Rend Rupture Barbarian Leveling Build Guide - Diablo 4

By Wowhead Updated: 2024/10/06

Discontinued Build GuideRend Barbarian leveling Overview in Diablo 4RuptureElites will explode in Blood Lunging StrikeRendCall of the AncientsRuptureStrengths and Weaknesses for Rend Barbarian Leveling

Strengths

Weaknesses

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Lunging Strike - Base Fury generator; use it to engage in fights and move around on the battlefield.

Rend - Your main way to deal damage. Outside of burst windows (when Rallying Cry and Call of the Ancients are not available) use it when you can to try and get a near 100% Vulnerable uptime with . If you target lost Vulnerable, hit with Flay until you are r at Max Fury or you get a Vulnerable proc and then spend your Fury on Rend.

Rupture - The main burst damage from the build. Use it on CD if you need healing through . Outside of burst windows, you can use it when it's available. When you are burning a lot of Fury, use it within 5-6 seconds of your firsts Rend. Rend bleed lasts for 5 seconds, so you can't add more bleed damage after 5 seconds, you only extend the full potential of the bleed. Make it pop with Rupture during a Vulnerable Window for max damages.

War Cry - Use this shout on Cooldown when you face a tough enemy or group of enemies. The damage amplification is great and it gets us into Berserking, which gives a few nice perks.

Call of the Ancients - Use this on Cooldown against Elites and Bosses. The Single Target damage is great but it's especially the Fury generation that makes this skill amazing, allowing you to spam Rend without any care.

Rallying Cry - This skill has two different purposes: one, to make you Unstoppable and two, to give you a bit more Fury outside for Call of the Ancients

Best Leveling Skills for Rend Barbarian in Diablo 4

48 points for levels 2-49. You start at level 1 with no native Skill Point, and you transition from Skill Points to Paragon Points at level 50.

10 points from Zone Renown. By earning 900 Renown points with each of the 5 zones, you earn 2 Skill Points per zone for a total of 10 points. These points are account-wide and will be available to all alts when earned on one character.

Leveling Build for Rend BarbarianActive Skills for Rend BarbarianLunging Strike (1/5)Basic

Lunging StrikeLunging StrikeRend (5/5)Core

RendRallying Cry (5/5)Defensive

Rallying CryWar Cry (1/5)Brawling

War CryRallying CryWar CryRupture (5/5)Weapon Mastery

RuptureRuptureRuptureRendCall of the AncientsUltimate

Call of the AncientsChargePassive Skills for Rend BarbarianHamstring (1/3)Booming Voice (3/3)BrawlingPit Fighter (3/3)Weapon MasteryGuttural Yell (3/3)BrawlingRaid Leader (3/3)BrawlingGushing Wounds (1/1)Key PassiveTempered Fury (1/3)UltimateInvigorating Fury (3/3)UltimateCut to the Bone (3/3)Weapon MasteryAggressive Resistance (1/3)BrawlingProlific Fury (3/3)BrawlingPressure Point (3/3)BrawlingParagon Boards for Rend BarbarianBest Weapon Techniques Choices for Rend Barbarian Two-Handed SwordHow to Swap Weapons as a Barbarian in Diablo 4Battle-Mad AspectLunging StrikeUpheavalHammer of the AncientsBashRend Barbarian Best Leveling Gear for Diablo 4Best Legendary Aspects from DungeonsDark Ravine, Dry SteppesMaulwood, Fractured PeaksKor Dragan Barracks, Fractured PeaksUnderroot, ScosglenBuried Halls, Dry SteppesSirroco Caverns, KehjistanAspect of MightFlayRendAspect of AnemiaBest Dropped Legendary AspectsBold Chieftain's AspectAspect of Limitless RageWeapon Master's AspectRuptureRend Barbarian Best Weapon ChoicesRend Barbarian Best Leveling Gems

Comments

Comment by menzlo

I was under the impression that while Flay stacks, Rend does not, only getting reapplied. It seems like this guide implies that it does stack though.

Comment by Coldbear

Wowhead needs some Hardcore leveling guides. Icy veins has none, and can't seem to find anywhere else either.

Comment by naylz

Point 23 states:

- Drop Iron skin, put its points in

You can't.

It requires that 3 points be put in Defense Skills or somewhere higher to reach the Weapon Mastery node.

Even looking much deeper into the guide I can see that your Replace instructions on step 30 also won't work.

Comment by Ulmaran

Guys, WTF. This entire build changed overnight. Yesterday (08/14) was Flay, today (08/15) is Lunging Strike, and there were tons of updates everywhere.
A disclaimer would have been nice :)

Comment by Madrios

Dear WowHead, the skill order on all of these guides is gone now. The embedded skill tree is blank for all of them (it worked a couple of days ago). I can still see the skill tree if I open it in the skill calculator but it does not show me the skill order. Kind a bummer because I was using this for my build as I play and I didn't take a screenshot of the skill order... :( Can you please fix it? Thanks!

Rend Rupture Barbarian Leveling Build Guide - Diablo 4

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