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Lunging Strike Leveling Guide

presentationBarbarian
Leveling
Season 11
Verified
Updated on Dec 3, 2025
Dec 3, 2025

Build Overview

This will be the strongest Lunging Strike build out there. It's Fast, Fun and STRONG! This build will use Lunging Strike to cast Earthquakes. It's high mobility, can push into higher tiers of the pit and a great farming build for all content.

For a complete and comprehensive leveling strategy, watch this video: The Ultimate Leveling Guide (All Classes)

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Very tanky
  • Easy early damage
  • Many ways for Resource Generation
  • Earthquakes

Build Variants

Assigned Skills

Primary
5
1
Secondary
5
1
1
1
Technique

This will be your starting variant. For gear at these levels you just take anything that is an upgrade and has an aspect on it. Any legendary gear will gain additional stats over yellow gear so those are always upgrades even if the aspects don't affect your build.

Your weapon selection will be Two-handed Mace for this set up.

At level 10

  • Tempering unlock. As long as you can afford it putting Elemental Surge on as many weapons as you can greatly increases your damage, even with rare temper manuals.
  • Elixirs unlock at level 10 and you gain an addition 5% experience.

Aspect & Uniques

HelmAspect of Disobedience
Chest armorAspect of Might
GlovesDeath Wish Aspect
PantsAspect of Numbing Wrath
BootsGhostwalker Aspect
AmuletAspect of Bul-Kathos
Ring 1Rapid Aspect
Ring 2Bear Clan Berserker's Aspect
Bludgeoning weaponEdgemaster's Aspect
Dual wield weapon 1Needleflare Aspect
Dual wield weapon 2Aspect of Inner Calm
Slashing weaponAspect of Retribution

Even though during the early stages of leveling Resistances and Armor aren't as important. Once you start moving into Penitent, you'll need to start adding these in.

Tempering and Enchanting are great ways to add Resistances and Armor early on, until you get your End Game gear.

Chaos Perks

Unique PerkEmpty
Chaos PerkEmpty
Chaos PerkEmpty
Chaos PerkEmpty

Skill Tree

Available34
Spent37

Mercenary

How it Plays

Lunging Strike Gameplay Loop

  • Because this is a Basic Skill Build you don't have to worry about Fury.
  • Hold down Lunging Strike it will bounce you to the next monsters.
  • Use your Shouts on cooldown.
  • Use Ground Stomp around enemies to gain vulnerable damage, stun them, pull them to you and gain Berserking.

How it Works

Defenses

  • Aspect of Might will proc the Damage Reduction by hitting an enemy with Lunging Strike. This has to happen once every 2 to 10 seconds, depending on how good your Aspect of Might is.
  • Aspect of Disobedience gives you armor by attacking enemies with any form of damage or by taking damage from enemies. You'll need to do damage at least once every 4 seconds to maintain the extra Armor it gives you.
  • Aspect of Numbing Wrath gives you Fortify for each point of fury you generate over max. If you have 100 Fury and you use Lunging Strike and it generates 10 Fury you'll gain 10 Fortify. Fortify gives you 15% Damage Reduction. If you combine Lunging Strike with Rallying Cry any damage you do, will generate Fortify for the extra Damage Reduction
  • Aspect of Bul-Kathos will not only cast an Earthquake when you Leap, it also gives you increased Damage Reduction while in an Earthquake and for 4 seconds after even if you don't use Leap
  • To maintain all of your defenses, you'll need to cast Lunging Strike at least once every 4 seconds.

If you want to learn how to set your defenses up, watch this video: How to avoid getting one-shot

Offense

  • Edgemaster's Aspect increases the damage of your next skill cast based on how much Fury you have.
  • Aspect of Inner Calm gives you a pass buff to damage even if you are moving.
  • Rapid Aspect will give your Lunging Strike more Attack Speed
  • Needleflare Aspect is a fun combination with Death Wish Aspect until you find aspects to replace them.
  • Aspect of Retribution will give you increased damage whenever you Stun an enemy.
  • Bear Clan Berserker's Aspect will help reset your cooldowns of Ground Stomp, War Cry and Leap
  • Aspect of Anger Management will allow you to maintain Berserking all the time, as long as you're about 50 Fury.

If you want to learn the basics about Multipliers watch this video: Addative vs. Multiplicative Damage.

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Leveling Walkthrough Document

Season 11 Leveling Strategy

Testing and Research Documents

Dungeons for Aspects

Aspect of Might: Dark Ravine
Aspect of Vocalized Empowerment: Sirocco Caverns
Aspect of the Umbral: Champion's Demise
Ghostwalker Aspect: Broken Bulwark
Slaking Aspect: Maulwood
Relentless Berserker's Aspect: Hakan's Refuge
Aspect of Bul-Kathos: Light's Refuge
Edgemaster's Aspect: Oldstones
Aspect of the Expectant: Underroot
Aspect of Inner Calm: Raethwind Wilds
Aspect of Ancestral Echoes: Ancient Reservoir

Important Dropped Aspects

Aspect of Incendiary Fissures
Aspect of Earthquakes
Dust Devil's Aspect
Aspect of Fierce Winds
Aspect of Anger Management
Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind
Bold Chieftain's Aspect

Starting Leveling Build

Lunging Strike YouTube Guide

Rune Combinations

Cir + Qax for extra damage
Cir + Ceh for stun, freeze, and vulnerable damage
Moni + Tec required

Changelog

Updated and Optimized for Season 11

Video