Diablo 4 Barbarian BuildDSwing&shout - DS+DD

Skills

Dust Devils as your main damage source, stronger than ever with the now Weapon scaling Dust Devils aspects and our beloved Twister (Glyph) all the while scaling our damage by making tem bigger/multiply , thanks to the new Dust Devils Tempered Affixes (TA). Pretty much every action you do will generate Dust Devils !

Double Swing will be our secondary damage source, mostly by generating Dust Devils thanks to Windlasher (Aspect) and tons of fury when hitting Stun/Knocked down targets converting into more Dust Devils with Devilish (Aspect).

The Ring of Starless Skies (Aspect), Wallop (Passive) on top of Decimator (Legendary Node) will ensure our global damage multipliers reach the heavens, while Berserk Ripping (procced by our Tornadoes) will add Bleed Damage and a chance to reduce our cooldowns on kill thanks to Disembowel (Glyph).

Attack Speed

Getting ~=90% Attack Speed thanks to 50% ATS1 from gear affixes , 16% ATS2 from Carnage (Legendary Node) and 25% from Accelerating (Aspect) will make sure our Tornado engine RPMs stay high.

Critical Strike Chance

Getting ~=80% Critical Strike Chance thanks to the new Masterworking and Greater affixes will allow us to scale extremely hard

Max Fury

Getting ~=300 Max Fury from gear Affix and Paragon nodes will ensure that our beloved Ramaladni Magnum Opus (Unique item) turns into a x120% Dmg multiplier to everything, Dust Devils included !**

Vulnerable

We will maintain our Vulnerable debuff thanks to Violent Double Swing (Skill passive).

Other %Damage sources

%Damage while Berserking will still be our main focus until we reach the new Blood Rage (Legendary node) 30% cap with +300% Dmg while berserking (10:1 ratio)

%Damage vs Close will be our secondary focus through the new Offensive Tempered Affix and Territorial (Glyph).

Strength will be 3rd to ensure a decent Core stat Damage multiplier

%Critical Strike Damage can be used wherever the above three can't be rolled.

Skills

Challenging shout (Skill) will be your on demand flat %DR tool !

%Damage Reduction

Aggressive Resistance (Passive) increased by Tuskhelm of Joritz (Unique item), on top of Martial Vigor (Passive) will make sure our flat %DR stays very high !

Other %Damage Reduction sources %DR vs Close magic nodes from Carnage (Paragon Board) ;increased by our Glyph; and Tibault's Will (Unique item) on top of Territorial (Glyph).

%DR while Healthy from Bonebreaker (Paragon Board).

Fortify

To maintain our newly buffed Fortify 15 %DR layer; we will focus on Dynamic Fortify generation with Thick skin (passive) and mostly Strategic Rallying Cry (Skill passive).

Resistance

In order to ensure we have 75% capped Resistances, we'll go with the S4 - standard approach by getting two Single Resistances affixes on our gear (Lightning/Poison) and putting Single Resistance Gems in our Jewelery (Fire/Cold/Shadow).

Armor

In order to reach the new 9230 Armor cap, we will go with S4 standard approach by focusing on Strength (converts into armor) and getting one Armor affix on our gear.

Life

We will aim for 40k health thanks to Imposing Presence (Passive); further increased by Tempered affixes; and Maximum Life affixes.

Life regeneration

We will mainly rely on Raid leader (Passive) to regain a percentage of our max health every second, further increased by our Willpower stat.

Skills

Charge will help you get Berserking (Buff) thanks to Battle Fervor 3/3 (Passive) but will mostly be used as a Damage, AoE stun and mob packing tool as long as you ram monsters into walls, synergizing well with Double Swing refund mechanism. Charge giving us Unstoppable for a brief moment also works especially well with Tibault's Will to generate fury and get a 4sec 20% dmg mult.

Rallying Cry (Skill) will give you Unstoppable (Buff) and Movement Speed but will especially be used as a Fortify-building tool thanks to Strategic Rallying Cry (Skill passive)

War Cry (Skill) will be your On demand tool to get Berserking (Buff) on top of a well appreciated Global Damage steroid

Wrath of the Berserker (Skill) will be used as your one button wonder for Berserking (Buff), Unstoppable (Buff), %Damage and Movement Speed, which is the reason we're heavily focusing on maintaining it as much as possible.

Berserking

Berserking uptime will be high thanks to multiple Berserking starters such as Enhanced - War Cry (Skill passive), Battle Fervor (Passive) and Wrath of the Berserker Relentless Berserker (Aspect) will be used as a Berserking extender.

Reaching ~=300% Damage while Berserking thanks to Tempered affixes and Paragon nodes will make sure our Blood Rage (Legendary node) is close to it's newly capped 30% Dmg mult since it applies to all damage.

MW/GA priority

• Helm → CDR > Strength > +Imposing Presence ranks
• Chest → Strength > Armor > +Imposing Presence ranks
• Gloves → Critical Strike Chance > Damage while Berserking > Armor
• Pants → Strength > Max life
• Boots → +Charge ranks > Movement speed > Fury/Second
• Amulet → Critical Strike Chance > +Counter Offensive ranks > Resource Generation
• Rings → Critical Strike Chance > Attack Speed > Resource Generation
• Weapons → Dust Devils size (up to 100%) > Dust Devils Damage > Dust Devils chance to cast twice (just one, up to 100%) > Damage vs Close > Critical strike Damage

Unique MW/GA priority

• RMO → Max fury > Damage vs Close
• Tuskhelm → Max fury > +Agressive Resistance ranks
• Tyrael → Maximum resistance > flat %DR
• Tibault's → Max fury > %DR vs Close
• Starless Skies → Critical Strike Chance > Critical Strike Damage

1. Focus on completing the seasonal quest first parts as soon as possible
2. Join Helltide leveling parties to level up and complete your season journey/Iron Wolves reputation

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2024-05-01 : Initial version 2024-05-06 : Update 2024-05-10 : Final