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==Skill Design==
[[File:as2Ancient-spear2.jpg|200px250px|thumb|left|Spear in flight.]]Ancient Spear first appeared at [[BlizzCon 2010]].<br>The skill, at its based, is designed to pull a target into melee range. The spear hit also damages the target for a variable amount of damage. This skill is likely to be a popular one in [[PVP]] to pull in [[ranged]] fighters, and as a way to not necessarily break [[root]]s and [[snare]]s, but to make them irrelevant. As seen in the various pvp videos from BlizzCon, this skill has a fairly long range. <br><br><br>
The skill, which should obviously be called "Ancient Harpoon," is a ranged attack that spears enemies and pulls them into melee range, where the Barbarian, should he react quickly enough, can chop them to bits.
This skill is highly viable in the [[Battle Arena]] where slippery ranged attacking [[Wizard]]s and [[Witch Doctor]]s are in desperate need of some "Get over here!" as far as the Barbarian is concerned.
The skill can also be used effectively in [[PvM]], ideally on back row attackers like archers or shaman, who the Barbarian wants to kill but can not reach through their defending [[meat shield]]s. Enemies all the way to the edge of the visible screen can be skewered and pulled in, when targeted accurately.
==Skill Rank Table==
