Barbarian skills history

BlizzCon 2008

The Barbarian's skills and skill trees were first seen at BlizzCon 2008 as a mix of active and passive skills (mostly passive), with only a few enabled and many showing nothing more than vague descriptions in the skill trees. The Barbarian's skills were divided among his skill trees thusly:

• Berserker Skill Tree: 6 active skills and 12 passives
• Juggernaut Skill Tree: 6 active skills and 12 passives
• Battlemaster Skill Tree: 5 active skills and 12 passives

Oct. 2008 Skill List

• See the Barbarian skills 2008 page for full descriptions of all the Barbarian's skills available then.

BlizzCon 2009

For BlizzCon 2009, the list of the Barbarian's passive skills had greatly shrunk, but the active skills were mostly just shuffled around.

The Barbarian gained four new active skills: Spirit, Wrath of the Berserker, Bloodthirst, and Weapon Throw.

The Barbarian also lost 24 passive skills, and only five new passives were introduced: Scavenge, Strong Constitution, Bloodthirst, Retaliation, and Cripple.

Aug. 2009 Skill List

• See the Barbarian skills 2009 page for full descriptions of all the Barbarian's skills available then.

BlizzCon 2010

The updated Barbarian tree-less skills list at BlizzCon 2010 removed all earlier passive skills (they became Barbarian traits) and changed around a number of active skills as well. The Barbarian lost Battle Cry, Onslaught, Bloodthirst, and Enrage; but also gained Rampage, War Cry, Ancient Spear, Rend, and Call of the Ancients.

For BlizzCon 2010, passive skills were removed from the skill trees and replaced by traits. Twelve of the Barbarian's passive skills were removed, but this time, 28 new traits were introduced. Only two passives were turned, more or less directly, into traits: Bad Temper and Second Wind.