Difference between revisions of "Barbarian skills history"

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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

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, Retaliation, and Cripple.

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, Bloodthirst, and Enrage.

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

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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:
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-===Oct. 2008 Skill List===
+{{skill navbox berserker 08}}
-{{Skills navbox 2008|Berserker}}
+{{skill navbox juggernaut 08}}
+{{skill navbox battlemaster 08}}
 * See the [[Barbarian skills 2008]] page for full descriptions of all the Barbarian's skills available then.
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 ==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.
+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]].
-The Barbarian gained four new active skills: [[Spirit]], [[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.
-The Barbarian also lost 24 passive skills, and only five new passives were introduced: [[Scavenge]], [[Strong Constitution]], [[Bloodthirst (skill)|Bloodthirst]], [[Retaliation]], and [[Cripple]].
+new passives were also introduced: [[Scavenge]], [[Strong Constitution]], [[Second Wind (skill)|Second Wind]], [[Retaliation]], and [[Cripple]].
-===Aug. 2009 Skill List===
 {{Skills navbox 2009|Berserker}}
-* See the [[Barbarian skills 2009]] page for full descriptions of all the Barbarian's skills available then.
 ==BlizzCon 2010==
-The updated Barbarian tree-less skills list at [[BlizzCon 2010]] removed all earlier passive skills (they became [[Barbarian traits]]) and changed around a number of active skills as well. The Barbarian lost [[Battle Cry]], [[Onslaught]], [[Bloodthirst (skill)|Bloodthirst]], and [[Enrage]]; but also gained [[Rampage]], [[War Cry]], [[Ancient Spear]], [[Rend]], and [[Call of the Ancients]].
+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.
+new active skills introduced: [[Rampage]], [[War Cry]], [[Ancient Spear]], [[Rend]], and [[Call of the Ancients]].
-For [[BlizzCon 2010]], passive skills were removed from the skill trees and replaced by [[traits]]. Twelve of the Barbarian's passive skills were removed, but this time, 28 new traits were introduced. Only two passives were turned, more or less directly, into traits: [[Bad Temper (Skill)|Bad Temper]] and [[Second Wind (skill)|Second Wind]].
+active skills lost: [[Battle Cry]], [[Onslaught]], [[Bloodthirst (skill)|Bloodthirst]], and [[Enrage]].
+{{skill navbox Barbarian}}
+{{trait navbox Barbarian}}
-===Oct. 2010 Skill List===
+All 31 of the [[Barbarian traits]] are 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.
-{{Slave navbox Diablo III|D3_Barbarian}}
 [[category:Skills history]]

Berserker Skills [e]
Tier I (A) Frenzy (P) Bad Temper (Skill) (P) Power of the Berserker (P) Heightened Senses	Tier II (A) Threatening Shout (A) Onslaught (skill) (P) Double Strike (P) Strong Constitution (P) Berserker State	Tier III (A) Leap Attack (A) Enrage (P) Dual Wield Specialization (P) Savage (P) Increase Speed	Tier IV (A) Whirlwind (P) Slashing Strike (P) Relentless Attacks (P) Destroy Armor
(A): Active skill (P): Passive skill

Juggernaut Skills [e]
Tier I (A) Bash (P) Inspiration (P) Power of the Juggernaut (P) Insane Courage	Tier II (A) Cleave (A) Ground Stomp (P) Focused Strength (P) Stubborn (P) Recovery	Tier III (A) Revenge (A) Taunt (P) Stunning Blows (P) Two-Handed Weapon Specialization (P) Invigorated	Tier IV (A) Seismic Slam (P) Iron Will (P) Chrushing Blows (P) Seismic Effect
(A): Active skill (P): Passive skill

Battlemaster Skills [e]
Tier I (A) Battle Rage (P) Perseverance (P) Power of the Battlemaster (P) Iron Skin	Tier II (A) Hammer of the Ancients (A) Battle Cry (P) Scavenge (P) Critical Attacks (P) Shield Specialization	Tier III (A) Furious Charge (A) Ignore Pain (P) Deliberate Defense (P) Improved Battle Rage (P) Death Proof	Tier IV (P) Inspiring Presence (P) Natural Resistance (P) Mighty Hammer
(A): Active skill (P): Passive skill

The Barbarian - Barbarian skills - Barbarian traits - Fury - Barbarian skill archive [e]
Tier One/Clvl 2	Tier Two/Clvl 3	Tier Three/Clvl 6	Tier Four/Clvl 10	Tier Five/Clvl 14	Tier Six/Clvl 20	Tier Seven/Clvl 26
• Bash • Rampage • Cleave	• Ground Stomp • Ignore Pain • War Cry • Weapon Throw	• Frenzy • Revenge • Hammer of the Ancients	• Leap Attack • Sprint • Threatening Shout	• Ancient Spear • Battle Rage • Rend • Seismic Slam	• Furious Charge • Taunt • Whirlwind	• Call of the Ancients • Earthquake • Wrath of the Berserker