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Spirit Barrage is a Tier Seven Witch Doctor skill. It's an attack skill, one that calls down projectiles from above, striking all enemies, with Arcane damage, in the target zone.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Spirit Barrage Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
A multitude of spirit bolts bombard enemies in the targeted area. Each bolt deals X-X arcane damage.
Skill Details:
Type:	Direct Damage
Quantity:	Duration
Effect:	Target Area
School:	Magical
Mana cost:	12 mana
Cast time:	None
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor sends forth spirits to barrage the enemy to death.

Skill Design

This sounds like it could be a powerful AoE skill, but nothing is yet known about the sort of radius or damage it inflicts. The Witch Doctor is not blessed with as many big damage skills as the Wizard, and has few skills that can strike multiple targets at once for heavy damage. If this one can, it could be a mainstay of many high level Witch Doctor builds.

Skill Rank Table

The stats as seen at Blizzcon 2009. Expect changes in the final game. (legend (A) = Assumed)

• Rank: 1/5
  • A multitude of spirit bolts bombard enemies in the targeted areas. Each bold deals 4-7 arcane damage.
  • Mana Cost: 12 mana
• Rank: 2/5
  • A multitude of spirit bolts bombard enemies in the targeted areas. Each bold deals 7-10 arcane damage. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 12 mana
• Rank: 3/5
  • A multitude of spirit bolts bombard enemies in the targeted areas. Each bold deals 10-13 arcane damage. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 12 mana
• Rank: 4/5
  • A multitude of spirit bolts bombard enemies in the targeted areas. Each bold deals 13-16 arcane damage. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 12 mana
• Rank: 5/5
  • A multitude of spirit bolts bombard enemies in the targeted areas. Each bold deals 16-19 arcane damage. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 12 mana

Synergies

None of the Witch Doctor traits list specific bonuses for Spirit Barrage.

Skillrune Effects

No runestone effects are yet known for Spirit Barrage.

Development

Spirit Barrage was first seen in the BlizzCon 2009 demo. It was also listed in the Blizzcon 2010 demo, though it's yet to be seen in action.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery. Sadly, no images of Spirit Barrage have been seen:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures

References

• Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats