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Ancient Spear

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'''Ancient Spear''' is a [[Tier]] 5 [[skill]] which requires a [[clvl]] of 14. The Barbarian fires a mystical spear to snare his foesand haul them back into [[melee]] range
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==
*'''Rank 1''': Throws a spear with a maximum range of X feet, pulling each target back to the Barbarian, slowing movement speed and dealing X-X damage.
 
==Synergies==
 
None are known. None of the [[Barbarian traits]] directly impact Ancient Spear.
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==Only one is known; the [[runestone]] socketed in the pre-made, PvP [[Battle Arena]] characters at Blizzcon 2010 allowed the spear to skewer multiple targets and pull them both into range. Unfortunately, it's not known if this was the [[Indigo rune]] effect, or if it was the [[Alabaster]] or [[Rune|Skill RuneObsidian]] Effects==wildcard rune bonuses. * None known[[Crimson]] is assumed to boost the damage of a successful spearing (or perhaps boost the damage of hits landed on a harpooned enemy for some duration?), and [[Golden]] is presumed to lower the [[Fury]] cost of using the skill, though these are not confirmed.
[[Wyatt Cheng]] briefly discussed the development of Ancient Spear at BlizzCon 2010<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-gameplay-panel-transcript/P2/ Diablo 3 Gameplay Panel Transcript] - Incgamers 23/10/10</ref>:
 <blockquote>::We knew that he needed a ranged attack so here is an example of Ancient Spear. We don't want to turn the Barbarian into a ranged class so this is something that feels very appropriate for him. We want to sell the theme that he's strong, he's tough, he's melee so we had to come up with something that felt appropriate for that.</blockquote>
Image:as1.jpg|Barb firing spear.
Image:as2.jpg|The spearhead and chain.
File:Ancient-spear1.jpg|A wild shot, flashes off the screen.
File:Ancient-spear2.jpg|A confused Barb nearly skewers his red team Wizard teammate.
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