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| The Barbarian's Combat Masteries are essential skills for every Barbarian. Maximizing one of the six types of weapon mastery is standard practice, for the added damage, to/hit, and critical hits. The other four passive bonuses are all quite useful as well, though most players are content with just a few points in them. | | {{Barbarian Skills}}The Barbarian's Combat Masteries are essential skills for every Barbarian. Maximizing one of the six types of weapon mastery is standard practice, for the added damage, to/hit, and critical hits. The other four passive bonuses are all quite useful as well, though most players are content with just a few points in them. |
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| *[[Barbarian Skills]]
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| ** [[Combat Masteries]]
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| ** [[Combat Skills]]
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| ** [[Warcries]]
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| ==Sword Mastery==
| | {{:Sword Mastery}} |
| [[Image:sword-mastery.jpg|left]]'''Required Level:''' 1<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:''' This skill's bonuses only apply when a Barbarian has a sword equipped. Be sure you know the difference between [[swords]] and daggers! [[Daggers]], whether melee or throwing, receive no bonus from Sword Mastery.
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| Every type of swords has a fast swing rate for the Barbarian, and they do very big damage when wielded two-handed, almost as much as the biggest items of the other weapon types. Swords have at most a range of 3, less than spears and polearms, but swing much faster, and can be wielded with a shield when you need defense, or two-handed for bigger damage, or dual wielded with a sword.
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| Using a big sword and a low damage MF one, such as Ali Baba or the Gull dagger, is a very nice way to add good MF without hurting your killing power too badly.
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| {| | | {{:Axe Mastery}} |
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| ==Axe Mastery==
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| [[Image:axe-mastery.jpg|left]]'''Required Level:''' 1<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:''' Bonuses only apply when a Barbarian has an [[Axes|axe]] equipped. Both types of [[Throwing|throwing axes]] receive bonuses from Axe Mastery when used for melee combat, but not when thrown. (Throwing Mastery applies then.)
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| Axes don't have any real advantages over Mauls, Spears, or Polearms. Spears and Mauls do more damage, and Spears and Polearms do as much or more damage, and have better range, which helps with WW. Axes have low or no Dex requirements though, and lower Str reqs than Mauls.
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| {| | | {{:Mace Mastery}} |
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| ==Mace Mastery==
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| [[Image:mace-mastery.jpg|left]]'''Required Level:''' 1<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:''' Bonuses only apply when a Barbarian has a mace-type weapon equipped. Maces are viable one-handed or two-handed, though it's extremely difficult to find big damage one-handed maces. Mauls and Great Mauls have a range of 3, same as the biggest swords, but less than Polearms and Spears, so you will get fewer hits per WW.
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| ==Polearm Mastery==
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| [[Image:pole-arm-mastery.jpg|left]]'''Required Level:''' 6<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:''' Bonuses only apply when the Barbarian has a polearm equipped. All polearms are two-handed weapons, and tend to have high damage and long range, but slow attack speed, so an effective build must take these factors into consideration.
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| Polearms are not very often used, and for good reason. They have a decent attack rate, but are all two-handed weapons, and do less damage than comparable spears, while having very high Str and Dex requirements. They do have longer range than any Swords, Axes, or Mauls, and some players like them.
| | {{:Polearm Mastery}} |
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| ==Throwing Mastery==
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| '''Required Level:''' 6<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:''' Damage bonuses apply only to thrown weapons. Not to throwing weapons used for melee.
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| ==Spear Mastery==
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| '''Required Level:''' 6<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:''' Bonuses only apply when a Barbarian has a spear equipped. [[Javelins]] are a type of [[spears|spear]], and this skill will boost their damage when used for melee, but not when thrown. Throwing Mastery comes into effect then.
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| ==Increased Stamina==
| | {{:Spear Mastery}} |
| '''Required Level:''' 12<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:'''A prerequisite for the all-but-mandatory Increased Speed, few Barbarians spend more than one point in this skill, since Barbarians tend to add a lot of points to Vitality, and that adds to stamina as well.
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| ==Increased Speed==
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| '''Required Level:''' 24<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': Increased Stamina<br />
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| '''Notes:''' A very popular skill, simply for the convenience and fun of running much more quickly. Very helpful in PVP combat as well, a high level barbarian with points in this and fast run equipment can move with frightening speed.
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| | {{:Increased Stamina}} |
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| ==Iron Skin==
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| '''Required Level:''' 18<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': None<br />
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| '''Notes:''' Iron Skin greatly increases the Barbarian's defense, and is a prerequisite for the extremely-useful Natural Resistances. Most barbarians are fine with just a few points in this skill, but builds that require high defense will want to max it, and pair it with high level Shout for the utmost defensive capacity.
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| ==Natural Resistance==
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| '''Required Level:''' 30<br />
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| '''Prerequisites''': Iron Skin<br />
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| '''Notes:''' One of the most powerful passive skills in the game, Natural Resistance allows Barbarians to go with much more offensive equipment, since this skill can add as much resistance as a good shield. Diminishing returns set heavily on this skill past about level five, but more points still help, and +skill equipment work nicely with this and all the Barbarian's other passive skills.
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| | {{:Iron Skin}} |
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| | {{:Increased Speed}} |
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| | {{:Natural Resistance}} |
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| | {{Skill navbox D2|Barbarian}} |
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| | [[Category:Barbarian skills]] |
| | [[Category:Combat Masteries skills]] |
| [[Category:Barbarian]] | | [[Category:Barbarian]] |
| | [[Category:Barbarian strategy guides (Diablo II)]] |
