Thunderstrike
Thunderstrike is a rune effect in Hammer of the Ancients, a Fury-spending Barbarian skill.
This rune effect stuns every other enemy within 10 yards to be stunned when the Barbarian kills an an enemy with it. This can be quite a powerful CC skill, but must be used sparingly since it only triggers when the kill is obtained with this skill.
Post-Release Changes[edit | edit source]
Patch 1.0.4 buffed the base skill and added additional improvements to two of the rune effects. Thunderstrike was not modified, but this rune became more effective with the increase in damage of the base skill.
v1.04 changes: [1]
- Hammer of the Ancients
- Weapon damage increased from 200% to 325%
Skill Rune Effects[edit | edit source]
See the Hammer of the Ancients rune effects article for thorough descriptions of all the rune effects in this skill, including screenshots and videos.
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<skill class="Barbarian">Hammer of the Ancients</skill> <skill class="Barbarian" rune="Thunderstrike">Hammer of the Ancients</skill>
Media[edit | edit source]
Screenshots and videos will be added post-release.
Development[edit | edit source]
Prior to the February 2012 skill and rune system overhaul, this effect was granted by the An Alabaster Rune, which created the following effect:
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Thunderstrike |
[e] Whenever you kill an enemy with Hammer of the Ancients every other nearby enemy has a 65% chance to be stunned for 3 seconds. |
| Classes of the Diablo games |
Skills - Active skills - Skill runes - Passives - Resource - Movement ability [e] Barbarian Demon Hunter Monk Necromancer Witch Doctor Wizard Followers Other Classes Fan-made |
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| The Barbarian | Fury - Barbarian Active Skills (Archive) | Barbarian Passive Skills (Archive) [e] | |||
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Primary Might |
Secondary Tactics |
Defensive Rage |
Pound of Flesh (10) |
Superstition (30) |
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| Barbarian skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Might Tactics Rage |
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Hammer of the Ancients |
Rend |
Seismic Slam |
Whirlwind |
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