![]() Though I’d consider the Legendary Aspects above to be essential, you really want to start equipping Legendary Aspects as soon as possible. You’ll need all the help you can get while leveling, and those are your best sources for help outside of Skill Points. This is certainly not an endgame build, but it is (hopefully) optimized for the earliest parts of the game.įinally, Legendary Aspects, Gear, and Vampiric Powers matter quite a lot for leveling Barbarians. It’s also much faster than other leveling Barbarian builds, doesn’t struggle as much with resource generation, and still offers those high defenses Barbarians should crave. AoE damage is your leveling fuel, and this build offers quite a lot of that. If you skip the campaign, it’s relatively easy to ignore boss fights in dungeons that don’t have a necessary Legendary Aspect. While I won’t say the relative lack of single-target damage doesn’t matter, I will say that it’s a little less important while leveling. If you want more single-target damage as a Barbarian, you should focus on Death Blow and Bleed builds. It’s not terrible in those situations (and you’ll certainly be able to stay alive during those fights), but that’s not what this build is designed for. Unfortunately, this build does suffer during boss fights. I’m also going for Ground Stomp’s cooldown reduction effect, though you may want to swap that based on your personal preferences. It’s a remarkably simple and consistent way to deal with large packs of enemies while leveling. Use your Shouts, Ground Stomp a pack of enemies, hit them with Upheaval, and deal with what is left. Though I tried playing with Death Blow instead, the synergy between Ground Stomp and Furious Upheaval was pretty hard to ignore. Speaking of Ground Stomp, it proved to be a surprisingly effective part of this strategy. If you do go that route, sacrifice the Ultimate (and its associated Key Passive) instead of Ground Stomp. You can take Challenging Shout as well, though I generally prefer to look elsewhere with this particular build. it’s not the most exciting way to play, but this package will help you survive and thrive early on. That also means you’re spending nine points on all of the accompanying Shout Passives. I think that War Cry and Rallying Cry are musts in most Barbarian leveling builds, including this one. How do you build around Upheaval, though? Well, you have some options. Upheaval reaches something closer to its full potential much sooner than that. While the same can be true of other Barbarian abilities, they require more resources/time to really reach their potential. It turns an already pretty useful ability into an absolute monster. Mind you, that effect can stack up to six times. ![]() Now, when you damage an enemy with a skill that isn’t Upheaval, your next Upheaval deals 12x as much damage. Well, not only did the base damage for Upheaval get a nice bump, but the Furious Upheaval ability got a major buff. Upheval’s AoE power and respectable single-target damage potential already made it one of the more appealing Barbarian Core Skills for leveling. ![]() Leveling a Barbarian can still be a nightmare of a process, so I tried to focus on the very few areas in the recent update where leveling Barbarians got any love.
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