Shout

A "Shout" is the term for the Barbarian's Warcry skills in Diablo III. "Warcry" or "Warcries" are words often used as generic terms for this type of skill, but since there is an actual skill called War Cry the term "Shout" is preferred for the sake of clarity.

There is a wide variety of different Shout skills, though all the base skills offer buffs of various types, for the Barbarian and his party members and minions. While none of the Runestone effects have yet been revealed, the developers have said[1] that these will add a wide variety of offensive and defensive bonuses, recreating and surpassing the variety of Warcry options that Barbarians had in Diablo III.

• The Diablo II skill called Shout can be seen here.

What are Shouts?

Bashiok provided a short, basic definition in a forum post in April 2011.[2]

The barbarian shouts are powerful, limited duration buffs that you must re-cast once they wear off. Monk auras are very similar.

While there are only a few Shouts in the Barbarian Skills listing, each of them has an additional five effects from Runestones, providing a wide variety of skill effects.

Shouts vs. Auras

The Monk's Aura skills work in much the same fashion in Diablo III, with Diablo II's system of setting an Aura to the right mouse button to activate it having been replaced. The difference between Diablo III Shouts and Auras seems to be that Shouts are activated at one time, have an effect that lasts for X seconds, and may or may not share to party members if they are in range when the spell is cast. On the other hand, while Auras are activated like a Shout, (at the cost of some Spirit) they then stay active and share (in most cases) to party members the same way they did in Diablo II as long as they are active.

Presumably, both Auras and Shouts can be recast while they are still active, in order to extend the duration of the effect. (Cooldown time permitting.)

Barbarian Shout Skills

The known Shouts, with descriptions and stats taken from the Barbarian Skills as seen in the BlizzCon 2010 PvE demo. Expect big and small changes in the final game, and note that none of the Shout runestone effects have yet been revealed.

Battle Rage
Level 3: A shout that provides a damage boost and critical hit improvement for a short duration.

• Description: Enter a rage which provides a X% damage boost and X% critical hit bonus for X seconds.

Ignore Pain
Level 4: A shout, this skill reduces all damage taken and grants immunity to most debuffs.

• Description: Reduces all damage taken by X% and grants immunity to root, snare and stun effects for X seconds.

Threatening Shout
Level 9: A shout that debuffs enemies, lowering their damage.

• Description: Shouts with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within X feet by X% for X seconds.

War Cry
Level 14: This shout boosts the Barbarian's Fury, as well as the armor of the Barbarian and all nearby party members.

• Description: A terrifying cry that provides X fury and increases the armor of the Barbarian and all party members within X feet by X% for X seconds.

Sprint
Level 23: A shout that buffs the Barbarian with extra movement speed.

• Description: Grants X% speed boost for X seconds.

Wrath of the Berserker
Level 29: This shout grants higher stats and enables the Barbarian to partially break monster immunities.

• Description: Enter a heightened sense of fury, raising several stats (Critical Hit, Attack Speed, Dodge Chance, Movement Speed) for X seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take X% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune.

Removed Shouts

Two of the Barbarian's shouts were no longer in his skill list at the July 2011 Press Event.

• Rampage - Allowed the Barbarian to hit additional targets per swing, as well as increasing the attack speed.
• Taunt - Overrode monster AI, causing them to rush towards the Barbarian and launch weakened melee attacks.

Stomps

The Barbarian has several stomp skills that could well be classified as offensive Shouts, since they have a similar function. All are triggered by the Barbarian stomping down on the ground and creating an AoE shockwave of varying radius that damages, stuns, or incapacitates monsters in its range.

Ground Stomp
Level 1: This defensive skill causes the Barbarian to stomp his foot, crushing the earth and stunning all nearby enemies. With runestones it can add damage, knockback, and more.

• Description: Shakes the ground, stunning all enemies within X feet for X seconds.

Seismic Slam
Level 18: A more powerful version of Ground Stomp, this skill deals higher damage and knocks back enemies, rather than stunning them.

• Description: Slam the ground causing a wave of destruction that deals X% weapon damage in front of the Barbarian and causes knockback.

Earthquake
Level 24: This stomp causes massive damage to all nearby enemies.

• Description: Shakes the earth violently, causing massive damage to all nearby enemies.

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