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Poor Barbs! This tier list is just my personal take on the meta – take it with a grain of salt!
Full breakdown of what’s strong, what’s fun, and what’s falling off in Diablo 4 Season 9 like the Barbarian 🙁 Enjoy!
Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bN8C_Fe9nrWv__jUc_Vdbl220g4NM0mlux-ga_s_-5s/edit?gid=1808859861#gid=1808859861
All my S9 Builds: https://d4builds.gg/rob2628/builds/?season=9 (I always try to keep it up to date)

The fact that the Hydra WITHOUT ANY MYTHICS will be S Tier is incredible. Ive been playing Hydra for many seasons and I cant wait to finally get my moment.

1:10 This is all based on the assumption that there is no scaling damage reduction on Pit enemies or bosses as you scale difficulty.

18:22 This is an assumption that Jaguar Spirithall is “double dipping” on multipliers. If you consider that this effect is a “source” of damage, it no longer is double dipping.

19:58 I personally think quill volley’s amount of projectiles should have been nerfed back in Season 6 and is the actual issue, the class is being held hostage by that skill. How many things are we going to remove from Spiritborn to make quil volley not be the issue?

Strongest builds would be either Thorns or a Hydra, which means we are not doing any direct damage with either… I can’t imagine a worse type of gameplay and state of the game.

Ima between Necro and spiritborn this season, Wich one u guys think is the most fun ATM?😅

I wish they would bring back WW barb and season 7 lacerate Druid was one of my favorite builds.

Barb 😞 I don’t want to play a sorc or SB. So as of now it’s between necro and Druid for me.

If a build cannot even get maxed glyphs it tells you instantly! Your game is broken! WTF we doing?

I’m going to start with sorc, and push with spiritborn.

The truth is no one in that campfire is actually playing this game. Blizzard should just hire you to do the balance thing and fire some people.

So druid cataclysm doesnt work anymore?

So, spiritborn feather fart will be king again?

What about Flurry Rogue? is that not a thing?

There’s no reason for one s tier per character. It’s a system built where multiple builds are necessary for a casual gamer just looking to finish the season not do pit 100.

Hm might finally try Spiritborn. I didnt played it when it was giga buffed.

This tier list hurts my heart

Im honest, all Builds are fu***** boring

I think rob should be employed by blizzard. Don’t you think he’ll make the game 1000x better?

Hydra has been my fav skill in the game, glad its finally got some love

Lunging strike only? I didnt see any aoe

I miss good Bow Rogue builds, i hate playing melee.

If you think D4’s downfall was just because of the Devs you’re wrong. Streamer/Blasters are the main culprit. But what’s funny is how many blasters helped create this abomination of an AARPG and don’t even play anymore.
I’ll stick with a real AARPG in POE2.

Shit season again… 😀

Does monster health increase nerf after T1 in Pit include bosses also?

Thanks butthead 😀

I want to play that hydra build but then I’m reminded of how many Uber uniques you need for sorc to be good.. think I’ll go with thorns spiritborn this time around.

D4 still in 3rd place in the ARPG race 😢 feels bad. Idk when theyre going to pull their head out of their butts

I dont know much about endgame builds because i skipped two seasons and only did 14 days on this one, after seeing the changes i hope we are able to make any build that we want with good synergy of course so we could at least solo any uber boss on t4. No need for pit 100 power just enough to get to get pit 55 to upgrade glyphs second buffs

I hope that the poison twisting blades build will be promising.

Great VIDS rob , nice everyone will be playing the SORC …this season what kind of Balance is that between Classes and of course the BLOOD WAVE … A AGAIN ….

I’ll come back to D4 when druid has the top 2 S tier builds. Might be a while.

💩 😈

Wasn’t planning on playing this season, but the new Sorc Hydra and Necro Mage builds will probably pull me back in.

Just seeing a woman in campfire chat was enough for me to skip this season.

Another element, holy. If ever a paladin shows. Build like d3 crusader. Oh barrel thorn barrage crusader/paladin. Just take the hint people. Greater things in d4 is coming, even though we want it now. Blizzard needs these ideas to happen. Keeps us busy.❤ all

The every class s tier will come after 2nd expansion when arcane element gets its intro. Archon sorc, arcwave necro, shadow arc rogue, arcwind barb, arc pulverize druid, arc rush spiritborn or quill arc. Etc.

Oh these builds were fun to play? Say no more. *BLIZZ FUN DETECTED*
This game is trash. Seasonal theme is pretty much the same as last season, just new names. No additional content. Endless Boss grinding for Uber Uniques.
That’s what happens when devs stop playing the own game for fun

sorcerer > diablo

Youll see nothing but sorcs this season

i don’t like idea of “server lagging” sounds like cheat lol

What is the point of having unobtainable pit tiers? 150 is unreachable, Blizz thinks people will play longer when in reality it is just boring and frustrating.

It seems they keep nerfing everything because their goal is to get rid of the 50 tiers pit above 100. Meaning they want pit 100 to be the almost impossible tier to achieve.

So basically all i will see is nothing but sorc and necros running around. Wush they would make all classes good so there is more of a variety of other people i come across not just one or two classes using the same build.

Every season same builds.. back to d2r where anything is viable

just let diablo die.. d4 community hyping this season like every other before and we all know its gonna be dogshit. its nightmare dungeons dude. those have been shit since the first day of d4…

Thank you for all your hard work

Yes spirit this seson is grest

why do u still play this dogshit?

This game is dying. The put more effort into the cosmetic store and paid Battle Pass than the game balancing and content. Bring back D3.

alot of dad gamers mad in the comment section, as a dad gamer with 9 jobs and 22 kids i can confirm playing what you want and getting to high pit tier is possible it comes down to skill level, its a hot take but yall need to chill on that bitchin, play what you want people get to caught up in the tier lists my god

spiritlol gameplay wise is sucha a dog shit compared to sorc

I’ll def be using thorn sb with crushing hand

Just boring builds that I’ve seen somewhere

Evade is good if ur not on console 😭

What do people define as a build made for “pit pushing”? Doing pit 95-100 is not pit pushing because it’s necessary for finishing glyphs at a decent glyph upgrade %, with decent gear but perfect gear and MW.

@Rob2628 The problem with builds is , blizzard doesn’t listen to there player base & keeps nerfing builds

Awesome job Blizzard. You just made my favorite skill in the game (death trap) completely obsolete. No pull? Unbelievable. This is enough for one of their most loyal players to walk. Well done.

16:48 Making the Hydra blue? How much did I try to get enough Hydras to make them blue? Didn’t happen. My clan-mates giving me gear to get me there and then nothing. Unless they fixed it there are no blue Hydras. The Hydra get a blue glow in one of your rings but that always happens. Had over ten ranks.

Thanks Rob, was good to be on Twitch while you were working on this 🙂 GL in S9

Played end of season with trade chat still not working on ps5…
Probably dropping untill fixed

I used to love D4 but s8 and s9 has made me not play it . I stopped mid season s8 and s9 looks terrible. I don’t pay much attention to devs but has there been a change or did the devs just say F-it lets go do lunch and wing s9

Love the information from your vids. Problem i see is everyone is going to be playing the same 4 to 5 builds. Why invest in a build that can’t clear content. Makes this look like another boring season. Thanks to the tone deaf developers

Oh cool more blood wave necro

For thorns sb: not worth doing double gorilla hall?

Which A or S tier necro/sb/sorc/druid builds are viable without mythics ?

I can see another dead season

Fuck Blizzard. This entire team should have been fired and replaced already.

Hydra sorc and mage necro for me this season

Ok… bye S9, already before it starts 😂

Rob is the only person that keeps getting excited for this shit garbage game I don’t understand?!?!? Like bro u play this game 20 hrs everyday how are u still excited for the same shit over and over and over again??

Blizzard keep nerfing instead of making more torment level …

For my starter class on Diablo 4 vessel of hatred Season 9 Sins of the horadrim is gonna be spiritborne quill volley build

Wow rogues and barbs not looking good this season. I may have to skip this one then. I’ll see what happens in S10.

does that overpower “fix” on sorc also fix lightning balls not Overpowering?

if only the diablo devs stopped napping on the job and gave a crap we might have a season where every class and build is viable and people can have fun in any way they want instead of being funnelled into 3 metas just to access T4 lair bossing

they did to the barb now after only a few seasons what they did to the barb in d3 after muuuuuch longer , rip spin to win

Es hieß das sie auf Basisattacken zurück gehen. Wieso funktioniert der Bash Barb nicht?

I’m really dissapointed with what they did to Rogue and Barb. It really feels they went lazy on these classes.

Using Rogue as an example – they acknowledged the problem with Shadow Clones during the stream, but the only change they did with regards to this is simply lowering the % bonus for Shadow Clone, and not granting anything in exchange for Rogues. The new helmet creates a stunning visual performance, and would allow players to live the fantasy of a quickly striking Rogue, but the ability on the helmet is terribly designed, inconsistent and way behind what other builds can do, so it will end up being a dead build. They have not addressed bugs for Twisting Blades that are with us for more than a year now. Ranged core skills still play better in melee range.

The game really needs a solid rebalancing effort. Otherwise, we’ll just keep on getting seasons where there will be builds tapping endgame challenges in seconds, while others will be left far, far behind.

Why does the necro minions build NOT use service and sacrifice. You can ignore the warrior part and its 90%x damage buff unless I am misunderstanding it.

there is the love for the druids

Ich hab sowas von garkeine Lust auf Hydra. Egal wie das gebufft wurde, Hydra spricht mich garnicht an. Ich spiele Bash Barb, aus Ende.

I will start S9 with fresh new Hydra sorc build 😀 Then maybe try some Spalsh Puddle Pulverize Druid for fun 😀
The “mighty 17DMG” Driud better than a Barb XD

I hope Laggoborn will be fixed before seson start. If not this will be pain in S9.

I hope Blizz do not nerf Pulverize Puddle Druid in first patch after launch Seson 9.

I love Barb and i play Barb 😂😮 for me makes the class fun,i’m not a mimimi meta class player 😂

Season 9 sins of the nerf. I’m not going to waste my time with this.

Im surprised staff of crone/claw druid isnt on here with the double buff, should be b+ atleast.

W hat a shitty game.

I dont wanna play the shitty spiritborn i want barbarian… .sigh

Rob what class will you start with?

Pulverize Druid into summon necro

Blizzard is an enemy of Barbnation!

I already played sorc last season 🥴

B Tier killing T4 bosses easily it’s terrible…

Season 9, you can only overpower the mosquitoes

can’t wait to get my glyphs to 100 with 4% chance upgrades. the question is: will I be paragon 300 before I get 5 glyphs to 100 with pit 54 speed runs?

Anything about dancing knives?

Had to pause when u showed spiritborn ‘’Leveling build”, rob why do you show a leveling build using jah & Qax…

I’m actually just looking forward to the keyboard and mouse support for console

i am starting this season.. an entirely different game

The shockwave aspect will not be as good with new unique

Did anyone give twisting blades a try on ptr? Been running it every season at the end for fun hoping for buffs. Apparently it could do atleast pit 105 this season but i saw no one playing it.

I’m working on it now just need a 3 ga dagger and a better 2 GA AS/Dex ring. Want to test it before season end.

I will still play as Barbarian and hate Blizzard. The main thing is that they feel comfortable playing T4, killing T4 bosses on their own. The pits have been boring for a long time, 0 excitement, only routine.

Hydra for me this seasom until either PoE2 or LE has the new season

Im really gonna miss the aesthetic of LS and CL sort.

That’s struggling? That T4 Bellial died in like 5 seconds.

Gonna do necro minions first, then pulverize Druid and then hydra sorc. If the season still holds my interest by then I’ll do spiritborn maybe

I was sooo hoping for the frenzy barb with the new boots :((((((

As a barbarian main. @me when they want me to play again.

I’m new at Diablo 4 playing barb already P160, I play on on eternal realm. Is all class changes for S9 also related to eternal realm as well?

Its too bad

Sadly my favorite AARP continues to be a joke. who the fuck is in charge of balancing? I feel like you can pull anyone off the street and hire them to balance classes and they’d do better than this. Every season is just FOTM

Did they remove cap for key passives ?

I don’t know about you guys, but as a sorc lover since D2, it has been my fantasy to actually play a hydra build that is S-tier and can wreak havoc on demons! I’m so looking forward to s9 with this build!

D4 Devs are F-tier

Barb off the menu? Good time to say hello to an expanded 2 months of PoE1. Having a blast with the real barbarian, the berserker.

im gonna play my fav hota barb, hope i can manage to stay at T1 OMEGALUL

bro dont bother with the Tier List , cuz 2 weeks after season start you will see every body running with lightning spear sorc

He doesn’t have Druid Posion build at all and after latest buffs Druid class is O.P

Hydra sorc for sure.

As a Barbarian main, lover of big muscle man, I think I might just boycott this season.
They’ve effectively deleted the only option I find kinda fun. I don’t want to play Spiritborn again after they first came out and were stupidly OP, and Death Trap rogue was really fun for a bit; but the Hydra build that looks like this season’s Flavor of the Season looks atrocious to play to me at least.

Maybe I’ll mess with Minion Necro…

Man what did they do… Barb has no good builds and the basic skills do more damage than core… I just want to spin and win.

Fire Rod Fergusson 🤡💩

Bleed Barb hasn’t existed since they nerfed everything in season 2, its like half of a class that doesn’t even exist

Another failed tier list! 😂

hey rob..i rly dont have sumthing personal on you..or rly disslike you..tbh i think you a very smart and good hearted guy who is just doing what he love..but on the other side..gaming was so much better before you guys (content creators )showed up with min maxing everything and always a s tier or Sheet lists and this is the best way and that the fastest that you cant stop playing because there is nothing to do anymore …in just my opinion, you guys destroyed alot of fun + it seems like games are created around you guys more and more…as just for the casual player

anyways..no hate you on a personal level, much love ( and i know i cant just not turn this video on)

Let’s nerf builds but then nerf monster hp to help with progress. Blizzard is brain dead…

I know it provides isn’t the most powerful but I prefer crushing hand to quill volley. Can you change out quill volley for crushing hand with the spiritborn pantalones build?

Wait until you see my build because my rogue build is pretty busted because all it requires this precision and condemnation with sky Hunter and one other unique it’s not unique reliant because the build is set up to be just for poison and rapid fire. The flurry is for healing.

As a Rogue and Barb enjoyer, looks like first season skip for me, which is a shame

I have zero hype for this season. I’m not sure I’m even going to play

Why does no one ever talk about account bound loot ? It’s a stupidly outdated system,if I have something that I will never use but could greatly benefit a friend I should be able to pass them said item

I really appreciate your effort and what you do to help the communities of D4 but you put more effort into making D4 fun then the devs do! You should open yourself up to more games! Anyways, keep up the awesome work!

Nice video mate great work 🙏 do u have a leveling build for sorcerer or can we just use the new Hydra build for leveling? 😃

2:55 WTH? That was still good. This whole time, you are making it seem like he can’t even kill T1 boess 🫤 2:55

Thanks for the Update! Which A or S Tier Builds do not rely on Snapshots? 🤔

Same old sh***t. AGAIN !
Diablo is destroyed! 😡
Blizzard’s management should have a massive overhaul and the entire Diablo team should be FIRED ! for F sake. Most probably one of the most miserable, incompetent, brain damaged team in the gaming industry! Even during those camp fire sessions these young in diapers FKRS don’t even know what they’re talking about! Blizzard should be humiliated and brought to its knees by the gaming community till they get back to their senses cause ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !

Ty blizzard deleted barb i come next season 😂

Going to see Sorcs and Spiritborn everywhere.

All you need to say is skip this season guys so the devs realize the community is not happy. Only thing that will get them to make some major changes is hitting them in the wallet. We need to make them listen.

Did barb direct whirlwind get nerfed? I thought that was pretty decent for just t4 after ghors got the buff last season

Sorc Hydra or poison pulv druid I might go for

Man im bummed….I didn’t play my fav class (barb) last season….really wanted to play lunge barb this season 😢

Completely bullshit they just never let barb be good anymore

the best build is not to play this season. lackluster all around, nothing exciting in this game atm. They should really lose the borrowed power shit. Either integrate it in a non season way, or be creative. Now its just formulaic drivel. If it was a good engaging formula, there would be nothing wrong with it, but ts just a reskin, the same rep system as the last 5 seasons, powers that do all the same things as last seasons. It just feels like a resghuffle of the same cards over and over.

Sorc sins day 1 <3

HAIL HYDRA

They think nerfing before ot goes live is better than nerfing while its live, they will spend the next 2 weeks buffing… Then they wont do anything for the rest of the season…. I rather have fun with broken shit than waste my time with weak builds and hope they actually buff them in the current season!

Damn, really think flay barb will be b tier still after the flay buffs and the physical damage jewel being added?

If you can complete the season journey comfortably (let’s say Pit 80?) then that should be an A build in my opinion since that is the only objective most people care about in this game. Beyond that goal it’s just S tier builds. Pretty simple and the plebs would be just perfectly happy and clicks go up.

How and why is it that blizz can’t ensure each class has at least 1 s tier build each season? With all their talk about balancing someone needs to be let go. It’s so pathetic.

Were are all my cry Babys? Oh here you re all 😂😂😂😂

Season of the Hydra ❤️

Mr Spock can’t even figure out blizzards math

Would you guys say it’s fun to come back from Poe 2 to diablo4 because I had a lot of the first seasons

Nice review.

Ill be making mage necro and stormclaw

As a casual, it sucks that y’all get to have all the fun on PTR. By the time the best builds get to us plebs everything is nerfed and ruined.

Blizzard hasn’t been able to make a balance for 2 years. Rob builds a ladder of tops in 1 day. I think it’s time to fire someone

idgaf. This season sucks this game sucks there are way better games to play

Just in case you needed a 6th video……….about the same thing 😂

Us druids eating good this seaosn we gonna be top class EZ! ! !

they doing my barb dirty

bot central in this sh*t

this looks good. im gonna play hydra sorc and puddle druid. last season was terrible.

Sorc main for life. May give spiritborn another go after overplaying it so much in season 6😅 Very glad there’s a new top build for sorc instead of LS again.

Finally, a good hydra Season. Yes ❤

So now you say it’s same meta and Quill Volley and Crushing Hand and Stinger can all do trillions and billions of dmg with Thorns build so it’s nice you don’t have to use Quill Volley cuz I hate that skill