Ruthless

Ruthless is a Barbarian passive skill unlocked at Level 12, which increases the chance and damage of critical hits.

Description

Each clan paints their warriors in their own unique way. Some celebrate the mountain, others honor the fire, but the Targos clan worships the purifying virtue of pain.

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Skill Synergies

The following Barbarian skills depend on critical hits and are improved by Ruthless:

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Rune Effect Synergies

In addition, the following Barbarian skills have rune effects that depend on critical hits and will also benefit from Ruthless:

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Ferocity

[e] Critical hits increase the duration of the Battle Rage effect by 4.0 seconds.

Swords to Ploughshares

[e] Critical hits have a 20% chance to cause enemies to drop additional treasure or health globes.

Into the Fray

[e] Critical hits generate 7 additional Fury.

Bloodshed

[e] While under the effects of Battle Rage, critical hits cause an explosion of blood dealing 55% weapon damage to all nearby enemies.

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Scattering Blast

[e] On critical hits, knock enemies back 22 yards and inflict 175% weapon damage to enemies where they land. Enemies knock each other back up to 8 times.

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Bull Rush

[e] Any targets who are critically hit by Furious Charge will be stunned for 5.0 seconds.

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Blood Funnel

[e] Critical strikes restore 7% of your maximum Life.

Development

Passive skills have had a long and storied history. When Diablo III debuted at the WWI 2008, skill trees included passive skills, much like in Diablo II. In 2010, it was announced that passive skills had been renamed traits and separated out from active skills. At the July 2011 Press Event, Blizzard announced that passive skills were once again in the game, replacing the traits system. Ruthless was first revealed in the July 2011 Press Event. It had a listed level as 1 (presumably so players could try it out from the beginning), but for the beta, it was a level 12 passive.

References

• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Kastigar's Really Big Barb thread -- IncGamers 8th Sep 2011
• Barbarian Passive Skills -- Diablo III 12th Sep 2011

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