This is a Build used specifically for leveling your Barbarian. It centers around doing AoE damage to clear enemies quickly while leveling and getting gear for your main Build.
Leveling builds are a great way to expedite your character to finish the campaign and reach level 50. From there, you can work on setting your Barbarian up with optimal armor and weapons for your preferred Build to prepare for the more challenging levels.
Skills
- Raise Skeleton – use this to raise a small army that will help you on your leveling journey.
- Reap – will be used for resource and Corpse generation.
- Blood Surge – one of your primary forms of damage. Deals AoE damage while also healing you.
- Corpse Explosion – your other primary form of damage. Deals AoE damage while also generating Essence and increasing Movement Speed.
- Corpse Tendrils – will gather all enemies together, as well as Crowd Controlling them.
- Bone Spirit – when paired with the Shattered Spirit’s Aspect, it becomes a source of Essence generation.
Passives
Once you unlock your Key Passive, you’ll want to get Rathma’s Vigor, as it will boost the power of your Blood Surge.
Passive to pick up while leveling:
- Gruesome Mending, Transfusion, and Death’s Defense will increase survivability.
- Imperfectly Balanced, Fueled by Death, Death’s Embrace, Coalesced Blood, Tides of Blood, and Inspiring Leader will boost your damage.
- Death’s Approach and Reaper’s Pursuit will help with mobility.
- Unliving Energy, Hewed Flesh, and Grim Harvest will help with Essence and Corpse generation.
Book of the Dead
You will want to make the following choices in your Book of the Dead as you level:
- Reaper Skeletal Warriors (2nd Upgrade) – gives them a chance to create Corpses with their attacks.
- Cold Skeletal Mages (1st Upgrade) – gives you another form of Essence generation, as well as freezing enemies.
- Bone Golem (Sacrifice) – gives you extra Attack Speed.
What’s Next
Once you reach level 50, you can start working towards an endgame Build: these Builds focus on being able to survive and clear endgame content. You can either make adjustments to this Build to make one focused around Blood Surge, or you can respec your character entirely to start working towards a completely different Build you like.
