Diablo 4‘s Unique Items are build defining pieces of gear with interesting passive affixes. While some only see play in specific builds, others are widespread due to their power and flexibility. One such item, the Ugly Bastard Helm, dominates the meta for the Barbarian class due to its damage buffs for Berserking. As such a big ticket item, many players may wish to learn how to get and farm the Ugly Bastard Helm Unique themselves.
Unsurprisingly, endgame activities can be used to target farm the Ugly Bastard Helm. For those curious, here’s a rundown on the Ugly Bastard Helm farming methods, what the item does, and an overview of which builds can benefit the most from it.
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The Ugly Bastard Helm Unique: Affixes & Unique Effect
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How The Ugly Bastard Helm Compares To Other Unique Items
The Ugly Bastard Helm is by far one of the best Legendary Unique Helms for the Barbarian, which is why nearly every build utilizes it. Berserking provides such a raw damage increase and is so build agnostic that any item buffing it is likely to be meta.
In contrast, items like 
Crown of Lucion
are so niche (as few builds use resource well enough to benefit from it) that they don’t see the same dominance. The other two options, the 
Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty
and the 
Godslayer Crown
, can be activated by many builds but result in a smaller overall clear speed increase over the Ugly Bastard Helm (granting a 60% damage increase rather than 100%).
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How To Farm The Ugly Bastard Helm Unique In Diablo 4
Once players reach Torment 1 while playing a Barbarian, the Ugly Bastard Helm can drop from any game activity. However, Legendary Unique Items most typically drop from:
The Purveyor of Curiousities and End Game Bosses allow for target farming, as players can impact which items are on the possible drop list by choosing the correct option (i.e., only gambling for Caps at the Purveyor of Curiousities or fighting endgame bosses with the item on their loot table).
The Best Way To Farm The Ugly Bastard Helm
Because of the nerfs to the Purveyor of Curiousities, the best way to target farm the Ugly Bastard Helm is by fighting endgame boss Lor Zir. To do so, stock up on Exquisite Blood as much as possible, and fight at him at the highest comfortable Torment Tier.
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Builds That Use The Ugly Bastard Helm In Diablo 4
Chances are that if players choose a meta Barbarian build, they will be using the Ugly Bastard Helm at some point during the grinding process; it’s just that good. Some builds will use it only until they can upgrade to a Mythic Unique, such as:
- HoTA Barbarian
- Rend Barbarian
- Thorns Barbarian
- Upheaval Barbarian
- Earthquake Barbarian
- Mighty Throw Barbarian
However, other builds continue to use this item. The builds for which the Ugly Bastard Helm is Best in Slot (BiS) are:
All of these builds rely on 
Wrath of the Berserker
and Berserking in general for their damage output, making good use of the Ugly Bastard Helm’s cooldown reduction on the ability as well as the conversion to fire damage while Berserking. Further, all of the builds that exclusively use the Ugly Bastard Helm have a small AoE or rely on single target abilities. This makes the explosion when casting Wrath of the Berserker extremely valuable in clearing packs.
Action RPG
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June 6, 2023
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M For Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language