Barbarian · League start Tier List

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Editorial entries are the Waypoint team's opinion, credited with an author and date. Data entries adapt a cited published source, normalized onto this S–D scale — see each entry's own notes for exactly how. Hardcore is assessed separately from Softcore. Ranks compare builds within one purpose only: a mapping rank says nothing about bossing.

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Barbarian · At a glance

HC · Highest ranked in this snapshot

Original S–D tiers stay unchanged. Equal-tier builds share the top placement; missing rankings do not mean a class is weak.

Mapping

Nothing ranked yet. The season is days old and the meta is still changing its mind; an empty list beats a confident wrong one.

Bossing

Nothing ranked yet. The bosses are still winning the arguments.

League start

Nothing ranked yet. By the time a league-start list is honest, the league has started. We are working on it.

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League start

Builds ranked by how well they start a fresh HC ladder with nothing and live to tell about it.

Last updated 2026-10-29 · Provisional

Awaiting review · HC

Criteria

Gear requirements

Works on self-found gear and cheap runewords in the first days of a fresh ladder.

Clear speed while gearing

How fast it levels and clears early maps before the key items are found.

Survivability

How forgiving it is with low resistances and low life. Weighted much more heavily in HC.

Fortified / non-fortified

How far it gets into fortified maps before it needs a respec or a second character.

Nothing ranked yet.

Nothing ranked yet. By the time a league-start list is honest, the league has started. We are working on it.

No published Waypoint league start snapshot · Barbarian · HC

Community league start resources

Other people's rankings, linked and credited. We don't copy them.

• Starter builds (Hiim PD2)by HiimMark / Hiim PD2 moderators

  Cheap builds to level and gear a fresh character at season start.

  link only Current site. Hiim PD2 Terms of Service v1 (2026-09-23): no reuse grant. Link and credit, never copy. Checked 2026-10-29.

• Season 14 changes (Hiim PD2)by HiimMark / Hiim PD2

  Tier list moves since S13 and every build buffed, nerfed or added in S14.

  link only Season 14. Hiim PD2 Terms of Service v1 (2026-09-23): no reuse grant. Link only. Checked 2026-10-29.

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