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Soul Harvest is a Witch Doctor Tier 3 skill unlocked at level 6. This skill has changed a great deal during development, and is now a buff that boosts the Witch Doctor's spell damage when there are numerous enemies in the vicinity.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Soul Harvest Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Gain X% increased spell damage per enemy within X feet for X seconds.
Skill Details:
Type:	buff
Quantity:	Channeling
Effect:	radius
School:	Magical
Mana cost:	Unknown
Cast time:	Unknown
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor gains strength from the close proximity of his enemies.

Skill Design

This skill was initially a nova-type of attack, one that dealt damage and fed mana back to the Witch Doctor for everything it killed. That changed entirely during development, and the skill now buffs the Witch Doctor's spell damage.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: Gain X% increased spell damage per enemy within X feet for X seconds.

Synergies

None known.

Skill Rune Effects

None known.

Development

Soul Harvest was first seen at WWI 2008 and BlizzCon 2008, where it was in the Spirit Skill Tree at Tier II. Originally, Soul Harvest was a low-damage, leeching, nova-like attack spell. Flux described using it:[1]

I seldom needed it, and found it to be less than effective as a killing weapon. It wasn’t that damaging, and wasn’t that cheap to cast either; so I had to make sure it was going to kill at least a few monsters to be cost effective.

The old version of this skill created a nova-like ring of blue smoke around the Witch Doctor. All targets within the ring were damaged, and if the damage was enough to kill them, their souls (white/blue ghosts) swirled into the air, then down into the Witch Doctor, where they added to his mana. The skill was just the same at BlizzCon 2009.

Soul Harvest was changed entirely for Blizzcon 2010, becoming a buffing sort of war cry. Unfortunately, there are no gameplay reports detailing any usage of this skill.

Previous Versions

See the Witch Doctor skill archive for more details on previous versions of Soul Harvest and other Witch Doctor skills.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

References

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-'''Soul Harvest''' is a [[Witch Doctor]] Tier 3 [[Witch Doctor skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|character level]] 6. This skill has changed a great deal during development, and is now a buff that boosts the Witch Doctor's spell damage when there are numerous enemies in the vicinity.
+'''Soul Harvest''' is a [[Witch Doctor]] Tier 3 [[Witch Doctor skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 6. This skill has changed a great deal during development, and is now a buff that boosts the Witch Doctor's spell damage when there are numerous enemies in the vicinity.
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 ==Development==
-''Soul Harvest'' was first seen in the [[WWI 2008]] build. The skill was just the same at [[BlizzCon 2009]], but had changed entirely by [[Blizzcon 2010]], changing from an attack nova type skill to a buffing sort of war cry. See the [[http://www.diablowiki.net/Witch_Doctor_skill_archive#Blizzcon_2010_Changed_Skills|Witch Doctor Skills Archive article]] for original info and screenshots about Soul Harvest.
+'''Soul Harvest''' was first seen at [[WWI 2008]] and [[BlizzCon 2008]], where it was in the [[Spirit Skill Tree]] at Tier II. Originally, Soul Harvest was a low-damage, leeching, nova-like attack spell. [[Flux]] described using it:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-gameplay-report/]
+<blockquote>''I seldom needed it, and found it to be less than effective as a killing weapon. It wasn’t that damaging, and wasn’t that cheap to cast either; so I had to make sure it was going to kill at least a few monsters to be cost effective.</blockquote>
+The old version of this skill created a nova-like ring of blue smoke around the Witch Doctor. All targets within the ring were damaged, and if the damage was enough to kill them, their souls (white/blue ghosts) swirled into the air, then down into the Witch Doctor, where they added to his mana. The skill was just the same at [[BlizzCon 2009]].
+Soul Harvest was changed entirely for [[Blizzcon 2010]], becoming a buffing sort of war cry. Unfortunately, there are no gameplay reports detailing any usage of this skill.
+===Previous Versions===
+See the [[Witch Doctor skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Soul Harvest and other Witch Doctor skills.
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+==Media==
+You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=Soul+Harvest&cat=all '''Soul Harvest''' specific gallery contents]
-==Media==
-You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
-* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
-* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=Soul+Harvest Soul Harvest-specific gallery contents]
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 ==References==
-* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-gameplay-report/ BlizzCon 2008 Witch Doctor Gameplay Report]
+* [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/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor BlizzCon 2010 Witch Doctor Hands-on Report]
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