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Diablo 4 Season 11: Hammer Barbarian Build Guide (HotA)
A guide to the Hammer of the Ancients (HotA) Barbarian build, which has made a strong comeback in Season 11. This build is fun and powerful, and useful for leveling when combined with Whirlwind. The key is to maximize Fury and gain various effects through weapon swapping. Utilize the Melted Heart of Selig amulet to increase survivability, and maximize damage through various legendary aspects and glyphs.
1. 🔨 Hammer Barbarian (HotA) Build, Finally Revived! Season 11 Major Changes and Build Introduction
- ✅ The Hammer Barbarian (HotA) build has been greatly buffed, making it powerful and fun to play
- ✅ The Barbarian's main stat scaling has been improved in this patch, and the Hammer skill has also been buffed
- ✅ Various elements have been improved, such as the Melted Heart of Selig, Fury management aspects, and new Paragon nodes
- ✅ In particular, all Paragon nodes have been massively buffed, greatly increasing the build's potential
2. ⚔️ HotA Build Playstyle and Core Mechanics: Utilizing Whirlwind Linkage and Weapon Swapping
- ✅ The HotA build can be used in conjunction with Whirlwind and is effective for leveling
- ✅ Whirlwind plays a role in inflicting Bleeding, triggering weapon swaps, and maintaining Overpower
- ✅ Use the ultimate skill, Wrath of the Berserker, to gather enemies, and trigger Overpower by swapping to Hammer after Whirlwind
- ✅ Fury generation is important, and survivability is secured through the Melted Heart
- ⚠️ It was very powerful on the PTR server, but the performance may be somewhat lower on the live server due to the Melted Heart nerf
3. 🛡️ HotA Build Core Equipment and Aspects: Maximizing Fury, Overpower, and Lucky Hit
- ✅ Increased Fire Damage, Continuous Frenzy Maintenance
- ✅ Aspect of the Earthquake: Increases Earthquake Explosion and Hammer Skill Rank
- ✅ Aspect of the Iron Warrior: Increases Hammer Skill Rank and Size
- ✅ Tibault's Will: Increases Maximum Fury
- ✅ Aspect of the Umbral: Additional Enemy Pull
- ✅ Ancestral Echoes: Increases Overpower and Critical Strike Chance
- ✅ Earthstriker's Aspect: Continuous Earthquake Generation
- ✅ Aspect of Ancestral Force: Doubles Hammer Damage
- ✅ Ramaladni's Magnum Opus: Also applies to two-handed weapon use
- ✅ Edgemaster's Aspect: Buffs when swapping weapons and increases core skill rank
- ✅ Aspect of Limitless Rage: Generates Fury when using Whirlwind
- ✅ Aspect of the Bounding Conduit: Decreases Shout Cooldown
- ✅ Melted Heart of Selig: Core Armor
| 아이템 | 효과 |
|---|---|
| 산의 망토 | 지진 폭발, 망치 랭크 증가 |
| 티볼트의 의지 | 최대 분노 증가 |
| 아후의 유산 | 제압 및 극대화 확률 증가 |
| 융해된 심장 셀리그 | 생존력 확보 |
4. 💪 HotA Build Expertise and Skill Tree: Maximizing Fury and Utilizing Synergy
- ✅ Mace Expertise: Lucky Hit and Damage Increase when Healthy
- ✅ Utilize Hammer, Whirlwind, Seismic Surge, and Shouts
- ✅ Maximize Damage using Fury Scaling
- ✅ Fury Generation through Weapon Swapping
- ✅ Unconstrained: Damage increased to injured enemies
5. 🌟 HotA Build Paragon Board: Utilizing Overpower, Fury, and Weapon Mastery
- ✅ Use the 'Marshall' glyph in the starting board to reduce skill cooldown
- ✅ Use the 'Crusher' glyph in the 'Carnage' board to enhance Overpower effects
- ✅ Use the 'Blood Rage' glyph in the 'Challenger' board
- ✅ Increase two-handed weapon damage in the 'Mightier' board
- ✅ Gain Fury when swapping weapons in the 'Weapon Master' board
- ✅ 'Warbringer' or 'Decimator' can be selected in the final board
6. 🚀 HotA Build Leveling and Final Build Transition Guide: Charge and HotA Combination
- ✅ Use a combination of Charge and HotA when leveling
- ✅ In the early stages, it is difficult to maintain Whirlwind due to lack of resources, so alternate between Charge and HotA
- ✅ Quickly secure legendary nodes on the Paragon board to strengthen the build
- ✅ Can transition to a Charge build in the final stage, and most items are shared
- ✅ The HotA build is fun and powerful, and is expected to be active once again in Season 11