Best Chaos Armor Choices

Your Chaos Armor defines how effectively you manage Fury and Diablo 4 Items sustain Overpower procs.

Best-in-Slot Chaos Armor:

Fists of Fate - Essential for scaling Vulnerable damage.
Crown of Lucion - Raises Fury costs to align perfectly with guaranteed Overpower slams.
Battle Trance - Keeps Frenzy active passively.
Banished Lord's Talisman - Provides consistent Overpowers every other attack when Fury is capped at 150.

Alternate Picks:

Saber of Tsasgal - Boosts HotA damage multipliers.
Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty - Enhances Shout utility.
Ugly Bastard Helm - Strong defensive option if survivability is a concern.

This setup creates the ideal Fury-management loop, ensuring every HotA slam hits like a truck.

Skills & Gameplay Loop

The HotA Barbarian revolves around cycling utility skills to keep buffs active while unleashing constant slams.

Core Skills

Hammer of the Ancients - Your main damage dealer, empowered by the Furious HotA upgrade for Critical multipliers.
Frenzy - Never cast directly; passively refreshed via Battle Trance to fuel Saber of Tsasgal.
Rallying Cry - Becomes permanent with Deafening Chorus, providing Fury generation, Unstoppable, and Movement Speed.
Rupture - Boosts Attack Speed while applying Bleed effects.
Ground Stomp - Resets Wrath of the Berserker cooldown.
Wrath of the Berserker - Your ultimate, granting Berserk, Fury generation, and buy d4 mats immense damage scaling.