[[File:IconZombieCharger.png|left]]'''Zombie Bears is a rune effect in [[Zombie Charger]]''' is , a Physical Realm [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 5.
A This rune effect summons a pack of zombie bears that charge forward for a short distance, stampeding over and through any enemies and dealing 235% poison damage to anything in the area. This is one of the Witch Doctor's more damaging attacks, and though it is short range, it hits across a quite wide space. ==Skill Rune Effects==Refer to the [[Crimson RuneZombie Charger rune effects]] placed article for a thorough description of all five rune effects in it will alter the this skill in the following way, including screenshots, videos, and strategy tips. {{Witch Doctor_Skillrune_Zombie Bearsskill description header}}<skill subcat="Physical realm spell" class="WitchDoctor">Zombie Charger</skill><skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Zombie Bears">Zombie Charger</skill>
==Background==
The bear effect was created by [[Julian Love]] and revealed at Blizzcon 2010, where it became something of a meme or running joke, where the Diablo III devs referred to it in interviews and panels with unbearable frequency. [http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/10/25/1711255/Julian-Love-Lead-Technical-Artist-for-Diablo-3]
::'''''<blue><font color="#FFFFFF">Slashdot: '''I was playing a Witch Doctor, and I used the spell that summons a zombie for you, and I got a rune that turned it into a swarm of bears. We got a real kick out of that.''</font>
::'''Julian Love: '''Yeah! Zombie Bears! It’s kind of funny, that’s one of the skills that came up – the way we work is that we sit down and throw a lot of crazy ideas out, and sometimes it’s a little scary, throwing an idea that you think “I’m not sure how the group will react. This is kind of wacky.” And I remember sitting in the group and they were saying, “What are we going to do? We need something else.” And I said, “I’m not even sure why this works, but I’m just going to say it: Zombie Bears!” And everybody went, “Yes!” And that was it. Look at the way to it feels to play that skill in the game – it just sounds fun, right?</blue>
==Media==
Two screenshots of the zombie bears. It's hard to get a good shot of them as they move quickly and have a skinless, bloody mess of an exterior. The bear-ness of them is much more visible in a video than a still image.
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Bears at work against [[Cydaea]] in Hell in this short video.
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==Development==
Prior to the skill revision in February 2012, this rune effect was enabled by the [[Crimson Rune]], granting the following effect with a level 7 runestone:
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