S-TIER | BARBARIAN BUILD Appel des Anciens haut DPS (@Rob2628) | SEASON 14

ENDGAME | PIT PUSH | SPEED FARM BARBARE

Build Overview

The Singer Ancient Barb, affectionately nicknamed "Bro Barb" by the community, is the build presented by Rob2628 as the best non-bugged DPS of Season 14. This Barbarian relies on a permanent flood of shouts — Rallying Cry, Challenging Shout, War Cry and Iron Skin — which summon the Ancients without interruption and maintain Berserking in an almost permanent fashion. On top of that comes an unprecedented double ultimate: Mighty Throw, transformed into an ultimate, and Call of the Ancients, whose cooldowns reset each other thanks to a perfectly oiled skill loop. The whole setup produces hundreds of trillions of damage, extreme resistance made possible by a cyclical Iron Skin that makes the Barbarian nearly immortal, and a Pit ceiling that Rob estimates beyond level 140 for this season. Among the S14 highlights, the bugfix of Ramaladni's Magnum Opus — which now works correctly with the Ancients summoning skills — opens a new dimension of resource-proportional scaling, further multiplying the offensive potential of this build.

Pros and Cons

Recommended Gear

Horadric Seal S14

For the Horadric Seal, Rob2628 recommends targeting the Bul-Kathos set with combat skills as priority targets: each shout that summons the Ancients benefits from the very high damage multipliers offered by this set, making the choice of set bonuses a decision directly tied to the performance of the Call of the Ancients. For the main seal, the Emblem of Starbreaker provides around 73% additional damage multiplier in charm form — a powerful piece that does not need to be mythic to be effective. Rob notes that any seal offering critical damage and a multiplicative multiplier to Ancients skills damage will work perfectly fine, without requiring mythic pieces in this slot.

Gameplay Tips

The rotation of this build relies on a simple principle: spam all shouts and both ultimates as soon as they are available. Start by activating Rallying Cry, Iron Skin, Challenging Shout and War Cry to apply all buffs and permanent Vulnerable on enemies — the latter applying Vulnerable automatically on each cast. Then chain into Call of the Ancients as soon as it is ready. When Call of the Ancients is on cooldown, activate Mighty Throw: this instantly resets the cooldown of Call of the Ancients. The shouts themselves, through the Marshal glyph, reset the cooldown of Mighty Throw. The loop is complete: by spamming all buttons, no skill ever stays idle.

Iron Skin generates a Barrier on each activation, which permanently triggers the Conceited Aspect and contributes to the Barbarian's extreme durability. For leveling and early season, Rob2628 recommends starting with a Whirlwind build before switching to this setup once endgame gear is in place — notably the cooldown reset Aspect, essential for the loop to function.

Skill Tree

The Skill Tree of this Barbarian is entirely focused on shouts and ultimates, with no points in Basic or Core skills. Rallying Cry with the Booming upgrade ensures resource generation; Challenging Shout with the Talic upgrade maximizes the damage of summoned Ancients; War Cry with the Korlic upgrade permanently maintains Vulnerable; and Iron Skin provides survival. For ultimates, Mighty Throw (Mightiest + Ferocity + Barrier) serves as the cooldown reset trigger, while Call of the Ancients — with the upgrades that mutually amplify the Ancients' damage by 7 times, plus the Empowered upgrade — constitutes the build's main DPS engine.

Mercenary S14

MERCENARY NOTES

Subo is the main Mercenary of this build. His Wire Trap and Cover Fire bring crowd control and offensive support well-suited to the mass gameplay style generated by spamming Call of the Ancients. In a build as aggressive as the Singer Ancient Barb, Subo complements the summoning dynamic by maintaining continuous pressure on groups of enemies, while allowing the Barbarian to spam his shouts and ultimates without interruption.

Paragon

Rob2628's Paragon configuration relies on five distinct boards. The starting board hosts the Might glyph (Might), the Blood Rage board carries Challenger (Challenger), the Decimator board integrates Absorption (Imbiber) — Rob's choice to maximize DPS, even though this glyph requires regularly consuming potions; for a more defensive profile, he mentions the Ire glyph as a more defensive alternative. The Warbringer board carries Wrath (Wrath), and the Flawless Technique board closes with Marshal (Marshal). Rob notes that the Paragon configuration has not fundamentally changed compared to the previous season and that the build will continue to be refined over the coming weeks.

Cooldown Reset Loop

The true strength of the Singer Ancient Barb lies in an entirely self-sustaining cooldown loop. Here is the cycle: spamming shouts activates the Marshal glyph, which resets the cooldown of Mighty Throw. Mighty Throw, upon activation, in turn resets the cooldown of Call of the Ancients. By combining all these presses in rhythm, it is never necessary to wait for a cooldown to expire — all skills can chain without interruption, triggering successive waves of Ancients that produce hundreds of trillions of damage in seconds. Rob2628 even mentions having seen players on the PTR exceed a quadrillion damage in a single hit thanks to this mechanic.

Ultra Endgame Variant — Melted Heart of Selig

At the very end of progression, Rob2628 mentions an optional variant based on the Melted Heart of Selig as a mythic amulet in place of the main setup. This substitution loses the immortality assured by the looping Iron Skin, but it doubles the resource pool — which, combined with the new Fury-proportional scaling of Ramaladni's Magnum Opus (S14 bugfix), produces a considerable damage increase. Rob notes that this variant remains reserved for ultra-endgame and that the Barbarian remains solid even without full immortality — simply more vulnerable than in the main setup. The synergy between Ramaladni's Magnum Opus and Melted Heart of Selig is only possible thanks to the Season 14 bugfix on the Ancients summoning skills.