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Barbarian GR Support Build With Raekor and HotNS

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Build Variations Updated for Season 24, Patch 2.7.1 Main Build Group Support Speed Greater Rift Farming
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Introduction Skills and Runes Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points
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1.

Introduction

With a focus shifted away from perma-stun and damage buffs into Toughness boosting and crowd control, the support Barbarian rises to meet the requirements of the metagame. This crowd control and buff-oriented build is strictly multiplayer oriented, a zero DPS spec that plays part of a composition with other damage dealing party members. To help you with your group compositions, please refer to our Group Meta overview.

2.

Quick Reference

2.1.

Skill Setup

The basic skill setup of the Support Barbarian is displayed below. Read the dedicated Skills page for detailed information on choices, alternatives and build customization.

Skills and Runes Page
Active Skills
Left Mouse Button Furious Charge Icon Furious Charge Merciless Assault Merciless Assault Right Mouse Button Ground Stomp Icon Ground Stomp Wrenching Smash Wrenching Smash 1 Ancient Spear Icon Ancient Spear Rage Flip Rage Flip 2 Threatening Shout Icon Threatening Shout Falter Falter 3 Ignore Pain Icon Ignore Pain Mob Rule Mob Rule 4 War Cry Icon War Cry Veteran's Warning Veteran's Warning
Passive Skills
(diablo3.com link)
2.2.

Gear Setup

The required gear setup for the Support Barbarian is listed below. Check the Gear page for detailed information on choices, alternatives, gemming, Kanai's Cube and Paragon distribution.

Gear and Stats Page

For non-Seasonal play (where you do not have access to Ethereal weapons) throughout the duration of Season 24, the recommended weapons for this build are:

2.3.

Legendary Gems

2.4.

Kanai's Cube

3.

Changelog

  • 22 Jul. 2021 (gear page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
  • 22 Jul. 2021 (this page): Added S24 Ethereal recommendation.
  • 22 Jul. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 24.
  • 31 Mar. 2021 (skills page): No changes required for Season 23.
  • 31 Mar. 2021 (this page): No changes required for Season 23.
  • 31 Mar. 2021 (gear page): No changes required for Season 23.
  • 18 Nov. 2020 (gear page): Added S22 Cube recommendation.
  • 18 Nov. 2020 (this page): Added S22 Cube recommendation.
  • 17 Nov. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 22.
  • 30 Jun. 2020 (gear page): No changes required for Season 21.
  • 30 Jun. 2020 (this page): No changes required for Season 21.
  • 30 Jun. 2020 (skills page): No changes required for Season 21.
  • 12 Mar. 2020 (skills page): Skill and passive selection revised for the Season 20 meta.
  • 12 Mar. 2020 (this page): Skill, item, and Cube recommendations revised for Season 20.
  • 12 Mar. 2020 (gear page): Guide updated to reflect the inclusion of the Horde of the Ninety Savages set.
  • 19 Nov. 2019 (gear page): Revised Cube recommendations for Season 19.
  • 19 Nov. 2019 (this page): Revised Cube recommendations for Season 19.
  • 19 Nov. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 19.
  • 22 Aug. 2019 (gear page): Revised item recommendations for Season 18.
  • 22 Aug. 2019 (skills page): Reviewed for Season 18.
  • 22 Aug. 2019 (this page): Revised item recommendations for Season 18.
  • 13 May 2019 (skills page): Revised the guide's suggestions to match the current meta demands.
  • 13 May 2019 (gear page): Revised the guide's suggestions to match the current meta demands.
  • 13 May 2019 (this page): Revised the guide's suggestions to match the current meta demands.
  • 27 Jan. 2019 (this page): Updated the build to more closely match the current meta.
  • 27 Jan. 2019 (gear page): Updated the build to more closely match the current meta.
  • 27 Jan. 2019 (skills page): Updated the build to more closely match the current meta.
  • 16 Jan. 2019 (gear page): Added suggestions for the baseline Ring of Royal Grandeur for Seasonal characters.
  • 16 Jan. 2019 (this page): Guide was revised with additional recommendations for Season 16.
  • 16 Jan. 2019 (skills page): Information was reviewed and approved for Season 16 with no changes required.
  • 20 Sep. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 15.
  • 14 Jun. 2018 (this page): Guide was reviewed and approved for Season 14.
  • 31 Oct. 2017 (this page): No changes necessary for Patch 2.6.1.
  • 26 Jun. 2017 (this page): Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
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