The '''Barbarian''' is a [[melee]]-oriented class witth great physical powers, and uses [[fury]] instead of [[mana]] as a [[resource pool]]. See a full listing of the [[Barbarian Skills|Barbarian's skills]].

Contents [hide]==Background=={{Classbox1 Background |game= Diablo III1|portrait= Barbarians.1 Female character Storyjpg<!--|portrait-width= 200px--><!--|name= -->2 Class Design |classtype= official2.1 Why Repeat the Character?|role= [[Melee]]3 Attributes and Skills |attrib= [[Strength]], [[Fury]], [[Vitality]], [[Life]]3.1 Barbarian <!-- Class Skills -->3.1.1 |skilltree1= [[Battlemaster SkillsSkill Tree]]3.1.2 |skilltree2= [[Berserker SkillsSkill Tree]]3.1.3 |skilltree3= [[Juggernaut SkillsSkill Tree]]<!-- Background -->|origin= [[Bastion's Keep]], [[Mount Arreat]]4 Development|affiliation= [[Children of Bul-Kathos]]5 Media|friends= [[Druid]]s (distrust)6 Resources|foes= None known7 References}}The Barbarian character himself is the same individual from [[Diablo II]].

Lead by [edit[Bul-Kathos]BackgroundDiablo III Class ], the tribes called "barbarians" by the people of the [[eWestern Kingdoms]] Barbarian Role: Melee Primary Attributes: Strength, Fury, Vitality, Life Class SkillsBattlemaster Skill Tree Berserker Skill Tree Juggernaut Skill Tree BackgroundOrigin: Bastion's Keepunited in for a sacred charge, to protect [[Mount Arreat Affiliation: ]] and its mystical secrets. They call themselves the [[Children of Bul-Kathos Friends: Druids (distrust) Foes: None known ]], and have seen their culture collapse after the destruction of the [[Worldstone]] and Mt. Arreat.

The Barbarian character himself is A number of Barbarians started roving the same individual from Diablo IIlands outside the Steppes, prepared for war and seeking information regarding the activities of the [[Prime Evil]]s before the conflict that ended with the destruction of the Worldstone and Mount arreat.

Lead by Bul-Kathos, In his personal history the tribes called "barbarians" by the people of the Western Kingdoms united in for a sacred chargeBarbarian defeated [http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Baal Baal], only to protect Mount Arreat and its mystical secrets. They call themselves learn from [[Tyrael]] that the Children of Bul-Kathos, Worldstone was corrupted and would have seen their culture collapse after the to be destroyed. The destruction of the Worldstone blasted Mount Arreat to rubble, destroying the remainder of Baal's army and Mt. Arreatsaving the Barbarian lands from their invasion.

The Children [[Image:Map-arreatcrater2.jpg|left|thumb|Arreat Crater]]Twenty years later, when [[Diablo III]] takes place, the Barbarian lands are largely deserted, and the only remains of Mt. Arreat, formerly the symbol of Bul-Kathos have developed a kinship with the land lands and have learned to harness the primal energies in nature to enhance their own substantial physical prowesssource of the Barbarians' spiritual strength, simply called "fury"is a huge crater.

A number More than the physical damage, the events detailed in {{wl|[http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Act_Five Act Five of Diablo II]}} devastated the Barbarian culture. The Barbarians started roving gained their identity and cultural pride from protecting the lands outside the SteppesWorldstone within Mount Arreat. To see it defiled by Baal and his minions, prepared for war and seeking information regarding then destroyed, tore out the activities heart of these proud people. They abandoned their homeland and became nomadic, wandering the Prime Evils before the conflict that ended with lands of [[Sanctuary]] and pitching themselves into battle after battle in an effort to forget the destruction pain of the Worldstone and Mount arreattheir shattered homeland.

In his personal history [[Abd al-Hazir]] visited the Barbarian defeated Baal, only to learn from Tyrael that lands and wrote about his experiences and observation in the Worldstone was corrupted and would have to be destroyed[[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. The destruction 0025|25th entry]] of [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir|his writings]]. It sets the Worldstone blasted Mount Arreat to rubble, destroying stage for the remainder of Baalstory we's army and saving ll learn when playing the Barbarian lands from their invasiongame. Arreat Crater

Twenty years later, when Diablo III takes place::''The Barbarians consider it their sworn duty to protect [[Mount Arreat]] and the mysterious object within. They believe that if they fail to uphold their duty to the great mount, the Barbarian lands or are largely desertednot given a proper burial upon its slopes, and the only remains of Mt. Arreatthey will be denied a true warrior's death, formerly the symbol of the lands and their spirits shall roam the source of the Barbarians' spiritual strength, is a huge craterland without honor for all eternity.

More than the physical damage::''If there are any barbarians left alive, they must truly be without hope. Perhaps this is the events detailed in Act Five genesis of Diablo II devastated the Barbarian culture. The Barbarians gained their identity and cultural pride from protecting rumors of monstrous things reported to resemble the Worldstone within Mount Arreat. To see it defiled by Baal barbarians in size and his minionsferocity, and then destroyedbut that are in reality nothing more than unreasoning, tore out inhuman beasts. Could the heart destruction of these proud people. They abandoned not only their homeland and became nomadic, wandering the lands of Sanctuary and pitching themselves into battle after battle in an effort to forget the pain of home but also their shattered homeland. very beliefs have actually brought this magnificent race so low?

'''Read more about Barbarian cities in the [[Barbarian people and their history on the Children of Bul-Kathos cities]] article. '''

Read more about Barbarian cities in the Barbarian cities article. [edit]===Female character Story=== [[Image:Barb-f-pose1.jpg|thumb|125px|Female Barbarian.]]Female The female Barbarianis identical in ability to the male, but her origin story is a bit different. She's younger and is not a female version of the same individual who defeated Baal in Diablo 2. She's a new warrior, one who was motivated to go forth into battle since the men weren't getting the job done.

He (or she) is bigger and better. There's a great emphasis on power and destruction; on wanting every movement to look massive and devastating. It's a violent, crushing style, and she exudes power and devastation with her every movement. The D3 Team spoke about the character concept during the [edit[WWI 2008]] panel titled [[WWI_2008:_Denizens_of_Diablo_Panel|Denizens of Diablo]]Class Design.

The Diablo III [[Image:Barb-1.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Male Barbarian .]]::''This is an evolutionary improvement on actually the same individual from Diablo II Barbarian2. He (or she) retains some of the same skills's aged twenty years, such as Whirlwind and Leap Attack, but he's got a personality in this game. Look at his gear; his [[armor]] has a variety of new skills to unleash points on her enemieswhich he could impale himself. One of the features of It's extra protection for the class is also Fury, which is an alternative resource to mana for Barbarians. Instead of a globe of energy that needs refillingharsh environment, but it's a meter of the pure anger the Barbarian feels in combat, slowly building up as she deals or receives damagealso dangerous to him. Fury allows her The day to pull off extraordinary feats with skills that require Furyday life characters lead in this world is very hard. ''

He (or she) is bigger and better. There::'s a great emphasis on power and destruction; on wanting every movement to look massive and devastating. It's a violent, crushing style, and she exudes power and devastation with her every movement. The D3 Team spoke about the character concept during the WWI 2008 panel titled Denizens of Diablo. Male Barbarian.This is actually the same individual from Diablo 2. He's aged twenty years, and he's got a personality in this game. Look at his gear; his armor has points on which he could impale himself. It's extra protection for the harsh environment, but it's also dangerous to him. The day to day life characters lead in this world is very hard. With the Barbarian, we had to updating a classic. The Barbarian was exciting for us to work on -- to take a classic char we all love to play and bring him back to life. What's this guy been doing for the past 20 years? This guy's 8 feet tall and 300 lbs of pure muscle. He saw things during the events of Diablo II that would have killed most people, but he's still around. In D3 we aged him, grayed his hair, gave him some scars. We think those elements help sell the story visually. Signs of age, how he wears his armor. All that helps us tell the story visually. ''

It's also an interesting concept to have the same character return in D3, as a grizzled veteran of countless conflicts, as a grown man who defeated the three Prime Evils twenty years ago... and who starts off D3 at level 1, without the ability to do much more than swing an axe.

[edit]===Why Repeat the Character?===The Barbarian was not intended to come over from [[Diablo II]] originally. A character with similar appearance and skills was planned, but everyone in the dev team started calling it Barbarian, and so they decided to call it that. [[Jay Wilson]] quote: [http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/2662371]----:: ''The barbarian is the only returning class. Originally we actually planned to have no returning classes, but as we developed the barbarian, it essentially ended up turning into a barbarian. We sort of got to the point where we went – because we actually had a different name for him originally - I think were going to call it this other name and everyone else is just going to call it the barbarian, so maybe we should just call it the barbarian.''

The Barbarian was not intended to come over from Diablo II originally. A character with similar appearance and skills was planned, but everyone in the dev team started calling it Barbarian, and so they decided to call it that. Jay Wilson quote: [1] The barbarian is the only returning class. Originally we actually planned to have no returning classes, but as we developed the barbarian, it essentially ended up turning into a barbarian. We sort of got to the point where we went – because we actually had a different name for him originally - I think were going to call it this other name and everyone else is just going to call it the barbarian, so maybe we should just call it the barbarian. :''One of the things we really did not want to do – it's why we set that initial goal to not repeat classes – was, we didn't just want a rehash; we wanted to make the sequel and the sequel has new gameplay and new experiences. I know a lot of people really love the classes in Diablo 2 and it's not my desire to intentionally arc those people – I like those classes to; I love the necromancer, he's my favourite class from Diablo 2 – but as our goal we really wanted to provide new experiences; that was our focus.''----Jay did not disclose what the original name was.

==Attributes and Skills==<!--===Attributes=======Starting Attributes====*'''[[Strength]]:''' x*'''[[Dexterity]]:''' x*'''[edit[Vitality]]:''' xAttributes and Skills*'''[[Willpower]]:''' x*'''[[editLife]]:''' xBarbarian Skills*'''[[Mana]]:''' x

The barbarian skills are arranged into to three distinctive skill tree categories====Attribute Increase Per Level====*'''[[Strength]]: ''' xBattlemaster *'''[[Dexterity]]:''' xBerserker *'''[[Vitality]]:''' x*'''[[Willpower]]:''' xJuggernaut. -->

All three trees have a combination of active and passive skills===Barbarian Skills===Renowned for their awesome combat prowess as well as their arrogant demeanor, the Barbarians appear to be perpetually girt for battle. Active skills are used Through harsh conditioning, the Barbarians excel in physical combatand tremendous feats of strength. They derive their power chiefly from intense physical training, while but also tap primal energies from the passive skills boost living world around them. They can manifest these or change the behaviour add to their already considerable catalogue of superhuman feats of the active skillsstrength and power. The barbarians call this power [[Fury]].

====Battlemaster Skills====[[Image:Barb-charge3.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Furious Charge]]]]The [[Battlemaster_Skill_Tree|Battlemaster tree skills ]] are focused on general combat, like [[Hammer of the Ancients ]] and [[Furious Charge]]. Many of the skills enable the Barbarian, but it still includes passive skills. <div style="clear:both;"></div>====Berserker Skills====[[Image:Barb-ww1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[editWhirlwind]]]]The [[Berserker_Skill_Tree|Berserker tree skills]] is similar to the {{wl|[http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Barbarian_Combat_Skills combat skill tree]}}, but focus more on violent behaviours like you would find in a berserker, like [[Whirlwind]] and [[Frenzy]].<div style="clear:both;"></div>====Juggernaut Skills====[[Image:Barb-stomp1.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Ground Stomp]]]] The [[Juggernaut_Skill_Tree|Juggernaut tree skills]] also focus on combat, but more on the "stout fighter" type, with skills like [[Stunning Blows]] and [[Seismic Slam]].Whirlwind<div style="clear:both;"></div>

The Barbarian was unveiled as the first ever Diablo III class at WWI 2008 in Paris, and has gone through a number of small changes since then<!--===Trivia===Use only if actual trivia. Some skills have changed name since the revealIf so, and the skill tree has changed drastically from the BlizzCon 2008 demo in October until May 2009. See more on the Berserker Skill Tree. add to [[:Category:Trivia]] as well-->

You can find pictures <gallery>Image:Barb-concept1.jpg|Male Barbarian in the Diablo 3 screenshot battle.Image:Barbarians.jpg|Male and picture galleryfemale barbs.Image:Barb-f-pose1.jpg|Female ingame barb.Image:Barb-1.jpg|Male ingame barb.Image:Barb-concept2.jpg|Male Barb attack.Image:Barb-concept3.jpg|Male Barb armour.Image: Barb-concept4.jpg|Male Barb close-up.Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures Image:Barb-concept5.jpg|Fem barb sketches.BarbarianImage:Barb-specific concept6.jpg|Female barb posing.</gallery contents >   ==Resources==* [[Barbarian ScreenshotsSkills]]. * [http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/barbarian.xml Blizzard's Barbarian Concept Art] page has plenty of plot information, and short videos of some skills in action.* [[Media Coverage|Diablo III Media Coverage Archive]] for all interviews, previews, pictures and more. Barbarian Wallpapers  ==References==* [[Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0025]]* [[Diablo II Manual]]* [[WWI_2008:_Denizens_of_Diablo_Panel|Denizens of Diablo WWI 2008 Panel]]* [http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/2662371 Jay wilson AusGamers Interview]   {{Class navbox floor}}{{Skill navbox}} [[Category:Classes]][[Category:Ethnic groups]][[Category:Basics]]