The Barbarian has access to 23 different skills in Diablo 4. Most skills also have an “enhanced” version as well as two mutually exclusive upgrades that improve them in various ways.
This section provides a brief overview of the Barbarian skills as well as their enhancements and upgrades.
For a detailed list of Barbarian talents, refer to our Barbarian passives page.
Basic Skills are spammable skills whose primary purpose is to generate Fury for skills of the Core category. By virtue of being free and having no cooldown, they are also used to fill dead time while waiting for other, more powerful skills to be available.
Bash
Fury Generation
10
Lucky Hit Chance
50%
Damage Type
Physical
Description
Bash the enemy with your weapon, dealing 30% damage. After bashing enemies 4 times, your next Bash will Stun for 1.25 seconds, this increases to [2] seconds if using a Two-Handed weapon.
Critical Strikes with Lunging Strike grant you Berserking for 1.5 seconds.
Frenzy
Fury Generation
4
Lucky Hit Chance
30%
Damage Type
Physical
Description
Unleash a rapid flurry of blows, dealing 20% damage with each pair of hits. If Frenzy hits an enemy, its Attack Speed is increased by +20% for 3 seconds, up to [0.2 * 3 * 100|%+|].
You gain 8% Damage Reduction for each stack of Frenzy you currently have.
Barbarian Core Skills
Core Skills are the main sources of damage of the Barbarian. Although they have no cooldown, the main limiting factor of Core Skills is their Fury cost.
Hammer of the Ancients
Fury Cost
35
Lucky Hit Chance
50%
Damage Type
Physical
Description
Slam your hammer down with the fury of the Ancients, dealing 50% damage to a concentrated area.
Dealing direct damage to an enemy with a Skill that is not Upheaval causes your next cast of Upheaval to deal [0.03 * 100|%x|] increased damage, stacking up to 10 times.
While Iron Skin is active, Heal for [0.1 * 100|%|] of the Barrier‘s original amount as Life per second.
Rallying Cry
Fury Generation
20
Cooldown
25 seconds
Description
Bellow a rallying cry, increasing your Movement Speed by +30% and Resource Generation by [0.4 * 100|%x|] for 6 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3 seconds.
Rallying Cry grants you 10% Base Life (Max(1,6.484)) as Fortify. While Rallying Cry is active, you gain an additional 2% Base Life (Max(1,6.485)) as Fortify each time you take or deal direct damage.
If at least 6 enemies are Nearby when you cast War Cry, your damage bonus is increased by an additional [0.1 *100|%x|].
Kick
Cooldown
17 seconds
Charges
2
Lucky Hit Chance
40%
Damage Type
Physical
Description
Throw a powerful kick that deals 18% damage and Knocks Back enemies in front of you. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 54% damage and are Stunned for 3 seconds.
Reduce Charge’s Cooldown by 3 seconds if it Knocks Back an enemy into terrain.
Barbarian Weapon Mastery Skills
Weapon Mastery Skills are situational but powerful offensive skills with a relatively long cooldown.
Rupture
Cooldown
10 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance
50%
Damage Type
Physical
Description
Skewer enemies in front of you, dealing 13% damage, then rip your weapon out, damaging enemies for their total Bleeding amount and removing all Bleeding damage from them.
Hitting enemies with Rupture increases your Attack Speed by [0.2 * 100|%+|] for 4 seconds.
Death Blow
Cooldown
15 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance
50%
Damage Type
Physical
Description
Attempt a killing strike, dealing 1.2*100% damage to enemies in front of you. If this kills an enemy, its Cooldown is reset. If this kills an enemy, a Charge is refunded.
Ultimate Skills are extremely powerful skills with a cooldown to match. Their use is typically reserved for dispatching powerful enemies. Only one Ultimate Skill may be equipped at a time.
Wrath of the Berserker
Cooldown
60 seconds
Description
Explode into rage, Knocking Back surrounding enemies and gaining Berserking and Unstoppable for 5 seconds. For the next 10 seconds, dealing direct damage with Basic Skills grants Berserking for 5 seconds.
While Wrath of the Berserker is active, gain [0.2 * 100|%+|] increased Movement Speed and increase Fury Generation by [0.3 * 100|%x|].
Iron Maelstrom
Cooldown
60 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance
24%
Damage Type
Physical
Description
Activate three times to attach chains to each of your weapons and perform an attack: First, your Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon slams into the ground, dealing 60% damage and Stunning enemies for 2 seconds. Next, your Two-Handed Slashing weapon swipes in front of you, dealing 20% damage and inflicting 1.2*100% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Finally, your Dual Wield weapons swing around you, dealing 32.5% damage per hit.
Dealing direct damage to an enemy after swapping weapons reduces Iron Maelstrom’s Cooldown by 1 second.
Call of the Ancients
Cooldown
50 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance
30%
Description
Call upon 3 Ancients to aid you in battle for 6 seconds. Korlic leaps at enemies, dealing 104% damage and swings his weapons in a frenzy, dealing 39% damage per hit. Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 65% damage. Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 195% damage.
Each of the Ancients gains additional power: Korlic: You gain 10 Fury each time Korlic damages an enemy with his Frenzy. Talic: Enemies are Slowed by 50% for 1 second when damaged by his Whirlwind. Madawc: 30% chance to Stun enemies for 3 seconds when using his Upheaval.
Barbarian Dismount Skill
While mounted, the Barbarian has access to a unique Dismount Skill which causes the Barbarian to jump off their mount and slam into the ground twice, dealing damage to and stunning nearby enemies.