Furious Charge

Furious Charge is a Fury Generating Barbarian skill unlocked at level 16, which causes the Barbarian to charge at a targeted enemy, causing damage to the target and all enemies in his path.

Background

Furious Charge in action.

The Barbarian charges at an enemy, toppling anyone foolish enough to stand in his path.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Furious Charge rune effects page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

Skill		Effect
Furious Charge (Level 16)		Rush forward knocking back enemies and inflicting 60% weapon damage to enemies at the destination and 30% damage to enemies along the path of the charge. Only generates Fury if you hit an enemy. Generate: 15 Fury. Cooldown: 10 seconds.
	Battering Ram	Increase damage at the destination to 300% weapon damage.
	Juggernaut	Regain 5% of your maximum Life for each target hit by Furious Charge.
	Bull Rush	Any targets who are critically hit by Furious Charge will be stunned for 5.0 seconds.
	Stamina	Generate 8 Fury for each target hit while charging.
	Merciless Assault	Cooldown is reduced by 1 second for every target hit. This effect can reduce the cooldown by up to 8 seconds.

Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.

Skill Design

Furious Charge is a good skill for escaping tough situations, running in with a bang or killing a particular monster behind frontal lines. The graphics of this skill make using it a lot of fun, and it's quite damaging to enemies. Having a weapon with high damage will make this skill better compared to dual wielding.

Synergies

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

Development

Furious Charge was first seen in the WWI 2008 gameplay video, where it was a Tier V skill in the Battlemaster Skill Tree. This version dealt 120% weapon damage to the target and 80% weapon damage to enemies in the way at rank one.

The stats of this skill were reduced slightly for BlizzCon 2009, but couldn't be played in the demo because it was too high level to pick. It couldn't be chosen at BlizzCon 2010 either, so there are no gameplay reports detailing any use of it.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Furious Charge became a level 16 skill.

Previous Versions

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

In Other Games

Furious Charge is an updated version of Diablo II's Paladin skill Charge. That skill did damage to a single monster after rushing at it, and included knockback.

Media

Furious Charge can be seen in action on video here:

• Gameplay: WWI 2008

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Furious Charge specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
• Barbarian Overview -- Diablo 3 Official 13th Sep 2011

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