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This page lists the progression of the Barbarian's skills over the years.


==BlizzCon 2008==
The Barbarian's skills and skill trees were first seen at [[BlizzCon 2008]] as a mix of active and passive skills (mostly passive), with only a few enabled and many showing nothing more than vague descriptions in the skill trees. The Barbarian's skills were divided among his skill trees thusly:

* [[Berserker Skill Tree]]: 6 active skills and 12 passives
* [[Juggernaut Skill Tree]]: 6 active skills and 12 passives
* [[Battlemaster Skill Tree]]: 5 active skills and 12 passives 


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* See the [[Barbarian skills 2008]] page for full descriptions of all the Barbarian's skills available then.



==BlizzCon 2009==
For [[BlizzCon 2009]], the list of the Barbarian's passive skills had greatly shrunk, but the active skills were mostly just shuffled around. The Barbarian gained 4 new active skills: [[Sprint]], [[Wrath of the Berserker]], [[Bloodthirst]], and [[Weapon Throw]].

Only 10 passive skills were kept: [[Bad Temper]], [[Double Strike]], [[Strong Constitution]], [[Berserker State]], [[Slashing Strike]], [[Inspiration]], [[Stubborn]], [[Recovery]], [[Invigorated]], and [[Scavenge]]. The other 26 were lost.

5 new passives were also introduced: [[Scavenge]], [[Strong Constitution]], [[Second Wind (skill)|Second Wind]], [[Retaliation]], and [[Cripple]].


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==BlizzCon 2010==
For [[BlizzCon 2010]], the skill system was greatly overhauled. Skill trees were removed, and all active skills were placed on a single list. All passives were renamed [[traits]] and placed in a separate list.

5 new active skills introduced: [[Rampage]], [[War Cry]], [[Ancient Spear]], [[Rend]], and [[Call of the Ancients]].

4 active skills lost: [[Battle Cry]], [[Onslaught (skill)|Onslaught]], [[Bloodthirst (skill)|Bloodthirst]], and [[Enrage]].
 

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All 31 of the [[Barbarian traits]] were new skills except for two passives that were turned, more or less directly, into traits: [[Bad Temper (Skill)|Bad Temper]] and [[Second Wind (skill)|Second Wind]]. The other 15 passives were removed.


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