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Barbarian Tier Lists
Builds ranked for mapping, bossing and starting a fresh ladder. Softcore and hardcore are separate lists, and survivability counts for a lot more in hardcore.
Season 14Updated
Hardcore · survival & consistency
Editorial Waypoint opinion, credited
Data Adapted from a cited source
Provisional Open to revisionEditorial 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 snapshotOriginal 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.
1 / Mapping
Mapping
Builds ranked by how well they farm endgame maps without dying. In HC, survivability outweighs speed.
Nothing ranked yet.
Nothing ranked yet. The season is days old and the meta is still changing its mind; an empty list beats a confident wrong one.
No published Waypoint mapping snapshot · Barbarian · HCCommunity mapping resources
Other people's rankings, linked and credited. We don't copy them.
- PD2 Speed Mapping Database
Community-submitted, video-backed solo map clear times with per-build leaderboards. Listed on the wiki Links page as "Map Times Database".
link only Landing tab (read 2026-10-29) still says it is set up for Season 13 and that S13 submissions were wiped for launch; no S14 note yet. No licence or reuse terms stated anywhere on the landing tab. Not clearly reusable, so we link and credit it and copy none of its data. Checked 2026-10-29.
- Solo tier list (Hiim PD2)
Every build ranked by its fastest submitted map clears.
link only Season 11 to 14 according to the site's own description (read 2026-10-29). Hiim PD2 Terms of Service v1 (2026-09-23): moderators set tiers; no reuse grant. Link and credit, never copy. Checked 2026-10-29.
- Group tier lists (Hiim PD2)
Builds for group play, ranked separately for generalist, physical and elemental parties.
link only Current season plus S11-S13 archives. Hiim PD2 Terms of Service v1 (2026-09-23): no reuse grant. Link and credit, never copy. Checked 2026-10-29.
- DH's S13 Build Tier List
Late-game mapping tier list / infographic.
link only Season 13 -- previous season, not updated for S14 balance changes. Not opened (listed on the wiki Links page only); no terms known, so link and credit only. Checked 2026-10-29.
- Season 14 changes (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.
2 / Bossing
Bossing
Builds ranked by how well they kill the endgame bosses with a character that has one life.
Nothing ranked yet.
Nothing ranked yet. The bosses are still winning the arguments.
No published Waypoint bossing snapshot · Barbarian · HCCommunity bossing resources
Other people's rankings, linked and credited. We don't copy them.
- Bossing tier list (Hiim PD2)
Builds rated per boss (Diablo Clone, Rathma, Lucion) at T0 and T2 difficulty.
link only Current season plus S12-S13 archives. Hiim PD2 Terms of Service v1 (2026-09-23): no reuse grant. Link and credit, never copy. Checked 2026-10-29.
- Beginners Bossing Guide
Uber Tristram, Diablo Clone and Lucion for beginners. A guide, not a tier list.
link only Updated for S13 according to the wiki Links page. Not opened; link and credit only. Checked 2026-10-29.
- Season 14 changes (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.
3 / League start
League start
Builds ranked by how well they start a fresh HC ladder with nothing and live to tell about it.
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 · HCCommunity league start resources
Other people's rankings, linked and credited. We don't copy them.
- Starter builds (Hiim PD2)
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)
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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