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'''Ancient Spear''' is a Fury Generating [[Barbarian skill]] enabled unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 2122. The Barbarian fires a mystical spear to snare his foes and haul them back into [[melee]] range.
This skill is commonly referred to[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/15-more-minutes-of-arena-ninja-cam-from-blizzcon/] as "Ancient Harpoon" for fairly obvious functional reasons. Spears are not barbed and do not have ropes or chains attached to them. Harpoons, on the other hand, are barbed and tethered, since they are used to reel in aquatic life forms. Why Blizzard didn't just call the skill "harpoon" isn't known; perhaps they didn't like the maritime connotation, since the Barbarians are not seafaring folk in the official game lore?
==Background==
The [[Barbarian]] throws an ancient spear that sinks into his foes, and he pulls them into his blades.
==Skill Effects==
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<p style="text-align:center">Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.</p>
==Skill Design==
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.
==Synergies==
* No [[synergiesSynergies]] with any of the [[No Escape]] passive skill]]s are yet known. ==Skill Rune Effects==[[File:Runeeffects-2010-03.jpg|350px|right|thumb|, increasing Ancient Spear runed for extra harpoons.]]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 damage by {{c_lime|100%}} and pull them both into range. Unfortunately, it's not known if this was the [[Indigo rune]] effect, or if it was the [resetting its [Alabaster]] or [[Obsidiancooldown]] wildcard rune bonuses. [[Crimson]] is assumed to boost the damage of a successful spearing (or perhaps boost the damage of hits landed on a harpooned when an enemy for some duration?), and [[Golden]] is presumed to lower dies by the [[Fury]] cost of using the skill, though these are not confirmedspear.
* [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
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/bash Barbarian Overview] -- Diablo 3 Official 13th Sep 2011
{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Barbarian}}
[[category:Barbarian skills]]
[[category:Active skills]]
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