Diablo 4 Barbarian Best Leveling Build & Skill Tree Setup Tips for Open Beta

In this Diablo 4 Barbarian Build guide, we focus on the skill tree setup and paths for fastest 1-25 leveling up in D4 Open Beta.

Diablo 4 Best Barbarian Build Guide (Skill Tree, Gear, Gameplay Tips)

With the right skill tree setup and path, Barbarian allows you to do tremendous damage over time with lots of resource gain and clear enemies on full screen very quickly. Barbarian builds have many defensive and offensive capacities and can do very fast leveling in Diablo 4 Beta. 

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Diablo 4 Barbarian Best Leveling Build Skill Stree Setup

So here we break down the best skill tree setup for creating the strongest Barbarian build and leveling to 25 fast!

Start Skill Setup (Level 1-3)

• Level 2: Flay (Basic) +1 Point

• Level 3: Enhanced Frenzy

To gain access to other sections, all that's required is an investment of 2 points in Basic Skills. One highly recommended option within this category is Flay, as it not only causes Bleed but also applies the Vulnerable debuff to the target.

Core Skill Setup (Level 4-6)

• Level 4: Whirlwind (Core) - 1 Point

• Level 5: Enhanced Whirlwind

• Level 6: Violent Whirlwind

• Level 7: Combat Frenzy (Basic) +1 Point or Whirlwind +1 Point

Make sure you get the Whirlwind increased damage over time, you can go with slashing weapons if you have that for some bleeding damage as well, so this is a choice depending on your weapon. You don't have a second at the start, so you can go with damage reduction or you can go with more points into Whirlwind.

Defensive Skill Setup (Level 8-10)

• Level 8: Rallying Cry +1 Point

• Level 9: Enhanced Rallying Gry + 1 Point

• Level 10: Tactical Rallying Cry +1 Point

Now, let's go over to Defensive Skills, Rallying Cry gives you +30% movement speed is going to be essential, and also will be getting more Fury, so the more Fury we get the more thriller welding we'll do.

Brawling Skill Setup (Level 11-17)

• Levels 11-12: Whirlwind (Core) +2 Point

• Levels 13: Leap (Brawling) +1 Point

• Levels 14: Enhanced Leap

• Levels 15: Power Leap

• Levels 16: Whirlwind (Core) +1 Point

• Levels 17: Combat Frenzy

Now let's perk up Whirlwind, then take us into Brawling, so let's get the leap and reduction to cool down, and finally, we get additional Fury. Also, we need two more points, so we come back over the core and pack Whirlwind up to 5 points and perk Combat Frenzy up. 

Weapon Mastery Skill Setup (Level 18-23)

• Level 18: Steel Grasp (Weapon Mastery) +1 Point

• Level 19: Enhanced Steel Grasp

• Level 20: Warrior's Steel Grasp

• Level 21: Pit Fighter +2 Points

• Level 22: Expose Vulnerability +1 Points

• Level 23: Slaying Strike +1 Points

Now we have Weapon Mastery and we can go with Steel Grasp to make enemies vulnerable and also give us an additional charge. Finally, there are some really good perks like Pit Fighter, you can perk through to the Expose Vulnerability and Slaying Strike if you want a little more vulnerability, especially with the Steel Grasp.

Ultimate Skill Setup (Level 24-25)

• Level 24: Wrath of the Berserker (Ultimate) +1 Point

• Level 24: Prime Wrath of the Berserker

• Level 24: Supreme Wrath of the Berserker

• Level 25: Expose Vulnerability +2 Points

Now we can come back over Ultimate and finish off with water berserker and this should take us to 27 points finally, we can perk Expose Vulnerability more because how we play is starting with jumping into enemies with Leap and still grasp grouping enemies together, and then they will be vulnerable and you'll do more damage. But if they're already vulnerable with other sources, you can go with modify that so this is the choice as well, just make sure it when you change it everything else changes right over here.

Diablo 4 Barbarian Leveling Build Gear Setup

For helping you complete the strongest Barbarian build, we also have some gearing suggestions:

• Right Weapon: Rapid Gargoyle Greatsword - this particular weapon provides me with a massive boost of attack speed for 56 for basic spells and we're actually attacked really fast

• Second Weapon: Edgemaster's Barbed Sword with Drude Amethyst

• Third Weapon: Doom Exile

• Left-Hand Weapon: Bonebreaker of Encroaching Wrath

• Armor: Eluding Adventurer's Tunic

• Helm: Adventurer's Helm of The Iron Warrior

• Rings: Band of Berserk Ripping, Slaking Loop

• Amulet: Vigo's Protecting Amulet

• Boots: Relentless Berserker's Boneweave Treads

• Pants: Adventurer's Pants of Might

• Gloves: Devilish Adventurer's Gloves

• Gems:

  For weapons, use gems with damage over time, such as Crude Amethyst

  For armor, use gem with damage reduction while fortified for defensiveness

  For sockets, resistances to all elements

So if you want to know how to get full legendary items for your build during Diablo 4 Beta, check out our guide: Fastest Ways To Get Full Legendary Gear Set in Diablo 4 Beta.

Key Tips for Fastest Leveling Barbarian To 25 in Diablo 4

If you  are wondering how to level up Barbarian and also how to get your Barbarian gears very fast check out the below tips:

• 1 - Try to reset skills before 10 to feel all the builds. It's free, also cheap before level 20+

• 2 - Pick your build for enjoyment or for higher clear+DMG. Build around legendary affix power spikes

• 3 - Collect herbs for thorn + armor ASAP, always have a 5% bonus exp in Dungeons & world flights

• 4 - Check Inventory constantly for magical/rare upgrades. For rings and amulets, upgrade for bonus damage, for other gear, upgrade for close/distant bonus, slow, vulnerable DMG, etc.

• 5 - Leveling Path Options: follow main quests, unlock teleport warp points, collect side quest but only do if its on the way, do dungeons once comfortable (enough skill points or gear power spike), start doing Strongholds once we can clear Dungeons (best to have 6 actives for this, strongholds w2ill always be 1 level higher, they start at level 10, 12, 20)