Highest Dmg Barb Season 8

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A very powerful Barbarian build based on the Immortal King's set and Hammer of the Ancients attack skill

Diablo 3's Patch 2.6.1 brought a lot of changes to the majority of sets and items. With the extreme buffs to Hammer of The Ancients items and the Immortal King's Set, it became one of the best Barbarian builds in the game. In Patch 2.6.4, the bonus damage when wearing six pieces of Immortal King's set was nearly tripled, allowing it to remain one of the major Barbian sets in Season 16.

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Table of contents

General information
Recommended items
Recommended skills

General information

The entire build is based on the Immortal King's set which provides the following bonuses:

Call of the Ancients lasts until they die, or until the Barbarian dies (2/6)
Reduces the cooldown of Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients by 3 seconds for every 10 Fury spent with an attack (4/6)
While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients is active, the Barbarian deals 4000% increased damage (6/6)

The Immortal King's set is extremely powerful and well-rounded. It grants the player 100% uptime on Wrath of the Berserker, and 4000% increased damage. It remains one of the best Barbarian sets, but sadly, in Season 16 where a vast amount of new options was introduced, it's no longer even in the Top 3 for its class.

The gameplay mechanics for HotA IK build are simple. You charge between groups of monsters and smack them with the Hammer of the Ancients. This build could be played with a lot of different weapon combinations, but Istvan's Paired blades grant the highest attack speed. High attack speed and Bane of the Stricken Legendary Gem is the best pick for very high solo GR pushing.

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Recommended items

Equipment
	Head - Immortal King's Triumph Stat priorities: 1) Critical Hit Chance 2) Strength 3) Vitality / Increased HotA damage 4) Secondary res. Socket:
Chest - Immortal King's Eternal Reign Stat priorities: 1) Strength 2) Vitality 3) All elemental resistances 4) Reduced damage from elites/Secondary res. Sockets: (replace with Rubys if you feel comfortable with having less all res.)
Pants - Immortal King's Stature Stat priorities: 1) Strength 2) Vitality 3) All elemental resistances Sockets: (replace with Rubys if you feel comfortable with having less all res.)
Gloves- Immortal King's Irons Stat priorities: 1) Strength 2) Critical Hit Chance 3) Critical Hit Damage 4) Area damage% / Vitality 5) Attack speed 6) Secondary res.
Boots - Immortal King's Stride Stat priorities: 1) Strength 2) Vitality 3) All elemental resistances 4) Increased HotA damage
Pauldrons - Fury of the Ancients Stat priorities: 1) Strength 2) Vitality 3) All elemental resistances 4) Area damage% 5) Life% Special power: Call of the Ancients gains the effect of the Ancients' Fury rune
Bracers - Bracers of the First Men Stat priorities: 1) Critical Hit Chance 2) Fire damage% 3) Strength 4) Vitality 5) Secondary res. Special power: Hammer of the Ancients attacks 50% faster and deals 375-500% increased damage
Amulet - Traveller's Pledge Stat priorities: 1) Socket 2) Critical Hit Damage 3) Critical Hit Chance 4) Fire damage% 5) Strength (Part of the Endless Walk set) Set bonuses: While moving, all damage taken is reduced by up to 50% While standing still, all damage dealt is increased by up to 100%
Ring - Compass Rose Stat priorities: 1) Socket 2) Critical Hit Chance 3) Critical Hit Damage 4) Area damage% 5) Strength 6) Vitality (Part of the Endless Walk set)
Ring - Convention of Elements Stat priorities: 1) Socket 2) Critical Hit Chance 3) Critical Hit Damage 4) Area damage% 5) Strength Special power: Gain 150–200% increased damage to a single element for 4 seconds. This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison
Belt - Immortal King's Tribal Binding Stat priorities: 1) Strength 2) Vitality 3) All elemental resistances 4) Life gained per Fury spent 5) Life%
Weapon 1/2 - Little Rogue Stat priorities: 1) Socket 2) High average damage 3) Damage% 4) Strength 5) Attack speed% Sockets: (Part of the Istvan's Paired blades set) Set bonuses: Every cast of a skill that spends primary resource grants 6% increased damage, Armor and attack speed for 5 seconds. This effect stacks up to 5 times
Weapon 1/2 - The Slanderer Stat priorities: 1) Socket 2) High average damage 3) Damage% 4) Strength 5) Attack speed% Sockets: (Part of the Istvan's Paired blades set)
Bonus Items for Season 16 (thanks to built-in Ring of Royal Grandeur power)
Belt - String of Ears Stat priorities: 1) Strength 2) Vitality 3) All elemental resistances 4) Life% Special power: Reduces damage from melee attacks by 25–30%
Kanai Cube powers
The Gavel of Judgement Hammer of the Ancients deals 600–800% increased damage and returns 25 Fury if it hits 3 or less enemies
Magefist Fire skills deal 15–20% more damage.
Band of Might After casting Furious Charge, Ground Stomp, or Leap, take 60–80% reduced damage for 8 seconds
Legendary Gems
Bane of the Trapped Increases damage done to enemies under the control-impairing effects by 15% Upgrade: +0.3% additional damage per Rank Gain an aura that slows the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30% (Requires Rank 25)
Bane of the Stricken Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8% Upgrade: +0.01% damage per Rank Gain 25% increased damage against Rift Guardians and bosses (Requires Rank 25)
Pain Enhancer Critical hits cause the enemy to bleed for 2500% damage as Physical over 3 seconds. Upgrade: +50% damage as Physical over 3 seconds (+10% per second) per Rank Gain Blood Frenzy, granting 3% increased Attack Speed for each bleeding enemy within 20 yards (Requires Rank 25)

Recommended skills

Active Skills
	Hammer of the Ancients A massive hammer smashes enemies in front of the Barbarian for 535% damage as Physical. Hammer of the Ancients has a 1% increased Critical Hit Chance for every 5 Fury the Barbarian currently has Smash Increases damage dealt to 640% and damage type changes to Fire Your main dps skill. Simply spam it to kill enemies
Furious Charge Rush forward, knocking back and dealing 600% damage as Physical Merciless Assault Reduces cooldown by 2 seconds for every enemy hit (for up to 5 enemies) Your only mobility skill. It's not great, but it's better than nothing. You also have to use it longer('static') fights to proc the Band of Might damage reduction buff
Wrath of the Berserker Enter a berserker rage which raises the following attributes for 20 seconds: Critical Hit Chance, Attack Speed, Dodge Chance and Movement Speed Insanity Increases damage dealt by an additional 50% Your core ability. Keep it up at all times - as long as you have enemies you can burn your Fury on, the CD on this ability will not be an issue
War Cry Upon use increases armor for the Barbarian and all his allies within 100 yards by 20% for 120 seconds Power of the Storm Grants an additional 20% all elemental resistances to the Barbarian and his allies Keep the buff up at all times. The skill also provides a decent Fury generation that might come in handy when initiating fights
Battle Rage Enter a rage which increases Player's damage by 10% and Critical Hit Chance by 3%. The buff lasts 120 seconds Bloodshed Deal 20% damage of your recent critical hits to enemies within 20 yards radius every second Keep the buff up at all times
Call of the Ancients Summon three ancient Barbarians for 20 seconds. Each deals 270% damage as Physical per swing in addition to their bonus abilities Together as One 50% of damage dealt to the Barbarian is transferred and split evenly to the Ancients Keep them up at all times. With the 2/6 IK set bonus they last untill they die, so you should only recast the skill when either you or them have died
Passive Skills
Ruthless You deal 40% extra damage to enemies below 30% Life
Rampage Increases the Barbarian's Strength by 1% for 8 seconds after killing or assisting in killing an enemy. This effect stacks up to 25 times, and each stack renews the total duration
Nerves of Steel Instead of killing the Player, lethal damage reduces the Life to 15% and for 3 seconds afterwards, the Barbarian takes 95% reduced damage and gains immunity to all control-impairing effects This effect may only occur once every 60 seconds
Berserker Rage You deals 25% extra damage while near maximum Fury (approximately 95% and up)

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We hope you will enjoy this build as much as we did. And see you soon in the world of Sanctuary.

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Stat Priority | Patch 2.1.2

Managing Primary (Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Vitality) and Secondary (Critical Chance, Critical Damage, Attack Speed, Weapon Damage, Armor, etc.) stats is critical for maximizing your Barbarian. Below are listed the two stat priorities for both max damage and max survivability.

Max DPS

Weapon Damage > Strength > Crit Chance >= Crit Damage > Attack Speed

Max Survivability

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Resists = Armor > Strength = Vitality

DPS Stats Breakdown

Weapon Damage
Increases the damage dealt by skills. Higher top end weapon damage and a smaller damage range will produce stronger attacks.

Strength
Multiplies all Barbarian damage.

Crit Chance
Increases the base chance of obtaining a critical hit. Crit Chance is best stacked with Crit Damage at a ratio of about 1:8. For example, if you have 10% Crit Chance then you should have +80% Crit Damage. As a note, Crit Damage is much easier to obtain than Crit Chance so you may end up with more Crit Damage than is optimal for your amount of Crit Chance.

Crit Damage
Increases the damage done by critical hits. See the Crit Chance definition for more information on how to best stack Crit Damage with Crit Chance.

Attack Speed
Increases the frequency of your attacks and reduces the duration of the combat animation for each attack. A faster attack speed produces more attacks in less time and increases your mobility by reducing the time of combat animations.

Survival Stats Breakdown

Resists
Reduces the amount of damage received from specific types of attacks. Resists are offered for Physical, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Arcane/Holy, and All damage. Resist All is preferred over individual Resist types.

Armor
Reduces the amount of damage received from all attacks.

Strength
Increases Armor rating.

Vitality
Increases your maximum amount of Health.

Barbarian Stats

The following stats are specific to a Barbarian:

Max Fury
Increases your maximum amount of Fury.

Barbarian Skill Bonus
These bonuses increase the damage of certain Barbarian skills. The skills that can be modified by skill bonuses found on armor and weapons are listed below: