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|user= Barbarian
|tree= Tier 5
|description= Fire Fires a harpoon to snag an ancient spear to snare your foesenemy and pull it into melee range.
|type= Grapple
|quantity= None
==[[Trait Synergies]]==
Ancient Spear benefits directly from the following [[trait]]s:
* [[Intimidation]]: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
* [[Brain Basher]]: Increases damage done when the Barbarian is wielding maces.
'''Note:''' Traits The current trait list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be revamped overhauled before game release.
==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
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 [[Obsidian]] wildcard rune bonuses.
==Development==
'''Ancient Spear''' made its first public appearance at [[BlizzCon 2010]], where [[Wyatt Cheng]] briefly discussed its development <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-gameplay-panel-transcript/P2/ Diablo 3 Gameplay Panel Transcript] -- Incgamers 23/10/1023rd Oct 2010</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>
[[Flux]] found it difficult to use in the [[Battle Arena]]:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/]
<blockquote>''...Ancient Harpoon for ranged attacks (though I never actually saw this successfully used, since hitting moving targets was tough)...</blockquote>
He did, however, suggest that it could be useful against Wizards who rely too much on [[Disintegrate]].
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==References==
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* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/ BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report]
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/15-more-minutes-of-arena-ninja-cam-from-blizzcon/ 15 More Minutes of Arena Ninja-Cam from BlizzCon] -- Incgamers 10th Jan 2011
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