Double Swing Barbarian Leveling Guide

In Season 3, you obtain the Seneschal Construct through the Season Questline, then collect Governing Stones or Tuning Stones to add attacks and augment them to support your build. Only certain Tuning Stones work with a particular Governing Stone. Look at the bottom of any Tuning Stone tooltip to see if it is compatible with your Construct's currently equipped Stones. Lastly, they can be leveled up by getting duplicates to max out their power. Check out our full Season 3 guide for more information.

Flash of Adrenaline is a great Utility type Governing Stone that boosts our damage. However, like Tactical and Duration, it can be very difficult or impossible to obtain in the early game. Once we obtain it, we can use it to increase our damage, but that seems unnecessary. Still, you may want to try using this stone instead of Reconstruct.

Tempest - This offensive AOE Governing Stones is the best option because it persists after the target's death and grows over time, meaning its maximum damage is potentially unlimited. In addition, it is the fastest stone of all, so replace Lightning Bolt with this once you obtain it.

Registered Damage Support - When this Tuning Stone supports AOE attacks, the resulting damage scaling is overpowered in groups of many enemies. When used with Bleeding Support and Tempest, this combination has potential for exponentially scaling damage over time.

Evernight and Genesis are extremely powerful, but they are extremely rare drops from Echo of Malphas, an endgame boss.

We finally pick up our key Ultimate skill, Wrath of the Berserker and our Key Passive skill Unconstrained, which has great synergy with Supreme Wrath of the Berserker: in addition to making it much easier to maintain 100% uptime on Berserking, Unconstrained also raises the base Berserking damage bonus from 25%[x] to 100%[x], which Supreme Wrath of the Berserker doubles up to 200%[x].

The Arsenal System allows Barbarians to use a specific weapon for every attack skill, each granting different Bonuses. The Technique Slot grants us 1 additional Arsenal Power of our choosing for every attack. The Weapon Expertise bonus we get from our currently equipped weapon and the Weapon Expertise bonus we get from the Weapon Technique slot stack with each other.

The Arsenal System automatically unlocks when you reach Level 5. Opening the Expertise tab (Shift + C) shows all the different weapon types and their bonuses when using them. The Technique Slot unlocks at Level 15 via the Masters of Battle quest in the Dry Steppes which is very easy to complete. Simply walk northeast of town, kill some enemies, then walk west to a cave to slay the beast. After returning to town the Technique Slot will be yours!

Weapon Type - Two One-Handed Maces are the best weapons for leveling as a Double Swing Barbarian. One-Handed Mace Expertise gives us a large bonus to our damage against Stunned enemies, and we will frequently Stun enemies with this build. In addition, once we learn Concussion, we should almost always use at least one Mace. We also perform Lunging Strike with One-Handed Weapons because we use Lunging Strike to generate Fury, and since One-Handed weapons are the fastest option, we generate the most fury per second with them.

We assign our Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon to Leap and Charge in order to maximize the chance that Concussion will Stun enemies hit by these skills.

Weapon Technique - Assign the One-Handed Mace Expertise to your Weapon Technique slot because this makes every attack deal up to 20%[x] extra damage to Stunned enemies.

Leveling up in Diablo 4 is similar to most other ARPGs and MMOs - we're at the mercy of what drops. For the most part this means replacing Rares with better Rares all the way up to 50. If you're lucky enough to find some Legendaries or Uniques they can provide a significant power boost (discussed in the next sections). Assuming you don't find any of those, let's look at some key stats to look for along the way:

Hint: Press SHIFT over an item to compare it to what you're wearing!

Since Double Swing can only use One-Handed Weapons, that's the only slot where DPS matters. Prioritize high weapon DPS above everything else on your One-Handed Weapons, but make sure you always have at least one Mace equipped.

If you have multiple weapons with the same DPS prioritize the one with the following affixes: Damage to Close Enemies, Damage with Core Skills, Damage while Berserking, and Strength.

Only upgrade the weapons you're using for Double Swing at the at the Blacksmith and socket them with Chipped Sapphire.

The Codex of Power is a collection of Legendary Aspects you can imprint onto Rare or Legendary items at the Occultist. They unlock after completing specific Dungeons located around Sanctuary. For leveling, there are a few Aspects that are particularly impactful on this build and should be obtained as soon as possible:

If you're lucky enough to find a Legendary while leveling, chances are it'll be an upgrade for you and you should equip it immediately. However, they are not all created equal, and some of them can accelerate your journey tremendously. Let's look at the top powers you could find and how to take advantage of them.

You level in Diablo 4 by completing the Campaign, collecting Grim Favors for the Tree of Whispers, grinding Dungeons, or interacting with Seasonal mechanics. While there are many ways to level up in Diablo 4, not all of them are made equal.

Let's look at some tips and tricks to remember when leveling up!

Written by slothmaster
Reviewed by wudijo