Diablo 4 1.1.1 is finally here bringing significant changes to the game's dynamics. Some classes and builds have been nerfed. But still, the Barbarian class remains a formidable choice for both PvE and PvP gameplay. Today we are going to show you the top 3 best op Diablo 4 Season 1 Barbarian starter and end game builds for PvP/PvE after patch 1.1.1 nerf. We’ll explain how to play these post-buff Barb builds, and then we’ll look into the best skills, gems, malignant heart, and gear to use, so you can get the highest damage possible and much more. 

Top 3 Best Op Diablo 4 1.1.1 Barbarian Builds - D4 S1 Buffed Barbarian Builds (PvP & PvE) After Patch 1.1.1

Barbarian has big AOE skills with high damage to farm a lot of mob groups very quickly. These skills suffer from relatively long cooldowns. So make sure you group up your enemies to kill them very efficiently. For this guide, we will be using the Barbarian Double Swing endgame build, and Whirlwind build which is currently the most beginner-friendly and the highest DPS build in D4 1.1.1 post buff.

1. Post Patch 1.1.1 Whirlwind Barbarian Build

First up, the best Diablo IV 1.1.1 best Barbarian build is Whirlwind. The Whirlwind Barbarian is a very straightforward build that is very fun and does massive amounts of AOE damage. This build focuses on the Whirlwind skill, which allows the Barbarian to spin and attack all nearby enemies. It is a popular build for both PvE and PvP, as it offers high mobility, damage, and survivability. The Whirlwind Barber Barbarian endgame build is particularly powerful, allowing you to instantly delete bosses and enemies in high-tier endgame content.

Best Gears for Whirlwind Barbarian Endgame Build D4 1.1.1

• Helm: Harlequin Crest

• Amulet: Edgemaster’s Aspect

• Aspect of Disobedience

• Ring 1: Aspect of Echoing Fury

• Ring 2: Bold Chieftain’s Aspect

• Gloves: Gohr’s Devastating Grips

• Pants: Temerity

• Boots: Ghostwalker Aspect

• Weapons: Aspect of Berserker Ripping, The Grandfather

• Dual-Wield Weapons: Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind, Conceited Aspect

Best Skills for Whirlwind Barbarian Leveling Build D4 1.1.1

• Lunging Strike

• Leap 

• Call of the Ancients

• Whirlwind

• War Cry

• Rallying Cry

Best Skills for Whirlwind Barbarian Endgame Build D4 1.1.1

• War Cry

• Rallying Cry

• Challenging Shout

• Wrath of the Berserker

• Iron Skin

• Whirlwind

Gameplay & How to Play Whirlwind Barbarian Build Post Buff 1.1.1

Start by simply spamming the rallying cry war cry and challenging shout. when the monsters are very close to our character. Then afterwards, we buff ourselves with the route of the Berserker and then we start channeling the Whirlwind. Remember to attack only with your main to hand a sword because all the other weapons are only meant for extra stats, so just spin to win and have fun. 

2. Post Buff Best Diablo 4 1.1.1 Double Swing Barbarian Build

The Buffed Double Swing Barbarian has arrived as the D4 best 1.1.1 Barb build Season 1. This is the best Barbarian spec now because it just got a huge boost of damage. So this build basically can do everything. It's got damage, it's got survivability, it's got utility and the seasonal mechanic Malignant Hearts make it even stronger, proving effective in both PvE and PvP. So this is going to be an all-encompassing build where we go over the gear skills, gems, expertise, paragon boards, skill tree, basically everything you need to know to play this build including the Malignant Hearts to use.

Best Skills

Starting with the abilities, we got rallying cry, we got war cry, challenging shout, and we're using ground stomp. But we're going with lunging strike for a generator and double swing obviously.

• Rallying Cry
  

• War Cry

• Challenging Shout

• Ground Stomp

• Lunging Strike

• Double Swing

• Lunging Strike

• Double Swing

Click here to check the skill tree for Double Swing Barbarian Build 1.1.1.

Best Gears & Aspects

• Dual-Wield Weapon 1: Aspect of the Expectant

• Dual-Wield Weapon 2: Edgemaster's Aspect

• Bludgeoning Weapon: Accelerating Aspect

• Slashing Weapon: Aspect of Limitless Rage

• Helm: Aspect of Disobedience

• Armor: Aspect of Might

• Amulet: Smiting Aspect

• Gloves: Aspect of Retribution

• Ring 1: Aspect of Echoing Fury

• Ring 2: Bold Chieftain's Aspect

• Pants: Aspect of Numbing Wrath

• Boots: Ghostwalker Aspect

Expertise

For expertise, we are using the one-handed maces to do damage, so we are taking the two-handed axe expertise. This increases your damage to vulnerable enemies and your crit strike chance against vulnerable enemies is super good.

Best Gems

We want green gems in the weapons just amplifies your damage a lot, because anything that you do to vulnerable enemies just gets boosted quite a bit. And for the armor, we want blue just gives us more damage a reduction while fortified and this build packs a ton of fortification into it.

Paragon Board

The first one we're using is Territorial, gives us more damage to close enemies and damage reduction to close enemies, very good glyph there. Second glyph is Marshal and this improves our shouts, so our cooldowns are being refreshed more plus gives us some bonus stats there. Going up to the next one, we have Exploit, this is in almost all builds, helps make enemies vulnerable and does more damage to vulnerable enemies. The next board we have is Imbiber, this does more damage while healthy and if your survivability is good which this one has very good survivability, this is going to do more damage and our potion is going to do more healing. Next one is Wrath, more Critical Strike damage and skills that critical strike generate 3 Fury, our crit is going to be off the charts, we're going to be generating a ton of Fury, not only through this but through other things too. The last one is Undaunted, it gives us more damage while we're fortified, we are all the time essentially. And the more damage reduction, the more fortify we have.

Best Maglimant Hearts

• Wrathful Heart

• Vicious Heart

• Devious Heart  

The malignant hearts in this build are super important, the basis of this is that you want your jewelry to have a combination of one orange, one purple and one anything else. Because we're going to put the wrathful heart generally in the smiting amulet because it's usually the hardest to roll. We are using the barber wrathful heart, this is a super important item which basically has enemies absorb your damage at first and then it unleashes in a burst that does extra damage. The cool thing about this with Double Swing is that Double Swing doesn't have that much capacity to do AOE damage, but with Barber, you're doing a lot of damage to multiple enemies and when they burst, that's going to do a lot of damage to the surrounding enemies. So it's going to cause explosions which make Double Swing really strong and better than it is usually. For Band of Echoing Fury ring, we have the vicious heart that gains us critical strike damage, but our non-critical strikes deal less damage. Then the purple slash pink one is the one where we have devious heart to cause knockback, knockdown. So we cause the knockdown on enemies and that amplifies the damage that we do or the fury generation that we get from Double Swing. So when enemies are knocked down, not only are we mitigating damage because we're not taking damage at that point, but we're also gaining Fury.

3. D4 1.1.1 Rend Barbarian Leveling & Endgame Build PvP

The last best Diablo IV Barbarian build to use after patch 1.1.1 buff is the Rend Barbarian. This is one of the funniest Barbarian builds for leveling, endgame, and PvP. It focuses on the Rend skill, which causes enemies to bleed for a period of time. According to a source, this build is simple and easy to keep control of enemies, running across the map while pulling enemies with Steel Grasp and then gutting each of them with a devastating bleed from Rend.

Best Skills 

Use Wrath of the Berserker for tough enemies, Use Death Blow or Steel Grasp, Use Rend, Use Rallying Cry or Flay to generate Rage.

Gameplay Tips

- Utilize Rend to apply devastating damage over time effects on your enemies.

- Employ Leap for mobility, repositioning, and engaging or escaping opponents.

- Activate Wrath of the Berserker for a temporary damage spike during crucial encounters.

- Strike a balance between offense and defense to excel in both PvE and PvP scenarios.

Gears & Aspects for Rend Barbarian Build after Patch 1.1.1 

• Fields of Crimson

• Aspect of the Iron Warrior

• Aspect of Disobedience

• Aspect of Might

• Iron Blood Aspect

• Edgemaster's Aspect

• Accelerating Aspect

• Slaking Aspect

• Aspect of Berserk Fury

• Aspect of Anemia

More Popular Barbarian Builds After Patch 1.1.1

• Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian Build:

This build focuses on the Hammer of the Ancients skill, which allows the Barbarian to summon a massive hammer to strike down their enemies. It is a popular build for both PvE and PvP, as it offers high burst damage and crowd control.

• Berserker Barbarian Build:

This build focuses on the Berserker skill, which allows the Barbarian to enter a state of increased damage and speed for a short period of time. It is a popular build for both PvE and PvP, as it offers high burst damage and survivability.

• Frenzy Barbarian Build:

The Frenzy Barbarian build focuses on speed and raw power, delivering rapid, high-damage attacks that can quickly whittle down even the toughest opponents.

• Leap Quake Barbarian Build:

The Leapquake Barbarian build offers a unique playstyle that centers around the synergy between Leap and Earthquake skills. It's a highly mobile build with solid crowd control and area damage.