Frenzy

Frenzy is a Fury Generating Barbarian skill unlocked at level 11, which grants the Barbarian faster attack speed per successful hit.

Background

Frenzy in action.

The Barbarian enters a frenzied state upon causing pain to his enemies, making him strike his enemies with ever growing fervor.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Frenzy rune effects page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

Skill		Effect
Frenzy (Level 11)		Swing for 80% weapon damage. Each swing increases attack speed of Frenzy by 15% for 4 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times for an total bonus of 75% attack speed. Generate: 3 Fury per attack.
	Maniac	Each Frenzy effect also increases your damage by 24%.
	Sidearm	Each strike has a 55% chance to throw a piercing axe at a nearby enemy that deals 100% weapon damage to all enemies in its path.
	Relentless	While under the effects of Frenzy you gain 22% increased movement speed.
	Smite	Adds a 35% chance to call down a bolt of lightning from above, stunning your target for 3 seconds.
	Triumph	Killing a creature with Frenzy heals you for 25% Life over 6 seconds.

Skill Design

Frenzy is an active skill. When you hit an enemy with this skill, the chance to activate the attack speed increase with a successful hit is 100%, and players who want their Barbarians to be faster than they already are with 'any' weapon, will certainly enjoy this skill.

Synergies

• No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.

Development

Frenzy was first seen in the BlizzCon 2008 demo as a Tier I skill in the Berserker Skill Tree. This first version was active, and increased weapon damage by 120% and attack speed by 6%, stackable three times.

The BlizzCon 2009 build changed it into a Tier III passive skill that built up as the Barbarian landed successful hits on his opponents. It provides a simple attack speed stackable buff.

By Blizzcon 2010, it had changed back to an active skill, again increasing weapon speed and damage. It was one of the Barbarian's preset skills in the PvP demo, and Flux described using it in the Battle Arena:[1]

Frenzy on the LMB was a frightful sight, especially when two Barbarians went toe to toe, stacked that on top of Wrath of the Berserker, and started hitting at eye-watering speed.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Frenzy became a level 11 skill.

Previous Versions

See the Barbarian skill archive for more details on previous versions of Frenzy and other Barbarian skills.

In Other Games

Frenzy has roots in Diablo II. The D2 Barbarian skill Frenzy provides boosts to attack speed, movement speed, attack rating, and damage; and speeds up other skills.

Media

Frenzy can be seen in action on video here:

• Gameplay: Blizzcon 2010 (in the Arena)

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Frenzy specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
• Barbarian Overview -- Diablo 3 Official 13th Sep 2011

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