
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.
Best Barbarian Skills To Use
Tier | Skill | Description |
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S Tier
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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
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Battle Frenzy
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Combat Frenzy
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A Tier
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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
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Battle Bash
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Combat Bash
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A Tier
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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
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Battle Flay
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Combat Flay
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B Tier
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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
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Battle Lunging Strike
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Combat Lunging Strike
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Tier | Skill | Description |
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S Tier
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Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 12% damage.
Damage Type: ![]() Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Fury Cost: 20 per second Requires Any
Upgrades
Enhanced Whirlwind
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Furious Whirlwind
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Violent Whirlwind
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A Tier
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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
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Furious Double Swing
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Violent Double Swing
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A Tier
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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
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Furious Upheaval
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Violent Upheaval
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B Tier
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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
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Furious Hammer of the Ancients
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Violent Hammer of the Ancients
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B Tier
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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
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Furious Rend
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Violent Rend
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A Tier
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Basic Skills generate 5% more Fury when using Two-Handed weapons.
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A Tier
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Lucky Hit: Your Core skills have up to a 10% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
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Tier | Skill | Description |
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S Tier
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Taunt Nearby enemies and gain 40% Damage Reduction for 8 seconds. seconds.
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced Challenging Shout
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Strategic Challenging Shout
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Tactical Challenging Shout
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A Tier
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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
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Strategic Ground Stomp
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Tactical Ground Stomp
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A Tier
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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
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Strategic Rallying Cry
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Tactical Rallying Cry
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B Tier
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Steel yourself, gaining a Barrier that absorbs 50% of your missing Life for 5 seconds.
Cooldown: 14 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced Iron Skin
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Strategic Iron Skin
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Tactical Iron Skin
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B Tier
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Damage Reduction against Elites is increased by 4%.
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B Tier
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Gain 2 Thorns. Also gain 2 Thorns for each 2 bonus Maximum Life you have.
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B Tier
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Increase your Thorns by 20%. When enemies hit you, they take an additional 1% of your Thorns as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
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C Tier
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Gain 5% additional Maximum Life.
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Tier | Skill | Description |
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A Tier
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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
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Mighty Leap
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Power Leap
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A Tier
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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
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Mighty War Cry
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Power War Cry
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B Tier
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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
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Enhanced Charged Bolts
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Destructive Charged Bolts
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C Tier
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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
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Mighty Kick
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Power Kick
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A Tier
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When a Brawling Skill damages at least one enemy, gain Berserking for 1 second.
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A Tier
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Your Shout Skills cause enemies to deal 8% less damage for 5 seconds.
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B Tier
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Gain 4% Damage Reduction while Berserking.
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B Tier
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Your Shout Skill effect durations are increased by 10%.
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B Tier
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While Berserking, Fury Generation is increased by 6%.
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B Tier
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Your Shouts also Heal allies for 1% of their Maximum Life per second.
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B Tier
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Movement Speed is increased by 4%.
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C Tier
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Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 6%.
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Tier | Skill | Description |
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A Tier
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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
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Fighter's Rupture
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Warrior's Rupture
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B Tier
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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
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Fighter's Death Blow
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Warrior's Death Blow
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B Tier
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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
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Fighter's Steel Grasp
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Warrior's Steel Grasp
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A Tier
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Your Bleeding effects deal 6% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
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A Tier
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Dealing direct damage with a Weapon Mastery skill causes your next Core Skill to make enemies Vulnerable for 1 second.
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A Tier
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Your Bleeding effects Slow enemies by 10%.
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A Tier
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You have 3% increased Critical Strike chance against Immobilized, Stunned, or Slowed enemies.
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A Tier
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Each time you take direct damage gain 0.4% Base Life (1) as Fortify.
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B Tier
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While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, you deal 5% increased damage.
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B Tier
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Increase the Damage Reduction gained while you are Fortified by an additional 3%.
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B Tier
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You deal 3% increased damage to Close enemies and gain 2% Distant Damage Reduction.
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B Tier
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You deal 8% increased damage against Injured enemies.
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Tier | Skill | Description |
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A Tier
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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
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Supreme Call of the Ancients
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A Tier
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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
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Supreme Iron Maelstrom
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A Tier
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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
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Supreme Wrath of the Berserker
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A Tier
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Your Overpowers deal 15% increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon.
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A Tier
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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.
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A Tier
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Heal for 3% of your Maximum Life (1) for each 100 Fury spent.
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B Tier
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Attack Speed is increased by 3% while using One-Handed weapons.
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B Tier
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Each time you swap weapons, gain 2 Fury.
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B Tier
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Your Skills using Bludgeoning weapons deal 5% increased damage if the enemy is Stunned or Vulnerable.
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C Tier
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While using Two-Handed weapons you deal 5% increased Critical Strike Damage.
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C Tier
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Increase your Maximum Fury by 3.
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Tier | Skill | Description |
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S Tier
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Increase Berserks maximum duration by 5 seconds and increase its damage bonus by 25%.
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A Tier
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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.
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A Tier
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Core Skills deal 135% increased damage, but cost 100% more Fury.
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A Tier
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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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