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Revision as of 04:49, 20 September 2011
Battle Rage is a Fury Spending Barbarian skill unlocked at Level 3, which grants a substantial increase in damage and critical chance.
This is one of the Barbarian's shouts.
Contents
[hide]Background
The Barbarian enters a rage during battle, hitting harder than his enemies initially thought.
Skill Effects
The following is a very quick list. See the Battle Rage rune effects page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
| Icon | Skill | Description |
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| {{{icon}}} | [[{{{name}}}]] Tactics Shout |
22 | {{{desc}}} |
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Bloodshed |
[e] While under the effects of Battle Rage, critical hits cause an explosion of blood dealing 55% weapon damage to all nearby enemies. |
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Marauder's Rage |
[e] Increase damage bonus to 100%. |
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Into the Fray |
[e] Critical hits generate 7 additional Fury. |
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Ferocity |
[e] Critical hits increase the duration of the Battle Rage effect by 4.0 seconds. |
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Swords to Ploughshares |
[e] Critical hits have a 20% chance to cause enemies to drop additional treasure or health globes. |
Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.
Skill Design
This skill is good for times when fighting enemies with lots of hp, to speed things up or to maximize the chance of critical hits, and when combined with other passive skills in this tree, can make the Barbarian a dangerous machine without the use of signature skills like Whirlwind and Leap Attack.
Synergies
Base Skill
The following Barbarian passive provides a benefit to Battle Rage, runed or not:
- Inspiring Presence - Doubles the duration of the Barbarian's Shouts always.
Bloodshed
The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Bloodshed:
- Bloodthirst - The Barbarian gains Life based on the amount of damage he deals always.
- Ruthless - Increases critical hit chance and critical hit damage always.
- Weapons Master - Provides a damage bonus when the Barbarian is wielding a sword or dagger. Increases critical hit chance when the Barbarian is wielding a mace or axe.
- Berserker Rage - Inflicts additional damage while the Barbarian is at maximum Fury.
- Brawler - Increases the Barbarian's damage when he is swarmed.
Into the Fray
The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Into the Fray:
- Ruthless - Increases critical hit chance and critical hit damage always.
- Weapons Master - Increases critical hit chance when the Barbarian is wielding a mace or axe.
Ferocity
The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Ferocity:
- Ruthless - Increases critical hit chance and critical hit damage always.
- Weapons Master - Increases critical hit chance when the Barbarian is wielding a mace or axe.
Swords to Ploughshares
The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Swords to Ploughshares:
- Pound of Flesh - Increases chance of finding health globes always.
- Ruthless - Increases critical hit chance and critical hit damage always.
- Weapons Master - Increases critical hit chance when the Barbarian is wielding a mace or axe.
Development
Battle Rage was first seen in the BlizzCon 2008 demo. It originally increased damage by 100% and increased critical chance by 30% at rank 1. It was also placed in the Battlemaster Skill Tree.
For the BlizzCon 2009 version, the damage bonus and crit chances had been nerfed heavily, to be more balanced. It was also moved to the Berserker Skill Tree. As typical for buffs in gameplay demos, this skill wasn't used much, as Flux explained:[1]
I used this one a few times to test it out, and it worked, but I could hardly tell the difference, since monsters were dying so quickly anyway. As was the case with the Monk, the Barbarian was so strong and overpowered in the Blizzcon build that boosting him further with war cries wasn’t something many players bothered with. “Ugg too busy smash! Ugg not use stragedy!”
Battle Rage was available in the BlizzCon 2010 demo, but there are no gameplay reports detailing any use of the skill. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Battle Rage became a level 3 skill.
Previous Versions
See the Barbarian skill archive for more details on previous versions of Battle Rage and other Barbarian skills.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
References
- BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
- Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
- Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
- Barbarian Active Skills -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011
| 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) |
| (X) = the level at which the skill becomes unlocked. | |||||
| Barbarian skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Might Tactics Rage |
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