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This movie is a tight closeup of the video screen during the Gameplay Panel at BlizzCon 2010, about 40 minutes into the hour-long panel. It is a demonstration of various skill rune effects.

The Movie[edit | edit source]

The Barbarian, the Wizard, and the Witch Doctor show off some skill rune effects against hordes of zombies, aka cannon-fodder.

Video courtesy of BlizzPort's Channel on YouTube.

Skills Demonstrated[edit | edit source]

These skills have been identified in the video:

Barbarian skills:

Wizard skills:

Witch Doctor skills:

Notes:
0:08—The Barbarian casts (probably) Threatening Shout runed for monster debuff; the death of one creates a fear AoE in the others. Thanks to theeliminator for making the suggestion here.

0:25—The Barbarian uses Leap Attack, with a rune effect creating a circle of five small explosions around the Barb.

0:36—The Wizard uses what appears to be Ice Armor, but with a rune that turns the spell into something like the D2 Paladin‘s Holy Freeze Aura.

0:53—Wizard shows off Explosive Blast a few times, each one leaving a lovely crater in the ground.

0:59—Wizard hurls lightning bolts that look a bit like javelins. When each one hits it sizzles the target and sends our several tendrils of lightning that kill other enemies. This is apparently a runed form of Electrocute, and it really shows the utility of skillrunes, as a single-target, beam-type spell is changed to a multi-target projectile.

1:28—Snakes on the face! It’s Bashiok’s favorite^[1] rune effect for Poison Dart. The way the snake’s tail keeps wiggling after it strikes is hilarious.

1:29—Unknown glowing green flamethrower type attack. Most likely a runed version of Firebats.

1:35—The wiggly blueish-white spell is probably Haunt, engulfing victims, then thanks to a rune bonus, propagating multiple additional Haunts off to other nearby targets. Locust Swarm does the same thing a second later.

2:50—The WD casts something that’s red/blue light on individual targets, and ends up shooting a blue spirit up into the sky. Another runed form of Haunt, or possibly Soul Harvest?

2:55—The WD shows an awesome rune upgrade to Zombie Charger (yes, even better than skinless Zombie Bears), with some kind of multi-zombie effect that creates almost as much green poisonous gas as your great uncle did after last year’s Christmas Dinner.

3:30—Another uncertain WD skill; probably another runed version of Soul Harvest? It creates a purple light around monsters and sends a blue ghost flying back to the WD when the target dies. A bunch of Zombie Bear stampedes shown around this time as well.

Screenshots[edit | edit source]

0:30 - A Barbarian throwing an Ancient Spear runed for extra harpoons.

0:31 - The Wizard casting a runed Mirror Image featuring what looks like the ring transporter from Stargate.

0:32 - Frost Nova runed to be a screen-killer.

0:43 - Nice footage of Magic Missile with multishot granted by the Indigo Rune.

1:17 - Firebats runed as a whirling fiery protective tornado armor.

1:15 - Poison Dart runed for multishot.

Here's a few more images taken from the video:

Plume of fear.
Leap Attack with ring of explosions.
Bash making Zombie go boom.
Runed Ice Armor.
Runed Arcane Orb explosion.
Most likely Electrocute.
Is that a Zombie's soul?
Locust Swarm in action.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Blue on Demon Hunter Weapons and Face Snakes -- Incgamers 27th Oct 2010

Gorgeous New Skill Rune Effects -- IncGamers 31st Mar 2011

[1] Blue on Demon Hunter Weapons and Face Snakes -- Incgamers 27th Oct 2010

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-This movie is a tight closeup of the video screen during the [[Gameplay Panel Blizzcon 2010|Gameplay Panel at BlizzCon 2010]], about 40 minutes into the hour-long panel. It is a demonstration of various skill rune effects.
+This movie is a tight closeup of the video screen during the [[Gameplay Panel Blizzcon 2010|Gameplay Panel]] at [[BlizzCon 2010]], about 40 minutes into the hour-long panel. It is a demonstration of various skill rune effects.
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-==Skills Shown==
+==Skills Demonstrated==
-[[Barbarian skills]]:
+These skills have been identified in the video:
-* 0:07 [[War Cry]] or [[Battle Rage]] (self [[buff]])
+{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"
-* 0:08 [[Threatening Shout]] - rune'd for monster [[debuff]]; the death of one creates a fear [[AoE]] in the others.
+|- valign="top"
-* 0:09 [[Leap Attack]] - with an unknown rune.
+| [[Barbarian skills]]:
-* 0:13 [[Ancient Spear]] - with an unknown rune.
+* [[Threatening Shout]]
-* 0:14 [[Bash]] - rune'd for (most likely) fire damage.
+* [[Leap Attack]]
-* 0:22 [[Leap Attack]] - rune'd for a ring of explosions.
+* [[Ancient Spear]]
-* 0:29 [[Ancient Spear]] - rune'd for multiple harpoons.
+* [[Bash]]
+| [[Wizard skills]]:
+* [[Mirror Image]]
+* [[Arcane  Orb]]
+* [[Frost Nova]]
+* [[Ice Armor]]
+* [[Storm Armor]]
+* [[Magic Missile]]
+* [[Energy Twister]]
+* [[Explosive Blast]]
+* [[Electrocute]]
+| [[Witch Doctor skills]]:
+* [[Summon Zombie Dog]]
+* [[Poison Dart]]
+* [[Plague of Toads]]
+* [[Firebats]]
+* [[Poison Dart]]
+* [[Zombie Charger]]
+|-
+|}
+'''Notes:'''<br>
+:08—The Barbarian casts (probably) [[Threatening Shout]] runed for monster [[debuff]]; the death of one creates a fear [[AoE]] in the others. Thanks to theeliminator for making the suggestion [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-footage-shows-many-new-rune-effects/ here].
+:25—The Barbarian uses [[Leap Attack]], with a rune effect creating a circle of five small explosions around the Barb.
+:36—The [[Wizard]] uses what appears to be [[Ice Armor]], but with a rune that turns the spell into something like the D2 {{iw|Paladin Paladin}}‘s {{iw|Holy_Freeze Holy Freeze}} Aura.
+:53—Wizard shows off [[Explosive Blast]] a few times, each one leaving a lovely crater in the ground.
+:59—Wizard hurls lightning bolts that look a bit like javelins. When each one hits it sizzles the target and sends our several tendrils of lightning that kill other enemies. This is apparently a runed form of [[Electrocute]], and it really shows the utility of skillrunes, as a single-target, beam-type spell is changed to a multi-target projectile.
+:28—Snakes on the face! It’s Bashiok’s favorite<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-on-demon-hunter-weapons-and-face-snakes/ Blue on Demon Hunter Weapons and Face Snakes] -- Incgamers 27th Oct 2010</ref> rune effect for Poison Dart. The way the snake’s tail keeps wiggling after it strikes is hilarious.
+:29—Unknown glowing green flamethrower type attack. Most likely a runed version of [[Firebats]].
+:35—The wiggly blueish-white spell is probably [[Haunt]], engulfing victims, then thanks to a rune bonus, propagating multiple additional Haunts off to other nearby targets. [[Locust Swarm]] does the same thing a second later.
+:50—The WD casts something that’s red/blue light on individual targets, and ends up shooting a blue spirit up into the sky. Another runed form of [[Haunt]], or possibly [[Soul Harvest]]?
+:55—The WD shows an awesome rune upgrade to [[Zombie Charger]] (yes, even better than skinless [[Zombie Bears]]), with some kind of multi-zombie effect that creates almost as much green poisonous gas as your great uncle did after last year’s Christmas Dinner.
+:30—Another uncertain WD skill; probably another runed version of [[Soul Harvest]]? It creates a purple light around monsters and sends a blue ghost flying back to the WD when the target dies. A bunch of Zombie Bear stampedes shown around this time as well.
+==Screenshots==
+<center>
+{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"
+|-
+|
+[[image:runeeffects-2010-03.jpg|center|thumb|350px|0:30 - A [[Barbarian]] throwing an [[Ancient Spear]] runed for extra harpoons.]]
+||
+[[image:runeeffects-2010-04.jpg|center|thumb|350px|0:31 - The [[Wizard]] casting a runed [[Mirror Image]] featuring what looks like the ring transporter from Stargate.]]
+|}
+{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"
+|-
+|
+[[image:runeeffects-2010-05.jpg|center|thumb|350px|0:32 - [[Frost Nova]] runed to be a screen-killer.]]
+||
+[[image:runeeffects-2010-06.jpg|center|thumb|350px|0:43 - Nice footage of [[Magic Missile]] with multishot granted by the [[Indigo Rune]].]]
+|}
+{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"
+|-
+|
+[[image:runeeffects-2010-08.jpg|center|thumb|350px|1:17 - [[Firebats]] runed as a whirling fiery protective tornado armor.]]
+||
+[[image:runeeffects-2010-09.jpg|center|thumb|350px|1:15 - [[Poison Dart]] runed for multishot.]]
+|}
+</center>
+Here's a few more images taken from the video:
+<gallery>
+Image:runeeffects-2010-01.jpg|Plume of fear.
+Image:runeeffects-2010-02.jpg|[[Leap Attack]] with ring of explosions.
+Image:runeeffects-2010-07.jpg|[[Bash]] making [[Zombie]] go boom.
+Image:runeeffects-2010-10.jpg|Runed [[Ice Armor]].
+Image:runeeffects-2010-11.jpg|Runed [[Arcane Orb]] explosion.
+Image:runeeffects-2010-12.jpg|Most likely [[Electrocute]].
+Image:runeeffects-2010-13.jpg|Is that a [[Zombie]]'s soul?
+Image:runeeffects-2010-14.jpg|[[Locust Swarm]] in action.
+</gallery>
+==References==
+<span style="font-size: 10px;"><references/></span>
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-footage-shows-many-new-rune-effects/ Gorgeous New Skill Rune Effects] -- IncGamers 31st Mar 2011
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