Diablo 2 Resurrected: Barbarian – Beginner Build
The barbarian has the biggest starting difficulties in Diablo 2: Resurrected. We recommend a build with rune words with which you can still overcome the normal level of difficulty in no time at all.
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General tips on the barbarian
Melee fighters don’t have it easy in Diablo 2 and the barbarian has drawn the weakest lot. However, that does not mean that the class is completely unusable. In the endgame you will need good equipment to get the most out of your character. In the normal level of difficulty, these hurdles are of course much lower.
The most important attributes
- strength
- In the first two acts, you should invest between 30 and 40 points in order to be able to wear the best equipment. As soon as you have reached the end of the normal level of difficulty, you are well served with 60-70 strength.
- skill
- 30 points are enough for most items.
- energy
- vitality
- With every level up you should invest almost all points in vitality.
Beginner builds to get you started
The barbarian can withstand a lot, but he lacks harm. We therefore recommend that you specialize in a build with two melee weapons.
At level 25, your build could look something like this:
| capability | Skill points |
| Slash | 1 |
| Double swing | 20th |
| Double throw | 1 |
| rage | 1+ |
As soon as you have unlocked Frenzy at level 25, you should still not do without double swing. It is most effective to increase your attack speed with frenzy at the beginning of the fight and then switch to double swing.
Helpful rune words
Since you need two melee weapons, the barbarian is more dependent than any other class on good rune words at the beginning of the game.
| Runeword | Runes and equipment | Effects |
| Steel (level 13) |
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| Malice (Level 15) |
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| Stealth (Level 17) |
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In the best case scenario, you each carry a weapon stole in one and a gun with Wickedness in the other hand. To do this, however, you need two El runes. You farm these from the countess who is on level 5 of the tower basement.
The loss of life from Wickedness you can offset it with a mercenary with the prayer ability, which you can hire in act 2. Carrying a weapon in both hands with malice is not recommended as you cannot easily compensate for the double loss of life.
If you’re not lucky enough to find runes, there is still one Budget option. So you can up to three valley runes in a melee weapon stuck to augment them with poison damage.
