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Barbarian Skill Tree interpretation by Muldric.

This page lists all known Barbarian skills, sorted by skill tree. Follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports and screenshots.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
• Berserker Skill Tree - Berserker skills.
• Juggernaut Skill Tree - Juggernaut skills.
• Battlemaster Skill Tree - Battlemaster skills.
• Barbarian skill archive - Removed Barbarian skills.
• Skill runes - One new way to customise skills.
• Signature skills - Skills that define characters.
• Active skills - Skills where effects are activated by the player.
• Passive skills - Skills where effects are activated automatically, by the computer or by special events.

The Berserker skill tree is a Barbarian skill tree themed with a ferocious fighting style, and has skills to reflect this.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
• Barbarian skills - Barbarian-specific skill design.
  • Berserker Skill Tree - Berserker skills.
  • Juggernaut Skill Tree - Juggernaut skills.
  • Battlemaster Skill Tree - Battlemaster skills.
• Barbarian skill archive - Removed Barbarian skills.

Archived Article [e] Barbarian skills is an archived article about material previously included in Diablo 3. However, it has been removed or the article contains outdated facts. The information is stored in Diablo Wiki for posterity. Please note: Links in this article lead to both updated and archived material. This article was last up to date: BlizzCon 2009 Updated version of this article is: None Current information can be found at: Barbarian skills; skill trees were removed prior to BlizzCon 2010

Berserker Skill tree as of BlizzCon 2009.

Berserker skills

The Berserker tree focuses on creating barbarians whose main role in battle is to deal damage to multiple enemies at once, to buff himself to become better at it and to maintain fury so he can continue fighting at a fast pace. As such, the tree has skills that the Barbarian can use to buff himself, making him stronger, to hit multiple enemies at once and to be faster than barbarians of other builds. Also, like any skill tree focusing on any element of gameplay, it cannot be called a skill tree if it doesn't have signature skills that can actually kill. Luckily for us, the Berserker tree has a few cool skills that makes enemies easy to kill, like Battle Rage, Leap Attack and Whirlwind.

Tier I

• Battle Rage
  • Active skill that increases damage and Critical Hit chance for a while.
• Bad Temper
  • Passive skill that helps gain and maintain Fury.

Tier II

• Sprint
  • Active skill that increases movement speed.
• Double Strike (required for Slashing Strike)
  • Passive skill that gives a chance to hit with both weapons instead of one in melee.

Tier III

• Frenzy
  • Passive skill that increase attack speed on successful hit.
• Threatening Shout
  • Active battle cry skill that decrease enemy damage.

Tier IV

• Leap Attack
  • Active skill that lets the Barbarian jump, causing damage when he lands.
• Slashing Strike (requires Double Strike)
  • Passive skill that gives a chance to strike all enemies in range.
• Berserker State (required for Onslaught)
  • Passive skill that gives a chance to enter a Berserker state.

Tier V

• Whirlwind
  • Active skill that turns the Barbarian into a cyclone of damage.

Tier VI

• Wrath of the Berserker
  • Active skill that increases numerous Barbarian combat stats.
• Onslaught (requires Berserker State)
  • Active skill that increases crit and dodge chance.

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats

The Juggernaut skill tree is a Barbarian skill tree themed with the Barbarian's powers in combat, and has skills to reflect this.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
• Barbarian skills - Barbarian-specific skill design.
  • Berserker Skill Tree - Berserker skills.
  • Juggernaut Skill Tree - Juggernaut skills.
  • Battlemaster Skill Tree - Battlemaster skills.
• Barbarian skill archive - Removed Barbarian skills.

Archived Article [e] Barbarian skills is an archived article about material previously included in Diablo 3. However, it has been removed or the article contains outdated facts. The information is stored in Diablo Wiki for posterity. Please note: Links in this article lead to both updated and archived material. This article was last up to date: BlizzCon 2009 Updated version of this article is: None Current information can be found at: Barbarian skills; skill trees were removed prior to BlizzCon 2010

Juggernaut Skill tree as of BlizzCon 2009.

Juggernaut skills

The Juggernaut tree focuses on creating barbarians whose main role in battle is to take damage, to tank to some extent and to be a support to his allies. As such, the tree has skills that the Barbarian can use to heal him self quicker than barbarians of other builds, to force enemies to attack him and to make them powerless once they are in his clutches. Also, like any skill tree focusing on any element of gameplay, it cannot be called a skill tree if it doesn't have signature skills that can actually kill. Luckily for us, the Juggernaut tree has a few cool skills that makes enemies easy to kill, like Bash, Cleave and Seismic Slam.

Tier I

• Bash
  • Active skill that knockbacks enemy target.
• Scavenge (required for Invigorated)
  • Passive skill increasing Health Globe drop rate.

Tier II

• Cleave
  • Active skill that hits multiple enemies in front of the Barbarian.

Tier III

• Revenge
  • Active skill that is an AoE with limited use that also heals the Barbarian.
• Invigorated (requires Scavenge and required for Recovery)
  • Passive skill that gives Strength increase when picking up a Health Globe.
• Ground Stomp
  • Active skill that is an AoE stunning all nearby enemies.

Tier IV

• Taunt
  • Active skill that forces monsters to attack you.
• Bloodthirst (required for Strong Constitution)
  • Active skill that heals the Barbarian some of the damage he deals.

Tier V

• Seismic Slam
  • Active skill that is a line AoE damaging everything in front of the Barbarian.
• Recovery (requires Invigorated)
  • Passive skill that increase healing from Health Globes.

Tier VI

• Earthquake
  • Active skill that creates a huge wave of damage.
• Strong Constitution (requires Bloodthirst)
  • Passive skill that automatically regenerates health.

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats

The Battlemaster skill tree is a Barbarian skill tree themed with the finer aspects of combat, and has skills to reflect this.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
• Barbarian skills - Barbarian-specific skill design.
  • Berserker Skill Tree - Berserker skills.
  • Juggernaut Skill Tree - Juggernaut skills.
  • Battlemaster Skill Tree - Battlemaster skills.
• Barbarian skill archive - Removed Barbarian skills.

Archived Article [e] Barbarian skills is an archived article about material previously included in Diablo 3. However, it has been removed or the article contains outdated facts. The information is stored in Diablo Wiki for posterity. Please note: Links in this article lead to both updated and archived material. This article was last up to date: BlizzCon 2009 Updated version of this article is: None Current information can be found at: Barbarian skills; skill trees were removed prior to BlizzCon 2010

BattleMaster Skill tree as of BlizzCon 2009.

Battlemaster skills

The Battlemaster tree focuses on creating barbarians whose main role in battle is to be good at combat on all levels, to tank to a certain extent and to maintain a good defense than barbarians of other builds. Also, like any skill tree focusing on any element of gameplay, it cannot be called a skill tree if it doesn't have signature skills that can actually kill. Luckily for us, the Battlemaster tree has a few cool skills that makes enemies easy to kill, like Hammer of the Ancients, Weapon Throw and Furious Charge.

Tier I

• Battle Cry
  • Active skill that is a battle cry giving armor to all nearby party members.
• Second Wind (required for Ignore Pain)
  • Passive skill that lowers damage taken when on less than 50% health.

Tier II

• Stubborn
  • Passive skill that reduces slowing effects.
• Enrage (required for Inspiration)
  • Active skill to increase Fury.

Tier III

• Hammer of the Ancients
  • Active skill creating a magic hammer to smash enemies.
• Ignore Pain (requires Second Wind)
  • Active skill reducing all damage taken and fury gained.

Tier IV

• Weapon Throw (requires Inspiration)
  • Active skill, throwing a weapon at an enemy, hurting and slowing it.
• Inspiration (requires Enrage and required for Weapon Throw)
  • Passive skill increasing crit chance and damage when landing a crit.

Tier V

• Furious Charge
  • Active skill charging an enemy, and anything in front of you.
• Retaliation
  • Passive skill that increase damage after successful block.

Tier VI

• Cripple
  • Passive skill that slows enemy movement and attack rate.

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats