Sprint

Sprint is a Fury Spending Barbarian skill unlocked at level 24, which grants the Barbarian a movement speed bonus for a limited amount of time.

Background

Sprint in action

The Barbarian starts to sprint, catching fleeing enemies before they can escape.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Sprint 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
Sprint (Level 24)		Increase movement speed by 40% for 6 seconds. Cost: 20 Fury.
	Marathon	Increases the movement speed bonus to 110% for 20 seconds.
	Scramble	Increase dodge chance by 22% while sprinting.
	Run Like the Wind	Tornadoes rage in the wake of the Sprint, each one inflicting 200% weapon damage.
	Forced March	Increase the movement speed of allies within 30 yards by 40% for 6 seconds.
	Gangway	Slams through enemies, knocking them back and inflicting 200% weapon damage.

Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.

Skill Design

This is a universal skill, Barbarians of all types should consider this skill for various reasons: to chase down fast moving enemies, to run away if things get tough or to just move faster through all areas. Although it does cost fury, and using this skill is limited to the end of the battle and some time after it.

First seen in BlizzCon 2009 demo, this skill is quite new. Other skills in this tree also give the Barbarian movement speed. It is unknown why the development team settled on having an active skill that gives movement speed, possibly to fasten the gameplay, especially in arenas. Notice the Barbarian leaves behind small tornadoes.

Synergies

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

Development

Sprint first appeared at BlizzCon 2009 in the Barbarian's Berserker Skill Tree at Tier II. In the gameplay demo, Flux didn't find much use for it:[1]

This one I kept forgetting about, until I was running across some huge stretch of already cleared out desert. Then it came in handy, but I never thought to use it to race into combat, or to boost my speed while in combat.

After skill trees were eliminated, Sprint reappeared at BlizzCon 2010 as a Tier 4 skill. Although it was one of Barbarian's skills in the PvP demo, there are no gameplay reports detailing the usage of this skill.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Sprint became a level 23 skill.

In Other Games

Sprint is very similar to Diablo II's Barbarian skill Increased Speed. That skill, however, was a passive that boosted a Barbarian's speed all the time.

Media

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Sprint 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
• Barbarian Overview -- Diablo 3 Official 13th Sep 2011

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