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Skills Index Combat Mastery Skills Combat Skills War Cries Printable version of this page Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Howl Frightens monsters into retreating. Mana Cost: 4 1 none Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Enemy retreat yards 16 19.3 22.6 26 29.3 32.6 36 39.3 42.6 46 49.3 52.6 56 59.3 62.6 66 69.3 72.6 76 79.3 Enemy runs seconds 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 21 22 Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Find Potion Grants a chance that a Health, Mana or Rejuvenation potion can be derived. Mana Cost: 2 Chance of Potions: Healing 60%, Mana 30%, Rejuvenation 10% 1 none Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 % chance to find 15 27 36 44 50 55 59 62 66 68 71 73 75 77 78 80 81 82 83 84 Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Shout Increases the defense of friendly units. Mana Cost: 6 6 Howl (1) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 % Defense bonus 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 Duration seconds 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 Shout receives Bonuses from: Battle Orders: +5 seconds per level Battle Command: +5 seconds per level Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Taunt Taunts a monster to fight you. Mana Cost: 3 6 Howl(1) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 % target's damage decreases 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 % target's attack rating decreases 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Battle Cry Frightens nearby enemies and lowers their defense. Mana Cost: 5 18 Howl (1) Taunt (6) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Duration seconds 12 14.4 16.8 19.2 21.6 24 26.4 28.8 31.2 33.6 36 38.4 40.8 43.2 45.6 48 50.4 52.8 55.2 57.6 -% Target defense 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 -% Target damage 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Find Item Grants a chance that an item can be found on a corpse. Mana Cost: 7 12 Find Potion (1) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 % Chance to find 13 19 24 29 32 35 37 39 41 42 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 50 50 51 Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Battle Orders Increases Mana, Life and Stamina of party members. Mana Cost: 7 24 Howl (1), Shout (6) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Duration seconds 35 45 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125 135 145 155 165 175 185 195 205 215 225 % Max stamina/ mana increase 35 38 41 44 47 50 53 56 59 62 65 68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 Battle Orders receives Bonuses from: Shout: +5 seconds per level Battle Command: +5 seconds per level Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Grim Ward Turns a corpse into a fetish that will frighten monsters away. Duration is 40 seconds., Mana Cost: 4 24 Find Potion (1) Find Item (12) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Radius yards 2 2.6 3.3 4 4.6 5.3 6 6.6 7.3 8 8.6 9.3 10 10.6 11.3 12 12.6 13.3 14 14.6 Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite War Cry Damages and stuns your enemies. 30 Howl (1) Taunt (6) Shout (6) Battle Cry (18) Battle Orders (24) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mana 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Damage 20-30 26-32 32-42 38-48 44-54 50-60 56-66 62-72 69-79 76-86 83-93 90-100 97-107 104-114 111-121 118-128 126-136 134-144 142-152 150-160 Stun length seconds 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 War Cry receives Bonuses from: Howl: +6% Damage per level Taunt: +6% Damage per level Battle Cry: +6% Damage per level Icon Name Effect Req Char Lvl Prerequisite Battle Command Temporarily increases the skills of party members by 1. Mana Cost: 11 Passive 30 Howl (1) Shout (6) Battle Orders (24) Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Duration seconds 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125 135 145 155 165 175 185 195 205 Battle Command receives Bonuses from: Shout: +5 seconds per level Battle Orders: +5 seconds per level BLIZZARD, DiabloII, Diablo 2 Resurrected, and Reign of the Warlock are trademarks of Blizzard Send mail to the webmistress with questions or comments about this web site. Diablo II game images are copyright Blizzard. HTML content and website images on The Diablo II Tomb of Knowledge are copyright. Reproduction of content from this site on another server is not allowed. Copyright © 1999 - 2026 Last modified: February 17, 2026 Visit my homepage