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'''Cleave''' is a [[Barbarian]] Tier 1 [[Barbarian_skills|skill]] unlocked for the [[Barbarian]] at [[Clvl|character level]] 2, which hits all enemies 180 degrees in front of the Barbarian.
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The Barbarian swings his weapon with all his might, cleaving in twain any enemies in his path.
 
 
==Skill Design==
[[Image:Barb-cleave2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A close up of Cleave, notice the red curve representing cleave. The blue "orbs" are from the hits of the frost enchanted axe]]
Cleave is a good [[skill ]] to hit multiple enemies, it works with all combination of weapons, including a weapon and a shield, a duel wield combo or one big 2-handed weapon. It is unclear what factors the % damage on Cleave, is it Weapon Damage? or the resulting damage that a normal hit would've done? Make assumptions at your own risk.
With the latest changes in [[Fury]] mechanics, this skill would end up generating more Fury than was initially spent.
 ==Trait [[Synergies]]==
* None known.
Cleave was introduced in the [[WWI 2008]] gameplay demo, smashing enemies to bits. The skill was been slightly re-balanced between the [[BlizzCon 2008]] and [[BlizzCon 2009|2009]] demos, old Cleave would hit for 130% weapon damage on 2 enemies at rank 1, with weapon damage and maximum number of targets scaling per rank.
Cleave has also changed appearance slightly between the WWI gameplay video and the latest later demo. Strangely enough, the animation has been made less overwhelming, only cleaving in one direction, when the older one swung in both directions.It's still an awesome skill, though. Flux had this to say about it in his [[BlizzCon 2010]] hands-on report:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-barbarian] <blockquote>Cleave with the spear was extremely effective. It bumped up my damage enough that I began to one-hit kill virtually all of the regular monsters, and that was very fun. I’d usually run up to groups of 4-8 monsters, let them crowd in close, and then cut the whole damn bunch of them down with a single swing. Watching their bodies fly back like eviscerated ragdolls, was, to quote Jay Wilson, “Awesome!” It was all that “make the player feel godly” stuff they’re always talking about during the design panels, come to life. I was putty in their hands, and felt slightly dirty at being so easily manipulated.</blockquote>
Cleave was probably inspired by WarCraft 3, since the modifier that changes to "hit all enemies in front" is called Cleave.
==References==
* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/blog/comments/full-barbarian-skill-trees-and-stats1/ Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-barbarian BlizzCon 2010 Barb Hands-on Report]
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