Wrath of the Berserker

Wrath of the Berserker is a Barbarian Tier 7 skill unlocked at level 26, yielding the Barbarian massive bonuses to both damage dealing and defensive stats. It also breaks physical immunities, allowing the Barbarian to deal damage to an otherwise immune target.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Wrath of the Berserker Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Barbarian
Skill Description:
Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for U seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take V% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune. Critical Hit: +W% Attack Speed: +X% Dodge Chance: +Y% Movement Speed: +Z%
Skill Details:
Type:	Buff
Quantity:	Cast
Effect:	Self Buff
School:	Physical
Fury cost:	Unknown
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Barbarian unleashes his fury, reigning havoc and destruction upon his foes.

Skill Design

This skill turns the Barbarian into a furious killing machine with bonuses to physical damage-dealing stats, and it also adds defensive bonuses as well. It provides a way of disposing tough monsters quickly, such as bosses or minibosses, and according to the description of the ability it also provides a way for the Barbarian to break physical damage immunities of monsters, albeit only for a short duration. One could argue that this skill is a very good demonstration of the design philosophy of the Berserker skill tree, where there is no such thing as too much power.

We are only sure of the stats of rank 1 of this skill, and that before the disposal of the "traffic light" fury-system this skill used to require 3 fury orbs (which was maximum).

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 12 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune.
  • Critical Hit: +100%
  • Attack Speed: +50%
  • Dodge Chance: +10%
  • Movement Speed: +20%
• Rank 2:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 13 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune. (A)
  • Critical Hit: Unknown
  • Attack Speed: Unknown
  • Dodge Chance: Unknown
  • Movement Speed: Unknown
• Rank 3:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 14 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune. (A)
  • Critical Hit: Unknown
  • Attack Speed: Unknown
  • Dodge Chance: Unknown
  • Movement Speed: Unknown
• Rank 4:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 15 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune. (A)
  • Critical Hit: Unknown
  • Attack Speed: Unknown
  • Dodge Chance: Unknown
  • Movement Speed: Unknown
• Rank 5:
  • Enter a heightened state of fury, raising several stats for 16 seconds. Monsters with damage immunities will take 50% less damage from the Barbarian's attacks rather than being immune. (A)
  • Critical Hit: Unknown
  • Attack Speed: Unknown
  • Dodge Chance: Unknown
  • Movement Speed: Unknown

(A) = Assumed

Synergies

• None known.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Wrath of the Berserker first appeared in the BlizzCon 2009 demo at Tier VI in the Berserker Skill Tree, and stuck around for BlizzCon 2010. Unfortunately, in both demos Barbarians didn't have a high enough level to select it.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Wrath of the Berserker specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report