But if you want to choose for yourself, you’ll see a prompt in the menu to “ cycle weapon” (X on PlayStation and the mouse wheel on PC). Normally, the game will do the math for you and automatically choose the weapon that would do the highest damage. But when you hover over the skill you’re trying to assign, you’ll see a special, Barbarian-only window that tells you which of your weapons your attack will use: your bludgeoning two-hander, your slashing two-hander, or your dual-wielding one-handed weapons.

When you go to the skill assignment menu (which you can get to via the skill tree), you’ll be able to move around any of the skills you’ve invested in on your bar. as long as you stumble upon it and discover that it’s there, as it’s just as easy to miss. This is one of those complex game systems that’s actually very easy to use. How to switch weapons as a Barbarian Image: Blizzard Entertainment via Polygonīefore we get into why you want to switch your Barbarians’ weapons, let’s get into how. In this Diablo 4 guide, we’ll teach you how to manually make skills switch weapons while using the Barbarian. In fact, you can even assign certain skills to only use a certain weapon type, allowing you to take advantage of some unique passives and abilities. This is thematically pretty cool, but it also impacts the Barbarian playstyle. All classes in Diablo 4 are unique, but Barbarians have their own special Arsenal mechanic, which allows you to wield four weapons at once (and swap between them on the fly).

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