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| − | Ancient Spear first appeared at [[BlizzCon 2010]]. | + | Ancient Spear first appeared at [[BlizzCon 2010]]. |
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| + | The skill, which should obviously be called "Ancient Harpoon," is a ranged attack that spears enemies and pulls them into melee range, where the Barbarian, should he react quickly enough, can chop them to bits. | ||
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| + | This skill is highly viable in the [[Battle Arena]] where slippery ranged attacking [[Wizard]]s and [[Witch Doctor]]s are in desperate need of some "Get over here!" as far as the Barbarian is concerned. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
==Skill Rank Table== | ==Skill Rank Table== | ||
Revision as of 21:23, 3 November 2010
Ancient Spear is a Tier 5 skill which requires a clvl of 14. The Barbarian fires a mystical spear to snare his foes.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
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| Ancient Spear Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Barbarian |
| Fire an ancient spear to snare your foes. | |
| Type: | Grapple |
| Quantity: | None |
| Effect: | Target |
| School: | Physical |
| Fury cost: | Unknown |
| Cast time: | Instant |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | Unknown |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Barbarian throws an ancient spear that sinks into his foes, and he pulls them into his blades.
Skill Design
Ancient Spear first appeared at BlizzCon 2010.
The skill, which should obviously be called "Ancient Harpoon," is a ranged attack that spears enemies and pulls them into melee range, where the Barbarian, should he react quickly enough, can chop them to bits.
This skill is highly viable in the Battle Arena where slippery ranged attacking Wizards and Witch Doctors are in desperate need of some "Get over here!" as far as the Barbarian is concerned.
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 shields. Enemies all the way to the edge of the visible screen can be skewered and pulled in, when targeted accurately.
Skill Rank Table
- Rank 1: Throws a spear with a maximum range of X feet, pulling each target back to the Barbarian, slowing movement speed and dealing X-X damage.
Skill Rune Effects
- None known.
Development
Wyatt Cheng briefly discussed the development of Ancient Spear at BlizzCon 2010[1]:
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.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
Barb firing spear.
The spearhead and chain.
References
- ↑ Diablo 3 Gameplay Panel Transcript - Incgamers 23/10/10
| The Barbarian - Barbarian skills - Barbarian traits - Fury - Barbarian skill archive [e] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier One/Clvl 2 | Tier Two/Clvl 3 | Tier Three/Clvl 6 | Tier Four/Clvl 10 | Tier Five/Clvl 14 | Tier Six/Clvl 20 | Tier Seven/Clvl 26 |
| • Bash |
• Ground Stomp • Ignore Pain |
• Frenzy |
• Leap Attack |
• Ancient Spear • Battle Rage |
• Furious Charge |
• Call of the Ancients |
