Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)

Barbarian Mighty Throw Endgame Build (Season 6)

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This is a Barbarian Mighty Throw endgame build and guide for Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Mighty Throw build, including its skills, gear, gems, runes, mercenaries, and paragon boards, as well as how to play the build for Season 6.

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Mighty Throw Build Guide

Mighty Throw Build Summary

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Build Summary
Barbarian Class View Mighty Throw Leveling Build
Bash Rallying Cry Charge Steel Grasp Call of the Ancients Mighty Throw
Focus: Pit Push
Diablo 4 Build - Pro Highest Barbarian DPS build

Diablo 4 Build - Pro Great Boss damage with pulse overlaps

Diablo 4 Build - Con Struggles with Fury Sustain

This build uses The Third Blade to remove the cooldown from Mighty Throw and make it a spammable attack with a Fury Cost instead. Combining the Aspect of Herculean Spectacle and the Mighty Throw Pulse Size Utility Affix allows the three thrown weapons to overlap over enemies in the middle, effectively tripling the damage of the skill.

Mighty Throw Build Skills and Class Mechanic

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Mighty Throw Build Skills and Passives

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Active Skills
Basic Skill TreeBasic Skill Tree

Bash Bash (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced BashEnhanced Bash
  ┗ Combat BashCombat Bash
Core Skill TreeCore Skill Tree

Pressure Point Pressure Point (1/3)
 ┗ Warpath Warpath (3/3)
Defensive Skill TreeDefensive Skill Tree

Rallying Cry Rallying Cry (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Rallying CryEnhanced Rallying Cry
  ┗ Tactical Rallying CryTactical Rallying Cry
 ┗ Enhanced Challenging ShoutEnhanced Challenging Shout
  ┗ Tactical Challenging ShoutTactical Challenging Shout
 ┗ Martial Vigor Martial Vigor (3/3)
Outburst Outburst (1/3)
 ┗ Tough as Nails Tough as Nails (1/3)
Brawling Skill TreeBrawling Skill Tree

Charge Charge (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced ChargeEnhanced Charge
  ┗ Power ChargePower Charge
Booming Voice Booming Voice (1/3)
 ┗ Raid Leader Raid Leader (3/3)
 ┗ Guttural Yell Guttural Yell (3/3)
 ┗ Prolific Fury Prolific Fury (3/3)
Weapon Mastery Skill TreeWeapon Mastery Skill Tree

Mighty Throw Mighty Throw (5/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Mighty ThrowEnhanced Mighty Throw
  ┗ FighterFighter's Mighty Throw
Steel Grasp Steel Grasp (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Steel GraspEnhanced Steel Grasp
  ┗ FighterFighter's Steel Grasp
Pit Fighter Pit Fighter (3/3)
Thick Skin Thick Skin (1/3)
 ┗ Counteroffensive Counteroffensive (3/3)
 ┗ Irrepressible Irrepressible (1/3)
Ultimate Skill TreeUltimate Skill Tree

 ┗ Prime Call of the AncientsPrime Call of the Ancients
  ┗ Supreme Call of the AncientsSupreme Call of the Ancients
Heavy Handed Heavy Handed (3/3)
Brute Force Brute Force (3/3)
Wallop Wallop (1/3)
Key Passives Skill TreeKey Passives Skill Tree

Unconstrained Unconstrained (1/1)

Mighty Throw Technique Slot

Two-Handed Axe Expertise When using any Weapon:
10% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.

The Two-Handed Axe Expertise is the best offensive expertise as it pairs well with our Overpower Damage, Critical Strike Damage, and other damage multipliers. Steel Grasp and the Expose Vulnerability passive will be our primary method to inflict enemies with Vulnerable.

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Mighty Throw Build Aspects and Affixes

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Blacksmith Icon Masterwork Priority Affixes marked with ★ are the ones you should aim to upgrade when masterworking.

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Gear Aspect and Affixes
Head
Stats:
・ Ranks to Prolific Fury
・ Wrath of the Berserker Cooldown Reduction
・ Ranks to Agressive Resistance ★★★
・ Lucky Hit: Up to a 40% chance to deal Fire Damage

Note: You can replace this unique with the Heir of Perdition once you get a bit more Critical Hit Chance and Resource Generation. Fortunately, this Mythic Unique helm increases your Critical Strike Chance to trigger the Wrath Glyph more frequently and gain you 3 Fury for each Critical Strike.
Chest
Stats:
・ Strength
・ Armor
・ Maximum Life ★★★
Temper:
・ Utility - Brute Innovation
 ┗ Mighty Throw Pulse Size
・ Defensive - Barbarian Recovery
 ┗ +X to Raid Leader

Note: You can replace this aspect with Tyrael's Might for speed farming, or Shroud of False Death for pushing Pit tiers.
Gloves
Stats:
・Attack Speed
・Critical Strike Chance ★★★
・+X to Core Skills
Temper:
・ Utility - Brute Innovation
 ┗ Mighty Throw Pulse Size
・ Offensive - Worldly Finesse
 ┗ Overpower Damage
Pants
Stats:
・ All Stats
・ Maximum Life ★★★
・ Maximum Resource
・ Damage Reduction while Unstoppable Life
Boots
Stats:
・ Movement Speed
・ All Stats Life ★★★
・ Resource Generation
・ Resistance to All Elements
Amulet
Stats:
・ Maximum Life
・ Overpower Damage
・ Attack Speed
・ Ranks to All Core Skills ★★★
Ring
Stats:
・Resistance to All Elements
・Critical Strike Chance ★★★
・Attack Speed
Temper:
・ Offensive - Berserking Finesse
 ┗ Damage while Berserking
・ Resource - Ultimate Efficiency Barbarian
 ┗ Call of the Ancients Cooldown

Note: You can replace this unique with the Ring of Starless Skies. Though this makes you Overpower less frequently with Banished Lord's Talisman, it should be a net positive for your damage if you have enough Critical Strike Chance and Damage. This also removes a lot of the Fury strain this build tends to suffer from.
Ring
Stats:
・Resistance to All Elements
・Critical Strike Chance ★★★
・Attack Speed
Temper:
・ Offensive - Berserking Finesse
 ┗ Damage while Berserking
・ Resource - Ultimate Efficiency Barbarian
 ┗ Call of the Ancients Cooldown
Bludgeoning Weapon
Stats:
・Life ★★★
・Strength
・Critical Strike Chance
Temper:
・ Offensive - Worldly Finesse
 ┗ Overpower Damage
・ Weapons - Weapon Augments
 ┗ Chance for Mighty Throw to Deal Double Damage
Slashing Weapon (Polearm)
Stats:
・Life ★★★
・Strength
・Critical Strike Chance
Temper: Temper:
・ Offensive - Worldly Finesse
 ┗ Overpower Damage
・ Weapons - Weapon Augments
 ┗ Chance for Mighty Throw to Deal Double Damage

Note: You can replace this weapon with The Grandfather upon reaching more than 50% Critical Strike Chance.
Dual-wield Weapon 1 (Sword)
Stats:
・ Vulnerable Damage
・ Strength ★★★
・ Attack Speed
・ Weapon Mastery Damage
・ Fury on Kill
Dual-wield Weapon 2 (Sword)
Stats:
・Life ★★★
・Strength
・Critical Strike Chance
Temper:
・ Offensive - Worldly Finesse
 ┗ Overpower Damage
・ Weapons - Weapon Augments
 ┗ Chance for Mighty Throw to Deal Double Damage

Note: The Doombringer is a good upgrade for this weapon as, aside from all the good generic stats, it gives you a lot of Maximum Life for more Overpower damage, as well as a good way to sustain life.

Mighty Throw Build Gems and Runewords

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Mighty Throw Build Gems

Armor Weapons Jewelry
RubyRuby EmeraldEmerald DiamondDiamond

Emeralds on the weapon slot helps with boosting the damage consistency as this build should also be stacking as much Critical Hit Chance as much as possible. As for the Jewelry slots, use Diamonds or Skulls to cap your Resistances or Armor.

Mighty Throw Build Runewords

Runeword 1 Runeword 2
LithLith LacLac TamTam ZecZec

the LithLac Runeword casts Challenging Shout every 4.8 seconds while standing still in combat. This is an additional source of Damage Reduction, Maximum Life, and Fury Generation when standing still to deal with elites or bosses.

The TamZac Runeword reduces Ultimate cooldown by 2 seconds every 8th Mighty Throw. This makes Call of the Ancients more frequently available for the passive buffs it gives.

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Mighty Throw Build Mercenaries

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Mercenary Reinforcement
Spiritborn Mercenary VaryanaVaryana Raheir IconRaheir

Varyana's Dismembering guarantees an Overpower on enemies she hits with Earthbreaker every 17 seconds. This is an important part of our offense as we stack a lot of Overpower damage as well. Subo can also be a great choice just for his Seeker ability for some Fury generation.

Raheir is arguably the best Reinforcement Mercenary. Bastion when you are hit with a Control Imparing Effect is a great defensive option, while Crater upon casting Call of the Ancients is the more offensive option for pulling enemies in every now and then.

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Mighty Throw Build Paragon Boards

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Paragon Boards
1. Starting Board (Crusher)
2. Bone Breaker (Wrath)
3. Blood Rage (Ire)
4. Decimator (Dominate)
5. Carnage (Challenger)

For the Paragon Boards, choose the two Overpower ones, Bone Breaker and Decimator, as the build scales well with Overpowers. Blood Rage and Carnage will then gives us bonus power while Berserking which we get from the Aspect of Anger Management, or from killing enemies that we bleed with Tough as Nails while we have the Blood Rage node allocated.

As for the Glyphs, the most notable one would be Wrath, which, when the additional bonus is active, generates 3 Fury every time we deal Critical Strikes. This is the reason we spec into Critical Strike Chance as much as possible with our gear.

Mighty Throw Build Playstyle and Tips

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The Mighty Throw playstyle focuses on pulling enemies in then casting Mighty Throw on top of them for the skill's pulses to overlap and deal bonus damage. When pushing for higher Pit tiers, here's the usual skill rotation:

  1. Runs across the area searching for large mob packs and elites, use Charge and Steel Grasp to pull them in as close as possible.
  2. Use Rallying Cry to boost Fury Generation to not run out of it while spamming Mighty Throws.
  3. When fighting against Elites or Bosses, you can cast Call of the Ancients for a Damage and Attack Speed boost, as well as Fury Regeneration.
  4. As you stand still and using Mighty Throws, you'll occasionally cast Challenging Shout through your runes.
  5. Use Bash to generate Fury if you every run out of it. Critical Strikes with this skill also grants Overpower to our Mighty Throw.

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