Diablo 4 Season 9 Best Barbarian Builds: Are You Ready For Strong Blows And Powerful Earthquakes?

Although Diablo 4 Season 9 Sins of the Horadrim is still a week away, players can’t wait to prepare for the best builds to choose and make in the new season based on the previous Public Test Realm. Among them, Barbarian build with strong damage and solid defense has become the center of discussion.

With this Season Update, Barbarian build is more balanced than before and should suit more players’ play styles. So in this guide, we will introduce you to some of the best Barbarian builds worth trying in Diablo 4 Season 9 based on exploration strength, skill synergy ability, and overall stability.

1. Kick Barbarian

First of all, it should be noted that Overpower mechanic of Barbarian in Season 9 has been greatly weakened, which has affected skills such as Kick and Blow, but Kick Barbarian can easily clear some low- and medium-level enemies with a high burst damage and control ability, whether it is a group or a single enemy.

Not only that, as long as your positioning level is high enough, you can have excellent knockback synergy, and the newly added Hooves of the Mountain God Unique will reduce your dodge cooldown time, thereby further increasing mobility.

Of course, the most important thing is that Kick can also be perfectly adapted with Earthquake-based skills, so that it can cause serious damage to monsters or bosses on the spot. Although this build cannot allow you to successfully complete high-tier challenges, it is very suitable for you to effectively farm a large amount of XP and Diablo 4 Gold in the early and mid-term.

2. Lunge Strike Barbarian

Looking at the current player community and social media, there are very few guides recommending Lunge Strike Barbarian builds. Although it is centered on the basic skill Lunge Strike, it is probably one of the best Barbarian skills at the moment because it comes with a super strong bleeding damage effect.

In this build, you can combine Lunge Strike with Rage of Harrogath and any gear that can provide you with attack speed bonuses, and invest a lot of D4 Gold to maximize its effectiveness. In this way, the entire build can continuously output high damage and even remain effective in the endgame.

Overall, there are not many complex requirements to make a mature Lunge Strike Barbarian build. You only need to focus on crits and Fury accumulation in the passive skill tree, so this is also the only Barbarian build that is very suitable for beginners to try in the current season. The best thing is that you don’t need a large number of options to complete the challenge in the heavily modified Nightmare Dungeon.

3. Bash Earthquake Barbarian

If you value your character’s defensive abilities over offensive ones, you can try Bash Earthquake Barbarian, a variation of Earthquake archetype that will allow you to survive longer in some battles.

The mechanics of this build are also very simple, stacking some defensive attributes and statistics to ensure that your knockback effect is always available, thereby triggering the synergy of all offensive gear related to Earthquakes to achieve the purpose of sustained damage.

Compared to the previous two builds, Bash Earthquake Barbarian may be slower in leveling, but the safety and stability it can provide you can successfully complete boss encounters or fight against elite monsters, even if you explore alone.

3. Whirlwind Earthquake Barbarian

This build perfectly combines Whirlwind playstyle with Earthquake, which has excellent crowd control capabilities, which will give you a more comfortable gaming experience, whether you want to level up or complete high-difficulty challenges.

The name of this build demonstrates the skill rotation you need to make: use Earthquake to stun all enemies, and then use Whirlwind to cast follow-up damage on them. Or you can trigger Earthquake in a loop while moving, and then trap enemies in the center of the arena at different angles, and finally kill them all.

Although its overall burst power is slightly inferior to the best Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian build, it is less dependent on high-level and high-quality gear, and has a higher tolerance rate for Diablo 4 new players, so it is also very suitable for you to try in the early and mid-game.

5. Hammer Of The Ancients Earthquake Barbarian

Once you combine Earthquake with Hammer of the Ancients, a skill that has performed well in Season 9 PTR, any challenge in the endgame will no longer be a problem. Its Flicker technique and high-quality gear can work well together to cause devastating explosion area damage.

So in the choice of build options, you may want to focus on those that can trigger Earthquakes quickly and accurately, so that the duration and burst potential of the damage cast will be maximized. Here I would like to recommend Mantle of Mountain’s Fury, which is very suitable for you to use in high-tier Nightmare Dungeons.

However, it is important to note that the maximum effectiveness of HotA Earthquake Barbarian build will only be stable at level 105 and above, so farming loot and Diablo 4 gold in the early game may not be the best option. And this build is very dependent on HotA, which requires you to spend a lot of time to obtain it.

Although there is less than a week left before the release of the new season of Diablo 4, developers generally do not make major changes to the game content, so you can feel free to try all Barbarian builds just introduced. If the developers make some changes to specific items or skills in the future, we will continue to pay attention and push them to you in time. I wish you a happy game!