Ignore Pain

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Ignore Pain is a Defensive Barbarian skill unlocked at Level 22, which grants the Barbarian with a very high resistance to all damage.

Background

Ignore Pain in action.

The Barbarian ignores almost all pain caused to him for a short period of time.

Skill Rune Effects

The following is a very quick summary. See the Ignore Pain rune effects page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

Name	Level	Description

Ignore Pain
(database)
Defensive

22

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Reduces all damage taken by 65% for 5 seconds.

Bravado
(database)

26

When activated, Knockback all enemies within 12 yards and deal 50% weapon damage to them.

Iron Hide
(database)

31

Increases duration to 7 seconds.

Ignorance is Bliss
(database)

36

While Ignore Pain is active, gain 20% of all damage dealt as Life.

Mob Rule
(database)

43

Extend the effect to nearby allies, reducing damage taken by 65% for 5 seconds.

Contempt for Weakness
(database)

58

Reflects 50% of ignored damage back at the enemy.

Skill Design

Ignore Pain sequence, showing the orbiting "shields" within the globe of protection.

This skill is really useful for tough situations, where no amount of skills can save you and your only chance is to survive being pounded by a mob of monsters until help can arrive or to plan your next move. This is also useful during boss fights, as 50% damage reduction coupled with Second Wind will make damage against the Barbarian almost useless. A skill that hardcore players might take a liking to, its only drawback is the suspended fury gain and it is assumed that fury will continue depleting for the duration of the spell.

Synergies

Contempt for Weakness

The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Contempt for Weakness:

Bloodthirst - The Barbarian gains life based on the amount of damage he deals always.
Weapons Master - Provides a damage bonus when the Barbarian is wielding a sword or dagger.
Berserker Rage - Inflicts additional damage while the Barbarian is at maximum Fury.
Tough as Nails - Increases thorns damage always.
Brawler - Increases the Barbarian's damage when he is swarmed.

Bravado

The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Bravado:

Bloodthirst - The Barbarian gains life based on the amount of damage he deals always.
Weapons Master - Provides a damage bonus when the Barbarian is wielding a sword or dagger.
Berserker Rage - Inflicts additional damage while the Barbarian is at maximum Fury.
Brawler - Increases the Barbarian's damage when he is swarmed.

Development

Ignore Pain was first seen at BlizzCon 2008, where it was at Tier III on the Battlemaster Skill Tree. Then, it reduced damage taken by 70% for 10 seconds, and would not suspend fury gain at rank one.

The skill was slightly adjusted for BlizzCon 2009; damage reduction was lowered, and fury gain was suspended. Flux had this to say on the subject:[1]

This sounds like a red alert emergency skill. Stopping your Fury gain, even for 6 seconds, is a huge cost, as mandatory as it is to keep refilling Fury so you can keep using your killing skills. But 50% damage reduction could be a life saver. Would you be clever enough to spend this point, put it on your hotbar, and remember to use it quickly enough to save your bacon?

At BlizzCon 2010, Ignore Pain was available in the gameplay demo but not one of the Barbarian's starting skills, and there are no gameplay reports describing it.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Ignore Pain became a level 4 skill.

Beta

The Diablo III Beta started in September 2011, and while it ran, all of the skills continued to undergo extensive iteration. Skill changes varied from changing the levels the skills are unlocked, to changes in resource cost, damage, and even function. A few skills were removed altogether, and a few new ones were added. Also, the entire skill system received an overhaul with the Beta Patch 13 update in February 2012, with physical runes replaced by rune effects that automatically unlock at various levels for the different skills.

Ignore Pain was moved to level 5 for the beta. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Defensive skill and bumped all the way up to level 22.

Previous Versions

See the Barbarian skill archive for more details on previous versions of Ignore Pain and other Barbarian skills.

Media

Ignore Pain can be seen in action on video here:

Gameplay: Blizzcon 2010 (in the Arena)

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

Ignore Pain sequence.

References

BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report
Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
Barbarian Active Skills — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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