==Skillrune Skill Rune Effects==

This [[skill]] [[summon]]s 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: <blue>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.</blue>

'''Call of the Ancients''' debuted at [[BlizzCon 2010]], although it wasn't seen in anything other than the skill pool. [[Bashiok]] made a quick comment on the skill<ref>[http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27387874319&postId=273977393009&sid=3000#6 Bashiok on Call of the Ancients] — Battle.net 24th Oct 2010</ref>: <blue>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.</blue> Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Call of the Ancients became a level 27 skill, and then a level 25 skill. The  ===Beta==={{Beta skill system notes}} Call of the Ancients was once again overhauled moved to level 25 for the [[Beta beta. With the Patch 13]]changes, and Call of the Ancients it was classified as a Rage skill (but stayed at level 25). ===In Other Games===[[Talic]], [[Korlic]] and [[Madawc]] were previously seen in [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction]]. They weren't allies, however; the player had to fight them to gain access to the Ancient's Way.

* [http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27387874319&postId=273977393009&sid=3000#6 Bashiok on Call of the Ancients]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ Barbarian Active Skills] -- — Blizzard's Official Diablo III 13th Sep 2011Site

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