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[[File:As1.jpg|thumb|300px|Ancient Spear in action.]]'''Ancient Spear''' is a Might [[Barbarian skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 289. 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?
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==Background==
==Skillrune Skill Rune Effects==
The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Ancient Spear rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
==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 23rd Oct 2010</ref>
<blue>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.</blue>
He did, however, suggest that it could be useful against Wizards who rely too much on [[Disintegrate]].
Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Ancient Spear became a level 21 skill, and . ===Beta==={{Beta skill notes}} Ancient Spear was soon changed moved to level 22for the beta. The skill system was once again overhauled for With the [[Beta Patch 13]]changes, and Ancient Spear it was classified as a Might skill and moved to level 28. For [[Beta Patch 14]], it was dropped down to level 9, making it available in the beta.
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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* [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/ Barbarian Active Skills] -- — Blizzard's Official Diablo III 13th Sep 2011Site
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[[category:Barbarian skills]]
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