Barbarian skills

This page lists all known Barbarian skills, with information that was current as of August 2011. This page is a quick listing; follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports, Blue quotes, runestone information, and numerous screenshots and other images.

All character skills have undergone considerable changes during development, with the biggest change coming before BlizzCon 2010, when skill trees and passive skills were removed from the skill listing and Traits were introduced. See the Barbarian skill archive for information about skill changes over time.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
  • Signature skills - Skills that define characters.
  • Runestones - The huge skill customization and improvement system.
• Barbarian - a melee-oriented class with great physical powers.
  • Barbarian skills by category - A quick listing of the Barbarian's skills in each category.
  • Barbarian passives - A list of all the Barbarian's passive skills.
  • Shouts - Skills that buff the player or debuff monsters.
  • Fury - The Barbarian's energy resource.
• Barbarian skill archive - Removed Barbarian skills.
• Barbarian passive archive - Removed Barbarian passives.
• Barbarian traits - Passive skills in Diablo III were called traits for a while before reverting back.

Active Skills List

Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, runestone information, blue quotes, and much more.

Bash

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Threatening Shout

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Hammer of the Ancients

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Battle Rage

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Cleave

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Ignore Pain

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Leap Attack

Leap Attack Fury Generator Movement (Level 6)

[e] Generate: 15 Fury Cooldown: 10 seconds Leap into the air, dealing 40% weapon damage to all enemies within 8 yards of your destination. Only generates Fury if you hit an enemy.

Weapon Throw

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Ground Stomp

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Rend

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Frenzy

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Revenge

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War Cry

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Furious Charge

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Overpower

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Seismic Slam

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Earthquake

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Ancient Spear

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Sprint

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Call of the Ancients

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Whirlwind

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Wrath of the Berserker

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Passive Skills

Passive skills replaced Traits during late game development in 2011. A few Traits were simply changed to passive skills, but most are all new. See the Barbarian traits page for a full list of those old passives.

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Development

• See the Barbarian skill archive for the full list, with descriptions, of all active and passive skills that have been removed from the game during development.

The Barbarian's skills and skill trees were first seen at BlizzCon 2008 as a mix of active and passive skills (mostly passive), with only a few enabled and many showing nothing more than vague descriptions in the skill trees. The Barbarian had 6 active skills (out of 18) in his Berserker Skill Tree, 6 active skills (out of 18) in his Juggernaut Skill Tree, and 5 active skills (out of 17) in his Battlemaster Skill Tree.

For BlizzCon 2009, the list of the Barbarian's passive skills had greatly shrunk, but the active skills were mostly just shuffled around. The Barbarian also gained four new active skills: Spirit, Wrath of the Berserker, Bloodthirst, and Weapon Throw.

The updated Barbarian tree-less skills list at BlizzCon 2010 removed all earlier passive skills (they became Barbarian traits) and changed around a number of active skills as well. The Barbarian lost Battle Cry, Onslaught, Bloodthirst, and Enrage; but also gained Rampage, War Cry, Ancient Spear, Rend, and Call of the Ancients.

With the skill system overhaul revealed in the July 2011 Press Event, the Barbarian's active skills were mostly just shuffled around, but he also gained Overpower and lost Rampage and Taunt.

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats -- 27th Aug 2009
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Kastigar's Really Big Barb thread -- IncGamers 8th Aug 2011
• Barbarian Overview -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011

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