Diablo 4 Barbarian BuildLeapquake&Friends - Leap/COTA

Skills

Earthquakes as your main damage source, together with the forever buffed Bul'Kathos and Earthquake(Aspects) and our beloved Rumble (Glyph).

Our damage will scale even further thanks to the new Earthquakes Tempered Affixes which by making Earthquakes bigger and especially last longer will lead to an overall Damage increase as the Rumble (Glyph) passive is making our damage scale with the number of active Earthquakes versus Crowd Controlled enemies

The only limit is How many times you can leap ! And our summoned friends from Ancestral Echo (Aspect) and Call of the Ancients (Ultimate) will also spawn more Earthquakes thanks to the new Arreat's Bearring (Unique item) pants.

Stunning our enemies often will prove to be a massive damage increase thanks to Retribution (Aspect) while Wallop (Passive) on top of Decimator (Legendary Node) will ensure that our global damage multipliers Shatters the Earth and our Enemies. Berserk Ripping (procced by our Earthquakes) will add Bleed Damage and a chance to reduce our cooldowns on kill thanks to Disembowel (Glyph).

Attack Speed

Leap doesn't benefit from attack speed

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, Earthquakes included !

Vulnerable

We will maintain our Vulnerable debuff thanks to Exploit (Glyph) and the new ring affix - LHC: Chance to make enemies Vulnerable (Affix).

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) and Bul-Kathos (Aspect) will make sure our flat %DR stays extremely 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 55k 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

(Kick Variant) Kick will help you get Berserking (Buff) thanks to Battle Fervor 3/3 (Passive), inflict Vulnerable (Debuff) and using it after every Wrath of The Berserker (Skill) will max out Supreme WOTB (Skill passive) at once

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).Wrath of the Berserker.

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 > +Concussion ranks
• Chest → Strength > Armor > +Concussion ranks
• Gloves → Critical Strike Chance > Damage while Berserking > +Concussion ranks
• Pants → Strength > Max life > +Concussion ranks
• Boots → +Leap ranks > Leap CDR > +Concussion ranks
• Amulet → Critical Strike Chance > Maximum Resource > Cooldown Reduction
• Rings → Critical Strike Chance > Damage vs Close > Brawling CDR
• Weapons → Earthquake size (up to 100%) > Earthquake Duration > Leap size (just one) > Damage vs Close > Critical Strike Damage

Unique MW/GA priority

• Ramaladni → Max fury > Damage vs Close
• Tuskhelm → Max fury > +Agressive Resistance ranks
• Tibault's → Max fury > %DR vs Close
• Arreat's Bearring → %Damage Reduction > Ultimate CDR > Max Life

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 2024-05-11 : Final