Barbarian Skill Tree

The Barbarian has access to seven groups of skills and Passive Skills in general, they serve the following purposes:

• Basic – Generate Fury (Barb resource) and deal Physical Damage. Always available to cast.
• Core – Deal Physical Damage at a cost to Fury
• Defensive – Mitigate damage received and increase survivability
• Brawling – Reposition you or boost damage during a fight
• Weapon Mastery – Unleash powerful attacks that altar the battle
• Ultimate – Deal Physical Damage with Cooldowns with some generation of Fury
• Key Passives

The Barbarian can have four weapons on his/her person, two single-handed weapons and two two-handed weapons, and will swap between them automatically depending on the skill being used.

Certain skills generate Fury which is used to execute other skills. Fury will drain from the orb over a short time if not used.

Certain Passive Skills can affect an entire category of skills, for example points in the Guttural Yell passive means all your Shouts cause your enemies to inflict less damage on you for a few seconds.

Skills are augmented by Passive Skills which are listed below the skills in the same category.

Basic Required Points: N/A - Generate Fury and deal Physical Damage

Bash Bash the enemy with your weapon, dealing 33% damage. After bashing enemies 4 times, your next Bash will Stun (CC) for 1.25 seconds, this increases to 2 seconds if using a Two-Handed weapon. Requires bludgeoning weapon. Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 15 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Basic, Bludgeoning	Enhanced Bash Damaging a Stunned enemy with Bash grants you 20% to Maximum life as Fortify. Double this amount when using a Two-Handed weapon. Requires point in Bash.	Battle Bash Damaging a Stunned enemy with Bash generates an additional 5 Fury, or 10 Fury if using a Two-Handed weapon. Requires point in Enhanced Bash.
		Combat Bash After Critically Striking 4 times with Bash using a Two-Handed weapon your next Core or Weapon Mastery Skill will Overpower. Requires point in Enhanced Bash.

Flay Flay the enemy, dealing 5% damage and inflicting 8% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Requires a slashing weapon. Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 15 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Basic	Enhanced Flay Flay has a 15% chance to make the enemy Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Double this chance when using a Two-Handed weapon. Requires point in Flay.	Battle Flay When Flay deals Direct Damage to an enemy, they take x10% increased Bleeding damage from you for the next 3 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Flay.
		Combat Flay When Flay deals Direct Damage to an enemy you gain 3% damage reduction and 50 Thorns for 3 seconds. This stacks up to 4 times. Requires point in Enhanced Flay.

Lunging Strike Lunge forward and strike an enemy for 33% damage. Requires any complete Arsenal weapon. Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 12 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Basic	Enhanced Lunging Strike Lunging Strike deals x 30% increased damage and Heals you for 2% Maximum Life when it damages a healthy enemy. Requires point in Lunging Strike.	Battle Lunging Strike Lunging Strike also inflicts 20% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Lunging Strike.
		Combat Lunging Strike Critical Strikes with Lunging Strike grant you Berserking for 1.5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Lunging Strike.

Frenzy Unleash a rapid flurry of blows, dealing 24% damage with each pair of hits. If Frenzy hits an enemy, its Attack Speed is increased by 20%[+] for 3 seconds up to +60%. Requires dual-wielding weapons. Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 4 Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Tags: Basic, Dual Wield	Enhanced Frenzy While Frenzy is granting +60% bonus Attack Speed, it also generates 3 additional Fury. Requires a point in Frenzy.	Battle Frenzy While Berserking, your other skills gain 5% Attack Speed for each stack of Frenzy you have. Requires point in Enhanced Frenzy.
		Combat Frenzy You gain 8% Damage Reduction for each stack of Frenzy you currently have. Requires point in Enhanced Frenzy.

Core Required Points: 2 - Deal Physical Damage at a cost to Fury

Hammer of the Ancients Slam your hammer down with the fury of the Ancients, dealing 50% damage to a concentrated area. Requires Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 35 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Core, Bludgeoning	Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients Gain x3% more Fury for 5 seconds for each enemy damaged by Hammer of the Ancients stacking up to 10 times.	Furious Hammer of the Ancients Hammer of the Ancients gains 2%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance for every 10 Fury you had when using it. Requires point in Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients.
		Violent Hammer of the Ancients After Overpowering with Hammer of the Ancients, you deal x30% more damage for 5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients.

Rend Cleave enemies in front of you, dealing 12% damage and inflicting 96% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Requires a slashing weapon. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 35 Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Tags: Core	Enhanced Rend Dealing direct damage with Rend extends the duration of Vulnerable on enemies by 2 seconds. Requires point in Rend.	Furious Rend Direct damage with Rend grants 4 Fury per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 20 Fury. Requires point in Enhanced Rend.
		Violent Rend Rend deals x25% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Requires point in Enhanced Rend.

Upheaval Tear into the ground with your weapon and fling debris forward, dealing 77% damage. Requires a two-handed weapon Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 40 Lucky Hit Chance: 25% Tags: Core	Enhanced Upheaval Upheaval has an 20% chance to Stun (CC) all enemies it damages for 2.5 seconds. Requires point in Upheaval.	Furious Upheaval Dealing Direct Damage to an enemy with a skill that is not Upheaval causes your next cast of Upheaval to deal x 12% increased damage, stacking up to 6 times. Requires point in Enhanced Upheaval.
		Violent Upheaval If Upheaval damages at least 2 enemies or a Boss, you gain Berserking for 2 seconds, increased to 3 seconds if it damages at least 4 enemies. Requires point in Enhanced Upheaval.

Double Swing Sweep your weapons from opposite directions, dealing 50% damage with each weapon. Enemies caught in the center are damaged by both. Requires Dual Wielded weapons. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 25 Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Tags: Core, Dual Wield	Enhanced Double Swing If Double Swing damages a Stunned (CC) or Knocked Down (CC) enemy, gain 25 Fury. Requires point in Double Swing.	Furious Double Swing Casting Double Swing while Berserking grants 2 additional seconds of Berserking. Requires point in Enhanced Double Swing.
		Violent Double Swing Hitting an enemy with both hits of Double Swing makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Double Swing.

Whirlwind Rapidly attack enemies nearby for 16% damage. Requires a complete Arsenal weapon. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 25 per second Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Tags: Core, Channeled	Enhanced Whirlwind Gain 1 Fury each time Whirlwind deals Direct Damage to an enemy, or 4 Fury against Elite enemies. Requires point in Whirlwind.	Furious Whirlwind While using a Slashing weapon, Whirlwind also inflicts 40% of its Base damage as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Whirlwind.
		Violent Whirlwind After using Whirlwind for 2 seconds,  Whirlwind deals x30% increased damage until it is cancelled. Requires point in Enhanced Whirlwind.

Passives

Pressure Point Lucky Hit: Your Core skills have up to a 10% / 20% / 30% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Endless Fury Basic skills generate 10/20/30%[x] more Fury when using Two-Handed weapons.

Defensive Required Points: 6 - Mitigate damage received and increase survivability

Challenging Shout Taunt nearby enemies and gain 40% Damage Reduction for 6 seconds. Cooldown: 25 seconds Tags: Defensive, Shout	Enhanced Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active, gain x20% bonus Maximum Life. Requires point in Challenging Shout.	Tactical Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active you gain 3 Fury each time you take damage. Requires point in Enhanced Challenging Shout.
		Strategic Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active, gain Thorns equal to 30% of your Maximum Life. Requires point in Enhanced Challenging Shout.

Ground Stomp Smash the ground, dealing 10% damage and Stunning (CC) enemies for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 16 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Tags: Defensive	Enhanced Ground Stomp Increase Ground Stomp’s duration by 1 second. Requires point in Ground Stomp.	Tactical Ground Stomp Ground Stomp generates 40 Fury. Requires point in Enhanced Ground Stomp.
		Strategic Ground Stomp Reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate skill by 2 seconds for each enemy damaged by Ground Stomp. Requires point in Enhanced Ground Stomp.

Iron Skin Steel yourself, gaining a Barrier that absorbs 50% of your missing Life for 5 seconds. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 14 seconds Tags: Defensive	Enhanced Iron Skin Iron Skin's Barrier absorbs 20% more of your Maximum Life. Requires point in Iron Skin.	Tactical Iron Skin While Iron Skin is active, Heal for 10% of the Barrier's original amount as Life per second. Requires point in Enhanced Iron Skin.
		Strategic Iron Skin Iron Skin also grants 20% Maximum Life as Fortify. Double this amount if cast while below 50% Life. Requires point in Enhanced Iron Skin.

Rallying Cry Bellow a rallying cry, increasing your Movement Speed by + 30% and Resource Generation by x 40% for 6 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 25 seconds Tags: Defensive, Shout	Enhanced Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants Unstoppable while active. Requires point in Rallying Cry.	Tactical Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants 20 Fury and grants you an additional x20% Resource Generation. Requires point in Enhanced Rallying Cry.
		Strategic Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants you 10% Maximum Life as Fortify. While Rallying Cry is active, you gain an additional 2% Maximum Life as Fortify each time you take or deal Direct Damage. Requires point in Enhanced Rallying Cry.

Passives

Imposing Presence Gain x 6 / 12 / 18% additional Maximum Life.

Martial Vigor Damage Reduction against Elites is increased by 4 / 8 / 12%. Requires point in Imposing Presence.

Outburst Gain 2/4/6 Thorns. Also gain 1 Thorns for each 4 bonus Maximum Life you have.

Tough as Nails Increase your Thorns by + 3 / 6 / 9%. When enemies hit you, they take an additional 10% of your Thorns as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Requires point in Outburst.

Brawling Required Points: 11 - Reposition you or boost damage during a fight

War Cry Bellow a mighty war cry increasing your damage dealt by x15% for 6 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 25 seconds Tags: Brawling, Shout	Enhanced War Cry War Cry grants you Berserking for 4 seconds. Requires point in War Cry.	Mighty War Cry War Cry grants 15% Maximum Life as Fortify. Requires point in Enhanced War Cry.
		Power War Cry If at least 6 enemies are Nearby when you cast War Cry, your damage bonus is increased by an additional x10%. Requires point in Enhanced War Cry.

Kick Throw a powerful kick that deals 18% damage and Knocks Back (CC) enemies in front of you. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 105% damage and are Stunned (CC) for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 13 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Tags: Brawling	Enhanced Kick Damaging enemies with Kick makes them Vulnerable for 4 seconds. Requires point in Kick.	Mighty Kick Kicked enemies deal 54% damage to enemies they collide with while being Knocked Back. Enemies damaged this way are Knocked Down (CC) for 2 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Kick.
		Power Kick If Kick damages an enemy, it consumes all of your Fury and deals an additional 25% damage per 10 Fury spent. Kick no longer Knocks Back enemies. Requires point in Enhanced Kick.

Charge Become Unstoppable and rush forward pushing enemies with you then swinging through them for 180% damage and knocking them back (CC). Requires a complete Arsenal weapon. Cooldown: 17 seconds Damage: Physical Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Tags: Brawling	Enhanced Charge Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain by Charge take 60% damage and are Stunned (CC) for 3 seconds. Requires point in Charge.	Mighty Charge Damaging enemies with Charge makes them Vulnerable for 4 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Charge.
		Power Charge Reduce Charge's Cooldown by 2 seconds for each enemy it hits, up to 6 seconds. Charging a Boss reduces the Cooldown by 4 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Charge.

Leap Leap forward and slam down, dealing 33% damage and Knocking Back (CC) surrounding enemies on impact. Requires any complete Arsenal weapon. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 17 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 66% Tags: Brawling	Enhanced Leap If Leap doesn't damage any enemies, its Cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds. Requires point in Leap.	Mighty Leap Enemies damaged by Leap are Slowed (CC) by 70% for 5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Leap.
		Power Leap If Leap damages at least one enemy, gain 40 Fury. Requires point in Enhanced Leap.

Passives

Booming Voice Your Shout skill effect durations are increased by x 8 / 16 / 24%.	Raid Leader Your Shouts also Heal allies for 1 / 2 / 3% of their Maximum Life per second. Requires point in Booming Voice.
	Guttural Yell Your Shout skills cause enemies to deal 4 / 8 / 12% less damage for 5 seconds. Requires point in Booming Voice

Swiftness Movement Speed is increased by + 4 / 8 / 12%.

Quick Impulses Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 6 / 12 / 18%. Requires point in Swiftness.

Aggressive Resistance Gain 4% Damage Reduction while Berserking.	Battle Fervor When a Brawling skill damages at least one enemy, gain Berserking for 1 / 2 / 3 seconds. Requires point in Aggressive Resistance.
	Prolific Fury While Berserking, Fury Generation is increased by x 6%/12%/18%. Requires point in Aggressive Resistance.

Weapon Mastery Required Points: 16 - Unleash powerful attacks that altar the battle

Death Blow Attempt a killing strike, dealing 120% damage to enemies in front of you. If this kills an enemy, the Cooldown is reset. Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Damage: Physical Cooldown: 15 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Death Blow Death Blow deals 150% increased damage to Bosses. Requires point in Death Blow.	Fighter's Death Blow If Death Blow damages at least one enemy, gain 20 Fury. Requires point in Enhanced Death Blow.
		Warrior's Death Blow If Death Blow damages at least one enemy, gain Berserking for 3 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Death Blow.

Rupture Skewer enemies in a line, dealing 13% damage, then rip your weapon out, damaging enemies for their total Bleeding amount removing all Bleeding damage from them. Requires a slashing weapon. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 10 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Rupture Ripping your weapon out of enemies during Rupture causes an explosion that deals 70% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. This damage is increased by x 10% for each 50 Strength you have. Requires point in Rupture.	Fighter's Rupture Hitting at least 1 enemy with Rupture Heals you for 22% of your Maximum Life. Requires point in Enhanced Rupture.
		Warrior's Rupture Hitting enemies with Rupture increases your Attack Speed by + 40% for 5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Rupture.

Steel Grasp Throw out a trio of chains that deal 23% damage and Pull In enemies. Damage: Physical Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 11 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 25% Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Steel Grasp Steel Grasp also makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Requires point in Steel Grasp.	Fighter's Steel Grasp If Steel Grasp damages an enemy, gain Berserking for 2 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Steel Grasp.
		Warrior's Steel Grasp Steel Grasp gains 1 additional Charge. Requires point in Enhanced Steel Grasp.

Passives

Hamstring Your Bleeding effects Slow (CC) Healthy enemies by 20 / 40 / 60%

Cut to the Bone Your Bleeding effects deal x 5 / 10 / 15% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Requires a point in Hamstrung.

Pit Fighter You deal x 3 / 6 / 9% increased damage to Close enemies and gain 2 / 4 / 6% Distant Damage Reduction.	No Mercy You deal + 3/ 6 / 9% increased Critical Strike Chance against Immobilized, Stunned, or Slowed enemies. Requires point in Pit Fighter.	Expose Vulnerability Dealing Direct Damage with a Weapon Mastery skill causes your next Core Skill to make enemies Vulnerable for 1 / 2 / 3 seconds. Requires point in No Mercy or Slaying Strike.
	Slaying Strike You deal x 8 / 15 / 22% increased damage against Injured enemies. Requires point in Pit Fighter.

Thick Skin Each time you take Direct Damage gain 0.4 / 0.7 / 1.1% Maximum Life as Fortify.	Counteroffensive While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, you deal x 4 / 8 / 12% increased damage. Requires a point in Thick Skin.
	Defensive Stance Increase the Damage Reduction gained while you are Fortified by an additional 2%. Requires a point in Thick Skin.

Ultimate Required Points: 23 - Deal Physical Damage with Cooldowns with some generation of Fury. You can only have one Ultimate active at a time.

Call of the Ancients Call upon 3 Ancients to aid you in battle for 6 seconds. Korlic leaps at enemies, dealing 156% damage and swings his weapon in a frenzy dealing 59% damage per hit. Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 98% damage. Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 293% damage. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 50 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Tags: Ultimate

Prime Call of the Ancients While Call of the Ancients is active, gain +20% bonus Attack Speed and x20% increased damage. Requires point in Call of the Ancients.

Supreme Call of the Ancients Each of the Ancients gains additional power: Korlic: You gain 10 Fury each time Korlic damages an enemy with Frenzy. Talic: Enemies are Slowed by 50% for 1 second when damaged by his Whirlwind. Madawc: 30% chance to Stun enemies for 3 seconds when using his Upheaval. Requires point in Prime Call of the Ancients.

Iron Maelstrom Activate three times to attach chains to each of your weapons and perform an attack: First your Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon slams into the ground, dealing 60% damage and Stunning enemies for 2 seconds. Next your Two-Handed Slashing weapon swipes in front of you, dealing 20% damage and inflicting 120% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Finally your Dual Wield weapons swing around you, dealing 33% damage per hit. Requires a Full Arsenal of weapons. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 45 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 24% Tags: Ultimate

Prime Iron Maelstrom Iron Maelstrom gains + 30% increased Critical Strike Chance and deals x 40% increased Critical Strike Damage. Requires point in Iron Maelstrom.

Supreme Iron Maelstrom Dealing Direct Damage to an enemy after swapping weapons reduces Iron Maelstrom's Cooldown by 1 second. Requires point in Prime Iron Maelstrom.

Wrath of the Berserker Explode into a rage, Knocking Back surrounding enemies and gain Berserking and Unstoppable for 5 seconds. For the next 10 seconds, dealing Direct Damage with Basic skills grants Berserking for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds Tags: Ultimate

Prime Wrath of the Berserker While Wrath of the Berserker is active, every + 20% increased Movement Speed and increase Fury Generation by x 30%. Requires point Wrath of the Berserker.

Supreme Wrath of the Berserker While Wrath of the Berserker is active, every 50 Fury you spend increases Berserk's Maximum damage bonus is x 100%. Requires point in Prime Wrath of the Berserker.

Passives

Duelist Attack Speed is increased by + 3 / 6 / 9% while using One-Handed weapons.

Heavy Handed While using Two-Handed weapons you deal x 5 / 10 / 15% increased Critical Strike Damage.	Brute Force Your Overpower deals x 15 / 30 / 45% increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon. Requires a point in Heavy Handed or Wallop.
Wallop Your skills using Bludgeoning weapons deal x 5 / 10 / 15% increased damage if the enemy is Stunned or Vulnerable.	Concussion Lucky Hit: Skills using Bludgeoning weapons have up to a 10 / 20 / 30% chance to Stun (CC) enemies for 3 seconds, or up to a 15 / 30 / 45% chance when using a Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon. Requires a point in Wallop.

Tempered Fury Increase your Maximum Fury by 3 / 6 / 9.	Invigorating Fury Heals for 3 / 6 / 9% of your Maximum Life for each 100 Fury spent. Requires a point in Tempered Fury.
	Furious Impulse Each time you swap weapons, gain 2 / 4 / 6 Fury. Requires a point in Tempered Fury.

Key Passives Required Points: 33 - You can have a point in only one of these at a time.

Unbridled Rage Core Skills deal x100% increased damage, but cost x 100% more Fury.

Walking Arsenal Dealing Direct Damage with a Two-Handed Bludgeoning, Two-Handed Slashing, or Dual Wielded weapons grants x 10% increased damage for 8 seconds. While all three damage bonuses are active, you gain an additional x 15% increased damage.

Gushing Wounds When causing an enemy to Bleed, you have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to increase the Bleed amount by 115% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Overpowering a Bleeding enemy creates an explosion that inflicts 70% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.

Unconstrained Increase Berserk's maximum duration by 5 seconds and increase its damage bonus by + 35%.

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