Rend Class: Barbarian (Diablo III) Required Level: 5 Skill Category: Secondary Active Cost: 20 Fury A sweeping strike causes all enemies within 12 yards of the Barbarian to Bleed for 1100% damage as Physical over 5 seconds. Damage Type: Physical  |
Rend is a Secondary Barbarian skill.
In-game[]
Rend counts as a Bleed effect, delivering 220% damage per tick for 5 seconds. Critical Hits are impossible to be scored through using Rend, but it does gain additional attack power through a ratio dependent on the Barbarian's Critical Hit Chance/Damage stats.
Applying Rend multiple times to a single monster will only stack if these Rends have different runes, or come from different Barbarians, so spamming Rend quickly will not yield any damage boost. Even if the damage type is changed, Rend will still count as Bleed.
Runes[]
- Ravage: Changes damage type to Fire and increases the radius to 17.5 yards.
- Blood Lust: The Barbarian will heal 0.5% of his/her maximum Life per tick for every enemy bleeding.
- Lacerate: Changes damage type to Lightning and increases damage to 270% per tick (1350% total).
- Mutilate: Changes damage type to Cold and Rend Chills enemies by 60%, also making them take 10% extra damage from all attacks for the duration.
- Bloodbath: If an enemy (even an Illusionist affix illusion) dies before the bleeding runs its full course, it will cause all enemies within 10 yards to suffer from bleeding as if they were hit by a normal (unmodified) Rend. The bleeding effects triggered this way will not generate new Bloodbath procs, but it does stack with the skill itself, applying as a separate damage over time effect (so the same foe may have both Rend and Bloodbath at the same time).
Non-rune enhancements[]
- Lamentation (Legendary Mighty Belt): Rend deals 100-150% more damage and can stack twice on the same target. Only applies to damage: other effects will act as if there was only one stack.
- Ambo's Pride (Legendary Mighty Weapon): attacking with Whirlwind also applies Rend, and total damage of Rend is dealt over 1 second.
- Wrath of the Wastes Set (Set Bonus for 2 items): increases Rend damage per second by 500% and the duration to 15 seconds.
- Wrath of the Wastes Set (Set Bonus for 4 items): while channeling Whirlwind and 3 seconds afterwards, triples damage per second of ongoing Rend effects and reduces damage taken by 50%.
- Wrath of the Wastes Set (Set Bonus for 6 items): damage increases by 10,000%.
Primary Skills
Bash • Cleave • Frenzy • Weapon Throw
Secondary Skills
Hammer of the Ancients • Rend • Seismic Slam • Whirlwind • Ancient Spear
Defensive Skills
Ground Stomp • Leap • Sprint • Ignore Pain
Might
Overpower • Revenge • Furious Charge • Avalanche
Tactics
Threatening Shout • Battle Rage • War Cry
Rage
Earthquake • Call of the Ancients • Wrath of the Berserker
Passive Skills
Pound of Flesh • Ruthless • Nerves of Steel • Weapons Master • Inspiring Presence • Berserker Rage
Bloodthirst • Animosity • Superstition • Tough as Nails • No Escape • Relentless
Brawler • Juggernaut • Unforgiving • Boon of Bul-Kathos • Earthen Might • Sword and Board • Rampage