Barbarian skills

This page lists all known Barbarian skills, with information that was current as of August 2011. This page is a quick listing; follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports, Blue quotes, runestone information, and numerous screenshots and other images.

All character skills have undergone considerable changes during development, with the biggest change coming before Blizzcon 2010, when skill trees and passive skills were removed from the skill listing and Traits were introduced. See the Barbarian skill archive for information about skill changes over time.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
  • Active skills -- Skills where effects are activated by the player.
  • Passive skills -- Skills where effects are activated automatically, by the computer or by special events.
  • Signature skills -- Skills that define characters.
  • Shouts -- Skills that buff the player or debuff monsters.
• Fury -- The Barbarian's energy resource.
• Runestones -- The huge skill customization and improvement system.
• Barbarian skill archive -- Removed Barbarian skills.
• Barbarian traits -- Passive skills in Diablo III were called traits for a while before reverting back.

Active Skills

Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, runestone information, blue quotes, and much more.

Fury Generator

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Leap Attack Fury Generator Movement (Level 6)

[e] Generate: 15 Fury Cooldown: 10 seconds Leap into the air, dealing 40% weapon damage to all enemies within 8 yards of your destination. Only generates Fury if you hit an enemy.

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Fury Spender

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Situational

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Passive Skills

Passive skills replaced Traits during late game development in 2011. A few Traits were simply changed to passive skills, but most are all new. See the Barbarian traits page for a full list of those old passives.

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Development

The Barbarian's skills and skill trees were first seen at BlizzCon 2008, with only a few skills enabled and many showing nothing more than vague descriptions in the skill tree.

Removed Skills

• Rampage
• Taunt

The updated Barbarian skills list at Blizzcon 2010 removed all earlier passive skills (they became Barbarian traits) and changed around a number of active skills as well.

Five skills were added in Blizzcon 2010.

• Rampage
• War Cry
• Ancient Spear
• Rend
• Call of the Ancients

The following skills were present in 2009, and gone in 2010. Many of these were turned, more or less directly, into Barbarian Traits.

• Berserker Skills
  • Bad Temper
  • Double Strike
  • Slashing Strike
  • Berserker State
  • Onslaught
• Juggernaut Skills
  • Scavenge
  • Invigorated
  • Bloodthirst
  • Recovery
  • Strong Constitution
• Battlemaster Skills
  • Battle Cry
  • Second Wind
  • Stubborn
  • Enrage
  • Inspiration
  • Retaliation
  • Cripple

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Kastigar's Really Big Barb thread -- IncGamers 8th Aug 2011
• Barbarian Overview -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011

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