Season 1 Rend Bleed Barbarian Endgame Build

This is a Season 1 Rend Bleed endgame build for Barbarian in Diablo 4 (D4) that uses stacks of bleed damage on vulnerable and crowd-controlled enemies. Read on to learn all the Gear, Skills, and Aspects you need and how to play the build for Season 1 (Version 1.1).

Rend Bleed Build Overview

Build Summary

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

This build is updated based on CreativeGaming's Rupture Explosion Rend Build. Be sure to check out his Youtube for more Diablo builds and content, and see the Mobalytics full build planner for details on the build organization.

Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

Build Overview and Summary
Rend Bleed		Tier: TBD Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Build Overview and Summary
Rend Bleed		Tier: TBD Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Fields of Crimson (2H Sword) Aspect of the Iron Warrior (Helm) Aspect of Disobedience (Amulet) Aspect of Might (Pants) Iron Blood Aspect (Chest) Edgemaster's Aspect (Ring) Accelerating Aspect (1H Sword) Slaking Aspect (Ring) Aspect of Berserk Fury (1H Sword) Aspect of Anemia (Gloves) Weapon Master's Aspect (Boots)

Build Overview and Summary
Rend Bleed		Tier: TBD Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Vulnerable Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Dexterity ・Strength ・Barrier Generation ・Damage Reduction ・All Healing ・Maximum Life ・Damage vs Bleeding ・Core Skill Damage ・Damage Over Time			Amethyst (Weapon) Ruby (Armor) The Calculated (Devious) Creeping Death (Wrathful) Punishing Speed (Devious)

This build maximizes the damage from Bleed by using various skills and aspects, such as Rend and Rupture which is boosted the Creeping Death heart that multiplies from crowd-controlling effects from Ground Stomp and Hamstring.

The build's overall and bleed damage is increased by ramping up critical strike and berserking damage, to maximize the bleed stacks and using Rupture to finish most mobs and increase bleeding damage.

Rend Bleed Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Flay (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Flay	Battle Flay
Rend (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Rend	Furious Rend
Ground Stomp (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Ground Stomp	Tactical Ground Stomp
Iron Skin (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Iron Skin	Tactical Iron Skin
Rupture (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Rupture	Warrior's Rupture
Wrath of the Berserker (1 Point)	→	Prime Wrath of the Berserker	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker

Passive Skills

Rend Rupture Bleed Passives
Imposing Presence (3 Points)	Martial Vigor (3 Points)	Swiftness (3 Points)
Aggressive Resistance (3 Points)	Pit Fighter (3 Points)	No Mercy (3 Points)
Expose Vulnera bility (3 Points)	Hamstring (1 Point)	Cut to the Bone (3 Points)
Duelist (3 Points)	Tempered Fury (1 Point)	Invigorating Fury (3 Points)
Gushing Wounds (1 Point)

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Flay	Enhanced Flay	Rend	Enhanced Rend
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Furious Rend	Battle Flay	Ground Stomp	Iron Skin
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Enhanced Ground Stomp	Tactical Ground Stomp	Rend	Rend
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Rend	Rend	Enhanced Iron Skin	Tactical Iron Skin
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Rupture	Enhanced Rupture	Warrior's Rupture	Hamstring
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Cut to the Bone	Pit Fighter	No Mercy	Wrath of the Berserker
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Prime Wrath of the Berserker	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker	Imposing Presence	Martial Vigor
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Martial Vigor	Martial Vigor	Expose Vulnera bility	Expose Vulnera bility
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Cut to the Bone	Gushing Wounds	Cut to the Bone	Tempered Fury
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Invigorating Fury	Invigorating Fury	Invigorating Fury	Duelist
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Duelist	Duelist	Swiftness	Swiftness
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Swiftness	Pit Fighter	Pit Fighter	No Mercy
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
No Mercy	Aggressive Resistance	Aggressive Resistance	Aggressive Resistance
R5	R6	R7	R8
Imposing Presence	Imposing Presence	Rupture	Rupture
R9	R10
Rupture	Rupture

Technique Slot

For a Bleed Build the Two-Handed Sword Weapon Mastery synergizes well with Aspect of Anemia, Flay, Rend, Rupture, Bloodfeeder, and Disembowel Glyphs.

Arsenal System and Techniques Guide

Aspects and Affixes

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
Bludgeoning Weapon	Skullbreaker's Aspect Stunning a Bleeding enemy deals (22-40)% of their total Bleeding amount to them as Physical damage. ・+X% Overpower Damage (Inherent) ・+X Strength ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Core Skill Damage
Slashing Weapon	Fields of Crimson While using this weapon, damaging at least one enemy with Rupture creates a blood pool that inflicts (XX) Bleeding damage over 6 seconds. Enemies standing in the pool take 15% increased Bleed damage. ・+X% Critical Stike Damage (Inherent) ・+X% Damage with 2h Slashing Weapon ・+X% Damage Over Time ・+X% Rupture Cooldown Reduction ・+X Ranks of Rupture
Dual Wield 1	Accelerating Aspect Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by (15-25)% for 5 seconds. ・+X% Critical Strike Damage (Inherent) ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X Strength ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Core Skill Damage
Dual Wield 2	Aspect of Berserk Ripping Whenever you deal direct damage while berserking, inflict (20-30)% of the base damage dealt as additional Bleeding Damage over 5 seconds. ・+X% Critical Strike Damage (Inherent) ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X Strength ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Core Skill Damage

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	Aspect of the Iron Warrior Iron Skin grants Unstoppable and (18-28)% Damage Reduction. ・+X% Damage while Berserking ・+X% Total Armor ・+X Max Life ・+X Basic Skill Attack Speed
Chest	Iron Blood Aspect Gain (2.0-4.0)% Damage Reduction for each nearby Bleeding enemy up to (10-20)% maximum. ・+X% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ・+X% Damage Reduction from Bleeding Enemies ・+X% Damage Reduction while Fortified ・+X Max Life ・+X% Total Armor
Gloves	Aspect of Anemia Lucky Hit: Direct damage against bleeding enemies has up to a (20-30)% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds. ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X Ranks of Rend ・+X All Stats ・+X Strength
Pants	Aspect of Might Basic Skills grant 20% Damage Reduction for (XX) seconds. ・+X% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ・+X% Damage Reduction from Bleeding Enemies ・+X% Damage Reduction while Fortified ・+X% Damage Reduction ・+X% Total Armor
Boots	Weapon Master's Aspect Your Weapon Mastery Skills have an additional Charge. Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy with a Weapon Mastery Skill has up to a (37-55)% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds. ・+X% Movement Speed ・+X% Fury Cost Reduction ・+X% Fortify Generation ・+X% Movement Speed after Elite Kill

Best Jewelry

Jewelry	Aspects and Affixes
Amulet	Aspect of Disobedience You gain (0.25-0.50)% increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to (66)%. ・+X% Resistance to All Elements (Inherent) ・+X Ranks of Weapon Mastery ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X No Mercy Passive ・+X% Movement Speed ・+X% Movement Speed after Elite Kill
Ring	Edgemaster's Aspect Skills deal up to (10-20)% increased damage based on your available Primary Resource when cast, receiving the maximum benefit while you have full Primary Resource. ・+X% Cold Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Lightning Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Damage to Close Enemies
Ring	Slaking Aspect Lucky Hit: You have up to a (40-60)% chance to gain 20 Fury when Rend deals direct damage to at least one Bleeding enemy. ・+X% Cold Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Lightning Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Vulnerable Damage ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Critical Strike Damage ・+X% Damage to Close Enemies

Best Gems and Malignant Hearts

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Item Type	Effect
Amethyst (Weapon)	+% Damage Over Time
Ruby (Armor)	+% Maximum Life
Creeping Death	Type: Wrathful Your damage over time effects are increased by 30-40% for each different Crowd Control effect on the target. Unstoppable monsters and Staggered bosses instead take 110-130% increased damage from your damage over time effects.
The Calculated	Type: Devious After spending X of your Primary Resource, your next attack Stuns enemies hit for 2 seconds.
Punishing Speed	Type: Devious Your Skills have a 20-30% chance to Knock Down all enemies for 1.25 seconds when that Skill's Attack Speed is higher than 35-20%.

These are the best gems and hearts for this build, as it increases the bleed damage from Amethyst, Creeping Death, and Punishing Speed which synergize well with each other, which boosts the damage percentage you generate when you critically strike on crowd-controlled enemies as well as your attack speed for generating fury.

Paragon Board Setup

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Summary		Skill Progression		Best Aspects
Gems and Hearts			Paragon

Rend Bleed Playstyle

Rend Rupture Bleed Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Use Iron Skin as a Panic Button Chase Distant Enemies

Recommended Openers and Rotations

Trash Mob and Boss Skill Rotation

Use Iron Skin as a Panic Button

Iron Skin grants players unstoppable, which is extremely helpful for pushing nightmare dungeons that have elites with control-impairing effects like Chill and Cold.

Chase Distant Enemies

Enemies that attack from a distance cannot be pulled by this build, so it's best to chase after them while you're kiting an entire pack of mobs.

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