Difference between revisions of "Spirit Walk"

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Spirit Walk is a Witch Doctor Tier 6 skill unlocked at level 20. 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.

This is the Witch Doctor's movement ability.

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]

Spirit Walk
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Enabled at:	Clvl 20
Skill Description
The Witch Doctor travels unseen and untouched through the spirit realm.
Type:	Buff/Movement
Resource Use:	Costs Mana
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

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 Rank Table

Rank 1: Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 3 seconds. Cost: 12 mana.
Rank 2: Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 4 seconds. Cost: 12 mana. (A)
Rank 3: Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 5 seconds. Cost: 12 mana. (A)
Rank 4: Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 6 seconds. Cost: 12 mana. (A)
Rank 5: Enter the spirit realm, allowing unhindered movement for 7 seconds. Cost: 12 mana. (A)

(A) = Assumed

Trait Synergies

Spirit Walk decoy left behind in the Battle Arena.

No synergies with any of the traits are yet known.

Skill Rune Effects

The known rune effects for Spirit Walk are:

Unknown rune: Applies DoT to monsters the Witch Doctor walks through^[1].

Development

Spirit Walk was first seen as a Witch Doctor skill at BlizzCon 2009, as a Tier V skill in the Spirit Skill Tree. However, it wasn't yet implemented.

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]

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.

Media

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

References

↑ New Skill Rune Effects Revealed -- Incgamers 2nd Feb 2011

[1] New Skill Rune Effects Revealed -- Incgamers 2nd Feb 2011

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-|description= Your Spirit spells return X% of their mana cost over 10 seconds
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-|effect= Self
+|resource= Costs [[Mana]]
-|school= [[Magical]]
+|alabaster= Unknown
-|resource= [[Mana]]
+|crimson= Unknown
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+|golden= Unknown
-|cast-time= Unknown
+|indigo= Unknown
-|cooldown= Unknown
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 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.
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-==[[Synergies]]==
+==Trait Synergies==
 [[File:Spirit-walk2.jpg|frame|Spirit Walk decoy left behind in the [[Battle Arena]].]]
-* None known.
+* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[trait]]s are yet known.
-==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
+The known [[rune]] effects for Spirit Walk are:
 * Unknown rune: Applies [[DoT]] to monsters the Witch Doctor walks through<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-skill-rune-effects-revealed/ New Skill Rune Effects Revealed] -- Incgamers 2nd Feb 2011</ref>.
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 ==References==
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+<span style="font-size: 10px;"><references/></span>
 * [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-pvp-arena-report/ BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report]

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