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Best Barbarian Skills To Use

Basic Skills
Tier Skill Description
S Tier
Unleash a rapid flurry of blows, dealing 20% 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 Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Generate Fury: 4
Requires Dual Wielded Weapons
Upgrades
Enhanced Frenzy
Battle Frenzy
Combat Frenzy
A Tier
Bash the enemy with your weapon, dealing 30% damage. After bashing enemies 4 times, your next Bash will Stun for 1.25 seconds, this increases to 2 seconds if using a Two-Handed weapon.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Generate Fury: 10
Requires Bludgeoning Weapon
Upgrades
Enhanced Bash
Battle Bash
Combat Bash
A Tier
Flay the enemy, dealing 1 damage and inflicting 14 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Generate Fury: 9
Requires a Slashing weapon
Upgrades
Enhanced Flay
Battle Flay
Combat Flay
B Tier
Lunge forward and strike an enemy for 30% damage.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Generate Fury: 9
Requires Any
Upgrades
Enhanced Lunging Strike
Battle Lunging Strike
Combat Lunging Strike
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Core Skills
Tier Skill Description
S Tier
Rapidly attack surrounding enemies for 12% damage.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Fury Cost: 20 per second
Requires Any
Upgrades
Enhanced Whirlwind
Furious Whirlwind
Violent Whirlwind
A Tier
Sweep your weapons from opposite directions, dealing 36% damage with each weapon. Enemies caught in the center are damaged by both.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Fury Cost: 25
Requires Dual Wielded weapons
Upgrades
Enhanced Double Swing
Furious Double Swing
Violent Double Swing
A Tier
Tear into the ground with your weapon and fling debris forward, dealing 70% damage.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 20%
Fury Cost: 40
Requires a Two-Handed weapon
Upgrades
Enhanced Upheaval
Furious Upheaval
Violent Upheaval
B Tier
Slam your hammer down with the fury of the Ancients, dealing 56% damage to a concentrated area.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Fury Cost: 35
Requires a Two-Handed Bludgeoning Weapon
Upgrades
Enhanced Hammer of the Ancients
Furious Hammer of the Ancients
Violent Hammer of the Ancients
B Tier
Cleave enemies in front of you, dealing 12% damage and inflicting 96 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Fury Cost: 35
Requires a Slashing Weapon
Upgrades
Enhanced Rend
Furious Rend
Violent Rend
A Tier
Basic Skills generate 5% more Fury when using Two-Handed weapons.
A Tier
Lucky Hit: Your Core skills have up to a 10% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
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Defensive Skills
Tier Skill Description
S Tier
Taunt Nearby enemies and gain 40% Damage Reduction for 8 seconds. seconds.
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced Challenging Shout
Strategic Challenging Shout
Tactical Challenging Shout
A Tier
Smash the ground, dealing 9.5% damage and Stunning surrounding enemies for 3 seconds.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Cooldown: 16 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced Ground Stomp
Strategic Ground Stomp
Tactical Ground Stomp
A Tier
Bellow a rallying cry, increasing your Movement Speed by 30% and Resource Generation by 50% for 6.0 seconds, and Nearby allies for 3.0 seconds.
Damage Type:
Physical
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Generate: 10
Upgrades
Enhanced Rallying Cry
Strategic Rallying Cry
Tactical Rallying Cry
B Tier
Steel yourself, gaining a Barrier that absorbs 50% of your missing Life for 5 seconds.
Cooldown: 14 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced Iron Skin
Strategic Iron Skin
Tactical Iron Skin
B Tier
Damage Reduction against Elites is increased by 4%.
B Tier
Gain 2 Thorns. Also gain 2 Thorns for each 2 bonus Maximum Life you have.
B Tier
Increase your Thorns by 20%. When enemies hit you, they take an additional 1% of your Thorns as Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
C Tier
Gain 5% additional Maximum Life.
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Brawling Skills
Tier Skill Description
A Tier
Leap forward and then slam down, dealing 33% damage and Knocking Back surrounding enemies on impact.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Cooldown: 17 seconds
Requires Any
Upgrades
Enhanced Leap
Mighty Leap
Power Leap
A Tier
Bellow a mighty war cry, increasing your damage dealt by 15.0% for 8.0 seconds, and Nearby allies for 4.0 seconds.
Cooldown: 25 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced War Cry
Mighty War Cry
Power War Cry
B Tier
Become Unstoppable and rush forward, pushing enemies with you then swinging through them for 25% damage and Knocking them Back.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 33%
Requires Any
Upgrades
Charged Bolts
Enhanced Charged Bolts
Destructive Charged Bolts
C Tier
Throw a powerful kick that deals 18% damage and Knocks Back enemies in front of you. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 54% damage and are Stunned for 3 seconds.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 100%
Cooldown: 17 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced Kick
Mighty Kick
Power Kick
A Tier
When a Brawling Skill damages at least one enemy, gain Berserking for 1 second.
A Tier
Your Shout Skills cause enemies to deal 8% less damage for 5 seconds.
B Tier
Gain 4% Damage Reduction while Berserking.
B Tier
Your Shout Skill effect durations are increased by 10%.
B Tier
While Berserking, Fury Generation is increased by 6%.
B Tier
Your Shouts also Heal allies for 1% of their Maximum Life per second.
B Tier
Movement Speed is increased by 4%.
C Tier
Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 6%.
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Weapon Mastery Skills
Tier Skill Description
A Tier
Skewer enemies in front of you, dealing 13% damage, then rip your weapon out, damaging enemies for their total Bleeding amount and removing all Bleeding damage from them.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Cooldown: 10 seconds
Requires a Slashing Weapon.
Upgrades
Enhanced Rupture
Fighter's Rupture
Warrior's Rupture
B Tier
Attempt a killing strike, dealing 120% damage to enemies in front of you. If this kills an enemy, its Cooldown is reset. If this kills an enemy, a Charge is refunded.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 50%
Cooldown: 15 seconds
Requires Any
Upgrades
Enhanced Death Blow
Fighter's Death Blow
Warrior's Death Blow
B Tier
Throw out a trio of chains that deal 23% damage and Pull In enemies. Charges:2
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 25%
Cooldown: 11 seconds
Upgrades
Enhanced Steel Grasp
Fighter's Steel Grasp
Warrior's Steel Grasp
A Tier
Your Bleeding effects deal 6% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
A Tier
Dealing direct damage with a Weapon Mastery skill causes your next Core Skill to make enemies Vulnerable for 1 second.
A Tier
Your Bleeding effects Slow enemies by 10%.
A Tier
You have 3% increased Critical Strike chance against Immobilized, Stunned, or Slowed enemies.
A Tier
Each time you take direct damage gain 0.4% Base Life (1) as Fortify.
B Tier
While you have Fortify for over 50% of your Maximum Life, you deal 5% increased damage.
B Tier
Increase the Damage Reduction gained while you are Fortified by an additional 3%.
B Tier
You deal 3% increased damage to Close enemies and gain 2% Distant Damage Reduction.
B Tier
You deal 8% increased damage against Injured enemies.
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Ultimate Skills
Tier Skill Description
A Tier
Call upon 3 Ancients to aid you in battle for 6 seconds. Korlic leaps at enemies, dealing 104% damage and swings his weapons in a frenzy, dealing 39% damage per hit. Talic spins in a whirlwind rapidly attacking enemies for 65% damage. Madawc upheaves the ground, dealing 195% damage.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 30%
Cooldown: 50 seconds
Upgrades
Prime Call of the Ancients
Supreme Call of the Ancients
A Tier
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. Second your Two-Handed Slashing weapon swipes in front of you, dealing 20% damage and inflicting 120% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. Third your Dual Wield weapons swing around you, dealing 33% damage per hit.
Damage Type:
Physical
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Requires Any
Upgrades
Prime Iron Maelstrom
Supreme Iron Maelstrom
A Tier
Gain Berserking and Unstoppable for 5 seconds. For the next 10 seconds, dealing direct damage with Basic Skills grants Berserking for 5 seconds.
Lucky Hit Chance: 40%
Cooldown: 60 seconds
Upgrades
Prime Wrath of the Berserker
Supreme Wrath of the Berserker
A Tier
Your Overpowers deal 15% increased damage when using a Two-Handed weapon.
A Tier
Lucky Hit: Skills using Bludgeoning weapons have up to a 10% chance to Stun enemies for 3 seconds, or up to a 15% chance when using a Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon.
A Tier
Heal for 3% of your Maximum Life (1) for each 100 Fury spent.
B Tier
Attack Speed is increased by 3% while using One-Handed weapons.
B Tier
Each time you swap weapons, gain 2 Fury.
B Tier
Your Skills using Bludgeoning weapons deal 5% increased damage if the enemy is Stunned or Vulnerable.
C Tier
While using Two-Handed weapons you deal 5% increased Critical Strike Damage.
C Tier
Increase your Maximum Fury by 3.
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Key Passive Skills
Tier Skill Description
S Tier
Increase Berserks maximum duration by 5 seconds and increase its damage bonus by 25%.
A Tier
When causing an enemy to Bleed, you have a chance equal to your Critical Strike Chance to increase the Bleed amount by 100% of your Critical Strike Damage bonus. Overpowering a Bleeding enemy creates an explosion that inflicts 3 Bleeding damage over 5 seconds.
A Tier
Core Skills deal 135% increased damage, but cost 100% more Fury.
A Tier
Dealing direct damage with a Two-Handed Bludgeoning, Two-Handed Slashing, or Dual Wielded weapons grants 10% increased damage for 6 seconds. While all three damage bonuses are active, you gain an additional 15% increased damage.
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