Threatening Shout

Threatening Shout is a Barbarian skill unlocked at level 9, which debuffs enemies around the Barbarian, making them deal less damage for a period of time.

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]
Threatening Shout
Used by:	Barbarian
Enabled at:	Clvl 9
Skill Description
Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within X feet by Y% for Z seconds
Type:	Debuff
Resource Use:	Costs Fury
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

The Barbarian shouts threats at his enemies, demoralizing them greatly.

Skill Design

This skill is a warcry, and a good one at that. If the Barbarian runs into enemies with really high damage, this skill is a life saver, making the fight that much easier. It is unknown if this warcry will affect bosses (highly doubtful since bosses always have more WAAAAGH than the characters).

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1: Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 24 feet by 50% for 12 seconds.
• Rank 2: Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 24 feet by 60% for 15 seconds. (A)
• Rank 3: Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 24 feet by 70% for 18 seconds. (A)
• Rank 4: Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 24 feet by 80% for 21 seconds. (A)
• Rank 5: Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 24 feet by 90% for 24 seconds. (A)

(A) = Assumed

Synergies

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

Skill Rune Effects

• No rune effects for Threatening Shout are known.

Development

Threatening Shout was introduced in the WWI 2008 gameplay video when Diablo III debuted, as a Tier III skill in the Berserker Skill Tree. This skill was available for play in the BlizzCon 2009 demo, but as Flux said:[1]

Another of the “sounds cool, but no reason to use it in this easy build” low level defensive skills.

Threatening Shout was still around for the BlizzCon 2010 demo, but there are no gameplay reports detailing any use of this skill. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Threatening Shout became a level 9 skill.

Previous Versions

See the Barbarian skill archive for more details on previous versions of Threatening Shout and other Barbarian skills.

In Other Games

This skill is designed very much like the Battle Cry in Diablo II, except this skill only gives a reduction to damage while Battle Cry gave a reduction to enemy Defense as well. Warcries in Diablo III are very similar to the warcries in Diablo II, except having smaller statistical bonuses and requiring Fury to use.

Media

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Threatening Shout specific gallery contents

References

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