Shout

A "Shout" is the term for the Barbarian's Warcry skills in Diablo III. "Warcry" or "Warcries" are words often used as generic terms for this type of skill, but since there is an actual skill called War Cry the term "Shout" is preferred for the sake of clarity.

There is a wide variety of different Shout skills, though all the base skills offer buffs of various types, for the Barbarian and his party members and minions. The developers have said[1] that runestone effects will add a wide variety of offensive and defensive bonuses, recreating and surpassing the variety of Warcry options that Barbarians had in Diablo III.

• The Diablo II skill called Shout can be seen here.

What are Shouts?

Bashiok provided a short, basic definition in a forum post in April 2011.[2]

The barbarian shouts are powerful, limited duration buffs that you must re-cast once they wear off. Monk auras are very similar.

While there are only a few Shouts in the Barbarian Skills listing, each of them has an additional five effects from Runestones, providing a wide variety of skill effects.

Shouts vs. Auras

The Monk's Aura skills work in much the same fashion in Diablo III, with Diablo II's system of setting an Aura to the right mouse button to activate it having been replaced. The difference between Diablo III Shouts and Auras seems to be that Shouts are activated at one time, have an effect that lasts for X seconds, and may or may not share to party members if they are in range when the spell is cast. On the other hand, while Auras are activated like a Shout, (at the cost of some Spirit) they then stay active and share (in most cases) to party members the same way they did in Diablo II as long as they are active.

Presumably, both Auras and Shouts can be recast while they are still active, in order to extend the duration of the effect. (Cooldown time permitting.)

Barbarian Shout Skills

The known Shouts, with descriptions and stats taken from the Barbarian Skills. See each of the shouts for information about their runestone effects and much more.

Threatening Shout

Threatening Shout is unlocked at Level 1.
A shout that debuffs enemies, lowering their damage.

Description: Shout with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies withing 25 yards by 50% for 15 seconds.

Cost: 20 Fury

Battle Rage

Battle Rage is unlocked at Level 3.
A shout that provides a damage boost and critical hit improvement for a short duration.

Description: Enter a rage which increases damage by 30% and critical hit change by 4% for 30 seconds.

Cost: 20 Fury

War Cry

War Cry is unlocked at Level 14.
A shout that boosts the Barbarian's Fury, as well as the armor of the Barbarian and all nearby party members.

Description: Unleash a rallying cry to increase the armor of you and all allies within 30 yards by 100% for 60 seconds.

Generate: 30 Fury
Cooldown: 30 seconds

Removed Shouts

Two of the Barbarian's shouts were no longer in his skill list at the July 2011 Press Event.

• Rampage - Allowed the Barbarian to hit additional targets per swing, as well as increasing the attack speed.
• Taunt - Overrode monster AI, causing them to rush towards the Barbarian and launch weakened melee attacks.

Synergies

All Barbarian shouts can be improved by the following passive skills:

Inspiring Presence

Inspiring Presence is unlocked at Level 15.

Description: The duration of your shouts is doubled. While benefiting from War Cry or Battle Rage you regenerate 60% of your total Life per minute.

• Battle Rage
• Threatening Shout
• War Cry

Stomps

The Barbarian has several stomp skills that could well be classified as offensive Shouts, since they have a similar function. All are triggered by the Barbarian stomping down on the ground and creating an AoE shockwave of varying radius that damages, stuns, or incapacitates monsters in its range.

Ground Stomp

Ground Stomp is unlocked at Level 8.
This defensive skill causes the Barbarian to stomp his foot, crushing the earth and stunning all nearby enemies. With runestones it can add damage, knockback, and more.

Description: Shake the ground to inflict 30% weapon damage to all enemies within 12 yards and stun them for 3 seconds. Only generates Fury if you hit an enemy.

Generate: 15 Fury
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Seismic Slam

Seismic Slam is unlocked at Level 19.
A more powerful version of Ground Stomp, this skill deals higher damage and knocks back enemies, rather than stunning them.

Description: Slam the ground to cause a wave of destruction that deals 215% weapon damage and knockback to targets in a 45 yard arc.

Cost: 30 Fury

Earthquake

Earthquake is unlocked at Level 21.
This stomp causes massive damage to all nearby enemies.

Description: Shake the ground violently dealing 240% weapon damage followed by an additional 150% weapon damage per second for 8 seconds to all enemies within 15 yards.

Cost: 75 Fury
Cooldown: 120 seconds

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