Wrath of the Berserker

Wrath of the Berserker is a Barbarian skill unlocked at level 29, yielding the Barbarian massive bonuses to both damage dealing and defensive stats. It also breaks physical immunities, allowing the Barbarian to deal damage to an otherwise immune target.

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]
Wrath of the Berserker
Used by:	Barbarian
Enabled at:	Clvl 29
Skill Description
Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for X seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take Y% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune.
Type:	Buff
Resource Use:	Costs Fury
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

The Barbarian unleashes his fury, reigning havoc and destruction upon his foes.

Skill Design

This skill turns the Barbarian into a furious killing machine with bonuses to physical damage-dealing stats, and it also adds defensive bonuses as well. It provides a way of disposing tough monsters quickly, such as bosses or minibosses, and according to the description of the ability it also provides a way for the Barbarian to break physical damage immunities of monsters, albeit only for a short duration. One could argue that this skill is a very good demonstration of the design philosophy of the Berserker skill tree, where there is no such thing as too much power.

We are only sure of the stats of rank 1 of this skill, and that before the disposal of the "traffic light" fury-system this skill used to require 3 fury orbs (which was maximum).

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 12 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune.
  • Critical Hit: +100%
  • Attack Speed: +50%
  • Dodge Chance: +10%
  • Movement Speed: +20%
• Rank 2:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 13 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune. (A)
  • Critical Hit: Unknown
  • Attack Speed: Unknown
  • Dodge Chance: Unknown
  • Movement Speed: Unknown
• Rank 3:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 14 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune. (A)
  • Critical Hit: Unknown
  • Attack Speed: Unknown
  • Dodge Chance: Unknown
  • Movement Speed: Unknown

(A) = Assumed

Synergies

• No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.

Skill Rune Effects

• No rune effects for Wrath of the Berserker are known.

Development

Wrath of the Berserker first appeared in the BlizzCon 2009 demo at Tier VI in the Berserker Skill Tree, and stuck around for BlizzCon 2010 as a Tier 7 skill. Unfortunately, in both demos Barbarians didn't have a high enough level to select it.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Wrath of the Berserker became a level 29 skill.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Wrath of the Berserker specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report
• JudgeHype.com July 2011 Press Event Coverage - The Barbarian (Translated by Zediono)