Rend Barbarian Build

This highly mobile and tanky Build will leave your enemies bleeding out on the floor as you quickly charge your way through dungeons.

Skills

This Build mainly revolves around the use of Rend and making enemies Bleed. You will also be using Rupture to cause enemies to take all of their Bleed damage at once.

Additional Core Skills:

  • Flay – helps with Fury generation, while also making enemies Vulnerable.
  • Rallying Cry – will give you a source of Fury regen, and reduce the Cooldown of your other Skills.
  • War Cry – will give you a damage boost, as well as give an easy way to gain Berserking.
  • Challenging Shout – gives a great boost in survivability.

Passives

The Key Passive for this Build is Gushing Wounds, as it will increase the effectiveness of your Bleeds.

Additional Passives:

  • Imposing Presence, Martial Vigor, Gluttural Yell, Aggressive Resistance, Hamstring and Thick Skin will increase your survivability.
  • Pit Fighter, No Mercy, Expose Vulnerability, Cut to the Bone, Counteroffensive, and Heavy Handed will boost your damage.
  • Booming Voice, Swiftness and Hamstring will help your utility.

Weapon Technique

For this Build, you will want to have 2-Handed Axe Expertise equipped. This will synergize well with the Exploit Glyph, and Enhanced Rend. Set all of your offensive abilities to use your 2-Handed Slashing weapon.

Paragon Board

  • Board 1 (Start):
    • Use Ire Glyph
    • Connect at the top end
  • Board 2 (Blood Rage):
    • Rotate three times
    • Take Legendary Node
    • Use Undaunted Glyph
    • Connect at the left end
  • Board 3 (Carnage):
    • Rotate three times
    • Don’t take Legendary Node
    • Use Might Glyph
    • Connect at the left end
  • Board 4 (Warbringer):
    • Rotate 3 times
    • Don’t take Legendary Node
    • Use Territorial Glyph
    • Connect at the bottom end
  • Board 5 (Decimator):
    • Don’t Rotate
    • Take Legendary Node
    • Use Marshal Glyph
    • Connect at the right end
  • Board 6 (Flawless Technique):
    • Rotate once
    • Take Legendary Node
    • Use Revenge Glyph
    • Connect at the bottom end
  • Board 7 (Hemorrhage)
    • Rotate twice
    • Take Legendary Node

Glyph Leveling Priorities

Level 15Level 21
1. Might1. Might
2. Undaunted2. Undaunted
3. Revenge3. Revenge
4. Marshal4. Marshal
5. Ire5. Ire
6. Territorial6. Territorial

Equipment

The Ring of the Ravenous is an essential piece, as it will allow Rend’s Bleed to last longer. Rage of Harrogath will further enhance your Bleeds, giving them a chance to reduce your Cooldowns. The Grandfather will give you an increase in damage, while Harlequin Crest will increase your damage reduction, as well as improving all of your Skills.

On top of these pieces, you will want these Legendary Aspects:

  • Edgemaster and Limitless Rage will boost your damage.
  • Slacking – helps keep your Fury up.
  • Bold – keeps the Cooldowns of your Shouts low.
  • Devilish and Fierce Winds will create Dust Devils, giving you some extra damage.
  • Unrelenting Fury – gives you more Fury regen.
  • Relentless Berserker – will help keep Berserking up.
  • Iron Blood will increase your survivability.

You will want to use Emerald Gems on your weapons, Ruby Gems on your armor, and a mix of gems for different Resistances on your jewelry.

Equipment Stat Priorities

SlotStat PrioritiesTempering
Main Hand1. Strength
2. Attack Speed
3. Vulnerable Damage
4. Maximum Life
Rend size
– Damage while War Cry is Active
Off-Hand1. Strength
2. Attack Speed
3. Vulnerable Damage
4. Maximum Life
Rend size
– Damage while War Cry is Active
2-Handed Slashing1. All Stats
2. Maximum life
3. Damage
2-Handed Bludgeoning1. Strength
2. Resource Cost Reduction
3. Vulnerable Damage
4. Attack Speed
Rend size
– Damage while Berserking
Helm1. All Stats
2. Cooldown Reduction
3. Maximum Life
4. Resource Generation
Chest Armor1. Lucky Hit: Inflicting Bleeding on an enemy …
2. Damage Reduction from Bleeding Enemies
3. Physical Critical Strike Chance Against Elites
4. Physical Damage
5. Thorns
Gloves1. Critical Strike Chance
2. Ranks of Rend
3. Attack Speed
4. Strength
– Damage while War Cry is Active
– Crowd Control Duration
Pants1. Strength
2. Armor
3. Maximum Life
4. Resistance to All Elements
– Ranks to Guttural Yell
– Crowd Control Duration
Boots1. Movement Speed
2. Strength
3. Armor
4. Resistance to All Elements
– Movement Speed
– Ranks to Tough as Nails
Amulet1. Critical Strike Chance
2. Ranks of Heavy Handed
3. Ranks of Cut to the Bone
– Ranks to Guttural Yell
– Movement Speed
Rings1. Critical Strike Chance
2. Attack Speed
3. Resistance to All Elements
Rupture Cooldown Reduction
– Damage while War Cry is Active

Resources

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Maxroll

Rend Barbarian Endgame Guide

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D4Builds

Rend Barbarian Sample Build

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Icy Veins

Rend Rupture Endgame Barbarian Build Guide

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