Barbarian Skills

Barbarian Skills Notes

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

• Basic – Generate Fury and deal Physical Damage
• Fury – Deal Physical Damage at a cost to Fury
• Defensive – Deal Physical Damage with Cooldowns
• Brawling – Deal Physical Damage with Cooldowns with some generation of Fury
• Weapon Mastery – Deal Physical Damage with Cooldowns
• Ultimate – Deal Physical Damage with Cooldowns with some generation of Fury

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

The base skill can be upgraded to Enhanced and then a further two other options.

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

Skills are augmented augmented by Talents. View the Barbarian Talents or the full Barbarian Skill Tree.

Barbarian Skills List

Basic Required Points: N/A
Bash Bash the enemy with your weapon, dealing 57.49% (443 - 542) damage. Has a 20% chance to stun for 1.25 seconds. Requires bludgeoning weapon. Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 10	Enhanced Bash Damaging an enemy with Bash grants you 6.2 Fortify. Double this amount when using a Two-Handed weapon.	Battle Bash Increases Bash's stun duration to 1.50 seconds, or to 2.0 seconds if using a two-handed weapon.
		Combat Bash Bash deals x50% bonus Overpower damage and grants 10 additional Fury when Overpowering enemies.
Flay Flay the enemy, dealing 9.58% (81 - 99) damage. Inflicts 80.48% 763 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Requires a slashing weapon. Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 9	Enhanced Flay Flay has a 10% chance to make the enemy Vulnerable for 2 seconds. Double this chance when using a Two-Handed weapon.	Combat Flay While Berserking, Flay's Attack Speed is increased by 30%.
		Battle Flay When Flay deals direct damage to an enemy, they take x10% increased Bleeding damage for the next 3 seconds.
Lunging Strike Lunge forward and strike an enemy for 51.74% (441 - 539) damage. Critical Strikes with Lunging Strike grant you Berserking for 1.5 seconds. Lunging Strike deals x30% increased damage and Heals you for 12.4 Life when it damages a Healty enemy Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 5	Enhanced Lunging Strike Critical Strikes with Lunging Strike grant you Berserking for 1.5 seconds.	Battle Lunging Strike When using a Slashing weapon, Lunging Strike has a 30% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
		Combat Lunging Strike Lunging Strike deals x30% increased damage and Heals you for 12.4 Life when it damages a Healthy enemy.
Frenzy Unleash a rapid flurry of blows, dealing 26.83% (194 - 237) damage with each pair of hits. Dealing damage with Frenzy increases Frenzy's Attack Speed by +20% for 3 seconds up to 60% Requires dual-wielding weapons. Damage: Physical Generate Fury: 5	Enhanced Frenzy While Frenzy is granting +60% bonus Attack Speed, it also generates 1 additional Fury.	Battle Frenzy Frenzy deals x30% increased damage while Berserking.
		Combat Frenzy You gain x8% Damage Reduction for each stack of Frenzy you currently have.

Fury Required Points: 2
Hammer of the Ancients Slam your hammer down with the fury of the ancients, dealing 107.31% (907 - 1,109) damage to a concentrated area. Gian 10 Fury when Hammer of the Ancients damages 2 or more enemies. Gain Berserking for 2 seconds when hitting 2 or more enemies with Hammer of the Ancients. Requires a two-handed bludgeoning weapon. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 35	Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients Gain 10 Fury when Hammer of the Ancients damages 2 or more enemies.	Furious Hammer of the Ancients Gain Berserking for 2 seconds when hitting 2 or more enemies with Hammer of the Ancients.
		Violent Hammer of the Ancients After 8 Critical Strikes with Hammer of the Ancients, your next cast Overpowers all enemies it damages.
Rend Cleave enemies in front of you, dealing 23.00% (214 - 262) damage and inflicting 183.96% 1,910 Bleeding * over 5 seconds. Requires a slashing weapon. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 35	Enhanced Rend Dealing direct damage with Rend extends the duration of Vulnerable on enemies by 2 seconds.	Furious Rend Direct damage with Rend grants 4 Fury per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 20 Fury.
		Violent Rend Rend deals 12% increased Bleeding damage to enemies that are already Bleeding.
Upheaval Tear into the ground with your weapon and fling debris forward, dealing 134.14% (1,253 - 1,532) damage. Requires a two-handed weapon Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 40	Enhanced Upheaval Upheaval has an 20% chance to Stun all enemies it damages for 2.5 seconds.	Furious Upheaval Dealing direct damage to an enemy with a Skill that is not  Upheaval causes your next cast of  Upheaval to deal x8% increased damage, stacking up to 10 times.
		Violent Upheaval If Upheaval deals damage to an enemy you gain Berserking for 2 seconds, or 3 seconds if it deals damage to 4 or more enemies.
Double Swing Sweep your weapons from opposite directions, dealing 68.99% (547 - 669) damage with each weapon. Enemies caught in the center are hit by both. Requires dual wielded weapons. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 25	Enhanced Double Swing If Double Swing damages a Stunned or Knocked Down enemy, gain 25 Fury.	Furious Double Swing Casting Double Swing while Berserking grants 2 additional seconds of Berserking.
		Violent Double Swing Damaging an enemy with Double Swing causes its next cast within 3 seconds to deal x15% increased damage.
Whirlwind Rapidly attack enemies nearby for 27.68% (258 - 316) damage. Damage: Physical Fury Cost: 20 per seconds	Enhanced Whirlwind Gain 1 Fury each time Whirlwind deals direct damage to an enemy, or 6 Fury if the enemy is Stunned.	Furious Whirldwind While using a Slashing weapon,  Whirlwind also inflicts 47.91% 450 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
		Violent Whirlwind After using  Whirlwind for 2 seconds,  Whirlwind deals x30% increased damage until it is cancelled.

Defensive Required Points: 6
Challenging Shout Taunt nearby enemies and gain x40% Damage Reduction for 10.4 seconds. While Challenging Shout is active, gain x20% bonus maximum Life. While Challenging Shout is active, gain Thirns equal to +20% bonus Maximum Life. Cooldown: 16.0 seconds	Enhanced Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active, gain +20% bonus Maximum Life.	Tactical Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active you gain 3 Fury each time you take damage.
		Strategic Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active, gain Thorns equal to +50% of your Maximum Life.
Ground Stomp Smash the ground, dealing 18.20% (119 - 146) damage and stunning enemies for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Cooldown: 16.0 seconds	Enhanced Ground Stomp Increase Ground Stomp’s duration by 1 second.	Tactical Ground Stomp Ground Stomp generates 25 Fury.
		Strategic Ground Stomp Reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate skill by 1 second for each enemy damaged by Ground Stomp.
Iron Skin Steel yourself, gaining a Barrier that absorbs 50% of your missing Life for 5 seconds Cooldown: 14.0 seconds	Enhanced Iron Skin Iron Skin absorbs +10% more Missing Life.	Tactical Iron Skin While Iron Skin is active, restore Life equal to 10% of the Barrier's original amount per second.
		Strategic Iron Skin Iron Skin also grants 55.8 Fortify. Double this amount if cast while below 50% Life.
Rallying Cry Bellow a rallying cry, granting allies +30% increased Movement Speed, and x50% increased Resoure Generation for 7.8 seconds. Cooldown: 25 seconds	Enhanced Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants Unstoppable while active.	Tactical Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants 25 Fury. You gain +50% increased Resource Generation from Rallying Cry
		Strategic Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants 62 Fortify. While Rallying Cry is active, you gain an additional 12.4 Fortify each time you take or deal direct damage.

Brawling Required Points: 11
War Cry Bellow a mighty war cry. You and nearby allies deal x15% increased damage for 10.4 seconds. War Cry grants you Berserking for 3 seconds. War Cry grants 173.6 Fortify. Cooldown: 25 seconds	Enhanced War Cry War Cry grants you Berserking for3 seconds.	Mighty War Cry War Cry grants 173.6 Fortify.
		Power War Cry If at least 4 enemies are nearby when War Cry is cast, its damage bonus is increased by 15%.
Kick Throw a powerful kick that deals 34.49% (225 - 277) damage and Knocks Back enemies in front of you. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 103.48% (679 - 831) damage and are Stunned for 3 seconds. an enemy for X damage and knock them backwards. On collision, enemies in the area take an additional Y damage. Charges: 2 Damage: Physical	Enhanced Kick Kick makes enemies it damages Vulnerable for 4 seconds.	Mighty Kick Kicked enemies deal 54.00% (354 - 433) damage to enemies they collide with while being Knocked Back. Enemies damaged this way are Knocked Down for 2 seconds.
		Power Kick If Kick damages an enemy, it consumes all of your Fury and deals an additional 38.32% (251 - 307) damage per 10 Fury spent. Kick no longer Knocks Back enemies.
Charge Become Unstoppable and rush forward pushing enemies with you then swinging through them for 47.91% (347 - 425) damage and knocking them back. Cooldown: 17.0 seconds Damage: Physical	Enhanced Charge Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain by Charge take 28.74% (188 - 230) damage and are Stunned for 3 seconds.	Mighty Charge Damaging enemies with Charge makes them Vulnerable for 2seconds.
		Power Charge Reduce Charge's Cooldown by 3 seconds if it Knocks Back an enemy into terrain.
Leap Leap forward and slam downward, dealing 62.28% (452 - 522) damage and Knocking Back nearby enemies on impact. Cooldown: 17.0 seconds Damage: Physical	Enhanced Leap If Leap doesn't damage any enemies, its Cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds.	Mighty Leap Enemies damaged by Leap are Slowed by 50% for 5 seconds.
		Power Leap If Leap damages at least one enemy, gain X Fury.

Weapon Mastery Required Points: 16
Death Blow Attempt a killing strike, dealing 126.00% (48 - 59) to enemies in front of you. If this kills an enemy, the Cooldown is reset. Cooldown: 15.0 seconds Damage: Physical Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Death Blow Death Blow deals x100% increased damage to bosses.	Fighter's Death Blow If Death Blow damages at least one enemy, gain 20 Fury.
		Warrior's Death Blow If Death Blow damages at least one enemy, gain Berserking for 3 seconds.
Rupture Skewer enemies in a line, inflicting 13.65% (5 - 6) damage then rip your weapon out, damaging enemies for their total Bleeding amount reviving all Bleeding damage from them. Requires a slashing weapon. Cooldown: 15.0 seconds Damage: Physical Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Rupture If an enemy dies while being skewered by Rupture, then reset its Cooldown. Enemies who survive take x20% increased Bleeding damage for the next 8 seconds.	Fighter's Rupture Enemies killed by Rupture Heal you for 6.
		Warrior's Rupture Killing enemies with Rupture increases your Attack Speed by +20% for 4 seconds.
Steel Grasp Throw out a trio of chains that deal 24.15% (9 - 11) damage and Pull In enemies. Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 11.0 seconds Damage: Physical Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Steel Grasp Steel Grasp also makes enemies Vulnerable for 2.5 seconds.	Fighter's Steel Grasp If Steel Grasp damages an enemy, gain Berserking for 2 seconds.
		Warrior's Steel Grasp Steel Grasp gains 1 additional Charge.

Ultimate Required Points: 23
Call of the Ancients Call upon 3 Ancients to aid you in battle for 6 seconds. Korlic leaps and enemies, dealing 80.00% (30 - 37) damage and swings his weapon in a frenzy dealing 30.00% (11 - 14) damage per hit. Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 50.00% (19 - 23) damage. Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 150.00% (57 - 70) damage. Cooldown: 50.0 seconds Damage: Physical Tags: Ultimate	Prime Call of the Ancients While Call of the Ancients is active, gain +10% bonus Attack Speed and x10% increased damage.	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.
Heavy Handed While using Two-Handed weapons you deal x5%increased Critical Strike Damage.	Brute Force Your Overpower deals x15% increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon
Iron Maelstrom Activate to attach a chain to your Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon and slam the ground, dealing 63.00% (23 - 28) damage and Stunning them for 2 seconds. Reactivate a second time to attack a chain to you Two-Handed Slashing weapon and swipe it in front of you, dealing 21.00% (7 - 9) damage and 126.00% 51 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Reactivate a final time to attach a chain to your Dual Wield weapons and swing them around you, dealing 34.13% (12 - 15) damage per hit. Requires a Full Arsenal of weapons. Cooldown: 60.0 seconds Damage: Physical Tags: Ultimate	Prime Iron Maelstrom Iron Maelstrom gains +10% increased Critical Strike Chance and deals x20% increased Critical Strike Damage	Supreme Iron Maelstrom Dealing direct damage to an enemy after swapping weapons reduces Iron Maelstrom's Cooldown by 1 second.
Wrath of the Berserker Gain Berserking and Unstoppable for 5 seconds. For the next 10 seconds, dealing direct damage with Basic skills grants Berserking for 25 seconds Cooldown: 60.0 seconds Tags: Ultimate	Supreme Wrath of the Berserker While Wrath of the Berserker is active, gain +20% increased Movement Speed and increase Fury Generation by x30%	Prime Wrath of the Berserker While  Wrath of the Berserker is active, every 50 Fury spend increases  Berserk's damage bonus by x25%