Diablo III

Key Features

  • Melee Mastery

    Barbarians casually swing weapons that ordinary warriors can barely lift. They’re able to fight with a full-sized blade, hammer, or axe gripped in each fist, or with enormous (but ponderous) great weapons that crush their enemies into paste.
  • Brutal Attacks

    Strength and anger go well together. When they lend plenty of Fury to their strikes, barbarians can send their foes flying, shear their limbs off, or knock their bones free of their flesh.
  • Shouts

    Barbarians are mighty presences on the battlefield, and their ferocious war cries can bring out battle frenzy in their allies or send their tiny foes fleeing in terror. Even mighty foes who hear a barbarian’s shout can become too shaken to land their most deadly blows.
  • Taking Hits

    No other heroes can shrug off enemy attacks the way that barbarians do. Their massive strength allows them to equip heavy shields, and their flesh deflects oncoming blades and teeth like metal armor.

Resource: Fury

The rage that fills true barbarians cannot be extinguished so long as they live. Fury, a resource that represents pure anger and battle-lust, powers their every terrifying strike.

Fury rises in barbarians as they are damaged, and when they draw their enemies’ blood. As barbarians suffer increasing damage from their enemies (and quickly cut them down in response) their Fury builds to a peak.

Excess Fury can be put to explosive use – barbarians can smash and destroy the battlefield, hurl themselves through the air, and split their opponents in two.

Outside of combat, Fury wanes quickly, so adept Barbarians charge from battle to battle to ensure that they can continually deliver devastating attacks.

Barbarians are savage wanderers who never flinch from close-quarters combat. Mighty ground stomps, leaping attacks and dual-wielded slashes leave a barbarian’s enemies dead in their boots and send any survivors fleeing for cover.

Thanks to their size and strength, barbarians can dominate a melee with nearly any combination of weapon and approach, though they tend towards massive and imposing weaponry. Barbarians are no strangers to the pains of battle, and often fare better in the midst of several opponents, taking and giving cuts, than when attempting to chase down single targets.

Barbarians’ attacks are primarily melee focused. Their quick weapon swings whittle down the number of weaker foes in seconds, while their slower, ground-shaking slams and stomps can send approaching hordes reeling and crack the armor of mightier foes.

Background

“The ancients have blessed me.”

For ages, the barbarians dwelling in the shadow of Mount Arreat were shaped to be as strong and unyielding as stone. Immense in size and unmatched in ferocity, they were charged from birth with a duty passed through generations: to protect the sacred mountain.

When their homeland was shattered, many barbarians lost faith. They became aimless, haunted by their past, traveling from place to place without honor or direction.

But not all barbarians have given up their vigil. Some still honor the harsh snows of Arreat's summit and prowl the outskirts of its crater. They recall being handed axes and spears at an age when city children were clinging to their toys… and they burn with shame at the failure of their people.

These barbarians strive to find a new purpose for themselves in a changed world, and they will crush any who stand in their way.

Read the short story

Equipment

Barbarians are able to make use of weapons in ways that others simply don’t possess the strength for. They wield massive weapons – oversized killing devices that more urbane heroes are barely strong enough to lift, let alone swing. Heavily-muscled barbarians can also dual-wield normal weapons like swords and axes, barraging foes with multiple enchantments and weapon types at once.

Armor Progression

Early on in their journey, padded leather provides untested barbarians with basic protection…but most enemy attacks will still fall upon their unarmored skin.
A greater variety of gear to choose from means that barbarians can shield their vitals with close-faced helms, imposing spikes, and armor plates.
Barbarians bedecked in truly heavy armor look more like nightmare visions than humans, and they have the resilience to match.
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
7 hours, 40 minutes ago
server is up
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Mishelllin#2716
Mishelllin
Mishelllin
8 hours, 52 minutes ago
FU!
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
9 hours, 47 minutes ago
i dont get this : under my nick up in right corner of this site , it says diablo 3 BETA, ????i have the collectors box ??
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sooo , how do people get past lvl 20 with all them errors and servers down ? and ofc it has to happen in weekends or just when you almost finished a dungeon :P
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RASTCLOT#2267
RASTCLOT
RASTCLOT
10 hours, 3 minutes ago
:(
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
10 hours, 7 minutes ago
it can take 5 min up to several hours.u know computer stuf can take up alot of time ;)
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RASTCLOT#2267
RASTCLOT
RASTCLOT
10 hours, 9 minutes ago
how long that gona take
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
10 hours, 12 minutes ago
servers busy at this time i guess they are trying to reopen them .
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dose any one no how long the severs have been down 4
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
10 hours, 25 minutes ago
they need to make a home gameserver u can acces even if battlenet is down, so u can play the game.
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come on and get the severs back up it would of be nice to be told that there will be down
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
10 hours, 33 minutes ago
still issue with battlenet
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
10 hours, 34 minutes ago
funny the louncher says the game is up to date lool even tholugh the servers are down haha
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
10 hours, 37 minutes ago
well i´ll go play RIFT cus that works ;)
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Error 37 now dammit....
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This error message sucks...I just logged onto WOW three times with no probs, 'No online games will be available' is just bull
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
10 hours, 42 minutes ago
i hope they will be done soon
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Mishelllin#2716
Mishelllin
Mishelllin
10 hours, 44 minutes ago
weekend, finaly time to play and error 33. Are you kidding me?
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Mishelllin#2716
Mishelllin
Mishelllin
10 hours, 45 minutes ago
Barbarian is too easy to play.
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WATCHLIGHT#2371
WATCHLIGHT
WATCHLIGHT
11 hours, 6 minutes ago
I <3 Barbarian
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
11 hours, 14 minutes ago
i think they need to make an opening in the meny called Lan for when the diablo 3 servers close in a couble of years,
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Rambobitar#2231
Rambobitar
Rambobitar
11 hours, 58 minutes ago
the barbarians are so cooool!!!!!
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MernCyborgDK#2595
MernCyborgDK
MernCyborgDK
12 hours, 18 minutes ago
i have been with Diablo since the first one came out and so far nr 3 looks good,have allways played a barb so do i this time, but think i´ll take a look on the other chars too ;).
Be safe out there.
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Hellforger#2291
Mahmuth
Hellforger
12 hours, 38 minutes ago
I WILL NOT BE DENIED IBNELER!
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yap :S my game is crashing i mean stop and going down and again up :) sow i die 3 times :S any one else have the same problem ? :)
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finally weekend and ready to play, and then there is error 33, realm down for maintenance. that realy sucks.
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SMASH SMASH MWHAHAHA
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Dragonrevil
Magtheridon
Dragonrevil
14 hours, 29 minutes ago
what weps are best for barb 2hand, 2 onehands or onehand+shield
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@Dragonrevil: 1 hand and shield, u cant play barb with 2 weps like d2, at least not in nightmare/hell
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@Xtinct:
Running through hell with 2 weaps atm, no probs so far though :o
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DeadlyBlades#2652
DeadlyBlades
DeadlyBlades
13 hours, 40 minutes ago
@Dragonrevil: all deppends on your skill set up and your play style realy, also i suppose it deppends if you like see'ing huge numbers with slower attack or speedy attack with lower numbers =) choices choices choices
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barbarian is the best class
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Mishelllin#2716
Mishelllin
Mishelllin
10 hours, 42 minutes ago
@D3BETA: Easiest to play, but not best
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Ginufrank#2836
Ginufrank
Ginufrank
14 hours, 55 minutes ago
finaly lvl 59 1 more to go !!
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i am a lvl 33 barb.. and i am really stuck at Izual!!! anyone else?
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freakshout#2623
freakshout
freakshout
1 day, 10 hours ago
exsselennt :P
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Fear2013#2773
Fear2013
Fear2013
1 day, 11 hours ago
true the paladin was a hit on its own! but hay the barbarian is still the ruthless animal! woohoo
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DAMASH069#2136
damash69
DAMASH069
1 day, 12 hours ago
Barbarian is a great class. Especially when you like to melee.
Pity that they don't have paladin anymore....
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Always played melee...got Diablo at 2nd try lol
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im a lvl 51 barb, im having some serious issues facing diablo in nightmare difficulty, i can never get past the terror realm, any advice with builds, etc would be appreciated