Stun
Stun is an ability to daze one or many nearby enemies in place rendering them immobile and unable to attack for a short time.
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Barbarian[edit | edit source]
The Barbarian class in Diablo III has a few stun abilities and passives that can be tweaked through the skill trees.
Critical Attack[edit | edit source]
In the Battlemaster Skill Tree, the Barbarian has the Critical Attacks (passive) that may be upgraded up to 15 ranks (BlizzCon 2008 demo). It may increase bonuses on stun abilities.
Ground Stomp[edit | edit source]
Ground Stomp is an active skill from the Juggernaut Skill Tree that knockbacks and stuns all nearby enemies for a length of time.
Stunning Blows[edit | edit source]
Stunning Blows is a Tier 3 passive skill that grants all Juggernaut Skill Tree abilities a 3% chance to stun attackers for 2 seconds.
Wizard[edit | edit source]
The Wizard in Diablo III has a few stun abilities that may stun enemies.
Charged Bolt[edit | edit source]
Charged Bolt is a Tier 1 active skill that causes critical hits from lightning damage to stun targets for 2 sec. This ability is found in the [Storm Skill Tree].
Thunderstruck[edit | edit source]
Thunderstruck is a Tier 1 passive skill that increases the critical hit chance of all lightning spells by X%. This means the chances to stun targets for 2 seconds increases when you apply extra points to this skill. Thunderstruck may be found in the [Storm Skill Tree].
Electrocute[edit | edit source]
Electrocute is a Tier 3 active skill that benefits from critical strikes and Thunderstruck to cause enemies to be stunned for 2 sec.
Improved Charged Bolt[edit | edit source]
Improved Charged Bolt is a Tier 3 passive skill that increases the number of bolts released by your charged bolt spell. At this tier, with a good amount of points in Thunderstruck (increases critical strike on lightning attacks) the stun chance is increased. Good against multiple enemies.