Call of the Ancients

Call of the Ancients is a Situational Barbarian skill unlocked at level 25. The Barbarian summons three ancient protectors to fight for him.

Background

Call of the Ancients in action

The Barbarian's ancestors aid him by rejoining the battlefield.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Call of the Ancients 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
Call of the Ancients (Level 25)		Summon the ancient Barbarians Talic, Korlic, and Madawc to inflict 100% weapon damage with each attack as they join the battle for 15 seconds. Cost: 75 Fury. Cooldown: 120 seconds. • Talic wields a sword and shield and uses the Whirlwind skill. • Korlic wields a massive polearm and uses the Cleave skill. • Madawc dual-wields axes and uses the Weapon Throw skill.
	Korlic's Might	Korlic gains the ability Furious Charge which deals 280% of your weapon damage to all enemies in a line.
	The Council Rises	The Ancients inflict 275% weapon damage with each attack and have 175% additional armor.
	Madawc's Madness	Madawc gains the ability Seismic Slam which deals 205% of your weapon damage to enemies in an arc.
	Duty to the Clan	Increase duration to 85 seconds.
	Talic's Anger	Talic gains the ability Leap Attack which deals 360% of your weapon damage to enemies in the area of the leap.

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

Skill Design

This skill summons the three ancestors that the player was charged with fighting in act five of Lord of Destruction: Talic, Korlic and Madawc. They deal a percentage of the weapon damage that the Barbarian is capable of inflicting, presumably increasing with level. Bashiok had made a quick comment on the skill:

Well, he does have very few spells like this... just the one actually. :) It's a top tier skill, so you can't buy it until somewhere around the end of Normal or maybe beginning of Nightmare. They're fairly short lived, at least at their base skill. I will admit it's pretty nutty, especially when it's planned that each of them (probably through runes) will use various barbarian skills themselves. But, I do think the flavor and vibe works. The barbarian calling upon the spiritual protector's of his homeland and people which now lay, along with the majority of barbarian society, in the afterlife, if not simply ash at the bottom of a fiery chasm. It makes good sense that they would be easily summoned to assist in redemption, honor, what have you, of the barbarian people.

Synergies

• Synergies with Boon of Bul-Kathos passive skill, reducing the cooldown by 30 seconds.

Development

Call of the Ancients debuted at BlizzCon 2010, although it hasn't been seen in anything other than the skill pool. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Call of the Ancients became a level 27 skill.

Media

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Call of the Ancients specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• Bashiok on Call of the Ancients
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Barbarian Overview -- Diablo 3 Official 13th Sep 2011

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