Howl

Required level 1Classic

What it does

sends nearby monsters scrambling away in fear.

How Howl works, in depthThe Barbarian's level 1 fear cry. 4 mana, a radius that grows from 2 2/3 yards to 15 1/3 at level 20, a flee of 16 to 79 1/3 yards for 3 to 22 seconds, a level check against the monster, and the +10% a point it hands Berserk and the +6% it hands War Cry.

Items that give Howl

1 item

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

MythRuneword	3% Chance to cast level 1 Howl when struck	25

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Duration	Monster runs up to	Radius	Mana cost
1	3	16	2.67	4
2	4	19.33	3.33	4
3	5	22.67	4	4
4	6	26	4.67	4
5	7	29.33	5.33	4
6	8	32.67	6	4
7	9	36	6.67	4
8	10	39.33	7.33	4
9	11	42.67	8	4
10	12	46	8.67	4
11	13	49.33	9.33	4
12	14	52.67	10	4
13	15	56	10.67	4
14	16	59.33	11.33	4
15	17	62.67	12	4
16	18	66	12.67	4
17	19	69.33	13.33	4
18	20	72.67	14	4
19	21	76	14.67	4
20	22	79.33	15.33	4
21	23	82.67	16	4
22	24	86	16.67	4
23	25	89.33	17.33	4
24	26	92.67	18	4
25	27	96	18.67	4
26	28	99.33	19.33	4
27	29	102.67	20	4
28	30	106	20.67	4
29	31	109.33	21.33	4
30	32	112.67	22	4

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Leads to

Boosts

Source: skills.txt row “Howl” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.