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Gigaclon: /* Skill Rune Effects */

2015-04-15T16:11:21Z

‎Skill Rune Effects

Flux at 06:21, 6 June 2012

2012-06-06T06:21:35Z

MrFrye: new skill rune table

2012-05-20T00:29:56Z

new skill rune table

MrFrye: beta patch 15 update

2012-03-25T18:37:30Z

beta patch 15 update

Flux at 09:32, 16 March 2012

2012-03-16T09:32:30Z

Elly: removal of video

2012-02-24T04:39:31Z

removal of video

Kioseth: added video of skill

2012-02-24T01:42:53Z

added video of skill

Flux at 01:46, 27 October 2011

2011-10-27T01:46:49Z

Flux at 01:45, 27 October 2011

2011-10-27T01:45:50Z

Brokenstorm at 23:19, 19 September 2011

2011-09-19T23:19:15Z

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 <skill subcat="Spirit spell" class="WitchDoctor">Haunt</skill>
 <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Consuming Spirit">Haunt</skill>
 <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Lingering Spirit">Haunt</skill>
-<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Grasping Spirit">Haunt</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Poisoned Spirit">Haunt</skill>
 <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Draining Spirit">Haunt</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Resentful Spirits">Haunt</skill>
 ==Skill Design==

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 [[File:IconHaunt.png|left]]
 [[File:Haunt-zombies1.jpg|thumb|350px|Haunt in action from the [[Beta]].]]
-'''Haunt''' is a Secondary [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 12. Using it the WD fires a ghost at an enemy, dealing arcane damage over time. If the target dies the Haunt will jump to another nearby enemy.
+'''Haunt''' is a Secondary [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 12. Using it the WD fires a ghost at an enemy, dealing arcane damage over time. If the target dies the Haunt will jump to another nearby enemy, much as [[Locust Swarm]] does.
 <br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
-The Witch Doctor calls forth a malevolent spirit that deals damage to anything it possesses.
+The Witch Doctor calls forth a malevolent spirit that deals damage to anything it possesses. This skill provides steady [[DoT]], and can chain to affect multiple enemies.
 ==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Haunt 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.
+Refer to the [[Haunt rune effects]] article for thorough descriptions of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, patch changes, and strategy tips.
 {{skill description header}}
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 Although it was available in the demo at [[BlizzCon 2010]], no known reports mention using it.
 ===Beta===
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 The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, and Haunt was classified as a Primary skill and moved to level 9. It was moved up to level 11 in [[Beta Patch 14]], and for [[Beta Patch 15]], it was re-classified as a Secondary skill, moved to level 12, and [[buff]]ed rather heavily.

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 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Haunt 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.
-<skill class="WitchDoctor">Haunt</skill>
+{{skill description header}}
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 ==Synergies==
-The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Haunt:
+The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Haunt, runed or not:
-{{Passive skills header}}
+{{skill description header}}
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Pierce the Veil}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Pierce the Veil</skill>
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Rush of Essence}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Rush of Essence</skill>
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-{{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD}}
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD|secondary}}
 [[category:Witch Doctor skills]]
-[[category:Active skills]]
+[[category:Witch Doctor active skills]]

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 [[File:IconHaunt.png|left]]
-'''Haunt''' is a Spirit Realm [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 4. Using it the WD fires a ghost at an enemy, dealing arcane damage over time. If the target dies the Haunt will jump to another nearby enemy.
+[[File:Haunt-zombies1.jpg|thumb|350px|Haunt in action from the [[Beta]].]]
 <br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
 The Witch Doctor calls forth a malevolent spirit that deals damage to anything it possesses.
-==Skillrune Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following is a very quick list. See the [[Haunt rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
+The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Haunt 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.
 <skill class="WitchDoctor">Haunt</skill>
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 ==Skill Design==
 This skill seems a pretty standard DoT spell, albeit being weak and working somewhat like a summon spell. However, if combined with other DoT effects, can cause the enemy to die rather quickly, as compared to casting [[Skull of Flame]] constantly to take out an enemy. It seems to last for quite a while when it finds an enemy, and multiplication should not be underestimated. Also, this skill doesn't seem to work like other summoning spells, as the spirit will vanish if no enemy is found.
 ==Synergies==
-* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.
+The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Haunt:
-==Skill Rune Effects==
+<blockquote>''Honestly, this skill was worthless in the Blizzcon build. Other attack skills did far more damage, far more quickly, and for less mana. This skill is it’s apparently meant to be used primarily to stop monster regeneration, and it will probably work against monsters that have immunities to fire or poison, the Witch Doctor’s main attack types. But it’s very odd that it’s placed in the first Tier, since it seems more like a support/specialty skill to use in the late game.</blockquote>
-==Development==
+Although it was available in the demo at [[BlizzCon 2010]], no known reports mention using it.
-<blockquote>''Honestly, this skill was worthless in the Blizzcon build. Other attack skills did far more damage, far more quickly, and for less mana. This skill is it’s apparently meant to be used primarily to stop monster regeneration, and it will probably work against monsters that have immunities to fire or poison, the Witch Doctor’s main attack types. But it’s very odd that it’s placed in the first Tier, since it seems more like a support/specialty skill to use in the late game.</blockquote>
+===Beta===
-By 2010, it had been moved to Tier 2, but no known [[BlizzCon 2010]] reports mention using it. Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Haunt became a level 4 skill.
+<blockquote>''Haunt is extremely effective in the beta; probably too strong for such a low level skill. The only thing it’s not great for is quickly killing bosses, or quickly finishing off a huge mob. The DoT works nicely on bosses, but it takes a while, and while Haunt wreaks havoc on packs of monsters, this too takes a while. You can only have three Haunts out at once, each of which will rehaunt other nearby enemies when the first target dies.</blockquote>
 ==Media==
+Haunt can be seen in action on video here:
 * [[Skill Animations Videos#Witch Doctor Video|Video: August 2011 Witch Doctor Skill Animations]]
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 </gallery>
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 ==References==
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/haunt-grows-ghostlier/ Haunt Grows Ghostlier] -- Incgamers 4th Sep 2010
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/haunt-grows-ghostlier/ Haunt Grows Ghostlier] — Incgamers 4th Sep 2010
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 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/witch-doctor/active/ Witch Doctor Active Skills] -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-beta-skills-mega-report Witch Doctor Beta Skills Mega-report: Part One] — IncGamers 30th Sep 2011

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-==Skill Effects==
+==Skillrune Effects==
 The following is a very quick list. See the [[Haunt rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
-{{Active skills header}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Haunt</skill>