Welcome to the Season of the Construct, where we're counting down the top 10 builds to wreak havoc in Diablo 4! From beefed-up barbarians to spell-slinging sorceresses, these builds are primed to crush skulls and melt faces. Get ready to unleash chaos and become the ultimate champion of the Construct!
10. Death Trap Rogue
This build seamlessly blends exceptional crowd control, utility, and sheer power, making it a versatile solution for tackling any challenge the game throws at you. While many Rogue builds might include Poison Trap or Death Trap, this one takes it to the next level by specializing in these traps and adding the trap-centric Exposure Key Passive into the mix. Teamed up with the high lucky hit rates of Twisting Blades, you can reset your traps in the blink of an eye, ensuring a continuous onslaught against your adversaries!
In general, this build shares a lot in common with the Twisting Blades Rogue in terms of setup and play style. However, it distinguishes itself through slightly slower movement speed, more potent nukes, and the ability to draw foes together with Prime Death Trap, making it truly unique. The crowd-pulling capability offers excellent group utility, but even when playing solo, it proves handy for corralling enemies into the effects of your Poison Trap and Bladedancer's area-of-effect abilities, dispatching them swiftly.
Unlike the usual necessity of darting around the battlefield to maximize the impact of Twisting Blades and hit as many targets as possible, the Trapper style of play is more laid-back. Running this build, you'll effortlessly manipulate your foes, giving them a taste of their own medicine.
What Death Trap Rogue Excels in:
- Massive nukes with your traps.
- Vacuum play style.
- Constant use of Ultimate.
- Great for party play.
Pick Death Trap Rogue if you Like:
- Juggling Cooldowns.
- Play with timings for your skills.
- Exploding enemies in a purple cloud.
- Big numbers.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration Support - Enhances the duration of buffs, ensuring they remain active for extended periods, optimizing their effectiveness in combat.
- Tactical Support - Boosts the uptime of buffs, providing strategic advantages and maintaining consistent performance throughout battles.
- Fortify Support - Provides a valuable source of damage reduction, particularly beneficial for Rogues who lack access to Fortify otherwise, enhancing survivability without additional costs.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Slowing Support - Facilitates the triggering of damage on crowd-controlled enemies and maximizes the effectiveness of the Wiles Paragon node.
- Efficiency Support - Critical Strike Chance is essential for optimal performance.
- Safeguard Support - Offers additional damage reduction at no extra cost, bolstering defences for added survivability.
- Tibault's Will: Substituting either Protector or Cheat's, this item provides a significant damage boost in an otherwise defensive slot. If you find yourself too vulnerable, consider using a legendary item instead.
- Harlequin Crest or Andariel's Visage: If you're fortunate enough to acquire these drops, you can replace Might.
- Doombringer: Should you be lucky enough to obtain this item, it can be used in place of Accelerating. This sword boasts impressive stats and a damage reduction effect, aiding in your survival during high-end content.
- Ring of Starless Skies: If you're fortunate to obtain this item, you can use it in lieu of Ravenous or Umbral. It also offers the added benefit of featuring two All Resistance attributes, potentially allowing you to max out your resistance values without the need for individual Resistance affixes on your gear.
Build details: https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/death-trap-rogue-guide
9. Meteor Firewall Sorcerer
The Firewall and Meteor Sorceress build is tailor made for those who relish wielding the fiery forces of magic. With a focus on high Mana Regeneration and potent Burning Damage over time, it excels in both Area of Effect (AoE) and single-target encounters.
By leveraging multiple sources of Burning damage, Combustion adds a substantial damage multiplier to the mix. Moreover, the Sorceress can rely on Flame Shield and Frost Nova for self-defence when the situation demands.
In the Season 3 update (Patch 1.3.0), the introduction of the Starfall Coronet helm introduces a game-changing element to the Meteor spell, allowing it to unleash formidable supplementary damage in the Firewall Sorcerer build. It essentially makes every meteor rain upon your enemies 3x!
What Meteor Firewall Excels in:
- Great Clearing.
- Summoning Giant Meteors from the Sky.
- Massively enjoyable.
- Constant uptime on barrier.
Pick Meteor Firewall if you Like:
- Astronomical Rains.
- Unique and refreshing Builds.
- Playing with Fire.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Genesis: Enhances the potency of the supported Skill, boosting its effectiveness in combat.
- Tactical Support: Reduces the cooldown of the supported Skill, allowing for more frequent usage during battles.
- Duration Support: Extends the duration of supported Skills, ensuring their effects persist for longer durations.
- Fortify Support: Grants Fortify when the Seneschal Construct utilizes the supported Skill, with the magnitude of Fortify increasing for skills with slower attack speeds or cooldowns.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Evernight: The supported Skill grants you +4 to all Skills when used.
- Resource Support: The player gains an amount of Primary Resource when the supporting Skill first deals damage.
- Efficiency Support: When the supporting skill deals damage, you gain Critical Strike Chance to the same targets hit.
- Safeguard Support: When used, the supported Skill grants Damage Reduction to you.
- Starfall Coronet (Mandatory) This Unique Helm amplifies the power of Meteor by summoning additional meteors and imposes a Cooldown on the Skill.
- Raiment of the Infinite (Highly Recommended): This Unique Chest Armor synergizes well with this build to group and Stun enemies.
- Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop (Recommended for Maximum DPS): This Malignant Unique Ring can provide a 60% multiplier with 4 elemental damage stacks for a maximum DPS setup. Take into consideration utility or survivability lost from a Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop setup. Click this link to the video explanation for more details.
- Harlequin Crest (Recommended Uber Unique): This powerful Uber Unique provides the best of offensive and defence if you are lucky enough for it to drop from Uber Duriel.
- Melted Heart of Selig (Recommended Build Variant): This Uber Unique is used in the Immortal Build Variant to survive difficult content.
Build Details: https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/firewall-sorcerer-build/#firewall_meteor_sorcerer_build_variant
8. Lightning Storm Druid
This build excels in both clear speed and survivability, thanks to its impressive range, area of effect, movement speed, and solid defences. With its capability to conquer even the highest Nightmare Dungeon challenges, the new Unsung Ascetic's Wraps mitigate Lightning Storm's primary weakness, its single-target damage.
Lightning Storm possesses the unique ability to charge up and strike a vast area, coupled with the freedom to target anywhere on the screen. This, combined with swift movement speed, positions it as one of the premier farming builds in the game.
This rendition of Lightning Storm leverages Petrify for a substantial critical damage boost against bosses and a burst of spirit during mobbing. Furthermore, it maximizes synergies between Nature's Fury and Symbiotic to enable Lightning Storm to refresh the cooldown of Earthen Bulwark, ensuring high Unstoppable uptime.
However, the most significant update to this build in season 3 lies in the integration of Companion skills. By harnessing the power of Shepherd's and Stampede, this build achieves up to 180% additional damage with Lightning Storm, provided it has 9 Companions. Any potential Spirit issues resulting from this alteration are mitigated through Resource Support, substantial Critical Strike Chance paired with Lust for Carnage, and continuous Spirit generation with Tibault's Will.
What Lightning Storm Excels In:
- Fantastic Clearing.
- Easy to play (hold a button down).
- Fairly Tanky.
Pick Lightning Storm if you Like:
- Cosplaying as Thor, commanding storms.
- Instantly clear your screen with a button press.
- Be a big wolf with magical powers.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration Support - Enhances the uptime of buffs, ensuring their effects remain active for prolonged periods, maximizing efficiency in combat.
- Tactical Support - Augments the uptime of buffs, providing strategic advantages and maintaining optimal performance throughout engagements.
- Safeguard Support - Offers reliable defensive benefits, bolstering overall resilience and providing a solid defensive option for survivability in various situations.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Resource - Vital for sustaining our Spirit reserves, ensuring consistent casting frequency.
- Efficiency - Critical Strike Chance is of utmost importance to trigger Unsung Ascetic's Wraps, Lightning Dancer's, and Lust for Carnage, optimizing damage output.
- Arcing - Enhances the coverage and effective range of Tempest, maximizing its battlefield presence and utility.
- Tempest Roar – Core component of the build, essentially mandatory.
- Mad Wolf's Glee (For Speed farming variant) – Body armor that makes it so you’re always in Werewolf Form, granting a ton of bonuses while doing so.
For more information, check here: https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/lightning-storm-druid-guide
7. Penetrating Shot Rogue
The Penetrating Shot Rogue presents a straightforward yet immensely potent build that seamlessly transitions into the endgame with remarkable scalability. Armed with an array of tools and tactics, it ensures both safety and devastation from various vantage points.
At its core, the Penetrating Shot Rogue unleashes a single, formidable arrow that pierces through enemies with precision. While seemingly simplistic, this skill transforms into a force to be reckoned with when enhanced with Imbuements and the Trickshot Aspect. Mastery of positioning is key, as maximizing damage hinges on striking multiple foes in a line, resulting in a mesmerizing cascade of demonic carnage.
Incorporating the Umbrous Aspect into bow builds like this one introduces a newfound versatility, granting an additional skill slot free of charge. Nevertheless, we continue to invest in Dark Shroud for its invaluable movement speed boost, as the Umbrous Aspect inherits all the benefits we allocate to the skill.
This build offers a deeply satisfying and gratifying gameplay experience, demanding careful planning and foresight to fully unleash its potential. Join us as we delve into the depths of the endgame, armed with the Penetrating Shot Rogue, and learn the optimal strategies to conquer the most formidable challenges that await!
What Penetrating Shot Excels in:
- Only ‘ranger’ style build in the game.
- Long snipes.
- High single target.
- Very rewarding to play correctly.
Pick Penetrating Shot if you Like:
- One-shotting bosses from afar.
- Massive piercing arrows.
- A slower-paced combat that promotes aiming and positioning.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration Support - Optimizes the duration of buffs for extended effectiveness, ensuring sustained performance.
- Tactical Support - Enhances the uptime of buffs for continuous tactical advantage, maximizing combat readiness.
- Safeguard Support - Grants complimentary damage reduction, fortifying defences without any additional cost.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Frigid Support - Amplifies chill effects, streamlining freeze setups and bolstering crowd control utilities for maximum efficiency.
- Breaking Support - Ensures relentless Vulnerable application and Barrier removal, indispensable for tackling Nightmare Dungeons and formidable adversaries like Knights and the Butcher.
- Arcing Support - Unleashes Tempest's potential to strike multiple targets, spreading buffs and debuffs across the battlefield to dominate engagements with tactical superiority.
- Condemnation – Bread and Butter for any Combo Point Rogue build. Absolutely insane, but easy to farm.
- Harlequin Crest – The Uber Shako, the best item in the game, but definitely not a must.
- Grasp of Shadow – Really interesting pair of gloves that essentially will double your damage on some occasions.
- Tibault's Will – Broken pants that give you up to 40%x damage multiplier and 50 flat resource.
For more information, check here: https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/penetrating-shot-rogue-guide
6. Bone Spear Necromancer
The Bone Spear Necromancer stands as the natural endgame evolution from our top-leveling build! Critical Strike Chance? Absolutely. But now, brace yourself for an avalanche of POWER.
We're keeping the Bone Spear legacy alive by making everything on the screen Vulnerable. With the right gear, you might just find yourself swimming in seas of Essence.
The Necromancer's Achilles' heel is its movement speed. Fear not, as we're adding movement speed boots with Wind Striker Aspect to our arsenal of death, letting our crits propel us through the entire game.
However, the path to becoming a fully kitted out level 100 god of death won't happen overnight. Quick thinking and adaptability are your allies on this journey. This Endgame Guide is your roadmap to achieving calcium perfection. Whether you prefer Soy Milk, Oat Milk, or regular Hell Bovine Milk, the might of our Bone Spear remains unstoppable!
What Bone Spear Excels in:
- Levelling is a breeze.
- The highest single target Necro build.
- Good AoE.
- Fairly tanky.
Pick Bone Spear if you Like:
- High APM builds, with highly complex skill rotation.
- Rewarding gameplay.
- Seeing multiple millions of damage popping per hit.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration Support - Bolsters the permanence of the combo by extending its effects over time.
- Tactical Support - Reinforces the permanence of the combo by optimizing its strategic deployment.
- Safeguard Support - Augments Damage Reduction and can be reliably maintained, ensuring sustained defensive prowess.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Resource Support - Facilitates the efficient generation of Essence during combat, ensuring sustained power.
- Breaking Support - Grants easy and continuous access to Vulnerable and supplementary instant Barrier destruction, amplifying offensive capabilities.
- Arcing Support - Extends the reach of Breaking Support, propagating Vulnerable to multiple adversaries and enhancing overall battlefield control.
- Deathless Visage – Gives a massive boost to our single target and somewhat better clearing.
- Lidless Wall – Insanely Defensive Shield that also boosts our Bone Storm and makes us insanely tankier.
- The Grandfather – Best weapon in the game for any Critical-Focused Build.
- Harlequin Crest - Buffs our already incredible damage with 4 more skill points. Stayin' alive was never easier with a 20% damage reduction.
For more information, check here: https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/bone-spear-necromancer-guide
5. Overpower Pulverize Druid
This build excels in dishing out significant ranged AoE damage while maintaining exceptional defences. Its straightforward gameplay style dominates on-level content and can carry you deep into Nightmare Dungeons. However, its single-target capabilities might fall short in the most challenging dungeons.
The synergy between Pulverize and the Shockwave Aspect results in damage dealt in a cone-shaped area in front of you. To boost single-target damage, aim for the sweet spot that aligns with both its own radius and the shockwave created, allowing you to hit enemies twice with each cast. This build capitalizes on multiple guaranteed sources of Overpower and amplifies their damage through the Ursine Strength Key Passive.
With Grizzly Rage, Earthen Bulwark, and Trample at your disposal, you have three tools to grant yourself Unstoppable, rendering you nearly immune to Crowd Control. Moreover, you're fortified in almost all situations, ensuring you stay resilient.
One noteworthy aspect is that, except for Shockwave, all the Legendary Aspects for this build can be found in the Codex of Power, meaning you only need one item drop to kick-start your journey!
What Pulverize Druid Excels In:
- Simple Playstyle.
- Great clearing.
- Extremely Tanky.
- Near Permanent Unstoppable.
Pick Pulverize Druid if you Like:
- SMASH!
- Cosplay as a Big Ass Bear.
- Being a moving fortress.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration - Simply extends the duration of our damage boost, ensuring sustained potency in battle.
- Tactical - Reduces the skill's cooldown, enhancing its availability for strategic deployment.
- Initiative - A vital support before acquiring Genesis, ensuring our companion can keep pace with our relentless assaults.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Initiative - Expedites the Construct's movement to swiftly engage enemies, minimizing downtime.
- Resource - With the absence of Tibault's Will in Season 3, our Resource generation is restricted. This support effectively bridges the gap, ensuring uninterrupted combat flow.
- Breaking - Instantly obliterating Barriers proves invaluable, and this Tuning Support ensures sustained application of the Vulnerable debuff even after Exploit's expiration, maximizing our offensive potential.
- Vasily's Prayer – Helmet that makes Earth Skills into Werebear and will grant you free Fortify!
- Insatiable Fury – Insanely strong Body Armour that grants a ton of Armor while in Werebear (which you are permanently with the body armor, and grants +3 Levels to them.
- Godslayer Crown – Insanely Powerful Helmet that has a massive range Pull and grants you up to 60%x damage multiplier.
- Tibault's Will – Fantastic pair of pants that grants 50 Resource and up to 40%x damage multiplier upon becoming Unstoppable.
For more information, check here: https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/pulverize-druid-guide
4. Blizzard Sorcerer
This specialized build harnesses the formidable Cold spell Blizzard, empowered by the chilling might of the Glacial Aspect, transforming enemies into pincushions as Ice Spikes erupt from the ground. Offering exceptional single-target and area-of-effect (AoE) damage, it proves its mettle in the most daunting Nightmare Dungeons. However, its reliance on the lingering damage of Blizzard and its extended duration poses both a boon and a bane.
Diverging from conventional builds, the Blizzard Sorcerer disregards weapon DPS in favour of the potency of the Glacial Aspect, making levelling a unique challenge as you continually seek out the elusive aspect to match the escalating threat levels of your foes. On the plus side, this approach simplifies the search for potent weapons, as their item power becomes inconsequential compared to their stat rolls.
The defensive toolkit of the Blizzard Sorcerer is robust, ensuring safety and resilience until the depths of Nightmare Dungeons. Yet, in these treacherous depths, where even a glancing blow can prove fatal, evasion becomes paramount, relying heavily on Flame Shield for survival amidst the onslaught.
What Blizzard Sorcerer Excels in:
- Best ‘feels’ overall build.
- Good for levelling (through cold routes) and fantastic at endgame.
- Can do all content, even Uber Lilith.
- Strongest ‘all-around’ build for Sorcerer at the moment.
Pick Blizzard if you Like:
- Freezing everything in your path.
- Playing from afar or from melee, whatever tickles your fancy.
- Feeling like a true mage, controlling the elements to do your bidding.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration - Simply extends the duration of our damage boost, ensuring sustained potency in battle.
- Tactical - Reduces the skill's cooldown, enhancing its availability for strategic deployment.
- Initiative - A vital support before acquiring Genesis, ensuring our companion can keep pace with our relentless assaults.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Burning or Safeguard – Burning allows us to proc Devouring Blaze and Safeguard provides a continual damage reduction bonus while our Construct remains engaged in combat, bolstering our resilience against enemy assaults.
- Resource - True to its name, this support constantly replenishes our Fury reserves, ensuring we never run dry in the heat of battle.
- Efficiency - Enhances our critical chance, crucial aspect for Ice Spikes.
- Raiment of the Infinite (Varshan, Zir): Substitutes Snowguard's in your arsenal, offering a potent alternative.
- Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop (Varshan): Takes the place of Prodigy’s, introducing a new dimension to your gear setup.
- Blue Rose (Duriel): Replaces Piercing Cold, infusing your loadout with a fresh source of power.
- Tibault's Will (Duriel): Steps in for Snowveiled, enhancing your combat capabilities with its unique properties.
- Esu's Heirloom (Varshan, Beast in the Ice): Supplants Bounding Conduit, granting you access to unparalleled potential.
- Ring of Starless Skies: Can replace Blue Rose, offering increased Mana reserves and heightened damage output against formidable Bosses.
For more information, check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwDCOU6zOE&ab_channel=Tenkiei
3. Walking Arsenal Deathblow Barbarian
The Walking Arsenal Barbarian, often affectionately called Kratos Barb due to its frequent use of Iron Maelstrom, offers an enjoyable, fast-paced, and engaging playstyle that fully leverages the Barbarian's class mechanic.
Constantly switching between all three different weapon types, you transform into a relentless machine that effortlessly carves through legions of demons and dispatches dungeon bosses in a single hit, thanks to the combination of Encroaching Wrath and Enhanced Death Blow. Large groups of weaker foes are obliterated using Upheaval, which also applies Vulnerable with Expose Vulnerability.
This build excels in levelling to 100 and speed farming. However, due to the requirement of a killing blow for Death Blow, it thrives in easy content but may experience slowdowns in high-end challenges, such as pushing towards Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeons or confronting Pinnacle Bosses, where the absence of cooldown resets can impact its performance. Nevertheless, thanks to Overpower synergies like Brute Force and Earthstriker's Aspect, you can still unleash devastating one-shots on elites and bosses with well-timed combos.
In summary, the Walking Arsenal Barbarian offers an enjoyable package for those who simply want to have a blast and revel in what the class does best: reducing their foes to bits and pieces.
What Walking Arsenal Excels in:
- Fast-paced build, with several sources of damage
- Massive AoE ultimate that can be used frequently
- Fun and unique play style
Pick Walking Arsenal if you Like:
- Cosplaying as Kratos.
- Highly synergistic combos.
- Intricate skill rotations.
- Big one-shots with Death Blow.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration - Simply extends the duration of our damage boost, ensuring sustained potency in battle.
- Tactical - Reduces the skill's cooldown, enhancing its availability for strategic deployment.
- Initiative - A vital support before acquiring Genesis, ensuring our companion can keep pace with our relentless assaults.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Safeguard - Provides a continual damage reduction bonus while our Construct remains engaged in combat, bolstering our resilience against enemy assaults.
- Resource - True to its name, this support constantly replenishes our Fury reserves, ensuring we never run dry in the heat of battle.
- Swift - Enhances the rate at which we acquire buffs, ensuring swift empowerment before attaining Evernight's full potential.
- Overkill – Substituting either Conceited or Accelerating, this exceptional weapon is a valuable addition for late-game scenarios. It adds an extra shockwave to your Death Blow at the expense of sacrificing some stats on a regular weapon and a doubled offensive Aspect. All in all, it's an excellent item for this build, especially in easier content where the lower-damage shockwave is sufficiently potent to eliminate regular monsters.
- Tibault's Will – Replacing Disobedience, this item provides a substantial damage boost in what is typically a defensive slot. If you find yourself too vulnerable, you can opt for a legendary item instead.
- Harlequin Crest or Andariel's Visage: If you're fortunate enough to acquire these drops, you can replace Might.
- Doombringer: Should luck be on your side and you obtain this sword, it can be used in place of Conceited. This weapon boasts impressive statistics and a damage reduction effect, making it easier to survive high-end content.
For more information, check here: https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/walking-arsenal-barbarian-guide
2. Charge Barbarian
Charge Barbarians are brawling, highly mobile berserkers capable of decimating large groups of enemies with Charge and Upheaval. With an intuitive and incredibly satisfying play style, this build delivers devastating Overpowers and debilitating Stuns to keep your enemies on their heels at all times. While this build relies on Uniques and specific Legendary Aspects to achieve peak performance, there is also much room for customization, making it an engaging experience for both long-time Barbarian fans looking to switch things up and those new to the class.
The Charge Barbarian build offers an immensely satisfying experience, driven not only by the visually striking display of high damage numbers but also by the strategic utilization of skills. Whether you're forcefully pushing a group of Ghosts into a wall with Charge, disrupting enemies' footing with Upheaval, or resonating the battlefield with the commanding War Cry, each action reinforces the visceral thrill of domination. In the realm of Diablo 4, this build stands out as one of the most gratifying play styles available.
This build thrives across all types of content, including pushing high-tier Nightmare Dungeons, speed farming, farming Uber Bosses, clearing Helltides, and running Vaults.
What Charge Excels in:
- The most fun build in the game currently
- Clearing as you move
- Constant uptime on Unstoppable
- High Single Target Damage
Pick Charge if you Like:
- Literally mowing down hordes of enemies
- Cosplaying a blood-thirsty Line Backer
- Never stopping to deal damage
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Genesis: Amplify the effectiveness of the supported Skill by 150%.
- Safeguard Support: Utilizing the supported Skill provides Damage Reduction.
- Tactical Support: Reduces the cooldown of the supported Skill.
- Duration Support: Extends the durations of supported Skills..
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Evernight: The supported Skill grants you +4 to all Skills when used for 2.0 seconds.
- Resource Support: Upon the supporting Skill's initial damage, the player gains Primary Resource.
- Efficiency Support: Dealing damage with the supporting skill provides Critical Strike Chance to affected targets.
- Swift Support: Grants the supported Skill a 40% Attack Speed bonus.
- Tibault's Will (Duriel) – Amazing pair of pants will massively boost your damage as well as provide Fury on demand.
- Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty (Duriel) – New Helmet grants a ton of damage as well as some damage reduction.
- The Grandfather (Duriel) – Swap out Edgemaster’s with this legendary weapon, and shift Edgemaster’s to take the place of Earthstriker's.
- Harlequin Crest (Duriel) – Substitute Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty with this remarkable headpiece.
- Doombringer (Duriel) – Exchange Earthstriker's for this formidable blade. If wielding The Grandfather simultaneously, replace Edgemaster’s with Doombringer.
Build details: https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/charge-barbarian-build/
1. Hammer of the Ancients
A beloved fan-favourite skill returns to the Barbarians in this installment. Hammer of the Ancients, known for its naturally small area of effect, gets a significant boost with the inclusion of the Aspect of Ancestral Force (conveniently accessible through the Codex of Power). This aspect effectively expands the impact radius, enabling us to decimate groups of smaller foes.
To bolster the might of Hammer of the Ancients, we've curated a robust set of endgame essentials. Our go-to Fury generator, Lunging Strike, not only maintains our mobility and Fury reserves but also amps up our strikes with Berserking. Augmented by Aspects like Limitless Rage, Edgemaster’s, and Earthstriker's, our bonking potential reaches staggering heights! Adding to the onslaught, Wrath of the Berserker ramps up our damage output exponentially as we expend Fury. The result? Jaw-dropping damage figures that defy reason.
For added comfort and control, we've incorporated two formidable shouts: Rallying Cry, ensuring we stay Unstoppable while bolstering Fury and mobility, and Challenging Shout, providing a substantial damage reduction when the situation turns dire. While War Cry serves up a solid damage boost, we'll also explore alternative options like Ground Stomp and Leap in this guide for those craving a departure from the "triple shouts meta."
In Season 3, we're capitalizing on the revamped Charge ability to its fullest potential. This isn't just your run-of-the-mill mobility tool; it's our ticket to securing permanent uptime on the formidable Tibault's Will, one of our most coveted endgame pieces. And let's not forget its impressive base damage - it's more than up to the task of swiftly dispatching adversaries on its own.
What Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian Excels in:
- BIG BONKS.
- Massive one-shots with Overpower (100+ million damage hits!!).
- Great at Clearing.
- Enjoyable to Smash through enemies with massive numbers even from leveling.
Pick Hammer of the Ancients if you Like:
- Playing a true archetypal Melee character.
- Smashing the ground and seeing enemies die in the blink of an eye.
- Using Overpower Mechanics.
Seneschal Construct Stones and Unique Items:
- Governing Stone Flash of Adrenaline - This core skill serves as our gateway to heightened damage output, complemented by stones that amplify its effects.
- Duration - Simply extends the duration of our damage boost, ensuring sustained potency in battle.
- Tactical - Reduces the skill's cooldown, enhancing its availability for strategic deployment.
- Initiative - A vital support before acquiring Genesis, ensuring our companion can keep pace with our relentless assaults.
- Governing Stone Tempest - While not primarily for damage, this ability enriches our character with additional buffs, fortifying our prowess on the battlefield.
- Safeguard - Provides a continual damage reduction bonus while our Construct remains engaged in combat, bolstering our resilience against enemy assaults.
- Resource - True to its name, this support constantly replenishes our Fury reserves, ensuring we never run dry in the heat of battle.
- Swift - Enhances the rate at which we acquire buffs, ensuring swift empowerment before attaining Evernight's full potential.
- Tibault's Will (Duriel) – Amazing pair of pants that will massively boost your damage as well as provide Fury on demand.
- Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty (Duriel) – New Helmet grants a ton of damage as well as some damage reduction.
- Banished Lord's Talisman (Duriel) – Crazy amulet that will guarantee your HotA is an Overpower after 300 Fury spent (quite easy to spend that) as well as a massive 120%x Multiplier to Overpower hits that crit.
- The Grandfather (Duriel) – Swap out Edgemaster’s with this legendary weapon, and shift Edgemaster’s to take the place of Earthstriker's.
- Harlequin Crest (Duriel) – Substitute Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty with this remarkable headpiece.
- Doombringer (Duriel) – Exchange Earthstriker's for this formidable blade. If wielding The Grandfather simultaneously, replace Edgemaster’s with Doombringer.
Build details: https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/hammer-of-the-ancients-barbarian-guide
