Retaliation (skill)
Retaliation is a tier V skill in the Battlemaster Skill Tree, which causes successful blocks to increase weapon damage for a limited amount of time. Also, during the duration of the buff, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted.
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Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
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| Retaliation Passive, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Barbarian |
| Successful blocks have a X% chance to increase weapon damage by Y% for Z seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active | |
| Type: | Buff |
| Quantity: | Chance |
| Effect: | Self |
| School: | Physical |
| Fury cost: | None |
| Cast time: | None |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | None |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Barbarian retaliates, striking stronger to pummel the enemy to death and cannot be interrupted while doing so.
Skill Design
A good reason to make the Barbarian wield a shield and a 1 handed weapon, this skill defines how Battlemaster Barbarians are meant to be played, with a shield. As a contrast to other skills in this tree which mostly focus on defense, this skill adds weapon damage on a successful block, the chance of which is assumed to be 100%.
Skill Rank Table
(legend (A) = Assumed)
- Rank: 1/5
- Successful blocks have a 10% chance to increase weapon damage by 50% for 5 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active.
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 2/5
- Successful blocks have a 15% chance to increase weapon damage by 55% for 6 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 3/5
- Successful blocks have a 20% chance to increase weapon damage by 60% for 7 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 4/5
- Successful blocks have a 25% chance to increase weapon damage by 65% for 8 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 5/5
- Successful blocks have a 30% chance to increase weapon damage by 70% for 9 seconds. In addition, the Barbarian cannot be interrupted by enemy attacks while this buff is active. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
Synergies
- None known.
Skill Rune Effects
- None known.
Development
Retaliation was seen in the BlizzCon 2009 demo and is a new skill. It is unknown if this spell was iterated, at least not publicly.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery. Sadly, no images of Retaliation have been seen:
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References
| Battlemaster Skills [e] | |||||
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| Tier I |
Tier II |
Tier III |
Tier IV |
Tier V |
Tier VI • Cripple |
