THE BEST BUILD FOR SEASON 4 - BASH BARB KING in-depth Guide 

The Best Build for Season 4 - Barbarian BASH KING. It's one of the best to push in Pits & also an excellent Boss Killer! NO NERFS BASH FTW! Planner: d4builds.gg/builds/23ae9cbb-933e-4a88-999c-2241654cc8e2 Boss Version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JS8QvfpS5xk.html Timestamps 00:00 Why the build is so strong 05:40 Best Boss Killer Version 06:25 Max Res 08:07 Pit Gameplay & Explanation 13:38 Setup 24:30 Why No Ramaladnis & Grandfather 27:55 Skill Tree 35:30 Paragon 43:20 Bleed Version

Thanks Rob for taking the time to go through the thinking on the build, it really helps in understanding choices so we can adjust per our gear. This is an incredibly fun build.

Thank you Rob for this build; really made this season super enjoyable for me. The synergy is INSANE. I'm very new to Barb and leveled using your Upheaval build, and switched to this build once I hit WT4. I had a few challenges meeting some of the gear requirements and the following tips in the video really helped me out, I hope the additional timestamps can help others just starting out: 03:46 - How to use HoTA synergy in HOTA version 28:13 - Same synergy with Iron Skin version, procs 'Decimator' node in Paragon 07:39 - Add more Elemental Res using Paragon if needed, 2 more nodes for 3% more 12:38 - Challenging Shout and why it makes sense to use "Crowd Control Duration" tempers 14:46 - How to hit Armor Cap w/ Paragon changes: ~300 extra armor 30:56 - Thorns/Bleed DR Synergy Explanation 32:00 - Movement Speed vs Crit Chance skill points (very helpful early end game) *Additional Note: Progression Breakpoints that made the STARTER build smoother for me by greatly increasing my damage: 1. Legendary Bash Cleave Temper Recipe (farm Blood Maiden boss in WT4 Helltide) 2. Any Ancestral Pants with +Bash levels 3. Ancestral Paingorger's Gauntlets (Paingorger's Gauntlets can be farmed from 'The Beast in the Ice' maxroll.gg/d4/resources/boss-loot-table-cheat-sheet#the-beast-in-the-ice-header). Use + Attack Speed gloves until point. 4. Work on getting Crit Chance up to 50% Thanks again!

Thanks for the build Rob, I am currently using your bash boss killer uber build and that helped me do all the torment uber bosses and solo lilith without too many issues considering I never quite learnt her mechanics. Is not min/maxed, probably somewhere in the middle mostly 4/12 gear but even then it was enough to 1 phase lilith, after finishing her off I went back to do torment duriel and it went down so fast that I thought I was doing normal duriel, tomorrow I will change the build to the HoTA pit mat farm version since my gear is pretty much an exact copy of yours, the only different most of them only have 1 special perk and that one of my rings has resistance to all elements as a attribute instead of strength, to help me reach the cap Your build was performing as described, you dont even need masterworked gear to start seeing hi dmg crit swings from the very beginning, other builds like necro billion hit require a lot more work, investment, coordination, this one is just straight forward and very effective. PS: Just to add, I am now on heartseeker rogue, before I switched I was farming Pit 100s with this build, didnt bother pushing higher, having so much life helps a lot with some bosses like the sharpshooter that has so many 1 shot mechanics, I moved to rogue because I had nothing else to do on the barb

Rob, thank you for the in depth guide and all your content! I started the season with minion necro and reached the high 70-s of the pit, but it just doesn't feel right. Yesterday I tried your iron skin bash barb for couple of hours, levelled to 60 and it feels really good. Indeed it can survie throgh anything with no gear.

Thank you for this indepth guide! Really appreciated :)

Much improved video - let's hope this level of quality and detail continues! Great work Rob!

Thanks so much for explaining this, Rob. You make your builds very approachable.

Hi Rob I finished the build just yesterday with the gear, skill tree and paragon after having fun with ww dd but I wasn't doing any damage anymore I switched to this build you presented, it's crazy!! for me and second only to the season 2 overpower hota you showed in October. I work a lot and have little time to test builds, you're always 🔝🔝🔝keep it up Thanks 👍

About the Chinese bleed build, I agree it only hit the radar (in it’s current state) because of the bugged holy bolt interaction. I love bleed builds myself, and the base of it is solid even without holy bolts. But it’s not a finished build, there’s lots of stuff in there that doesn’t work with berserk ripping at all. This is someone who had berserk ripping on his bash barb, found a grandfather, switched to gushing wounds cause of the obvious synergy between gf and crit, noticed he did a lot of bleed, and moved berserk ripping to his twohander. You can try the same concept with other builds that work well with berserk ripping (dust devils, thorns,…. Even the earthquakes, brawler explosions and kick damage on a leap/kick build, whirlwind with ancestral echoes,…). Berserk ripping is fed by any base direct damage so it’s mostly a numbers game. Then there’s gushing wound overpower blood explosions you can add, and a whole extra layer of bleed to direct damage stuff with Skullbreaker to add a third layer of scaling. That base concept is obviously a viable way to scale bleeds on a barb, even without holy bolts. As an alternative temper to the rogue crit damage thing, lucky hit physical damage procs are a decent alternative, each proc adding an extra berserk ripping bleed. Even once they fix the holy bolt elixir, the pit push meta will probably be grandfather + gushing wounds. On direct damage crits there’s a cap to the crit bucket, gushing wounds circumvents this cap.

Thanks Rob. I never played Barbarian since 1. But this totally changed my view. It's world ending force magnitude 9.8! 😂

Such a great informative, I appreciate the detailed insight, tried and tested brother. Keep it up

Thanks for this vids and all the efford, GGWP, i skiped 2 seasons and having a lot fun with this build, thansk congratz man!!! Regards from Brasil!

Hey Rob is it possible for you to use maxroll planner instead of D4 builds because d4 build planner is so buggy?

This is by far the most fun I have had in Diablo in a long time with this build!

OMG I went with this one changed a bit from the first ones May 13th I think and it OWNS everything it looks at with the hammer/sword :) Good Job Rob :)

Thanks Rob from Rob 👍😉 Started Necro this season. (Solo) Going Barb now, so much fun a barb. The game has evolved in a good way. Love the new loot. Keep up the good work! CU on stream ⚔️

Best build until the next new best in 3 days.

Anyone run into a problem where when you bash after steel grasp your bash is delayed? Sometimes i can bash right away and sometimes its feels like two second before bash animation

Wow what an amazing f video. Thank you a lot for explaining all the stuff behind the build. Looking forward for more stuff like this, maybe breakdown of thorns barb and all the variants on that one? Anyways, cheers! and best regards :D

Very helpful video. Thanks!

The first 3/3 greater affix item I got was an amulet with ATS, crit change AND cooldown. And tempering immediately bricked it 😩

Make the same for thorns build? This was a fantastic walkthrough!

Thanks Rob, love your builds and this video was great as I’m new to barb this season

Thanks Rob for the content

Rob what about the Tyrael version ? Is it consistent ? Better than the "normal" version of Iron skin build?

Is this better overall than the thorns barb from the other day?

Just switched to bash yesterday and I'm absolutely LOVING it!

Thank you so much! I'm new to the game, I played on a necromancer, I didn't have enough vitality, I played on a sorceress, I didn't have enough damage through frozen orbs, I already thought something was wrong. I collected your build and on 92 characters without improving equipment and several things did not go in with tempering, I ran through my 66 pit, where I usually farm on a sorceress and quite often die 3 times faster, without even noticing enemies, died 1 time on a large number of bursts of corpses and 1 time on the boss, when I decided to tank the whole face his damage. I decided to go straight through HotA, without the iron skin. My not at all sharpened barb runs to the LKM (Bash) and just kills everything at a glance....

Wish the nado barb had a little more oomph, but time to switch for endgame pushing.

Hey Rob, what happened to the Tyrael's Might version in your planner?

Great video Rob.

Hey, so I was able to get my hands on shako, Melted heart, and grandfather, sitting around tier 90 on pit, but am having trouble with bosses at the end of pit. When should I try to look to transition? Up to what tier can I jsut use the iron skin/Hota variation? Cheers

Necros: ok summon minions, pull enemies with corpse tendril, activate golem, proc flesh eater, proc shadowblight, stay near minions to activate helltide commander Barbs: haha bash goes brrrrrr

So this or thorns barb? Stuck between the two without resources for both.

so berserk ripping is only good with holy bolts and bleed setup or is that a good aspect anyway? would be an easy way to bleed enemies without them hitting you

Great build! And thank you for the detailed planner! Just one question, with this build, you only have 2 second Steel grasp Berserk windows and War cry 4 second Berserk windows, correct? We are not supposed to keep berserk more than those 2 and 4 second windows, correct? Sorry, new to the class. Thank you! One more thing, i tested aspect of elements on the ring and it doesn't show the character animation and it doesn't show any buff. Any reports of aspect of elements not working?

BUFF SORC ASAP!! Are a lot of skill needing some.love, chain lightning, ice shards, fireball, meteor, incinerate, etc

Disagree about Ramaladni's - stacking fury is pretty simple and we don't need another Offensive aspect for Orange Sword. I did 118+ PIT with No elixir (You can check my channel if interested to see both Build or High Pit Runs) and will push Leaderboard even further staying on top of the most Not Dual Wielding Barbs while I don't even have a full masterwork up. I have also compared Ramaladni's Version against normal one and they are pretty close with best rolled Dual Wield one getting ahead. Cheers!

Levelled up with Double Swing and Dust Devils and enjoyed it, but hit a wall on boss DPS at higher pit levels. Switched to this bash build and after getting all the correct tempers, I can now easily farm pit 100. An amazing difference, thank you

Which is the better all around build. Iron Skin (Uber) build or the version with Tyraels Might?

You need to update the planner tempers

try use GRANDFATHER and UBER NECKLACE for Immortal build

thanks for the vid ! kinda struggling against bosses in pit so I stick around 85 but build is cool

Thank you very much for the video! Can I use doombringer or starless skies with this build?

Hey rob, how did you manage to get 123k hp, i used your buildplanner and im not even close to that hp

Anyone else just sitting at like 10mil damage and can't kill Lilith? Not even remotely close to the numbers in this build, followed everything .....

Watching the video helps. I completely missed the damage while berserking on my setup. Just happen to see it on the video.

Dude thanks for this.

Heh... I use that boss killer bash build that was supposed to do 500m and have what I think is "pretty good" gear yet it only does 1.4-14m at lvl 100 with paragon complete. The barb builds this season apparently need such hyper specific flawless gear that it's near impossible for anyone not willing to grind for eons - and not just the gear that needs like perfect +3 stat rolls but the tempers need to be perfect too or it's bricked - which is what happens to 99% of perfect gear. I previously used the Maxroll bash thorns which did like 500k-3m with 500k thorns, swapped to DoNotHitMe's leap quake thorns which did, and I shit you not, 15k damage. Thousand. Not even million. Certainly not billion. Then another person's bash kick build which did like 2.4-3m or so, then back to the boss killer one. As a result it's clear that an uber killing barb is just beyond my reach this season. Also HOTA is pretty annoying to bash 4 stacks then HOTA while also trying to dodge boss mechanics. And I'm way too poor to even afford to reset masterworking on items at 5m a pop, can barely even afford the masterworking at all.

Hey Rob, how about the Rend Cleave tempering - is that multiplicative like the Bash Cleave tempering or no? Could we sorta just swap out Bash for Rend, and Bash Cleave for Rend Cleave?

Im currently running double swing devils, but stuck at 68 pits. In process of switching to Bash, just not sure if I should do iron skin starter or hota? Still haven’t beaten Lilith, nor torrent bosses solo so the boss build peaks my interest but I also feel like im starting over with masterworking on a new bash build. All that said, there is a different in tempers between iron skin and hota versions so not sure which to start off with? Is the boss hota setup only good for bosses or does it also do well in pits? I have limited gear to make the switch but need to go with one or the other. I don’t have any Uber uniques so trying to get to that point. For example, you are tempering challenging shout on helmet inside boss killer no Uber yet you aren’t using challenging shout on the build? Why is that?

Poor HOTA, how the mighty have fallen. Now its only purpose is to buff the main damage skill which is a basic attack. We should be building around core attacks, not basic attack 😢 I hope blizzard buff cores

Thanks for the in depth video! Which version of all the builds would you say is best for Uber lillith? The Boss killer?

Thanks man 🤘🏼 struggling pretty hard with the crit strike chance it’s driving me insane lol.

thank you bro!

thanks for the crazy guide!

I haven’t yet managed to find a Shako, but I got an Andariel’s Visage from Tormented Duriel. It’s actually really strong for this build thanks to our very fast attack speed and it also means you don’t have to worry about capping poison resistance which means it frees up a roll on another item for more strength or life. The poison DoT ticks for crazy damage and bosses simply melt. A well-rolled Tuskhelm of Joritz also goes very well for this Bash build, giving a tangible DPS boost.

is this better than the 130 thorns barb build you showed a few videos ago?

Im noob at barbarian, Ive been following your videos and guides and they are simply amazing, thanks for the effort! I have one question, how to level up the 2h axe? Do i need to use a different skills just for this? Im not able to do it with bash...

Can U put yen's blessing to proc challenging shout all the time? To get us perma 20% dmg reduction. It can proc any shout that is on coldown.

Hi Rob when watching your bash barb video i noted you said about having 2 potions active but must have missed where you said about how to do it so i google it and found out thanks for that bit of info and for the video as it helped with my research into which way i want to go with my barb 😀 After watching it i went back to finishing leveling glyphs and gathering up gear, I have up buffs wise the holy bolts potion and chorus of war essence. i noticed the chorus had nearly dropped so stopped to refresh it however i hit storm of the wilds by mistake, i then noticed that i had 2 icons for essences I know this can happen when you have been near other players, but i was pretty suree i had not been so waited till essences ran out completely then went to a NMD and hit chorus then storm and lo and behold the were both up and working as advertised. did a little playing about but it seems to be that it has to be chorus with other essence whether this is a bug or not i dont know but thought i would let you know 😀

So i’ve been trying to build this for my self, bricking a GG 3xGA Sword in the process, now im currently speedfarming 90 pits - I did one change to make this happen! This had been crucial for me actually, i switched out Edgemaster for Accelerating, now when i hit my bash stacks and toggle my HOTA i immediately melt everything in my vicinity. Bosses are a walk in the park aswell where as with Edgemaster i had slower boss kills.

Amazing video and build Rob! I converted to Barb because of you! Having so much fun with this 🍻

About Grandfather: Your crit chance is the big determining factor about this item. Crit Damage, like damage to close, damage while zerking, and bash cleaving damage, is added into your ADDITIVE bucket, but ONLY when you crit. So if you crit 60% of the time you are going getting this additive damage 60% of the time, compared to the others which are close to 100% if you are playing correctly. Because of this, Crit damage is better than those stats as long as you pass certain breaking points of crit rate. This is because the Grandfather unique effect DOUBLES crit damage values(so if the tooltip says +85% crit damage, it is actually +170% crit damage if you have grandfather equipped. When you take into account the ranges you can temper onto gear his means that for overall damage output you are better rolling Crit damage onto an item than Damage to close if you have greater than 50% crit chance. Roughly speaking any additive damage bonus is 1:1 equivalent to crit damage at 50% crit rate. So if the range for crit damage temper(62.5%-85%) is the same as the temper for damage to close(which it is) you only need 50% crit chance for them to be equal value, and any higher than 50% means that crit damage is BETTER. If the value of the stat is higher range(like bash cleaving which is 82.5-105%) then you need more crit chance to make them equal(62% crit rate in this case). If the range is lower, like damage while berserking(41.5-55%) then you need less crit(only 32% in this case). So then the question becomes, when does the value of Grandfather's 2x multiplier overtake the value 2 ideal role temper stats that you could have had on a legendary weapon. That answer is more complicated because your preexisting +crit damage and your crit chance are both variables, but in short form, grandfather is instantly better when(crit chance X crit damage X 2) >190 WITHOUT you tempering on any crit damage. So if you have 60% crit you would need +158% crit damage. TLDR the greater your crit chance, the more likely you need to switch to grandfather and roll all your other temper rolls into crit damage.(Note: you should always have at least 1 temper of bash cleaving for the cleave)

So in the planner, under gear stats it says "max life, cdr, rec regen" but your helm has "str, arm, cdr" and then the mouse over for helm under "iron skin (pit starter build)" has "+rank to steel grasp, str, cdr". Im wanting to do uber boss build but dont have shackle. Which stats should I be going for here?

Amazing build , still sad about HOTA because it’s my personal favorite hope it becomes meta again

Ty for guide Rob. What are the attack speed breakpoins?How to calculate them?)

Would you recommend changing the close range damage temper to critical damage to increase the damage??

Hey rob or anyone else I know im a bit late but is it worth it to put crit damage temper on every variant of the bash build (like the iron skin one) or only on the bleed variant thx for the answer guys.

Bit confused about the inclusion of Paingorgers. Does it scale with Bash cleave temper?

In your planner you have damage to close enemies on both two-handed weapons and on the one-handed weapons the damage while berserking, this contradicts what you say in the video. Is that a mistake in the planner or am I missunderstanding something here?

The build planner has challenging shout cooldown reduction on variants that don't use challenging shout. Is it not possible to change the tempers for each variant? Also the "no ubers" variants for each build has no uniques, I feel like that variant would use uniques just not uber uniques. My Dust Devil double swing barb feels like it has hit a wall at like Pit 75 and I am wondering if bash is significantly easier to get online.

Question for the build. Would using Tyrael’s as chest piece not be viable ? Since it gives inceased max res, DR, bolts which don’t do much dmg but are a plus, all stats and all res. Idk how necessary the tempers/healing of aspect is needed.

Hi rob, I have a greater affix heavy handed +3 with c/d and life, is that better than a greater affix max crit and max attack speed on amulet? Thanks!!

Fantastic build. Looking forward to doing this!

Is it ok to farm razor plate at level 65? Or will i get a lower level one since im sorta under leveled? I'm new sorry for the question.

awesome guide mate! I started playing D4 with season 4 launch and barb was my first character. managed to beat uber lilith today for the first couple times. I followed every step of the build and love it! Your content is amazing in general! Just one question that came to my mind: What weapon expertise do you assign? I could not really find info on that anywhere? Two-Handed Sword Expertise would be my guess? Cheers!

Sorry for asking is better crit dmg on weapons or damage to close enemies? Thx for answer

Hey Rob. Can you explain the Rotation for the Bleed Bash Barb too?

Should I use the grandfather when I don't have a perfect two handed sword, fully masterworked ect ?

Is there any way to work a tyraels might in this build? My first uber unique was a tyraels and I'm not sure what to do with it.

great vid thanks m8 starting barb tonight geting ready for tuesday Ps: nado druid was supperb , necro is really op thanks for builds guide :)

Hi Rob, which weapons do we put damage to Berserking on - two hand bludgeoning or both dual wield? (The links different than the vid) And bash assigned to two hand bludgeoning?

can you roll crit dmg in the early pit build with iron skin instead of berserking dmg or is it a dps loss in that build?

What happened to the version you had with tyraels might? It was on your planner a few days ago got a tyraels might and now it’s not showing up on the planner

This build has so much potential, but the Leapquake version, as listed on Maxroll, can’t be played on the PS5 for two reasons: 1) jump is bugged as if you hold in a direction then leap, you end up across the map, and 2) you can’t use a mouse/keyboard with D4 on PS5. I’m glad to find your versions, Rob! I might be able to keep playing my bash barb

Hey rob so if my bash cleve on my weapons is like 130 percent is that why not seeing high number with the boss killer build

Thanks Rob...for the boss killer no uber...cause I dont have Shako yet, so should we replace HoTa with rupture to increase attack speed for bash instead....I notice my hota dmg isnt high at all. Thank you

Hey Rob just wondering do prefer to use the shako or Tuskhelm of the Jorirtz for the helmet?

I already played double swing to 100 so i have the bash tempers would it be ok to level with starting out since i have them?

Is there anything to do to unlock furious augments? I'm not able to use it on my barb (Lev 57, on difficulkty 4).

What content are you running to get the great gear?

On the gear stats what does it mean for the ones in color? They are the ones you want to try and get the 25% upgrade on?

Hey Rob, probably obvious to you but could you add your thoughts about stat prios on the different items to your d4build notes? Its often hard for me to get that 100%, would be very helpful for everyone in the future and today. Keep the good work up :) Cheers!

Hey ho Rob (and everyone else) what Druid Build would you recomend for Season 4? One for lveling to 100 and maybe one for bosses? I started leveling my first Druid in D4 (3rd Char on Season 4 lol) but I dont know where to go... Im playing pets / storm build now but still fell reaaaally weak lol

I see dust devils are getting nerfed, should I not level with it then? I haven't made a barb yet but I was thinking I could level with something fun then swap to bash.

Im a bit confused. For the very end game version , to which my understanding, is the one that says CN 130 pit. Should i go for cc, atck speed , and strength. Or, cc, cd , and attack speed. I ask because there is a variation between the starter and the more end build versions.

Hey rob Grandfather is good for this build or no ? When i put grandfather my crit dmg go up to 2000% but lose a lot attack speed (Update) Now i understand why 27:26 Thanks for this video

Ich habe harle und das selig amulett wie würdest du umbauen ? Weil auf dem legi amulett ist ja aktuell der eisenhaut aspekt ? Würde es aber gerne einbauen und grandfather auch