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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.

Berserker Skill tree as of BlizzCon 2009.

Berserker skills

The Berserker skill tree builds a Barbarian suited to deal damage in an overly vicious, fast-paced and ferocious way. It relies on high attack speed and damage bonuses, and consists almost exclusively of offensive abilities. This leads to a build with a high pace and fast hitting attacks rather than slower, harder hits. It is designed primarily to boost dual wield playstyle, however some abilities are all-round. Most abilities are completely new, but some Diablo II abilities returns such as Whirlwind and Frenzy to assist once again in killing monsters.

Tier I

Rampage
- Strikes X additional targets with each attack and increases attack speed by X%.

Tier II

Ignore Pain
- Reduces all damage taken by X% and grants immunity to root, snare and stun effects for X seconds.

Tier III

Frenzy
- Each strike grants a X% attack speed and X% weapon damage boost for X seconds. Frenzy can be stacked up to X times for a total bonus of X% attack speed and X% weapon damage.

Tier IV

Leap Attack
- Active skill that lets the Barbarian jump, causing damage when he lands.

Tier V

Battle Rage
- Enter a rage which provides a X% damage boost and X% critical hit bonus for X seconds.
Rend
- Perform a slashing vicious blow to all enemies within X feet, dealing X% weapon damage and an additional X-X physical damage over X seconds.

Tier VI

Whirlwind
- The Barbarian unleashes the primal force of a cyclone and enters a deadly dance of steel, delivering multiple attacks to everything in his path with each hit doing X% weapon damage.

Tier VII

Wrath of the Berserker
- Enter a heightened sense of fury, raising combat statistics (Critical Hit, Attack Speed, Dodge Chance, Movement Speed) for X seconds. The heightened senses also allows the Barbarian to damage monsters otherwise immune to physical damage, at a penalty of X%.

References

Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats

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 [[Image:Skill-tree-blizzcon09-berserker-muldric.jpg|frame|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.
+The Berserker skill tree builds a Barbarian suited to deal damage in an overly vicious, fast-paced and ferocious way. It relies on high attack speed and damage bonuses, and consists almost exclusively of offensive abilities. This leads to a build with a high pace and fast hitting attacks rather than slower, harder hits. It is designed primarily to boost dual wield playstyle, however some abilities are all-round. Most abilities are completely new, but some [[Diablo II]] abilities returns such as Whirlwind and Frenzy to assist once again in killing monsters.
 ===Tier I===
-* '''[[Battle Rage]]'''
+* '''[[Rampage]]'''
-** Active skill that increases damage and Critical Hit chance for a while.
+** Strikes X additional targets with each attack and increases attack speed by X%.
-* '''[[Bad Temper]]'''
-** Passive skill that helps gain and maintain [[Fury]].
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-* '''[[Power of the Berserker]]'''
-* '''[[Heightened Senses]]'''
--->
 ===Tier II===
-* '''[[Sprint]]'''
+* '''[[Ignore Pain]]'''
-** Active skill that increases movement speed.
+** Reduces all damage taken by X% and grants immunity to root, snare and stun effects for X seconds.
-* '''[[Double Strike]]''' (required for Slashing Strike)
-** Passive skill that gives a chance to hit with both weapons instead of one in [[melee]].
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-* '''[[Terrifying Shout]]'''
-* '''[[Strong Constitution]]'''
--->
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 ===Tier III===
 * '''[[Frenzy]]'''
-** Passive skill that increase attack speed on successful hit.
+** Each strike grants a X% attack speed and X% weapon damage boost for X seconds. Frenzy can be stacked up to X times for a total bonus of X% attack speed and X% weapon damage.
-* '''[[Threatening Shout]]'''
-** Active battle cry skill that decrease enemy damage.
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-* '''[[Enrage]]'''
-* '''[[Dual Wield Specialization]]'''
-* '''[[Savage]]'''
-* '''[[Increase Speed]]'''
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 * '''[[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.
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-* '''[[Relentless Attacks]]'''
-* '''[[Destroy Armor]]'''
--->
+===Tier V===
+* '''[[Battle Rage]]'''
+** Enter a rage which provides a X% damage boost and X% critical hit bonus for X seconds.
+* '''[[Rend]]'''
+** Perform a slashing vicious blow to all enemies within X feet, dealing X% weapon damage and an additional X-X physical damage over X seconds.
-===Tier V===
+===Tier VI===
 * '''[[Whirlwind]]'''
-** Active skill that turns the Barbarian into a cyclone of damage.
+** The Barbarian unleashes the primal force of a cyclone and enters a deadly dance of steel, delivering multiple attacks to everything in his path with each hit doing X% weapon damage.
+===Tier VII===
-===Tier VI===
 * '''[[Wrath of the Berserker]]'''
-** Active skill that increases numerous Barbarian combat stats.
+** Enter a heightened sense of fury, raising combat statistics (Critical Hit, Attack Speed, Dodge Chance, Movement Speed) for X seconds. The heightened senses also allows the Barbarian to damage monsters otherwise immune to physical damage, at a penalty of X%.
-* '''[[Onslaught]]''' (requires Berserker State)
-** Active skill that increases crit and dodge chance.
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 ==References==
 * [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-barbarian-skill-trees-and-stats1/ Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats]