Diablo 4 Barbarian

Diablo 4 Barbarian Skills List

Tier List of the Best Skills to use for the Barbarian Class in Diablo 4. This includes each Basic, Core, Defensive, Brawling, Weapon Mastery, Ultimate, Key Passive Skill and Passives.

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Best Barbarian Skills To Use

Basic Skills
Tier	Skill	Description
S Tier	Frenzy	Unleash a rapid flurry of blows, dealing 20% damage with each pair of hits. If Frenzy hits an enemy, its Attack Speed is increased by +20% for 3 seconds, up to +60%. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Generate Fury: 4 Requires Dual Wielded Weapons Upgrades Enhanced Frenzy Battle Frenzy Combat Frenzy
A Tier	Bash	Bash the enemy with your weapon, dealing 30% damage. After bashing enemies 4 times, your next Bash will Stun for 1.25 seconds, this increases to 2 seconds if using a Two-Handed weapon. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Generate Fury: 10 Requires Bludgeoning Weapon Upgrades Enhanced Bash Battle Bash Combat Bash
A Tier	Flay	Flay the enemy, dealing 1 damage and inflicting 14 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Generate Fury: 9 Requires a Slashing weapon Upgrades Enhanced Flay Battle Flay Combat Flay
B Tier	Lunging Strike	Lunge forward and strike an enemy for 30% damage. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Generate Fury: 9 Requires Any Upgrades Enhanced Lunging Strike Battle Lunging Strike Combat Lunging Strike

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Core Skills
Tier	Skill	Description
S Tier	Whirlwind	Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 12% damage. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Fury Cost: 20 per second Requires Any Upgrades Enhanced Whirlwind Furious Whirlwind Violent Whirlwind
A Tier	Double Swing	Sweep your weapons from opposite directions, dealing 36% damage with each weapon. Enemies caught in the center are damaged by both. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Fury Cost: 25 Requires Dual Wielded weapons Upgrades Enhanced Double Swing Furious Double Swing Violent Double Swing
A Tier	Upheaval	Tear into the ground with your weapon and fling debris forward, dealing 70% damage. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Fury Cost: 40 Requires a Two-Handed weapon Upgrades Enhanced Upheaval Furious Upheaval Violent Upheaval
B Tier	Hammer of the Ancients	Slam your hammer down with the fury of the Ancients, dealing 56% damage to a concentrated area. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Fury Cost: 35 Requires a Two-Handed Bludgeoning Weapon Upgrades Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients Furious Hammer of the Ancients Violent Hammer of the Ancients
B Tier	Rend	Cleave enemies in front of you, dealing 12% damage and inflicting 96 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Fury Cost: 35 Requires a Slashing Weapon Upgrades Enhanced Rend Furious Rend Violent Rend
A Tier	Endless Fury	Basic Skills generate 5% more Fury when using Two-Handed weapons.
A Tier	Pressure Point	Lucky Hit: Your Core skills have up to a 10% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

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Defensive Skills
Tier	Skill	Description
S Tier	Challenging Shout	Taunt Nearby enemies and gain 40% Damage Reduction for 8 seconds. seconds. Cooldown: 25 seconds Upgrades Enhanced Challenging Shout Strategic Challenging Shout Tactical Challenging Shout
A Tier	Ground Stomp	Smash the ground, dealing 9.5% damage and Stunning surrounding enemies for 3 seconds. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Cooldown: 16 seconds Upgrades Enhanced Ground Stomp Strategic Ground Stomp Tactical Ground Stomp
A Tier	Rallying Cry	Bellow a rallying cry, increasing your Movement Speed by 30% and Resource Generation by 50% for 6.0 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3.0 seconds. Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 25 seconds Generate: 10 Upgrades Enhanced Rallying Cry Strategic Rallying Cry Tactical Rallying Cry
B Tier	Iron Skin	Steel yourself, gaining a Barrier that absorbs 50% of your missing Life for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 14 seconds Upgrades Enhanced Iron Skin Strategic Iron Skin Tactical Iron Skin
B Tier	Martial Vigor	Damage Reduction against Elites is increased by 4%.
B Tier	Outburst	Gain 2 Thorns. Also gain 2 Thorns for each 2 bonus Maximum Life you have.
B Tier	Tough as Nails	Increase your Thorns by 20%. When enemies hit you, they take an additional 1% of your Thorns as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
C Tier	Imposing Presence	Gain 5% additional Maximum Life.

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Brawling Skills
Tier	Skill	Description
A Tier	Leap	Leap forward and then slam down, dealing 33% damage and Knocking Back surrounding enemies on impact. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Cooldown: 17 seconds Requires Any Upgrades Enhanced Leap Mighty Leap Power Leap
A Tier	War Cry	Bellow a mighty war cry, increasing your damage dealt by 15.0% for 8.0 seconds, and Nearby allies for 4.0 seconds. Cooldown: 25 seconds Upgrades Enhanced War Cry Mighty War Cry Power War Cry
B Tier	Charge	Become Unstoppable and rush forward, pushing enemies with you then swinging through them for 25% damage and Knocking them Back. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Requires Any Upgrades Charged Bolts Enhanced Charged Bolts Destructive Charged Bolts
C Tier	Kick	Throw a powerful kick that deals 18% damage and Knocks Back enemies in front of you. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 54% damage and are Stunned for 3 seconds. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 100% Cooldown: 17 seconds Upgrades Enhanced Kick Mighty Kick Power Kick
A Tier	Battle Fervor	When a Brawling Skill damages at least one enemy, gain Berserking for 1 second.
A Tier	Guttural Yell	Your Shout Skills cause enemies to deal 8% less damage for 5 seconds.
B Tier	Aggressive Resistance	Gain 4% Damage Reduction while Berserking.
B Tier	Booming Voice	Your Shout Skill effect durations are increased by 10%.
B Tier	Prolific Fury	While Berserking, Fury Generation is increased by 6%.
B Tier	Raid Leader	Your Shouts also Heal allies for 1% of their Maximum Life per second.
B Tier	Swiftness	Movement Speed is increased by 4%.
C Tier	Quick Impulses	Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 6%.

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Weapon Mastery Skills
Tier	Skill	Description
A Tier	Rupture	Skewer enemies in front of you, dealing 13% damage, then rip your weapon out, damaging enemies for their total Bleeding amount and removing all Bleeding damage from them. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Cooldown: 10 seconds Requires a Slashing Weapon. Upgrades Enhanced Rupture Fighter's Rupture Warrior's Rupture
B Tier	Death Blow	Attempt a killing strike, dealing 120% damage to enemies in front of you. If this kills an enemy, its Cooldown is reset. If this kills an enemy, a Charge is refunded. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Cooldown: 15 seconds Requires Any Upgrades Enhanced Death Blow Fighter's Death Blow Warrior's Death Blow
B Tier	Steel Grasp	Throw out a trio of chains that deal 23% damage and Pull In enemies. Charges:2 Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 25% Cooldown: 11 seconds Upgrades Enhanced Steel Grasp Fighter's Steel Grasp Warrior's Steel Grasp
A Tier	Cut to the Bone	Your Bleeding effects deal 6% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
A Tier	Expose Vulnerability	Dealing direct damage with a Weapon Mastery skill causes your next Core Skill to make enemies Vulnerable for 1 second.
A Tier	Hamstring	Your Bleeding effects Slow enemies by 10%.
A Tier	No Mercy	You have 3% increased Critical Strike chance against Immobilized, Stunned, or Slowed enemies.
A Tier	Thick Skin	Each time you take direct damage gain 0.4% Base Life (1) as Fortify.
B Tier	Counteroffensive	While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, you deal 5% increased damage.
B Tier	Defensive Stance	Increase the Damage Reduction gained while you are Fortified by an additional 3%.
B Tier	Pit Fighter	You deal 3% increased damage to Close enemies and gain 2% Distant Damage Reduction.
B Tier	Slaying Strike	You deal 8% increased damage against Injured enemies.

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Ultimate Skills
Tier	Skill	Description
A Tier	Call of the Ancients	Call upon 3 Ancients to aid you in battle for 6 seconds. Korlic leaps at enemies, dealing 104% damage and swings his weapons in a frenzy, dealing 39% damage per hit. Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 65% damage. Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 195% damage. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Cooldown: 50 seconds Upgrades Prime Call of the Ancients Supreme Call of the Ancients
A Tier	Iron Maelstrom	Activate three times to attach chains to each of your weapons and perform an attack: First your Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon slams into the ground, dealing 60% damage and Stunning enemies for 2 seconds. Second your Two-Handed Slashing weapon swipes in front of you, dealing 20% damage and inflicting 120% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Third your Dual Wield weapons swing around you, dealing 33% damage per hit. Damage Type: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Cooldown: 60 seconds Requires Any Upgrades Prime Iron Maelstrom Supreme Iron Maelstrom
A Tier	Wrath of the Berserker	Gain Berserking and Unstoppable for 5 seconds. For the next 10 seconds, dealing direct damage with Basic Skills grants Berserking for 5 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Cooldown: 60 seconds Upgrades Prime Wrath of the Berserker Supreme Wrath of the Berserker
A Tier	Brute Force	Your Overpowers deal 15% increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon.
A Tier	Concussion	Lucky Hit: Skills using Bludgeoning weapons have up to a 10% chance to Stun enemies for 3 seconds, or up to a 15% chance when using a Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon.
A Tier	Invigorating Fury	Heal for 3% of your Maximum Life (1) for each 100 Fury spent.
B Tier	Duelist	Attack Speed is increased by 3% while using One-Handed weapons.
B Tier	Furious Impulse	Each time you swap weapons, gain 2 Fury.
B Tier	Wallop	Your Skills using Bludgeoning weapons deal 5% increased damage if the enemy is Stunned or Vulnerable.
C Tier	Heavy Handed	While using Two-Handed weapons you deal 5% increased Critical Strike Damage.
C Tier	Tempered Fury	Increase your Maximum Fury by 3.

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Key Passive Skills
Tier	Skill	Description
S Tier	Unconstrained	Increase Berserks maximum duration by 5 seconds and increase its damage bonus by 25%.
A Tier	Gushing Wounds	When causing an enemy to Bleed, you have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to increase the Bleed amount by 100% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Overpowering a Bleeding enemy creates an explosion that inflicts 3 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
A Tier	Unbridled Rage	Core Skills deal 135% increased damage, but cost 100% more Fury.
A Tier	Walking Arsenal	Dealing direct damage with a Two-Handed Bludgeoning, Two-Handed Slashing, or Dual Wielded weapons grants 10% increased damage for 6 seconds. While all three damage bonuses are active, you gain an additional 15% increased damage.

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