eld.gg Diablo 4 Items: Skills and Gameplay Loop

Skills and Gameplay Loop

The Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian thrives on Diablo 4 Items a simple but powerful rotation.

Core Skills

Hammer of the Ancients (Furious upgrade): Your primary nuke, scaling damage with Fury spent.

Frenzy: Kept passively active via Battle Trance; fuels Saber of Tsasgal damage.

Rallying Cry: Permanent uptime via Deafening Chorus; provides Fury, Unstoppable, and speed.

Rupture: Adds Attack Speed and synergizes with Bleed effects.

Ground Stomp: Used to reset Wrath of the Berserker cooldown.

Wrath of the Berserker: Ultimate skill; adds Movement Speed, Berserk, and extra Fury generation.

Rotation

1. Keep Rallying Cry active at all times (auto-permanent).

2. Maintain Frenzy stacks passively.

3. Use Ground Stomp to reset Wrath during boss fights.

4. Spam HotA while ensuring Fury stays capped at 150.

5. Use Overpower procs to obliterate bosses.

The loop is simple: slam endlessly with HotA while your buffs remain permanently active.

Arsenal System Optimization

Weapon choice is critical for this build.

Two-Handed Mace (Bludgeoning): Mandatory for HotA, providing huge Critical Strike Damage scaling.

Technique Slot - Two-Handed Axe: Grants +10% damage to Vulnerable enemies. This synergizes perfectly with Fists of Fate or the Exploit Glyph, ensuring Vulnerable uptime.

By combining Mace bonuses with Axe Technique, you maximize both Crit Damage and buy Diablo IV Items Vulnerable uptime.