Difference between revisions of "Cluster Arrow"

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Cluster Arrow is a Demon Hunter skill unlocked at level (unknown). The Demon Hunter fires an arrow that hits the ground (in its basic version), and grenades erupt from the consequent blast, which in turn explode to damage enemies.

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]

Cluster Arrow
Used by:	Demon Hunter
Enabled at:	Clvl x
Skill Description
Fire a blast that erupts into explosive grenades.
Type:	Direct Damage/AoE
Resource Use:	Costs Discipline
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Adds a stun effect to the grenade explosions.
Crimson rune:	Increases the damage of the explosion at the point of impact.
Golden rune:	Instead of grenades, the skill spawns shadow creatures that attack nearby enemies and leech life to the demon hunter.
Indigo rune:	Fires enemy-seeking missiles instead of grenades.
Obsidian rune:	The Cluster Arrow is launched high into the air and rains down grenades.

The skill generates a number of grenades upon impact. The explosions damage other enemies in the immediate vicinity.

Skill Design

Grenades from the blast.

Cluster Arrow appears to have a direct damage component before generating the grenades that explode and damage the enemies within its radius with fire damage.

Three sharp red lines appear behind the demon hunter and travel forward, the blast hitting the ground with a fairly large explosion, leaving a decal on the ground, where the grenades pop out of. The grenades, much like the Grenade skill itself, will bounce around for a short while before detonating.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 5: Unknown..

Trait Synergies

No synergies with any of the traits are yet known.

Skill Rune Effects

Alabaster - Adds a stun effect to the grenade explosions.
Crimson - Increases the damage of the explosion at the point of impact.
Golden - Instead of grenades, the skill spawns shadow creatures that attack nearby enemies and leech life to the demon hunter.
Indigo - Fires enemy-seeking missiles instead of grenades.
Obsidian - The Cluster Arrow is launched high into the air and rains down grenades.

Cluster Arrow with every rune effect.

The video below demonstrates these runes' effects.

Development

Everyone loves explosions.

Cluster Arrow is the first skill from the demon hunter to be shown outside of BlizzCon 2010. It premiered with the official website update for skill runes [1].

Media

Cluster Arrow can be seen in action on video here:

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

Happy grenades bouncing around before imminent death.
Cluster Arrow detonation.
A shot of all of the cluster arrow runes in action.

References

http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/systems/runestones.xml

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 * [[Obsidian]] - The Cluster Arrow is launched high into the air and rains down grenades.
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 The video below demonstrates these runes' effects.
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 Image:Dh_cluster_arrow1.jpg|Happy grenades bouncing around before imminent death.
 Image:Dh_cluster_arrow2.jpg|Cluster Arrow detonation.
-Image:Cluster_arrow_runed.jpg|A shot of all of the cluster arrow runes in action.
+Image:Clusterarrow_runed.jpg|A shot of all of the cluster arrow runes in action.
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