Battle Thirst
Barbarian skill · Fury line · tier 3
Drinks from the fight: what he takes off the enemy comes back as breath.
It has no cooldown: it is always on while it sits on the hero's active bar, and does nothing anywhere else.
Values by rank
Battle Thirst scales with Lifesteal. Its value at each rank is 280 + 80 × rank:
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 360 | 440 | 520 | 600 | 680 | 760 | 840 | 920 | 1,000 | 1,080 |
| Lifesteal | +3.6% | +4.4% | +5.2% | +6% | +6.8% | +7.6% | +8.4% | +9.2% | +10% | +10.8% |
Lifesteal is a percentage stat, so the value is used as written (in basis points, shown here as a percentage), times the skill power.
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Fury skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it
How to unlock it
- 1 Rank 5 in Rising Fury Tier 1 of the Fury line.
- 2 Hero level 12 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
- 3 One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.
Rank 5 in Battle Thirst opens Burst of Fury.
Mastery and synergies
Line mastery: every point in the other Fury skills makes Battle Thirst 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.
Skills Battle Thirst boosts
Each rank in Battle Thirst makes these skills 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10), even when Battle Thirst is not on the active bar.
Fury line
| Skill | Tier | Type | Cooldown | Scales with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buff | 14 s | Haste | |
| 2 | Buff | 14 s | Fury | |
| 3 | Sustain | None | Lifesteal | |
| 4 | Direct damage | 6 s | Attack | |
| 5 | Ultimate | 16 s | Fury |
Other Barbarian skills
Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.