Difference between revisions of "Battlemaster Skill Tree"

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BattleMaster Skill tree as of BlizzCon 2009.

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.

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.

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-==Tree Analysis==
-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.
-==Battlemaster skills==
 '''Useful skill links:'''
 * [[Skill]]s - General skill design and mechanics.
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 ** [[Battlemaster Skill Tree]] - Battlemaster skills.
 * [[Barbarian skill archive]] - Removed Barbarian skills.
+==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.