Punish

Punish is a rune effect in Bash, a Fury-generating Barbarian skill.

This rune effect increases the damage of all Barbarian skills for five seconds after each Bash, and can be stacked up to three times for a total damage boost of 24%. This rune is basically being used as a buff to other skills, almost like a very short duration war cry. Players want to alternate this with their other main skills, to keep the 3 stacked damage while taking advantage of the other skills, such as Cleave or Frenzy, that have a higher damage output than Bash.

Post Release Changes

The v1.0.4 patch buffed the base skill Bash, and improved the damage for this rune effect as well.[1]

Bash

• Fury generated increased from 6 to 8
  • Weapon damage increased from 150% to 165%
• Skill Rune – Punish
  • Bonus damage per stack increased from 6% to 8%

Skill Rune Effects

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

Name	Level	Description

<skill class="Barbarian">Bash</skill> <skill class="Barbarian" rune="Punish">Bash</skill>

Media

Screenshots and Videos will be added post-release.

Development

Prior to the February 2012 skill and rune system revision, this effect was enabled by the Indigo Rune which created the following effect.

Punish

[e] Each attack grants a 10% damage boost for 5 seconds. This effect stacks up to 8 times.

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