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Diablo 4 Build

Ulf's Ancestral HAMMER Barb

Barbarian

Season 13

Leveling

Speed Farm

Infernal Hordes

Melee

Creator

By Ulfhednar

LIVE

Updated on Apr 28, 2026

Apr 28, 2026

Build Overview

As the name implies we focus on EVERYTHING Ancient related!
Combining Hammer of the Ancients and Call of the Ancients Phalanx Charge as well as Leap.
Arreat's Bearing IS OP! It adds +1 ANCIENT to Leap, Charge, War Cry and Rupture!
They scale really well for damage and in Endgame with enough Cooldown Reduction we might be able to spam them which will be INSANE!

NEW TECH UNLOCKED!

Rallying Cry now costs Fury and can be SPAMMED with Fury Gain Rallying Cry passive and it also spawns Madawc Ancient from the last passive for INSANE Damage and AoE!
You just spam Rallying and keep moving forward.

ALL SKILLS WILL BE UPDATED WITH LAUNCH

IMPORTANT Keywords:

Overpower - increases your Damage by 15%(+) per stack. This effect stacks up to 8 times and each lasts for 4 seconds.
Ferocity - Boost Attack Speed by 5% every stack. This effect stacks up to 4 times, with each one lasting 4 seconds.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Speed (Leap & Charge)
Tanky
Damage & AoE

Build Variants

Variants to be updated as I progress

Assigned Skills

Primary

Secondary

Technique

Equipment

HelmAspect of Might

Chest armorThe Relentless Heart

GlovesEmpty

PantsArreat's Bearing

BootsEmpty

AmuletEdgemaster's Aspect

Ring 1Empty

Ring 2Empty

Bludgeoning weaponAspect of Ancestral Force

Dual wield weapon 1Ramaladni's Magnum Opus

Dual wield weapon 2Empty

Slashing weaponEmpty

Equipment Priority

Look for Cooldown Reduction EVERYWHERE you can to fully optimize Call of the Ancients uptime.

Other than that Max Fury (Ramaladni's Magnum Opus), Crit Chance, Attack Speed, Crit Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Damage.

Focus on generic Aspects from Dungeons:

Aspect of Might & Aspect of Disobedience - Defense
Edgemaster's Aspect - Damage
Aspect of Voracious Rage - Resource management

For unique Items see above.

Talismans

Talisman Priority

Skill Tree

Available

0 (0)

Spent69 (14)

Leveling Path

Rupture also summons Ancients from a passive "All for One" but we will focus on that in later build variant. Picking both Leap and Charge instead for Mobility is more important during a Campaign.

All the skills unlock as follows:

Basic Skills - Level 1, 5, 9, 14, 30
Core Skills - Level 3, 6, 10, 15, 32
Third Cluster - Level 4, 7, 11, 16, 34
Fourth Cluster - Level 8, 12, 17, 20, 36
Fifth Cluster - Level 13, 18, 21, 23, 38
Ultimates - Level 19, 22, 24, 25, 40

Level 2: Lunging Strike
Level 3: Hammer of the Ancients
Level 4: Rallying Cry = MAIN ABILITY
Level 5: Range Lunging Strike
Level 6: Size and Damage Bonus Hammer of the Ancients
Level 7: Rallying Cry +1
Level 8: Leap
Level 9: Charge
Level 10: Hammer of the Ancients Fury Generation
Level 11: Fortify Rallying Cry
Level 12: Arsenal Bonus Leap set 2H Slashing for Ferocity
Level 13: Unstoppable Charge
Level 14: Skewer Lunging Strike
Level 16: Rallying Cry Madawc Passive OP! See Build Overview TECH
Level 17: Pull Leap
Level 18: Cooldown Reduction Charge
Level 19: Call of the Ancients
Level 21: Phalanx Charge
Level 22: Ancient Attack Speed Call of the Ancients
Level 23: Leap Passive TBD
Level 24: Damage Bonus Call of the Ancients
Level 25: Empowered Call of the Ancients
Level 32: Hammer of the Ancients Ancestral

Extra Skill Points priority: Rallying Cry > Call of the Ancients > Hammer of the Ancients > Leap > Charge > Lunging Strike