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

Bash Generate Fury: 15 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Bash the enemy with your weapon, dealing 33% damage. After bashing enemies 4 times, your next Bash will clobber, Stunning (CC) enemies for 1.5 seconds. Clobber twice as often while using a Two-Handed weapon. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Bludgeoning weapon Tags: Basic, Bludgeoning	Enhanced Bash Clobbering an enemy grants you 20% Maximum Life as Fortify.	Battle Bash Clobbering an enemy generates an additional 10 Fury.
		Combat Bash After Critically Striking 4 times with Bash using a Two-Handed weapon, your next Core or Weapon Mastery Skill will Overpower.

Flay Generate Fury: 15 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Flay the enemy, dealing 5.5% damage and inflicting 48% Bleeding (DoT) damage over 5 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Slashing weapon Tags: Basic, Slashing	Enhanced Flay Flay has a 15% chance to make the enemy Vulnerable for 5 seconds. Double this chance when using a Two-Handed weapon.	Battle Flay When Flay deals direct damage to an enemy, they take x15% increased Bleeding (DoT) damage from you for the next 3 seconds.
		Combat Flay When Flay deals direct damage to an enemy, you gain 4% Damage Reduction and 40 Thorns for 6 seconds. This stacks up to 5 times.

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

Frenzy Generate Fury: 7 Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Unleash a rapid flurry of blows, dealing 30% damage with each pair of hits. If Frenzy hits an enemy, its Attack Speed is increased by 20%[+] for 3 seconds, up to 60%[+]. Damage: Physical Damage Requires Dual Wielded weapons Tags: Basic, Dual Wield	Enhanced Frenzy While Frenzy is granting 60%[+] bonus Attack Speed, the Fury costs of your Core skills are reduced by 25%.	Battle Frenzy While Berserking, your other skills gain 6%[+] Attack Speed for each stack of Frenzy you have.
		Combat Frenzy You gain 5% Damage Reduction and 5% Movement Speed per stack of Frenzy you currently have.

Core Required Points: 2

Hammer of the Ancients Fury Cost: 30 Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Slam your hammer down with the fury of the Ancients, dealing 98% damage to a concentrated area. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon Tags: Core, Bludgeoning Warpath After Overpowering, you deal 4% increased damage for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Prerequisite: Can also reach Warpath via Upheaval and Hammer of the Ancients.	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 + 5% Critical Strike Damage and Critical Strike Chance for every 10 Fury you had when cast. It's Critical Strikes Knock Down enemies for 2 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients.
		Violent Hammer of the Ancients After Overpowering with Hammer of the Ancients, you deal x 40% more damage for 5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients.

• Direct access to Passive Warpath

Rend Fury Cost: 30 Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Cleave enemies in front of you, dealing 25% damage and inflicting 120% Bleeding (DoT) damage over 5 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Slashing weapon Tags: Core, Slashing	Enhanced Rend Dealing direct damage with Rend extends the duration of Vulnerable on enemies by 2 seconds.	Furious Rend Direct damage with Rend grants 5 Fury per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 25 Fury.
		Violent Rend Rend deals 30%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.

Upheaval Fury Cost: 35 Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Tear into the ground with your weapon and fling debris forward, dealing 132% damage. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Two-Handed weapon Tags: Core Warpath After Overpowering, you deal 4% increased damage for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Prerequisite: Can also reach Warpath via Upheaval and Hammer of the Ancients.	Enhanced Upheaval Upheaval has an 45% chance to Stun (CC) all enemies it damages for 3 seconds.	Furious Upheaval Dealing Direct Damage to an enemy with a skill that is not Upheaval causes your next cast of Upheaval to deal 20%[x] increased damage, stacking up to 10 times.
		Violent Upheaval If Upheaval damages at least 2 enemies or a Boss, you gain Berserking for 3 seconds, increased to 5 seconds if it damages at least 4 enemies.

• Direct access to Passive Warpath

Double Swing Fury Cost: 20 Lucky Hit Chance: 30% Sweep your weapons from opposite directions, dealing 66% damage with each weapon. Enemies caught in the center are damaged by both. Damage: Physical Damage Requires Dual Wielded weapons Tags: Core, Dual Wield	Enhanced Double Swing Hitting an enemy with both hits of Double Swing makes them Vulnerable for 2 Seconds.	Furious Double Swing Casting Double Swing while Berserking grants 2 additional seconds of Berserking.
		Violent Double Swing Hitting an enemy with both hits of Double Swing makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Whirlwind Fury Cost: 25 per second Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 52% damage. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Core, Channeled	Enhanced Whirlwind Gain 1 Fury each time Whirlwind deals Direct Damage to an enemy, or 4 Fury against Elite enemies.	Furious Whirlwind While using a Slashing weapon, Whirlwind also inflicts 120% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
		Violent Whirlwind After using Whirlwind for 2 seconds,  Whirlwind deals x30% increased damage until it is cancelled.

Passives

Pressure Point Lucky Hit: Your Core and Weapon Mastery skills have up to a 10% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Warpath After Overpowering, you deal 4% increased damage for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Prerequisite: Can also reach Warpath via Upheaval and Hammer of the Ancients.

Endless Fury Basic Skills generate 12%[x] more Fury. Tags: Basic

Tempered Fury Increase your Maximum Fury by 5.

Defensive Required Points: 6

Challenging Shout Cooldown: 25 seconds Taunt Nearby enemies and gain 40% Damage Reduction for 6.0 seconds. Tags: Defensive, Shout Tough as Nails Increase your Thorns by 3%[+]. When enemies hit you, they take an additional 15% of your Thorns as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Prerequisite: Can also reach Tough as Nails via Challenging Shout and Iron Skin.	Enhanced Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active, gain 20%[x] bonus Maximum Life.	Tactical Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active you gain 6 Fury each time you take damage.
		Strategic Challenging Shout While Challenging Shout is active, gain Thorns equal to 30% of your Maximum Life.

• Direct access to Passive Tough as Nails

Ground Stomp Cooldown: 16 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Smash the ground, dealing 80% damage and Stunning (CC) surrounding enemies for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Defensive Martial Vigor Damage Reduction against Elites is increased by 4%. Prerequisite: Can also reach Martial Vigor via Ground Stomp.	Enhanced Ground Stomp Ground Stomp generates 60 Fury and has a 2 second increased Stun (CC) duration.	Tactical Ground Stomp Ground Stomp is now a Brawling Skill and deals 900% increased damage. It also applies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
		Strategic Ground Stomp Reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate skill by 5 seconds per enemy damaged by Ground Stomp, up to 15 seconds.

• Direct access to Passive Martial Vigor

Iron Skin Cooldown: 12 seconds Steel yourself, gaining a Barrier that absorbs 50% of your missing Life for 5 seconds. Tags: Defensive Tough as Nails Increase your Thorns by 3%[+]. When enemies hit you, they take an additional 15% of your Thorns as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Prerequisite: Can also reach Tough as Nails via Challenging Shout and Iron Skin.	Enhanced Iron Skin Iron Skin grants Unhindered for 5 seconds and its Barrier absorbs 30% more of your Maximum Life.	Tactical Iron Skin While Iron Skin is active, Heal for 20% of the Barrier's original amount as Life per second.
		Strategic Iron Skin Iron Skin also grants 30% Maximum Life as Fortify. Double this amount if cast while below 50% Life.

• Direct access to Passive Tough as Nails

Rallying Cry Cooldown: 25 seconds Bellow a rallying cry, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%[+] and Resource Generation by 40%[x] for 6 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Defensive, Shout	Enhanced Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants you Unstoppable while active.	Tactical Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants 20 Fury and grants you an additional x20% Resource Generation.
		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.

Passives

Belligerence Damaging an enemy with a Basic Skill increases your damage by 4% for 4 seconds.

Imposing Presence Gain 5%[x] additional Maximum Life. Damage: Physical Damage

Martial Vigor Damage Reduction against Elites is increased by 4%. Prerequisite: Can also reach Martial Vigor via Ground Stomp.

Outburst Gain 66 Thorns. Also gain 33 Thorns for each 166 bonus Maximum Life you have. Damage: Physical Damage

Tough as Nails Increase your Thorns by 3%[+]. When enemies hit you, they take an additional 15% of your Thorns as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Prerequisite: Can also reach Tough as Nails via Challenging Shout and Iron Skin.

Brawling Required Points: 11

War Cry Cooldown: 25 seconds Bellow a mighty war cry, increasing your damage dealt by 15.0%[x] for 6.0 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3.0 seconds. Tags: Brawling, Shout Raid Leader Your Shouts also Heal allies for 1% of their Maximum Life per second. Tags: Shout Prerequisite: Can also reach Raid Leader via War Cry. Guttural Yell Your Shout Skills cause enemies to deal 4% less damage for 5 seconds. Prerequisite: Can also reach Raid Leader via War Cry.	Enhanced War Cry War Cry grants you Berserking for 4 seconds.	Mighty War Cry War Cry grants 15% Maximum Life as Fortify.
		Power War Cry If at least 6 enemies are Nearby when you cast War Cry , your damage bonus is increased by an additional 10%[x] .

• Direct access to Passives Raid Leader and Guttural Yell

Kick Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 9 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Throw a powerful kick that deals 60% damage and Knocks Back 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 Damage Tags: Brawling	Enhanced Kick Damaging enemies with Kick makes them Vulnerable for 4 seconds.	Mighty Kick Kicked enemies deal 100% damage to enemies they collide with while being Knocked Back. Enemies damaged this way are Knocked Down (CC) for 4 seconds.
		Power Kick Kick is now a Core skill. If Kick damages an enemy it consumes all your Fury and deals an additional 25% damage per 10 Fury spent. Kick no longer Knocks Back enemies.

Charge Cooldown: 17 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Become Unstoppable and rush forward, pushing enemies with you then swinging through them for 180% damage and Knocking them Back. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Brawling, Mobility	Enhanced Charge Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain by Charge take 150% damage and are Stunned (CC) for 3 seconds.	Mighty Charge Damaging enemies with Charge makes them Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
		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.

Leap Cooldown: 17 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 66% Leap forward and then slam down, dealing 55% damage and Knocking Back surrounding enemies on impact. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Brawling, Mobility	Enhanced Leap If Leap doesn't damage any enemies, its Cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds.	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.

Passives

Booming Voice Your Shout Skill effect durations are increased by x 8%.	Raid Leader Your Shouts also Heal allies for 1% of their Maximum Life per second. Tags: Shout Prerequisite: Can also reach Raid Leader via War Cry.
	Guttural Yell Your Shout Skills cause enemies to deal 4% less damage for 5 seconds. Prerequisite: Can also reach Raid Leader via War Cry.

Swiftness Movement Speed is increased by + 4%.

Quick Impulses Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 6%.

Aggressive Resistance Gain 4% Damage Reduction while Berserking.	Battle Fervor When a Brawling Skill damages at least one enemy, gain Berserking for 1 second.
	Prolific Fury While Berserking, Fury Generation is increased by x 6%.

Weapon Mastery Required Points: 16

Death Blow Cooldown: 15 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Attempt a killing strike, dealing 140% damage to enemies in front of you. If this kills an enemy, its Cooldown is reset. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Death Blow Death Blow deals 300%[x] 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 Cooldown: 10 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 50% Skewer enemies in front of you, dealing 25% damage which is guaranteed to Overpower. Then rip your weapon out, damaging enemies for their total Bleeding amount and removing all Bleeding damage from them. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Slashing weapon Tags: Weapon Mastery, Slashing Cut to the Bone Your Bleeding effects deal x 5% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Prerequisite: Can also reach Cut to the Bone via Rupture.	Enhanced Rupture Ripping your weapon out of enemies during Rupture causes an explosion that deals 69% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. This damage is increased by 10%[x] for every 50 Strength you have. Current Bonus: 0%[x]	Fighter's Rupture Hitting at least 1 enemy with Rupture Heals you for 22% of your Maximum Life.
		Warrior's Rupture Hitting enemies with Rupture increases your Attack Speed by + 40% for 5 seconds.

• Direct access to Passive Cut to the Bone

Steel Grasp Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 11 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 25% Throw out a trio of chains that deal 80% damage and Pull In enemies. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Steel Grasp Steel Grasp also makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.	Fighter's Steel Grasp Steel Grasp damage is increased by 200% and if Steel Grasp damages an enemy, gain Berserking for 2 seconds.
		Warrior's Steel Grasp Steel Grasp gains 2 additional Charges.

Mighty Throw Cooldown: 12 seconds. Lucky Hit Chance: 15% Hurl your weapon, dealing 120% Weapon damage upon impact and sticking in the ground. While in the ground, your weapon pulses and deals 55% Weapon damage every second for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Weapon Mastery	Enhanced Mighty Throw While a thrown weapon is out, gain 25%[+] increased Attack Speed.	Fighter's Mighty Throw Swapping weapons near any of your thrown weapons creates an additional pulse. Each extra pulse generates 3% of your Maximum Life as a Barrier for 5 seconds.
		Warrior's Mighty Throw Mighty Throw's impact deals 50%[x] increased damage and Stuns (CC) enemies for 2 seconds.

Passives

Hamstring Your Bleeding effects have a 15% chance to Slow (CC) Healthy and Injured enemies by 70% each time they deal damage.

Cut to the Bone Your Bleeding effects deal x 5% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Prerequisite: Can also reach Cut to the Bone via Rupture.

Thick Skin Each time you take direct damage gain 0.6% Maximum Life as Fortify.	Defensive Stance Increase the Damage Reduction gained while you are Fortified by an additional 2%.	Irrepressible Casting a Weapon Mastery Skill Fortifies you for 10% of your Maximum Life.
	>>> Thick Skin direct to Irrepressible >>>
	Counteroffensive While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, you deal x 4% increased damage.

Pit Fighter You deal x 3% increased damage to Close enemies and gain 2% Damage Reduction.	No Mercy You have + 3% increased Critical Strike Chance.	Expose Vulnerability Dealing direct damage with a Mastery skill causes your next Core Skill to make enemies Vulnerable for 1 second.
	>> Pit Fighter direct to Expose Vulnerability >>
	Slaying Strike You deal x 5% increased damage against Injured enemies.

Ultimate Required Points: 23 - 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. Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 117% damage. Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 331% damage Korlic leaps at enemies, dealing 175% damage and swings his weapons in a frenzy, dealing 58% damage per hit. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Ultimate

Prime Call of the Ancients While Call of the Ancients is active, gain 20%[+] bonus Attack Speed and 25%[x] 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 his Frenzy . Talic: Enemies are Slowed (CC) by 50% for 1 second when damaged by his Whirlwind . Madawc: 30% chance to Stun (CC) enemies for 3 seconds when using his Upheaval .

Iron Maelstrom Cooldown: 45 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: [24% 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 32% damage per hit. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Full Arsenal of weapons Tags: Ultimate, Bludgeoning, Dual Wield

Prime Iron Maelstrom Iron Maelstrom gains 30%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance and deals 40%[x] 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 Cooldown: 60 seconds Explode into rage, Knocking Back surrounding enemies and gaining Berserking and Unstoppable for 10 seconds. Damage: N/A Tags: Ultimate, Basic

Prime Wrath of the Berserker While Wrath of the Berserker is active, gain 20%[+] increased Movement Speed and increase Fury Generation by 30%[x] .

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%.

Passives

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

Heavy Hitter Your Ultimate Skills deal 10% more damage.

Furious Impulse Each time you swap weapons, gain 2 Fury.

Invigorating Fury Heal for 3% of your Maximum Life for each 100 Fury spent.

Heavy Handed While using Two-Handed weapons you deal x 6% increased Critical Strike Damage.	Brute Force Your Overpowers deal x 8% increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon.	Concussion Lucky Hit: Skills using Bludgeoning weapons have up to a 10% chance to Stun (CC) enemies for 2 seconds, or up to a 15% chance when using a Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon.
Wallop Your Skills using Bludgeoning weapons deal x 5% increased damage if the enemy is Stunned (CC) or Vulnerable.	>>> Wallop can go direct to Concussion >>>

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

Unconstrained Berserking's damage bonus is increased to 60%. While below 65% Life, you are always Berserk and gain a 30% Physical Damage Reduction bonus.

Walking Arsenal Casting a Skill with a Two-Handed Bludgeoning, Two-Handed Slashing, or Dual Wielded weapons grants x15% increased damage for 15 seconds. While all three damage bonuses are active, you gain an additional Unstoppable and 45%[+] Attack Speed. Tags: Dual Wield, Bludgeoning

Barbed Carapace For every 25 Fury you spend, you gain 10%[+] Thorns for 8 seconds, up to 120%. Casting a skill with a Cooldown grants you Unhindered for 5 seconds. During this time, you deal 100% of your Thorns as physical damage to Close enemies every second. Damage: Physical Damage

Unbridled Rage Core Skills deal 45%[x] increased damage, but cost 100%[x] more Fury. Damage: Physical 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 70%[x], and also increased by 100%[+] of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Overpowering a Bleeding enemy creates an explosion that inflicts 150% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.