When news first broke of Season 6's upcoming Infernal Horde mode for Diablo 4, build crafters rushed to envision insane 4-player combinations. Among the most exciting is the resurgence of the Double Swing Barbarian, primed to excel in mowing down endless demonic hordes. Let's examine how this classic build evolves for Season 6 and the chaos it can unleash against Hell's minions.
The Double Swing core remains centered around maximizing attacks per second. Players dual-wield mammoth weapons buffed with damage modifiers like aspect of the berserker or runewords granting enhanced bloodlust. Tempering attack speed and critical hit attributes further boosts DPS output.
Where it evolves is runic integration. The "Orm" and "Yum" combo offers movement speed/damage increases on cry casts/petrify triggers. But new options abound – the "Sah" rune buffs maximum fury while "Duh" increases all stats per 10 fury. This synergizes perfectly with doubled swings generating ridiculous resource gains.
Key skills focus on boost sustain and mobility. Frenzy and ground stomp generate health globes while aspect of the storm grants lightning stuns. Whirlwind hastens between densest mob packs. But a new spell steals the show—Leap provides Earthquake spawns thanks to aspect of bathos.
Bosses fall in seconds under focus, with mini-quakes softening adds en route. But Infernal Hordes demand optimization—with billions of combined enemy HP, survival requires layers. Legendaries add mitigation through damage reduction buffs. But the key is force of nature’s Dust Devils, proccing from Earthquakes.
This build staggers mobs under constant knockbacks from erupting dust storms. Strategic placement holds hordes at bay while Barbarians wreak havoc unhindered. With survivability and damage scaling to ridiculous heights through multiplicative synergies, Season 6’s 4-player Infernal Hordes fall in short order to the unstoppable Double Swing tide.
As numbers are tuned and counters emerge, the meta may evolve. But for sheer mayhem and crowd decimation, few combos compete with this crowd-controlling behemoth. Season 6 promises to unleash new levels of screen domination as players dance amid the storms of dust and fury. With dual blades whistling a deadly song, the return of Double Swing heralds infernal slaughter unseen by even Hell itself.
