Barbarian skills

A simple listing of the known Barbarian skills, as seen on Blizzard's site and in the WWI gameplay movie.

Contents

Skill Tree

The Barbarian's skills are divided into three skill trees:

• Berserker Skill Tree
• Battlemaster Skill Tree
• Juggernaut Skill Tree

Combat Skills

Hammer of the Ancients

Hammer time!

This massive damage attack is dealt with an overhead slam; the Barbarian brings his weapon down straight overhead, like a man driving a railroad spike with a sledgehammer. The Barbarian's weapon vanishes when he uses this skill, the graphic replaced by a giant golden mace.

It's a huge attack, and hits quickly, but the Barbarian takes a second to recover after the strike, leaving him vulnerable to nearby enemies. This looks like a skill that's best used against single large targets, rather than while swarmed. It's not clear if the strike will hit multiple enemies, or just the one targeted.

The skill's hover text was shown in the WWI game play movie, and it's reproduced in the table below.

Hammer of the Ancients.
Rank: 4/5 A massive attack that has increased chance to critically hit. Stamina: 16 Deals 225% weapon damage plus an additional 14 physical damage. 25% chance to critical hit

Furious Charge

A dashing attack that works almost like teleportation. The barbarian targets an enemy and dashes at them at a very high rate of speed. He deals damage to targets he passes through on the way, and deals huge explosive damage to anything near his terminal point.

Furious Charge.

It's not yet clear what "Fury" means in the Barbarian's skill descriptions, but it seems to be some sort of value that skills expend, possibly related to Rage in World of Warcraft, which goes up when a Warrior attacks or uses certain skills, goes down over time rather than up, and is required for most skills in the place of Mana, which Warriors don't have. It's not related to the Barbarian skill "Frenzy" in Diablo II.

Furious Charge
Rank: 1/1 Charge directly at an enemy, smashing everything in the way. Current level: 1 Fury: 20 Primary damage: 110% Secondary damage: 100% Range: 85 feet

Warcries

Only two warcries have been seen inaction, thus far. It's possible that Ground Stomp (and other unknown stomping skills?) are forms of warcries, since they seem to have a similar effect.

Battle Cry

Battle Cry increases defense.

This warcry is basically Shout, from Diablo II. It increases the defense of the Barbarian and any party members in range. The defense and duration increase with additional skill points.

The skill hover was shown in the WWI gameplay movie, and that text is reproduced below.

Battle Cry
Rank: 5/10 Shouts out a warning, increasing defense of all nearby party members. Radius: 15 feet. Stamina: 35 Additional defense: 200% Duration: 300 seconds.