By Diablo 4 Patch Sends Charge Barbarian and Life Scaling into Overdrive
- Charge hits absurdly hard and keeps resetting, making early leveling feel busted.
- Base life now multiplies with % life, pushing Barbarian to 50–70k+ HP.
- Marshal glyph shouts reduce cooldowns across the kit; Barb gets much tankier.
Rob jumps into the fresh patch minutes before the season, showing how Charge Barbarian exploded in power. Charge damage and near-perma resets make leveling feel effortless, even on a brand-new character with basic gear.
The surprise? A patch-note nuance that makes base life multiplicative with % life sources. Combined with Marshal glyph cooldown reductions and shout synergies, Barbarian survivability and tempo spike dramatically.
What’s in the video
- Charge now displays ~350% weapon damage and routinely hits for ~200k on a fresh character.
- Cooldowns frequently reset after hitting enemies, enabling near-constant charging while leveling.
- Hidden patch-note effect: base life is multiplied by % life, skyrocketing total HP.
- Early testing shows 50–70k+ life possible without extreme optimization.
- Shouts with the Marshal glyph reduce cooldowns of core skills (including Charge and Wrath).
- Challenging Shout further spikes effective life and keeps uptime high in packs.
- Grandfather and other base-life sources double-dip with new multiplicative scaling.
- Rubies and flat/max life rolls on rings become premium for stacking survivability.
- Hybrid Charge/Hammer of the Ancients leveling setup feels smooth from the start.
- New Paragon board changes remove Tears of Blood glyph but open routing for life stacking.
Receipts
“my charge now says I’m dealing 350% weapon damage”
“overpower is based on your percent of your max life”
“just a casual 70,000 life guys”
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