Shoutgun Dust Devils Barbarian Endgame Build Guide for Diablo IV Season 12 - Slaughter

The Season 10 theme is Infernal Chaos. Infernal portals have sprung up in Helltides, Nightmare Dungeons, and Infernal Hordes. Killing the enemies that spring forth grants Infernal Warp (Seasonal Currency) and progresses the Seasonal Questline, where you unlock Chaos Perks. You can equip any combination of 3 Magic, Rare, and Legendary Perks. You can also have one Unique Perk, unlocked by killing Bartuc in the Infernal Hordes starting in Torment 1.

• Deafening Chorus is what allows the build to exist. It makes our Shouts active at all times ( "casting" every 1.5 seconds to trigger Fierce Winds) and increases their effects by 50%.
• Unstable Power allows Lunging Strike to also proc Warpath on top of Belligerence .
  • Note: Do not use this power if you are still using Lunging Strike as your main skill, like in the Starter Variant.
• Marred Guard is used to enable A Beast Cornered.

• A Beast Cornered can be an easy source of extra damage and damage reduction if you can stay at low health consistently. To that end, we are using Marred Guard, which allows us to have a constant 100% damage multiplier and 25% damage reduction.

In addition to the above perks, you may find ancestral Chaos Armor, twisted versions of a hand-picked list of existing Unique items that roll in a different slot from the original with increased power. Note that getting exactly the right setup is very difficult, but in most cases, these can be used interchangeably if you find them in different slots. For more information, make sure to check out the item progression and variant sections below!

• Battle Trance (BiS: Anywhere).
• Sabre of Tsasgal (BiS:Anywhere).
• Ugly Bastard Helm (BiS:Anywhere).
• Crown of Lucion (BiS:Anywhere).
• Fists of Fate (BiS:Anywhere).

• Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty (BiS:Anywhere).

Learn more details about the season theme in our full Season Guide.

Use the slider to see the progression steps. At around Paragon 200, leveling slows down significantly and all important Rare clusters, Legendary nodes and Glyph sockets should be unlocked. Afterwards, you can min/max your build with minor tweaks and by picking up additional smaller nodes.

You can have up to two Runewords in your setup, each consisting of one Ritual and one Invocation Rune. Socket them in Two-Handed Weapons if your build calls for them, otherwise place them into your Armor pieces to replace normal gems. The Whirlwind Barbarian focuses on the following combos:

Best in Slot

• Bac + Tec - Reliable way to create Earthquakes for Earthquakes Aspect.
• Poc + Zec - Really helpful to keep Wrath of the Berserker Cooldown down.

Alternative choices

If you haven't unlocked the final setup or found the top runes, you can also benefit from these options:

• Moni - Great way to generate offering for any build running Lunging Strike.
• Cir - Really easy way to generate a lot of offering on Lunging Strike.
• Ceh - Easy way to get Vulnerable.
• Cem - Decent way to generate some offering early on when you dodge.
• Gar - Extremely useful early on and if you need to cap Critical Strike Chance.
• Yax - Cheap way to get a lot of offering early on, before we get better Runes.

Mercenaries are unlocked during the Vessel of Hatred campaign and assist you in battle. There are 4 separate Mercenaries to choose from, each with their own skill trees and abilities. You can have one hired (permanent) mercenary during solo play and a reinforcement who assists you from time to time in certain situations.

Raheir is mainly used for Raheir's Aegis, as capping Resistances can be quite the struggle. He also provides us with a bit of extra damage with multipliers from Inspiration.

Aldkin's Field of Languish gives us an extra damage reduction every so often which ends up making a difference in the long run, specially during Pit Pushing.

To enable the Whirlwind Barbarian to perform optimally, hunt for these stats on your gear with good rolls and aim to Temper ⚒️ & Masterwork Crit ↑ them accordingly. The green arrow ↑ indicates which affix is most impactful to Masterwork Crit, and it does not indicate how many Masterwork Crits you need on that particular affix. Keep in mind that certain stats, such as Armor, Resistances, Extra Size Tempers, Attack Speed, and more, have caps that may affect your priorities according to the items and Paragon points available at that moment.

Recommended Endgame Stat Thresholds

• 90%+ Critical Strike Chance
• 3000+ Strength
• 70%+ Chance for Dust Devils to Cast Twice

• Armor Capped 1,000
• Resistance Capped 75%+
• 15,000+ Life
• 180%+ Movement Speed
• 50%+ Ultimate Cooldown Reduction

Before you dive into the Endgame with the Dust Devils Barbarian, take a look at this overview of the items used in the build. See below for further details about the different progression steps and variants. Some of your Skill Tree choices depend on what Legendary Aspects and Unique items are available to you. Keep in mind that while we can guarantee that everyone has access to the same Codex of Power Aspects, the exact progression is different for everyone.

This section is designed to guide your Dust Devils Barbarian from a fresh level 60 into the very late endgame using the three variants Starter, Ancestral and Mythic. At the final step, you should be fully decked out with a great all-rounder build. From there, follow the other min/max variants if you want to optimize around certain activities such as Pit Pushing, Speedfarming and more.

The Dust Devils Barbarian is a very relaxed build that does well in most content, especially speedfarming. Here's why it's a great build:

• Extremely relaxed and chill gameplay!
• High uptime on all Shout buffs: Rallying Cry, War Cry and Challenging Shout.
• High uptime on our Ultimate Wrath of the Berserker.
• High mobility; Whirlwind is one of the few skills that can be used continuously while moving and Lunging Strike is itself a mobility skill.
• Lots of Tornados.

Written by AoinoMiku
Contributions by Icytroll