Barbarian Best Weapons & Armor

While skills make up the core of a character’s build in Diablo 2, it is gear that really makes a character special. With thousands of pieces of weapons and armor, though, it can be difficult to parse what is worth farming or using, and what is better left on dungeon floors and shopkeepers’ inventories.

Below, we’ve compiled a list of just what items you should be most interested in as a Barbarian. Of course, whether any given piece of gear will work for you depends on your build, level, preferences, and desire to farm, but this is a general guide on what to look out for.

Gear Tips

  • Damage and Attack Speed will let you deal more damage faster, which is very useful for the melee-focused Barbarian.
  • Gear which boosts Attributes, especially Strength and Dexterity, is often essential in order to use some of the best gear.
    • This needs to be balanced out with the need for gear to do more than just boost Attributes, however.
  • Unless you are playing a War Cry/Singing Barbarian, you will essentially never need Mana- and Cast-Rate-boosting gear.
  • While +Skills gear is still very powerful, it is notably less important for Barbarians than most other classes.
  • Boots with +Walk/Run Speed are incredibly useful, and so finding Boots of Haste (especially if they also have elemental resistances) is useful.
  • The Immortal King Set is one of the best class armor sets in the game.

BEST WEAPONS

Strength (25)

Insight (27)

Black (35)

Obedience (41)

Kingslayer (53)

Death (55)

Heart of the Oak (55)

BEST IN SLOT

Grief (59)

Beast (63)

Breath of the Dying (69)

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • Damage
  • +Attack Speed
  • +Attack Rating
  • Lifesteal
  • %Chance of Effects

BEST SHIELDS

Stormguild (13)

Stormchaser (35)

Gerke’s Sanctuary (44)

Spirit Ward (68)

BEST IN SLOT

Stormshield (73)

BEST IN SLOT

Spirit (25)

Sanctuary (49)

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • Defense
  • +% Block Chance
  • +Resist
  • +Block Rate
  • +Attributes

BEST HELMS

Nadir (13)

BEST IN SLOT

Lore (27)

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • +Attributes
  • Defense
  • +Skills
  • +Attack rating
  • +%Hit Recovery

BEST CHEST ARMOR

Stealth (17)

Duress (47)

BEST IN SLOT

Fortitude (59)

Chains of Honor (63)

Enigma (65)

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • Defense
  • +Skills
  • +Attributes
  • +Resist
  • +Life

BEST GLOVES

Bloodfist (9)

Chance Guards (15)

Magefist (23)

Item Set (Immortal King)

Immortal King’s Forge (30)

Magnus’ Skin (37)

BEST IN SLOT

Steelrend (70)

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • +Attack Speed
  • Defense
  • +Attributes
  • +%Chance of Effects
  • +Cast Rate

BEST BELTS

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • +Attributes
  • +Resist
  • Defense
  • +Life
  • +Skills

BEST BOOTS

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • +Faster Run/Walk Speed
  • +Resist
  • +Attributes
  • Defense
  • +Stamina

Best Amulets

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • +Damage
  • +Attack Rating
  • +Attributes
  • +Attack Speed
  • +Resist

BEST RINGS

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • +Damage
  • +Attack Rating
  • +Attributes
  • +Attack Speed
  • +Resist

BEST CHARMS

BEST IN SLOT

Annihilus (70)

Hellfire Torch (75)

When looking for magic and rare gear, prioritize these stats, in order, to determine whether a piece of loot is worthwhile.

  • +Damage
  • +Attack Rating
  • +Attributes
  • +Attack Speed
  • +Resist
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