Difference between revisions of "Spirit Walk"

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Spirit Walk is a Tier Six Witch Doctor skill. It's a very useful escape/movement skill, one which lets the Witch Doctor move without being seen by other players or monsters for several seconds. This can be used to bypass dangerous monsters, and it's essential in the Battle Arena.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Meditation Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Your Spirit spells return X% of their mana cost over 10 seconds
Skill Details:
Type:	Buff/Movement
Quantity:	Duration
Effect:	Self
School:	Magical
Mana cost:	12 mana
Cast time:	Unknown
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor enters the spirit realm through a trance, and can move unseen and untouched, passing through enemies, but still grabbing health orbs while he's there.

Skill Design

The Witch Doctor vanishes from the sight of all, leaving an empty husk of a body behind, floating in the air as a decoy. While in the spirit realm the Witch Doctor can run without being hindered by other characters or monsters, moving to a safe place before the duration wears off and he reenters the corporeal world.

This was one of the skills on the pre-made characters in the PvP Arena demo at Blizzcon 2010, and soon proved itself as one of the best skills in the entire demo. It was the best escape skill possessed by any of the characters. Flux wrote about using it in a lengthy hands-on PvP report. [1]

Spirit Walk. I’ve raved about this one already, but it was really an awesomely useful skill. The Witch Doctor leaves a decoy of himself behind and has several seconds to run free, invisible to everyone. Best of all he can grab health orbs in this mode. He can’t cast other spells though, so no detonating Sacrifices. Almost everyone used this to run to safety, and then recast their three Mongrels in some distant corner before returning to the battle.

Skill Rank Table

Stats as listed in the Blizzcon 2009 demo. There will likely be changes in the final game.

Rank: 1/5
- Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 3 seconds.
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 2/5
- Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 6 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 3/5
- Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 9 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 4/5
- Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 12 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 5/5
- Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 15 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana

(legend (A) = Assumed)

Synergies

Spirit Walk decoy left behind in a Battle Arena shot.

None of the Witch Doctor traits have modifiers specially designed to benefit Spirit Walk.

Runestone Effects

Nothing is known about runestone effects on Spirit Walk.

Development

Spirit Walk was listed as a Witch Doctor skill in previous Blizzcons, but was first used in 2010.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery.

Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures

References

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-'''Spirit Walk''' is a tier V [[skill]] in the [[Spirit Skill Tree]], which causes the witch doctor to enter the spirit realm, allowing him to move freely.
+'''Spirit Walk''' is a Tier Six [[Witch Doctor skill]]. It's a very useful escape/movement skill, one which lets the Witch Doctor move without being seen by other players or monsters for several seconds. This can be used to bypass dangerous monsters, and it's essential in the [[Battle Arena]].
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 |tree= Spirit
 |description= Your Spirit spells return X% of their mana cost over 10 seconds
-|type= Buff
+|type= Buff/Movement
 |quantity= Duration
 |effect= Self
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 |synergies= Unknown
 }}
-The Witch Doctor enters the spirit realm through a trance, and can move through anything and anyone while he's there.
+The Witch Doctor enters the spirit realm through a trance, and can move unseen and untouched, passing through enemies, but still grabbing [[health orbs]] while he's there.
+==Skill Design==
+The Witch Doctor vanishes from the sight of all, leaving an empty husk of a body behind, floating in the air as a decoy. While in the spirit realm the Witch Doctor can run without being hindered by other characters or monsters, moving to a safe place before the duration wears off and he reenters the corporeal world.
-==Skill Design==
+This was one of the skills on the pre-made characters in the PvP [[Arena]] demo at Blizzcon 2010, and soon proved itself as one of the best skills in the entire demo. It was the best escape skill possessed by any of the characters. Flux wrote about using it in a lengthy hands-on PvP report. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/]
-This skill is probably the skill that Jay Wilson was hinting about, when talking about spells like [[Teleport]]. It can probably be used as an escape skill, but the possibility of "escaping" into the spirit world could work as a defensive skill when the player is low on health and is about to die. Although it is unknown if the player can use this skill to, lets say, get across a chasm like the Barbarian does with [[Leap Attack]].
+::Spirit Walk. I’ve raved about this one already, but it was really an awesomely useful skill. The Witch Doctor leaves a decoy of himself behind and has several seconds to run free, invisible to everyone. Best of all he can grab health orbs in this mode. He can’t cast other spells though, so no detonating Sacrifices. Almost everyone used this to run to safety, and then recast their three Mongrels in some distant corner before returning to the battle.
 ==Skill Rank Table==
-(legend (A) = Assumed)
+Stats as listed in the Blizzcon 2009 demo. There will likely be changes in the final game.
 *Rank: 1/5
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 **Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 15 seconds. (A)
 **Mana Cost: 12 mana
+(legend (A) = Assumed)
 ==Synergies==
 [[File:Spirit-walk2.jpg|frame|Spirit Walk decoy left behind in a [[Battle Arena]] shot.]]
-* None known.
+None of the [[Witch Doctor traits]] have modifiers specially designed to benefit Spirit Walk.
-==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
+==Runestone Effects==
-* None known.
+Nothing is known about [[runestone]] effects on Spirit Walk.
+==Development==
+''Spirit Walk'' was listed as a Witch Doctor skill in previous Blizzcons, but was first used in 2010.
-==Development==
-''Spirit Walk'' was first seen in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, and is a new skill. It is unknown if this skill was iterated, at least publicly.
-<!--<gallery>Image:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|Skill use 1</gallery>
-==Trivia==-->
 ==Media==
-You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery. Sadly, no images of Spirit Walk have been seen:
+You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery.
 * [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
-==Related Articles==
-*[[Spirit Skill Tree]]
 ==References==
-* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/ Blizzcon 2010 Arena report].
+* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats].
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