Be careful of the thorns!

They will make you bleed.

This means the Barbarian is inherently a class with a bigger health pool and can tank enemies.

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This is a more slow-paced class, but still capable of inflicting a good amount of damage.

One of the classs positive features in this regard is the Barbarian capacity for crowd control.

Although the first approach works by using a build focused on Berserk, it requires a risky play style.

Diablo 4 Barbarian is a class to jump into action

Again, the Barbarian is not the best damage dealer in the games roster of classes.

But dont underestimate how powerful bleeding can be.

The concept behind this build is to make the most out of both effects.

The Barbarian’s skill tree in Diablo 4, showing the Charge skill.

You must generate it either by taking damage or using skills.

As youre attacked, theTough as Nailpassive skill will also proc, inflicting Bleeding based on your Thorn value.

Once this initial phase has passed, you have two options.

The Barbarian’s skill tree in Diablo 4, showing the Double Swing skill.

First, it’s possible for you to useWhirlwindin case youre fighting a large group of enemies.

Or you’re able to useRupture, which damages enemies based on how much bleeding they have.

Due to one of Iron Skins upgrades, you get healed while its up.

Using the right rotation of the Barbarian skills in Diablo IV can is the key to play this class

This is basically how you deal with encounters and the order you should use your skills.

Sticking with Whirlwind, theDust Devil’s Aspectproduces Dust Devils that damage surrounding enemies when using Whirlwind.

Emeraldsare at the top of the list because they increase your Thorn value when placed in pieces of armor.

In Diablo 4, there are some good weapons for the Barbarian

For more on class builds, check out our pages covering thebest Sorcerer buildandbest Druid build.

Aspects are a great way to improve your build as a Barbarian in Diablo 4

This Diablo 4 Barbarian build needs gems such as Emeralds to work perfectly

An example of one of the season-specific systems - this is for Season of the Construct, and shows the customisation and upgrades that can be applied to the Construct companion you can utilise during the season.