HotA Barbarian Abattoir of Zir Build (Season 2)

This is a Season 2 Abattoir of Zir HotA endgame build for Barbarian in Diablo 4 (D4) that focuses on Overpower and Berserking uptime with Hammer of the Ancients to deliver unending blows to enemies. Read on for the complete list of Vampiric Powers, Skills, and Aspects you need and how to play the build for Season 2 and Abattoir of Zir.

HotA Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Strengths

Easy-to-Use Build

This is an extremely user-friendly build that only requires you to primarily alternate between two skills, Lunging Strike and Hammer of the Ancient. Aside from casting shouts, all you have to do is jump and smash!

Great AoE and Single Target Burst Damage

This build excels in both AoE and Single target damage due to it's high burst capability and skill radius. This is perfect for clearing all kinds of endgame content.

Build Weaknesses

Needs Good Fury Management

The only downside of this build is the fact that you'll have to be good at managing your resources. The build utilizes Unbridled Rage, which can easily deplete all of your Fury withiin a few cast of Hammer of the Ancients.

HotA Build Overview

Build Summary

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Skills

Aspects & Uniques

Stats & Gems

Build Overview and Summary
HotA		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Active Skills
Passive Skills

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Build Overview and Summary
HotA		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Aspects and Uniques
Doombringer Harlequin Crest The Grandfather Tibault's Will Banished Lord's Talisman Aspect of Disobedience (Chest) Aspect of Ancestral Force (Gloves) Edgemaster's Aspect (Two-Handed Mace) Earthstriker's Aspect (One-Handed Mace) Bold Chieftain's Aspect (Ring) Relentless Berserker's Aspect (Boots)

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Build Overview and Summary
HotA		Tier: Focus: PVE Playstyle: Solo and Party
Stat Priorities			Recommended Gems
・Overpower Damage ・Critical Strike Chance ・Strength ・Lucky Hit Chance ・Fury Regeneration ・Damage Reduction			Diamond (Jewelry) Ruby (Weapon and Armor) Revenge (Brutal) The Barber (Wrathful) Focused Rage (Vicious)

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This build focuses on Hammer of the Ancients and its high Lucky Hit Chance to have an almost permanent Berserking uptime with the Relentless Berserker's Aspect. Berserking will be an important aspect of the build, as this will provide insane movement speed and damage boost.

Frequent Overpower strikes are also a feature of this build, which is acquired through certain Uniques, Paragon Nodes, and Vampiric Powers.

All other Skills, Aspects, Uniques, Paragon Nodes, and Vampiric powers are obtained to further strengthen the build's synergy and survivability. This build is guaranteed to swiftly clear high tiers Nightmare Dungeons and defeat Uber Bosses.

HotA Build Breakdown

Skill Progression

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Active Skills

Skill		Upgrade Path
Lunging Strike (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Lunging Strike
Hammer of the Ancients (5 Points)	→	Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients	Furious Hammer of the Ancients
Rallying Cry (1 Point)	→	Enhanced Rallying Cry	Tactical Rallying Cry
Challenging Shout (1 Point)	→	-
War Cry (1 Point)	→	Enhanced War Cry
Wrath of the Berserker (1 Point)	→	Prime Wrath of the Berserker	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker

This build will rely on Lunging Strike for Fury generation and to proc the Earthstriker's Aspect. Make sure to assign the basic skill to use your one handed maces for it to be considered as swapping weapons.

Passive Skills

HotA Passives
Imposing Presence (3 Points)		Martial Vigor (3 Points)		Booming Voice (3 Points)
Raid Leader (3 Points)		Guttural Yell (3 Points)		Swiftness (3 Points)
Aggressive Resistance (3 Points)		Prolific Fury (3 Points)		Pit Fighter (3 Points)
Heavy Handed (3 Points)		Brute Force (3 Points)		Wallop (3 Points)
Concussion (3 Points)			Unbridled Rage (1 Point)

Skill Progression Breakdown

Recommended Skill Progression
Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5
Lunging Strike	Enhanced Lunging Strike	Hammer of the Ancients	Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients
Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Lv.9
Furious Hammer of the Ancients	Hammer of the Ancients	Rallying Cry	Challenging Shout
Lv.10	Lv.11	Lv.12	Lv.13
Enhanced Rallying Cry	Tactical Rallying Cry	Hammer of the Ancients	War Cry
Lv.14	Lv.15	Lv.16	Lv.17
Enhanced War Cry	Hammer of the Ancients	Hammer of the Ancients	Booming Voice
Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.20	Lv.21
Raid Leader	Raid Leader	Raid Leader	Swiftness
Lv.22	Lv.23	Lv.24	Lv.25
Swiftness	Swiftness	Aggressive Resistance	Wrath of the Berserker
Lv.26	Lv.27	Lv.28	Lv.29
Prime Wrath of the Berserker	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker	Aggressive Resistance	Aggressive Resistance
Lv.30	Lv.31	Lv.32	Lv.33
Prolific Fury	Prolific Fury	Prolific Fury	Heavy Handed
Lv.34	Lv.35	Lv.36	Lv.37
Brute Force	Unbridled Rage	Brute Force	Brute Force
Lv.38	Lv.39	Lv.40	Lv.41
Wallop	Concussion	Concussion	Concussion
Lv.42	Lv.43	Lv.44	Lv.45
Heavy Handed	Heavy Handed	Wallop	Wallop
Lv.46	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49
Pit Fighter	Pit Fighter	Pit Fighter	Imposing Presence
Renown Skill Points (Lv50 Onwards)
R1	R2	R3	R4
Imposing Presence	Imposing Presence	Martial Vigor	Martial Vigor
R5	R6	R7	R8
Martial Vigor	Booming Voice	Booming Voice	Guttural Yell
R9		R10
Guttural Yell		Guttural Yell

Technique Slot

The Two-Handed Axe Expertise is what you'd want for this build, as you will be able to constantly apply Vulnerable to enemies through the Exploit Glyph. This will allow you to maintain the additional bonus damage coming from this expertise.

Arsenal System and Techniques Guide

Best Vampiric Powers

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Vampiric Power Cost	Effect Explanation
Metamorphosis 2 2 2	When you Evade you turn into a cloud of bats, becoming Unstoppable for 4 seconds. Enemies along your path take 160% Physical damage and are inflicted with Vampiric Curse. This provides survivability by becoming Unstoppable whenever you dash. This will trigger Tibault's Will for additional damage and Fury. Furthermore, this also goes well with Prey on the Weak power to make enemies Vulnerable.
Blood Boil 0 0 6	When your Core Skills Overpower an enemy, you spawn 3 Volatile Blood Drops. Collecting a Volatile Blood Drop causes it to explode, dealing 60% Physical damage around you. Every 20 seconds, your next Skill is guaranteed to Overpower. This will allow you to have Overpower procs every 20 seconds and provide additional AoE damage whenever you do so.
Prey on the Weak 2 0 0	You deal 16% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Enemies are Vulnerable while affected by a Vampiric Curse from your other Vampiric Powers. This will let you to apply Vulnerable whenever you inflict Vampiric Curse against enemies through Metamorphosis. It will also make you deal more damage to Vulnerable enemies, which will work well with the Exploit Glyph.
Resilience 0 0 2	You gain 1% Damage Reduction for each 2% Life you are missing. Resilience makes you remarkably tougher the lower your HP gets, which will significantly raise your chances of avoiding death.
Sanguine Brace 0 1 1	When you kill an enemy, Fortify for 6% of your Base Life. While you have more Fortify than half of your Maximum Life, you gain 8% Critical Strike Chance. This will give you added toughness through Fortify and a consistent additional Critical Strike chance.
Total Pacts Required 4 | 3 | 11

List of Vampiric Powers and Pacts Explained

Aspects and Affixes

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Best Weapons

Weapon	Aspects and Affixes
Two-Handed Mace	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% Overpower Damage (Inherent) ・+X% Damage While Berserking ・+X% Overpower Damage ・+X All Stats ・+X Strength
Two-Handed Sword	The Grandfather Increases your Critical Strike Damage by (60-100%). The other properties of this weapon can roll higher than normal. ・+X% Critical Strike Damage (Inherent) ・+X% Damage ・+X Maximum Life ・+X All Stats ・Ignores Durability Loss
One-Handed Mace	Earthstriker's Aspect After swapping weapons 8 times, your next non-Basic Attack will Overpower and deal (30-50)% increased Overpower damage. ・+X% Overpower Damage (Inherent) ・+X% Damage While Berserking ・+X% Overpower Damage ・+X All Stats ・+X Strength
One-Handed Sword	Doombringer Lucky Hit: Up to a (15-25)% chance to deal Shadow damage to surrounding enemies and reduce their damage done by 20% for 5 seconds. ・+X% Critical Strike Damage (Inherent) ・+X% Core Skill Damage ・+X% Damage ・+X Lucky Hit: Chance to Heal ・+X% Maximum Life

Best Armor

Equipment	Aspects and Affixes
Helmet	Harlequin Crest Gain (10.0-20.0)% Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +4 Ranks to all Skills. ・+X Maximum Life ・+X% Cooldown Reduction ・+X% Resource Generation ・+X All Stats
Chest	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 Maximum Life ・+X% Damage Reduction ・+X% Total Armor ・+X% Damage Reduction While Fortified
Gloves	Aspect of Ancestral Force Hammer of the Ancients quakes outward and its damage is increased by (5-15)%. ・+X Ranks of Hammer of the Ancients ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Attack Speed ・+X% Lucky Hit Chance
Pants	Tibault's Will You deal 20-40% increased damage while Unstoppable and for 4 seconds after. When you become Unstoppable, gain 50 of your Primary Resource. ・While Injured, Your Potion Also Restores 20% Resource (Inherent) ・+X% Damage Reduction from Close Enemies ・+X Potion Capacity ・+X% Damage ・+X% Maximum Resource
Boots	Relentless Berserker's Aspect Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy with a Core Skill has up to (22-40)% chance to extend the duration of Berserking by 2 seconds. Double this duration if it was a Critical Strike. ・+X Max Evade Charge (Inherent) ・+X% Movement Speed ・+X% Berserking Duration ・+X% Damage Reduction While Injured ・+X All Stats

Best Jewelry

Jewelry	Aspects and Affixes
Amulet	Banished Lord's Talisman After you spend 300 of your Primary Resource, your next Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower. Your Critical Strikes that Overpower deal 80-120% increased damage. ・+X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+X% Critical Strike Chance ・+X% Overpower Damage ・+X% Resource Generation ・+X Ranks of All Core Skills
Ring	Ring of Red Furor After spending 100 Fury within 3 seconds, your next cast of Hammer of the Ancients, Upheaval, or Death Blow is a guaranteed Critical Strike and deals 10-30% bonus Critical Strike Damage. ・+X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+X% Fire Resistance (Inherent) ・+X Strength ・+X% Attack Speed ・+X Maximum Fury ・+X% Resource Generation
Ring	Bold Chieftain's Aspect Whenever you cast a Shout Skill, its Cooldown is reduced by (XX) seconds per Nearby enemy, up to a maximum of 6 seconds. ・+X% Resist All (Inherent) ・+X% Element Resistance (Inherent) ・+X% Resource Generation ・+X% Maximum Life ・+X% Damage While Berserking ・+X% Critical Strike Chance

Best Gems

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Gem Type	Effect Explanation
Royal Ruby (Weapon)	+24.0% Overpower Damage This build have guaranteed Overpower procs, which makes additional damage to Overpower valuable for burst damage.
Royal Ruby (Armor)	4.0% Maximum Life Needed for better survivability and more damage to Overpower.
Royal Diamond (Jewelry)	5.0% Resistance to All Elements Resistances are now crucial to survive elemental attacks from enemies.

If you have specific resistance affixes in your Chest and Boots, you can replace the Diamond gems slotted in your Jewelry and go for more specific resistances coming from Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Topaz, or Sapphire gems.

Paragon Board Setup

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Summary		Skill Progression		Vampiric Powers
Aspects & Affixes		Gems		Paragon

Starting Board (Exploit)

For this build, it's best to focus on taking defensive nodes available on the Starting Board, as this will tremendously help in survivability. The recommended path is to take the ones that provide maximum HP and Armor.

• Exploit (Glyph): Excellent way to consistently apply Vulnerable to enemies and deal additional damage to them.
• Iron Strength (Rare): Provides Armor and maximum HP for better survivability.
• Tenacity (Rare): Additional Armor and Strength to further increase defensive capabilities.

Decimator (Dominate)

The Decimator is a great second board to take since you'll be able to take advantage of both Vulnerable and Overpower damage buffs coming from the Decimator Legendary Node. On top of those, this board has a good number of Willpower nodes surrounding the Glyph slot, which is perfect for the Dominate Glyph.

• Dominate (Glyph): Extremely important to take since this build will focus on utilizing Overpower.
• Demolish (Rare): Provides Strength and additional damage to Vulnerable enemies, which goes well with the Exploit Glyph slotted in the Starting Board.
• Arrogance (Rare): Increases toughness through additional Strength and Damage Reduction from Vulnerable enemies.

Bone Breaker (Marshal)

The third board, Bone Breaker, primarily focuses on providing more Overpower damage. In addition, the Bone Breaker Legendary Node is an extremely significant node that gives Overpower procs every 12 seconds.

• Marshal (Glyph): Needed to have higher uptime with Shout skills, which significantly boost offensive and defensive capabilities as well as Fury generation.
• Vigor (Rare): Provides Strength and Damage Reduction while Healthy, which is helpful to prevent getting killed in a single shot.
• Brutality (Rare): Gives Strength and notable Overpower damage.
• Bludgeoner (Rare): Damage with Two-Handed Blungeoning and Overpower synergizes well with this build, as both are heavily utilized.
• Bulwark (Rare): Works well with Sanguine Brace Vampiric Power for additional survivability through Fortify.

Blood Rage (Ire)

Blood Rage is an excellent damage-boosting board due to the insane damage multiplier that can come from the Blood Rage Legendary Node. This node provides you with a damage multiplier that scales with your Damage while Berserking.

A common misconception about the Blood Rage Legendary Node is that you need to kill Bleeding enemies to get the damage multiplier; however, it is important to note that only the additional Berserking uptime of 5 seconds is affected by that condition. You'll get the damage multiplier straight as it is.

• Ire (Glyph): Excellent source of Damage while Berserking stat, which is needed for the Blood Rage Legendary Node.
• Enraged (Rare): Provides Damage while Berserking stat and increases Berserking Duration.
• Grit (Rare): Primarily taken for the Strength since this build won't utilize Bleeding damage.
• Revel (Rare): Also taken for the Strength since this build doesn't capitalize on Bleeding damage.

Warbringer (Crusher)

The Warbringer board is a great placeholder for the Crusher Glyph due to how close the Glyph Slot is to the Board Attachment Gate and the availability of nearby Strength nodes. Furthermore, this board can provide Maximum Fury, which works well with the Furious Hammer of the Ancient skill passive.

• Crusher (Glyph): Further increases your damage with Maces and provides a staggering increase in Overpower damage.
• Conditioned (Rare): Gives Strength and additional Resistance to all elements.
• Raw Power (Rare): Great source of Strength and Physical damage increase.

Carnage (Tears of Blood)

The last board is definitely not the least, as this board will contain the powerful Tears of Blood Unique Glyph. The Carnage board is perfect to hold this new Glyph due to the presence of significant Rare nodes that are within the Glyph's radius.

• Tears of Blood (Glyph): Extremely powerful offensive Glyph that can take your damage to the next level. This Glyph is the primary focus of the entire board.
• Fierce (Rare): Provides the most wanted Damage while Berserking stat, which is further improved by the Tears of Blood Glyph.
• Brash (Rare): A great node to get more survivability through Damage Reduction from Close enemies, which is also further boosted by the Tears of Blood Glyph.

HotA Playstyle

HotA Build Tips
Recommended Openers and Rotations Dash Regularly Maintain Your Berserking Status

Recommended Openers and Rotations

Trash Mob Opener and Skill Rotation

Boss Opener

Dash Regularly

Always keep in mind to Dash so that you can trigger Unstoppable through the Metamorphosis Vampiric Power. This way, you can consistently gain Fury and additional damage from the unique effect of Tibault's Will.

However, avoid spamming Dash consecutively, as Tibault's Will lasts for 4 seconds and will not provide you with additional Fury until it is over. Consider this a 4-seconds cooldown for the unique effect.

Maintain Your Berserking Status

Your Berserking status will primarily come from War Cry and Wrath of the Berserker. Use these skills at intervals so that you'll always have the option to trigger Berserking.

Once you've gained Berserking, make sure to spam as many Hammer of the Ancients as you can since this will refresh your Berserking duration through the Relentless Berserker's Aspect.

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