Barbarians are savage wanderers who never flinch from close-quarters combat. Mighty ground stomps, leaping attacks and dual-wielded slashes leave a barbarian’s enemies dead in their boots and send any survivors fleeing for cover.

Thanks to their size and strength, barbarians can dominate a melee with nearly any combination of weapon and approach, though they tend towards massive and imposing weaponry. Barbarians are no strangers to the pains of battle, and often fare better in the midst of several opponents, taking and giving cuts, than when attempting to chase down single targets.

Barbarians’ attacks are primarily melee focused. Their quick weapon swings whittle down the number of weaker foes in seconds, while their slower, ground-shaking slams and stomps can send approaching hordes reeling and crack the armor of mightier foes.

Barbarian Game Guide
Barbarian Skill Calculator




This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 15 2012, 08:40 AM

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Currently level 23 barbarian, this is currently the leveling build I am using

AOE Build - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barb...33;Za!aZaaa

Open with Leap (Iron Impact rune is awesome, it turns you into a tank for a couple of seconds), followed by Ground Stomp, Rend, and Cleave. Reapply Rend when it expires.
Lay down an Earthquake for maximum dps (for runes, I'd recommend Chilling Earth or The Mountain's Call)

Single Target Build - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barb...33;Za!aZaaa

Bash with Clobber rune is amazing on boss fights, if you time your ground stomp and bash stuns right, you can basically stunlock the boss

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 16 2012, 02:05 PM

Now at level 31, I am using an almost similar build but with minor changes

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barb...;ZdV!aZabaa

1) Ground Stomp with Trembling Stomp rune for extra damage
2) Call of the Ancients is good to take some aggro off you, and the ancients themselves do really decent damage
3) Also now, for single target fights, I use Frenzy with Triumph rune

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 17 2012, 04:06 AM

My biggest gripe in the game. They made everything simple except swapping between builds ROFL




Saw this build in D3 forums. How much is your HP and damage reduction?


This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 17 2012, 02:12 PM

You must be a sword and board barb.

Currently, I am a dual wielding barb with 2.5k hp, 40% reduction and 260 dps.

Level 31. I love my barb

No lah, barbarians focus on reducing damage from hits, while monks focus on not getting hit.



Possible if you can outheal the damage, which I think barbs are very capable of doing.

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 17 2012, 04:13 PM

Whirlwind is just bad, high fury cost, low damage.
I prefer rend over whirlwind.

My build for nightmare, currently act 3

11k HP, 800 dps

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barb...;UdZ!ZZbbaZ

Now it's 10k HP and 1500 dps. Changed one of the passives to Inspiring Presence for more healing

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barb...;XdZ!ZZbbaZ



Dual wielding axes

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 19 2012, 06:59 PM

lol, sword and board barb
Viability of dual wield barb for inferno?

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 19 2012, 08:42 PM

For barbarians, I can only recommend this build. This build is flexible for 1h, 2h and 1h+shield

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barb...;XdZ!ZZbbaZ

Active Skills

Frenzy + Triumph = Every mob you kill gives you 8% max hp back over 6 seconds, it's something like 300-400 every second for me and this stacks. You can substitute this with Cleave with Broad Sweep

Rend + Bloodlust = You get 3% max hp back per tick of Rend, and this also stacks. The more mobs you have rend on, the more hp you get back

Warcry + Invigorate = HP regen while kiting is awesome. I am getting like 600+ hp regen per second and I get healed to full after a few seconds of kiting

Ignore Pain + Ignorance is Bliss = 20% of your damage dealt will be converted to hp. Always use this when you know that you are going to go against hard hitting mobs.

Revenge + Revenge is Mine = 5/8% max hp back per mob that you hit with . You can substitute with Provocation rune so that your revenge will always be up.

Wrath of the Berserker + Insanity = I always use this to take out magic/rare groups within seconds. Combo this with Ignore Pain, basically you can't die

Passive Skills

Inspiring Presence - Very good with Warcry + Invigorate, and you will get double the hp regen while kiting

Bloodthirst - 3% of damage dealt will be converted to hp. Self-explanatory

Ruthless - 5% crit chance, 50% more crit damage, you can swap this out for either Tough As Nails or Nerves of Steel for added survivability

Hope this helps

Inferno is not for everyone

I am disappoint. The barbarians in D3 are like sissies, running around kiting instead of being the true brawler they were born to be.

Those are avoidable damage. What about damage you cant avoid? The game was not built to be melee friendly. Imagine if you faced a group of berserkers, desert wasps, swift skull cleavers, colossal golgors or mallet lords. Even with high damage reduction, 1 of them is already tough, as they tend to one shot you, what more a group of them

Don't blame it on players, blame it on poor design.

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 21 2012, 03:38 PM

Sounds very WoW-ish to me. And Blizz denied that they made a WoW clone. Instead of classes that are self-sufficient, we get tank, healer and dps classes. Great job blizz /sarcasm



Well, I play a wizard atm, and I find ranged classes have a much easier time in later difficulties. Vortex/mortar/wall/jailer can be outranged. You cannot avoid melee hits that one shot you

This post has been edited by gaeria84: May 21 2012, 03:55 PM

That's the point. You can either solo OR you can coop. Classes in D3 has to be all rounded so they can solo content on their own if they choose to. Not being forced to coop because your class cant solo.

It's not about dying. It's about making a class that fits what was advertised. I was absolutely in love with the barbarian spotlight, jumping into dozens of enemies and inflicting wanton chaos. You must be able to do this with any spec, be it 1h, 2h or 1h + shield, with talents in place to compensate for either loss of defense or dps

Of course, it's unrealistic to assume you can do the same at later difficulty levels. But, if you can't even go toe to toe with at least two mobs at the same time with a class that prides itself in melee combat superiority, with the right spec & equipment, then it's just broken design