that bleed damage is based on physical damage, so any nodes that increase physical damage will also enhance your bleed damage output.
Slot | Aspect/Piece |
Helm | Harlequin Crest |
Chest | Razorplate |
Gloves | Skullbreaker's Aspect |
Pants | Iron Blood Aspect |
Boots | Aspect of Anemia |
Amulet | Weapon Master's Aspect |
Ring | Aspect of Encroaching Wrath |
Ring | Needleflare Aspect |
Two-Handed Slashing | Ancients' Oath |
Two-Handed Bludgeoning | Edgemaster's Aspect |
Main Hand | Ramaladni's Magnum Opus |
Off-Hand | Doombringer |
The new aspect system provides gamers with unparalleled freedom to enhance their gear by adding their preferred effects to pieces with the best stats. While increasing potion efficiency is advantageous, the true game-changers are the aspects. It's worth noting that some aspects can be swapped between different gear pieces, so the specific gear that has a particular aspect is insignificant.
For instance, equipping the Ancient's Oath enhances the Steel Grasp skill by launching additional chains. This build allows players to cast the ability three times, making it impossible for opponents to escape. The rest of the equipment prioritizes maximizing bleed damage and dealing return damage to any opponent foolish enough to engage in direct PvP combat with the Barbarian.
Technique
The escalating difficulty of World Tiers can be overwhelming, but there is a simple solution to keep up with the challenge - techniques. One such technique is Two-Handed Sword expertise, which adds a significant 20% bleed damage to all attacks. This added damage over time can prove extremely effective in weakening and ultimately defeating even the toughest of targets.
The default weapon choice for the ability should be the two-handed slashing weapon due to its effectiveness. The only exception to this is the Maelstrom build, which also incorporates other weapons alongside the two-handed slashing weapon. It is important to note that Diablo 4 can be played on various platforms such as PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.