Retaliation (skill)

Retaliation is a tier V skill in the Battlemaster Skill Tree, which causes successful blocks to increase weapon damage for a limited amount of time. Also, during the duration of the buff, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted.

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Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Retaliation Passive, 5 ranks
Used by:	Barbarian
Skill Description:
Successful blocks have a X% chance to increase weapon damage by Y% for Z seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active
Skill Details:
Type:	Buff
Quantity:	Chance
Effect:	Self
School:	Physical
Fury cost:	None
Cast time:	None
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Barbarian retaliates, striking stronger to pummel the enemy to death and cannot be interrupted while doing so.

Skill Design

A good reason to make the Barbarian wield a shield and a 1 handed weapon, this skill defines how Battlemaster Barbarians are meant to be played, with a shield. As a contrast to other skills in this tree which mostly focus on defense, this skill adds weapon damage on a successful block.

Skill Rank Table

(legend (A) = Assumed)

• Rank: 1/5
  • Successful blocks have a 10% chance to increase weapon damage by 50% for 5 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active.
  • Fury Cost: None
• Rank: 2/5
  • Successful blocks have a 15% chance to increase weapon damage by 55% for 6 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
  • Fury Cost: None
• Rank: 3/5
  • Successful blocks have a 20% chance to increase weapon damage by 60% for 7 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
  • Fury Cost: None
• Rank: 4/5
  • Successful blocks have a 25% chance to increase weapon damage by 65% for 8 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
  • Fury Cost: None
• Rank: 5/5
  • Successful blocks have a 30% chance to increase weapon damage by 70% for 9 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
  • Fury Cost: None

Synergies

• None known.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Retaliation was seen in the BlizzCon 2009 demo and is a new skill. It is unknown if this spell was iterated, at least not publicly.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery. Sadly, no images of Retaliation have been seen:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures

Related Articles

• Battlemaster Skill Tree

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats