Diablo IIIPatch 2.2 Data ArchiveBarbarian Runes

Barbarian Runes by Popularity in Patch 2.2

Archive of the Barbarian runes for active skills at level 70 during patch 2.2

Note: This is historical data from characters at the end of Diablo III PC patch 2.2. See the current Barbarian Runes charts for the latest data, from the current Diablo III patch.
These are charts of all the Diablo III Barbarian runes, ranked from the most to least popular rune, as of the end of Patch 2.2.
This data is archived from more than 6 million Diablo III characters in patch 2.2. See the Patch 2.2 Data Archive for details on the data.

Index

1 All Barbarian Runes by Popularity
2 Top Rune for Each Barbarian Skill

Charts Last Updated: September 12, 2015

All Barbarian Runes Ranked by Popularity

These charts show every Barbarian rune, based on their popularity by level 70 Barbarians in patch 2.2. As players choose the best Barbarian runes for their skills, those choices generate data of the most popular Barbarian runes.
The chart on the left ranks the runes by popularity of use of softcore Barbarians, while the chart on the right lists them by popularity among hardcore Barbarians.
The Percent column in these charts is the percentage of all Barbarians who use that particular rune, of the level 70 Barbarians active in patch 2.2.
Select any rune or skill to view full information and statistics about it.

Runes by Popularity - Barbarian Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Insanity	Wrath of the Berserker	62.90
2	Impunity	War Cry	48.60
3	Bloodshed	Battle Rage	45.30
4	Blood Funnel	Whirlwind	27.80
5	Ancients' Fury	Call of the Ancients	23.70
6	Marathon	Sprint	21.40
7	Wind Shear	Whirlwind	16.20
8	The Council Rises	Call of the Ancients	16.00
9	Bloodbath	Rend	14.20
10	Maniac	Frenzy	12.00
11	Marauder's Rage	Battle Rage	11.60
12	Together as One	Call of the Ancients	11.00
13	Merciless Assault	Furious Charge	10.40
14	Swords to Ploughshares	Battle Rage	8.50
15	Battering Ram	Furious Charge	8.30
16	Iron Hide	Ignore Pain	7.90
17	Run Like the Wind	Sprint	7.70
18	Dust Devils	Whirlwind	7.60
19	Killing Spree	Overpower	6.20
20	Ignorance is Bliss	Ignore Pain	6.11
21	Charge!	War Cry	6.10
22	Wrenching Smash	Ground Stomp	5.70
23	Blood Lust	Rend	5.60
24	Into the Fray	Battle Rage	5.20
25	Striding Giant	Wrath of the Berserker	4.70
26	Mutilate	Rend	4.60
27	Molten Fury	Earthquake	4.20
28	Stamina	Furious Charge	3.60
29	Invigorate	War Cry	3.50
30	Punish	Bash	3.30
31	Volcanic Eruption	Whirlwind	3.23
32	Hurricane	Whirlwind	3.20
33	Smash	Hammer of the Ancients	3.14
34	Forced March	Sprint	3.10
35	Vanguard	Frenzy	3.00
36	Death from Above	Leap	2.70
37	Hardened Wrath	War Cry	2.60
38	Smite	Frenzy	2.53
39	Call of Arreat	Leap	2.50
40	Slaughter	Wrath of the Berserker	2.20
41	Dreadnought	Furious Charge	2.10
42	Momentum	Overpower	1.90
43	Pulverize	Bash	1.85
44	Thrive on Chaos	Wrath of the Berserker	1.81
45	Lacerate	Rend	1.80
46	Ravage	Rend	1.44
47	Instigation	Bash	1.40
48	Contempt for Weakness	Ignore Pain	1.30
49	Terrify	Threatening Shout	1.26
50	Demoralize	Threatening Shout	1.25
51	Foot of the Mountain	Ground Stomp	1.25
52	Shattered Ground	Seismic Slam	1.23
53	Cold Rush	Furious Charge	1.21
54	Crushing Advance	Overpower	1.20
55	Arreat's Wail	Wrath of the Berserker	1.20
56	Volcano	Avalanche	1.16
57	Veteran's Warning	War Cry	1.15
58	The Devil's Anvil	Hammer of the Ancients	1.15
59	Duty to the Clan	Call of the Ancients	1.10
60	Glacier	Avalanche	1.06
61	Berserk	Frenzy	1.03
62	Reaping Swing	Cleave	1.02
63	Ancients' Blessing	Call of the Ancients	1.00
64	Tectonic Rift	Avalanche	0.96
65	Chilling Earth	Earthquake	0.93
66	Broad Sweep	Cleave	0.91
67	Bravado	Ignore Pain	0.90
68	Grim Harvest	Threatening Shout	0.83
69	Revel	Overpower	0.82
70	Iron Impact	Leap	0.80
71	Sidearm	Frenzy	0.80
72	Boulder Toss	Ancient Spear	0.80
73	Trembling Stomp	Ground Stomp	0.74
74	The Mountain's Call	Earthquake	0.71
75	Rupture	Cleave	0.70
76	Gathering Storm	Cleave	0.70
77	Gangway	Sprint	0.66
78	Thunderstrike	Hammer of the Ancients	0.65
79	Mob Rule	Ignore Pain	0.64
80	Permafrost	Seismic Slam	0.61
81	Ferocity	Battle Rage	0.60
82	Toppling Impact	Leap	0.54
83	Falter	Threatening Shout	0.53
84	Ricochet	Weapon Throw	0.52
85	Rolling Thunder	Hammer of the Ancients	0.50
86	Balanced Weapon	Weapon Throw	0.50
87	Lahar	Avalanche	0.46
88	Mighty Throw	Weapon Throw	0.44
89	Retribution	Revenge	0.44
90	Rush	Sprint	0.44
91	Throwing Hammer	Weapon Throw	0.43
92	Cave-In	Earthquake	0.43
93	Rumble	Seismic Slam	0.43
94	Onslaught	Bash	0.41
95	Blood Law	Revenge	0.40
96	Harpoon	Ancient Spear	0.34
97	Stagger	Seismic Slam	0.31
98	Giant's Stride	Earthquake	0.30
99	Frostbite	Bash	0.30
100	Snow-Capped Mountain	Avalanche	0.26
101	Stupefy	Weapon Throw	0.25
102	Storm of Steel	Overpower	0.24
103	Scattering Blast	Cleave	0.24
104	Birthright	Hammer of the Ancients	0.24
105	Launch	Leap	0.24
106	Jarring Slam	Ground Stomp	0.23
107	Provocation	Revenge	0.21
108	Deafening Crash	Ground Stomp	0.21
109	Intimidate	Threatening Shout	0.20
110	Best Served Cold	Revenge	0.20
111	Jagged Edge	Ancient Spear	0.14
112	Strength from Earth	Seismic Slam	0.13
113	Grudge	Revenge	0.10
114	Ranseur	Ancient Spear	0.02
115	Rage Flip	Ancient Spear	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Runes by Popularity - Barbarian Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Impunity	War Cry	61.60
2	Insanity	Wrath of the Berserker	57.60
3	Wind Shear	Whirlwind	36.60
4	Bloodshed	Battle Rage	33.50
5	Together as One	Call of the Ancients	33.40
6	Ancients' Fury	Call of the Ancients	21.10
7	Blood Funnel	Whirlwind	20.00
8	Marathon	Sprint	19.60
9	Marauder's Rage	Battle Rage	15.50
10	Swords to Ploughshares	Battle Rage	15.10
11	Striding Giant	Wrath of the Berserker	12.40
12	Bloodbath	Rend	11.50
13	Blood Lust	Rend	10.10
14	Mutilate	Rend	9.60
15	Maniac	Frenzy	9.40
16	Iron Hide	Ignore Pain	9.00
17	Dust Devils	Whirlwind	8.30
18	The Council Rises	Call of the Ancients	7.93
19	Merciless Assault	Furious Charge	7.90
20	Invigorate	War Cry	5.30
21	Run Like the Wind	Sprint	4.90
22	Into the Fray	Battle Rage	4.81
23	Battering Ram	Furious Charge	4.80
24	Ignorance is Bliss	Ignore Pain	4.20
25	Killing Spree	Overpower	4.10
26	Hardened Wrath	War Cry	4.00
27	Wrenching Smash	Ground Stomp	3.90
28	Death from Above	Leap	3.71
29	Charge!	War Cry	3.70
30	Lacerate	Rend	3.50
31	Volcanic Eruption	Whirlwind	3.40
32	Molten Fury	Earthquake	3.30
33	Smite	Frenzy	2.90
34	Hurricane	Whirlwind	2.80
35	Iron Impact	Leap	2.60
36	Dreadnought	Furious Charge	2.60
37	Call of Arreat	Leap	2.60
38	Contempt for Weakness	Ignore Pain	2.50
39	Stamina	Furious Charge	2.44
40	Vanguard	Frenzy	2.43
41	Pulverize	Bash	2.40
42	Smash	Hammer of the Ancients	2.20
43	Ravage	Rend	2.10
44	Momentum	Overpower	1.95
45	Slaughter	Wrath of the Berserker	1.93
46	Forced March	Sprint	1.90
47	Veteran's Warning	War Cry	1.80
48	Punish	Bash	1.72
49	Foot of the Mountain	Ground Stomp	1.70
50	Terrify	Threatening Shout	1.66
51	The Devil's Anvil	Hammer of the Ancients	1.65
52	Bravado	Ignore Pain	1.60
53	Berserk	Frenzy	1.50
54	Thrive on Chaos	Wrath of the Berserker	1.41
55	Reaping Swing	Cleave	1.40
56	Instigation	Bash	1.31
57	Rupture	Cleave	1.30
58	Chilling Earth	Earthquake	1.30
59	Sidearm	Frenzy	1.20
60	Arreat's Wail	Wrath of the Berserker	1.20
61	Mob Rule	Ignore Pain	1.14
62	Broad Sweep	Cleave	1.10
63	Shattered Ground	Seismic Slam	1.03
64	Cold Rush	Furious Charge	1.00
65	Tectonic Rift	Avalanche	0.96
66	Grim Harvest	Threatening Shout	0.90
67	Glacier	Avalanche	0.86
68	Boulder Toss	Ancient Spear	0.85
69	Toppling Impact	Leap	0.84
70	Gathering Storm	Cleave	0.84
71	Duty to the Clan	Call of the Ancients	0.83
72	Ancients' Blessing	Call of the Ancients	0.80
73	Volcano	Avalanche	0.76
74	Trembling Stomp	Ground Stomp	0.74
75	The Mountain's Call	Earthquake	0.71
76	Ricochet	Weapon Throw	0.70
77	Rush	Sprint	0.64
78	Ferocity	Battle Rage	0.63
79	Permafrost	Seismic Slam	0.61
80	Blood Law	Revenge	0.60
81	Gangway	Sprint	0.56
82	Thunderstrike	Hammer of the Ancients	0.55
83	Demoralize	Threatening Shout	0.55
84	Retribution	Revenge	0.54
85	Revel	Overpower	0.52
86	Rolling Thunder	Hammer of the Ancients	0.50
87	Balanced Weapon	Weapon Throw	0.50
88	Mighty Throw	Weapon Throw	0.44
89	Launch	Leap	0.44
90	Falter	Threatening Shout	0.43
91	Stagger	Seismic Slam	0.41
92	Onslaught	Bash	0.41
93	Crushing Advance	Overpower	0.40
94	Cave-In	Earthquake	0.40
95	Lahar	Avalanche	0.36
96	Throwing Hammer	Weapon Throw	0.33
97	Rumble	Seismic Slam	0.33
98	Frostbite	Bash	0.32
99	Deafening Crash	Ground Stomp	0.31
100	Giant's Stride	Earthquake	0.30
101	Best Served Cold	Revenge	0.30
102	Stupefy	Weapon Throw	0.25
103	Harpoon	Ancient Spear	0.24
104	Storm of Steel	Overpower	0.24
105	Scattering Blast	Cleave	0.24
106	Provocation	Revenge	0.21
107	Intimidate	Threatening Shout	0.20
108	Birthright	Hammer of the Ancients	0.20
109	Snow-Capped Mountain	Avalanche	0.16
110	Jagged Edge	Ancient Spear	0.14
111	Jarring Slam	Ground Stomp	0.13
112	Strength from Earth	Seismic Slam	0.13
113	Grudge	Revenge	0.10
114	Ranseur	Ancient Spear	0.02
115	Rage Flip	Ancient Spear	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Top Rune for Each Barbarian Skill

These charts show the single most popular rune for each Barbarian active skill, among level 70 Barbarians active in patch 2.2. The runes are listed from the most popular for their skill, to the least popular. This makes it easy to see which active skills have one rune that is extremely popular at level 70.
The chart on the left shows the rune choices by softcore Barbarians, and the chart on the right lists the most popular runes among hardcore Barbarians.
Select any rune or skill to view the full information and statistics about it.

Top Rune per Skill - Barbarian Softcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Wrath of the Berserker	Insanity	86.50
War Cry	Impunity	78.70
Ground Stomp	Wrenching Smash	70.90
Sprint	Marathon	64.90
Earthquake	Molten Fury	63.60
Battle Rage	Bloodshed	63.40
Frenzy	Maniac	61.30
Overpower	Killing Spree	60.30
Ancient Spear	Boulder Toss	59.10
Hammer of the Ancients	Smash	56.20
Rend	Bloodbath	51.60
Whirlwind	Blood Funnel	48.40
Seismic Slam	Shattered Ground	46.80
Ignore Pain	Iron Hide	46.70
Call of the Ancients	Ancients' Fury	46.00
Bash	Punish	45.90
Furious Charge	Merciless Assault	40.80
Leap	Death from Above	39.90
Revenge	Retribution	32.30
Threatening Shout	Terrify	31.90
Avalanche	Volcano	30.80
Cleave	Reaping Swing	29.40
Weapon Throw	Balanced Weapon	26.30
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Barbarian Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
War Cry	Impunity	80.70
Wrath of the Berserker	Insanity	77.40
Sprint	Marathon	71.90
Ancient Spear	Boulder Toss	70.90
Ground Stomp	Wrenching Smash	57.30
Overpower	Killing Spree	56.90
Earthquake	Molten Fury	54.70
Frenzy	Maniac	53.30
Call of the Ancients	Together as One	52.50
Whirlwind	Wind Shear	51.70
Ignore Pain	Iron Hide	48.40
Battle Rage	Bloodshed	48.10
Hammer of the Ancients	Smash	45.20
Threatening Shout	Terrify	43.90
Furious Charge	Merciless Assault	42.20
Seismic Slam	Shattered Ground	41.00
Bash	Pulverize	38.60
Leap	Death from Above	36.40
Revenge	Blood Law	35.50
Avalanche	Tectonic Rift	31.40
Rend	Bloodbath	31.40
Weapon Throw	Ricochet	30.90
Cleave	Reaping Swing	28.00
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Want more historical data from patch 2.2? See the Patch 2.2 Data Archive for other charts.

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