Furious Charge

Furious Charge in action.

Furious Charge is a Might Barbarian skill unlocked at Level 21, which causes the Barbarian to charge at a targeted enemy, causing damage to the target and all enemies in his path.

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Background

The Barbarian charges at an enemy, toppling anyone foolish enough to stand in his path.

Icon	Name	Stats (Hover over)	Level Unlocked
	Merciless Assault	(Stats)	33
	Stamina	(Stats)	48
	Cold Rush	(Stats)	37
	Dreadnought	(Stats)	56
	Battering Ram	(Stats)	27

Skill Design

Furious Charge is a good skill for escaping tough situations, running in with a bang or killing a particular monster behind frontal lines. The graphics of this skill make using it a lot of fun, and it's quite damaging to enemies. Having a weapon with high damage will make this skill better compared to dual wielding.

Synergies

Base Skill

The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Furious Charge, runed or not:

• Bloodthirst - The Barbarian gains life based on the amount of damage he deals always.
• Weapons Master - Provides a damage bonus when the Barbarian is wielding a sword or dagger.
• Berserker Rage - Inflicts additional damage while the Barbarian is at maximum Fury.
• Brawler - Increases the Barbarian's damage when he is swarmed.

Bull Rush

The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Bull Rush:

• Ruthless - Increases critical hit chance and critical hit damage always.
• Weapons Master - Increases critical hit chance when the Barbarian is wielding a mace or axe.

Development

Furious Charge was first seen in the WWI 2008 gameplay video, where it was a Tier V skill in the Battlemaster Skill Tree. This version dealt 120% weapon damage to the target and 80% weapon damage to enemies in the way at rank one.

The stats of this skill were reduced slightly for BlizzCon 2009, but couldn't be played in the demo because it was too high level to pick. It couldn't be chosen at BlizzCon 2010 either, so there are no gameplay reports detailing any use of it.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Furious Charge became a level 16 skill.

Beta

The Diablo III Beta started in September 2011, and while it ran, all of the skills continued to undergo extensive iteration. Skill changes varied from changing the levels the skills are unlocked, to changes in resource cost, damage, and even function. A few skills were removed altogether, and a few new ones were added. Also, the entire skill system received an overhaul with the Beta Patch 13 update in February 2012, with physical runes replaced by rune effects that automatically unlock at various levels for the different skills.

Furious Charge remained at level 16 when the beta started. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Tactics skill and moved to level 21. For the Beta Patch 14, it was re-classified as a Might skill.

Previous Versions

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

In Other Games

Furious Charge is an updated version of Diablo II's Paladin skill Charge. That skill did damage to a single monster after rushing at it, and included knockback.

Media

Furious Charge can be seen in action on video here:

• Gameplay: WWI 2008

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Furious Charge specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
• Barbarian Active Skills — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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