Threatening Shout

Threatening Shout is a Barbarian Tier 4 skill unlocked at level 10, which debuffs enemies around the Barbarian, making them deal less damage for a period of time.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Threatening Shout Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Barbarian
Skill Description:
Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within X feet by Y% for Z seconds
Skill Details:
Type:	Debuff
Quantity:	Spell Duration
Effect:	Circular AoE
School:	Physical
Fury cost:	Unknown
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

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

WAAAAGH!!!

Synergies

• None known.

Skill Rune Effects

• None 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.

Previous Versions

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

Threatening Shout 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

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  Threatening shout, ho!

• 

  Close-up of the shout.

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• Battle Cry in the Diablo 2 wiki