The Barbarian is one of the first two characters confirmed to be in the game by Blizzard, and he is the first character in the gameplay video. The voiceover states that the Barbarian "overcomes his enemies with pure brute force". He engages in melee combat mostly, but some old Barbarian skills like Leap and Whirlwind are also seen. Barbarians use Fury as their resource. Fury is gained when dealing or taken damage, and decays over time.
Builds and Guides
Please use our Barbarian forum to hash out the details of any builds. Once a build is theorycrafted and tested, feel free to post it here. Ideally, build posts would include significant commentary about the skills used, choices made, etc.
Theorycraft
Please post any class-specific theory that isn't included in Blizzard's documentation. Similar to the build section, use the forums for the preliminary discussion, and post here once the details are known and agreed upon.
Skills
Information on this page is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones, and was last updated September 2011.
Fury Generator
Skill
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Unlock Level
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Fury
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Cooldown
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Description
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Bash
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1
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+6/attack
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None
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Brutally smash an enemy for 145% weapon damage with a 20% chance to knock the enemy back.
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Cleave
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4
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+4/attack
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None
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Swing in a wide arc to deal 120% weapon damage to the targeted enemy and 60% weapon damage to any other enemies caught in the swing.
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Leap Attack
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6
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+15
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10 s
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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.
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Ground Stomp
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8
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+15
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12 s
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Shake the ground to inflict 30% weapon damage to all enemies within 12 yards and stun them for 3 seconds. Only generates Fury if you hit an enemy.
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Frenzy
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11
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+3/attack
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None
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Swing for 80% weapon damage. Each swing increases attack speed of Frenzy by 15% for 4 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times for a total bonus of 75% attack speed.
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War Cry
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14
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+30
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30 s
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Unleash a rallying cry to increase the armor of you and all allies within 30 yeards by 100% for 60 seconds.
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Furious Charge
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16
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+15
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10 s
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Rush forward knocking back enemies and inflicting 60% weapon damage to enemies at the destination and 30% damage to enemies along the path of the charge. Only generates Fury if you hit an enemy.
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Ancient Spear
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22
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+15
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10 s
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Throw a spear up to 45 yards to pull an enemy back to you, slowing target's movement by 50% and dealing 55% weapon damage.
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Fury Spender
Skill
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Unlock Level
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Fury
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Cooldown
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Description
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Threatening Shout
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1
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-20
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None
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Shout with great ferocity, reducing damage done by enemies within 25 yards by 50% for 15 seconds.
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Hammer of the Ancients
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2
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-20
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None
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Call forth a massive hammer to smash enemies directly in front of you for 180% weapon damage. Hammer of the Ancients has a 15% increased chance to critical hit.
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Battle Rage
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3
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-20
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None
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Enter a rage which increases damage by 30% and critical hit chance by 4% for 30 seconds.
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Weapon Throw
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7
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-20
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None
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Hurl a throwing weapon at an enemy for 210% weapon damage and slowing the movement by 70% for 4 seconds.
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Rend
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9
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-20
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Perform a vicious strike to all enemies within 9 yards, dealing 60% weapon damage every second for 3 seconds
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Seismic Slam
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19
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-30
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Slam the ground to cause a wave of destruction that deals 215% weapon damage and knockback to targets in a 45 yard arc.
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Sprint
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24
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-20
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Increase movement speed by 40% for 6 seconds.
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Whirlwind
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27
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-8/second
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None
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Deliver multiple attacks to everything in your path for 44% weapon damage every 0.40 seconds.
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Situational
Skill
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Unlock Level
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Fury
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Cooldown
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Description
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Ignore Pain
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5
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None
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60 s
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Reduces all damage taken by 65% for 5 seconds.
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Revenge
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12
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None
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None
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Inflict 150% weapon damage to all enemies within 8 yards and gain 5.0% Life for each enemy hit.
Revenge has a 10% chance to become active for a short time each time you are hit by an attack.
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Overpower
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18
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None
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None
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Press the advantage of a powerful attack to overwhelm the enemy for 150% weapon damage to all targets within 9 yards.
Overpower becomes available whenever you make a critical hit against an enemy.
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Earthquake
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21
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-75
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120 s
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Shake the ground violently dealing 240% weapon damage followed by an additional 150% weapon damage per second for 8 seconds to all enemies within 15 yards.
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Call of the Ancients
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25
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-75
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120 s
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Summon the ancient Barbarians Talic, Korlic, and Madawc to inflict 100% weapon damage with each attack as they join the battle for 15 seconds.
- Talic wields a sword and shield and uses the Whirlwind skill.
- Korlic wields a massive polearm and uses the Cleave skill.
- Madawc dual-wields axes and uses the Weapon Throw skill.
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Wrath of the Berserker
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29
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-75
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120 s
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Enter a berserker rage which raises several attributes for 15 seconds.
- Critical Hit: 10%
- Attack Speed: 45%
- Dodge Chance: 20%
- Movement Speed: 20%
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Passive
Skill
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Unlock Level
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Description
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Ignore Pain
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10
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Gain 10% of all damage done as Life.
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Pound of Flesh
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10
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Increases the chance of finding a health globe by 25% and you gain 100% additional health from health globes.
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Ruthless
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12
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Critical hit chance increased by 5%. Critical hit damage increased by 50%. Many skills and runestone effects rely on critical hits to trigger their effects.
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Weapons Master
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13
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Gain a bonus based on the weapon type of your main hand weapon
- Swords/Daggers: 10% increased damage
- Maces/Axes: 5% chance to critical hit
- Polearms/Spears: 10% attack speed
- Mighty Weapons: 1 Fury per hit
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Inspiring Presence
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15
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The duration of your shouts is doubled. While benefiting from War Cry or Battle Rage you regenerate 60% of your total Life per minute. Your shouts are:
- Battle Rage
- Threatening Shout
- War Cry
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Berserker Rage
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17
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You inflict an additional 20% damage while at maximum Fury.
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Animosity
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19
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Increases Fury generation by 10% and maximum Fury is increased by 20. Fury is used to fuel your most powerful attacks.
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Superstition
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20
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Reduces all non-physical damage by 20%. Whenever you take damage from a ranged or elemental attack you gain 3 Fury.
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Tough as Nails
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22
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Increases armor by 100%. Thorns damage dealt increased by 100%.
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No Escape
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23
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Increases the damage of Ancient Spear and Weapon Throw by 100%. In addition, killing an enemy with Ancient Spear automatically resets the cooldown and killing an enemy with Weapon Throw returns 20 Fury.
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Relentless
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25
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While below 20% Life, all skills cost no Fury and all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
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Brawler
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26
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As long as there are 5 enemies within 8 yards, all of your damage is increased by 30%.
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Juggernaut
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28
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The duration of control impairing effects on you are reduced by 20%. In addition, whenever you become stunned, feared or charmed you recover 15% of your maximum Life.
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Boon of Bul-Kathos
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30
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The cooldown on your Earthquake, Call of the Ancients and Wrath of the Berserker skills is reduced by 30 seconds.
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Unforgiving
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30
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You no longer degenerate Fury. Instead, you gain 1 Fury every 2 seconds.
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