Slashing Strike
Slashing Strike is a Tier IV skill from the Barbarian's Berserker Skill Tree, which gives the Barbarian a chance to swing both weapons on a regular hit. It requires Double Strike.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Slashing Strike Passive, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Barbarian |
| Your melee attacks have an X% chance to hit all nearby enemies. | |
| Type: | Chance |
| Quantity: | Chance per hit |
| Effect: | AoE crescent |
| School: | Physical |
| Fury cost: | None |
| Cast time: | None |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | None |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | Double Strike |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Barbarian sees opportunities where others do not, occasionally striking multiple enemies when such a chance occurs.
Skill Design
Slashing Strike is passive, it becomes activated from the moment you spend a skill point into it. This skill is a good choice for Barbarians who are having trouble with packs of enemies, possibly due to a slow weapon.
It is unknown how much damage Slashing Strike actually does. It may be a percentage of weapon damage or a preset amount. It may be hard to see if Slashing Strike activated (proced), so a visual indicator may be required.
Skill Rank Table
(legend (A) = Assumed)
- Rank: 1/5
- Your melee attacks have an 12% chance to hit all nearby enemies.
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 2/5
- Your melee attacks have an 16% chance to hit all nearby enemies. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 3/5
- Your melee attacks have an 20% chance to hit all nearby enemies. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 4/5
- Your melee attacks have an 24% chance to hit all nearby enemies. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
- Rank: 5/5
- Your melee attacks have an 28% chance to hit all nearby enemies. (A)
- Fury Cost: None
Synergies
- None known.
Skill Rune Effects
- None known.
Development
Skill was first seen in the BlizzCon 2008 demo, and is one of very few skills that has not changed at all in the demo at BlizzCon 2009. Not even percentages.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
References
| Berserker Skills [e] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier I |
Tier II • Sprint |
Tier III |
Tier IV |
Tier V |
Tier VI • Wrath of the Berserker
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