Barbarian Cleave Challenge Rift Build Guide: Gems, Items, and How to Play

This is a guide to the Cleave Challenge Rift Build, a PvE Barbarian Build in Diablo Immortal! This build focuses on bursting down mobs of enemies with Cleave and Furious Charge, making it great for clearing Rifts and Dungeons. Read on to see this Cleave build's gear, skills, preferred gems, tips on how to play this build, and more!

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Cleave Challenge Rift Build Profile

Build Profile and Rating

Cleave Challenge Rift
Class	Barbarian
Build Rating
Preference	Solo and Party
Build Focus	PvE: Challenge Rift, Elder Rift, Dungeon
Stat Priorities	・Strength ・Vitality ・Armor Penetration ・Critical Hit Chance ・Critical Hit Damage

Build Strengths and Weaknesses

Build Gear and Skill Summary

Main Hand		Off Hand
Svot's Reach		Virulent Fist
Head	Shoulder	Chest	Legs
Bestial Threat	Hatred's Reach	Tracker's Rage	Screaming Fury
Set (Issatar Imbued and Feasting Baron's Pack)
Neck	Ring 1	Ring 2	Waist
Issatar At Rest	Issatar Undone	Issatar Enraged	The Gaoler
Hands		Feet
Issatar's Open Hand		The Tyrant
Paragon Trees
Vanquisher > Treasure Hunter > Survivor
Skills
Lacerate (Primary)
Cleave		Furious Charge
Demoralize		Sprint
Charm Priority
1. Cleave 2. Furious Charge 3. Demoralize 4. Lacerate 5. Sprint

Gem Setup

Normal Gems

Legendary Gems

Gem Name	Effect
Aquamarine x1	+ 8 Armor
Citrine x2	+ 8 Potency
Ruby x1	+ 80 Life
Sapphire x4	+ 8 Armor Penetration
Topaz x2	+ 8 Resistance
Tourmaline x4	+ 8 Damage

Gem Name	Effect
Blessing of the Worthy	When you take damage, you have 20% chance to unleash retribution on all nearby enemies, dealing damage equal to 12% of your maximum Life. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds. For 6 seconds after unleashing divine retribution, you take 4% decreased damage. Unlocks at Rank 3
Blood-Soaked Jade	Increases all damage you deal by up to 8% while at full Life, with a minimum bonus of 4% while at low Life. Increases your Movement Speed by 10%. Take 2% decreased damage while below 50% Life. Unlocks at Rank 3
Chained Death	Increases damage done by your attacks by 1.50% per target hit, up to a maximum of 4.5% with 3 targets. Chained death bonus damage increases to a maximum of 4 targets. Unlocks at Rank 3
Everlasting Torment	Your critical hits inflict agony, dealing 16.7% Base damage + 202 every second for 3 seconds. Each enemy can only be affected by this once every 6 seconds. Each nearby enemy afflicted with agony increases your Attack Speed by 1%. Each enemy can only be affected by this once every 6 seconds. Unlocks at Rank 3
Power and Command	Power and Command alternates states every 9 seconds. Power increases your Primary Attack damage by 8%. Command increases all other skill damage by 8%. You have a 7.5% chance to dispel a negative effect on you each time Power and Command states alternate. Unlocks at Rank 3
Zwenson's Haunting	When you defeat an enemy, a dark beast attacks nearby enemies, dealing 50% base damage + 486 to all nearby enemies. Cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds. Gain a 7% chance to summon a dark dragon after using a skill against an enemy that causes loss of control. (Unlocks at Rank 3) Unlocks at Rank 3

Indicated gem effects only display their base effect. Values will be higher depending on the gem's upgrade level.

Cleave Focused Rift Build

This build focuses on a fast-moving burst damage playstyle using Cleave's high initial damage and Furious Charge's disruptive ability. Coupled with the mobility from Sprint and the added loss-of-control from Demoralize, this build is great for mowing through Challenge Rifts, Elder Rifts, and Dungeons in solo and party settings.

Legendary Gear Setup

The core Legendary items of this build are Svot's Reach, Virulent Fist, and Hatred's Reach, as they are all used to modify and improve Cleave. These three items turn it from a basic conic AoE ability into a large circular AoE that explodes enemies when killed, making Cleave perfect for both large waves of mobs and tougher single targets.

The other core Legendary items of this build are Tracker's Rage and Screaming Fury. These two improve Furious Charge with increased damage, two charges, and manual targeting, enhancing the burst potential of the build when used alongside Cleave.

Bestial Threat modifies Demoralize into an immobilizing AoE ability. This item allows you to keep enemies within range of Cleave and Lacerate for longer, improving your overall DPS.

Set Gear Choice

A combination of Issatar Imbued and Feasting Baron's Pack is the preferred secondary gear set for this build. Feasting Baron's Pack directly improves the crowd-control effect of Demoralize, while Issatar Imbued increases your movement speed and damage dealt after each enemy takedown. These two sets together are a great match for quickly clearing out Challenge Rifts and Elder Rifts.

Obtaining The Tyrant and The Gaoler at Hell I difficulty first is recommended as Feasting Baron's Pack offers more immediate benefits than Issatar Imbued.

Legendary Gem Setup

Most Legendary Gems in the build are used to increase the damage potential of Cleave and Furious Charge, with effects such as Everlasting Torment's potent damage-over-time from critical hits and Chained Death improving damage when hitting multiple targets.

Blood-Soaked Jade and Zwenson's Haunting contribute to the build's clear speed by providing extra damage, movement speed, and summoned beasts from enemy kills and loss of control effects.

Blessing of the Worthy is used in the build for extra utility and survivability, providing a strong AoE attack and damage reduction when hit.

Stats and Paragon Priorities

Attribute Priorities

Paragon Priorities

Prioritize spending points in the Vanquisher tree to get Zeal and Wrath as soon as possible. These two skills increase movement speed and damage dealt, which directly synergizes with Cleave and the rest of the build's kit.

Afterwards, invest some points into Treasure Hunter to get Swift Learner and Gold Find, boosting your Experience and Gold gain as you clear out Rifts and Dungeons.

Lastly, put points into Survivor to get Unyielding and Escape Artist, improving your survivability as a melee class.

How to Play

Move Through Rifts with Sprint Initiate Combat with Furious Charge Immobilize Foes with Demoralize Inflict Burst Damage with Cleave

Move Through Rifts with Sprint

Use Sprint to move past mobs and quickly reach objectives, Elite Mobs, and Rift Guardians. You can also use this ability to retreat if you find yourself taking too much damage.

Initiate Combat with Furious Charge

Once you've closed the distance with your foes, initiate combat with Furious Charge. Due to Screaming Fury, you can precisely aim this ability to knock opponents upwards and keep them in range of your damaging abilities.

Immobilize Foes with Demoralize

Make your foes even more vulnerable by casting Demoralize after Furious Charge. Bestial Threat modifies this ability to immobilize and lock enemies in place, keeping them even further locked down.

Inflict Burst Damage with Cleave

After inflicting loss-of-control on your opponents with Demoralize, clear them out using your charges of Cleave. Due to Virulent Fist, Cleave causes enemies to explode on death on top of its potent Bleed and powerful initial hit, making it extremely effective against both regular monsters and bosses.

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