

The skill rune Rupture is selected to improve Cleave and Defeating Crash to improve Ground Stomp. While Leap is tempting it just doesn’t seem as strong in the long run. The base build at level 14 will probably look like this: !Z!a.a The main abilities here are Cleave, Seismic Slam and Ground Stomp. You will unlock one passive and 5 of the 6 skill slots. You’ll face the Skeleton King by level 8 and then move on from there. It can then be adjusted based on playstyle and based on the current challenges your Barbarian faces as it progresses. An ideal leveling build should be a balanced build between direct and AoE damage, survivability, resource regeneration and mobility (in that order). Either way the Barbarian is a solid class capable of farming, doing massive AoE damage, strong direct damage and who has awesome survivability and mobility. I don’t know how long that will last or if by the time you are reading this that this is still true. The Barbarian is hyped up as the most popular class going into Diablo 3.
