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| − | Zombie Bears | + | Zombie Bears is a rune effect in [[Zombie Charger]], a Physical Realm [[Witch Doctor skill]]. |
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| + | This rune effect summons a pack of zombie bears that charge forward for a short distance, stampeding over and through any enemies and dealing 235% poison damage to anything in the area. This is one of the Witch Doctor's more damaging attacks, and though it is short range, it hits across a quite wide space. | ||
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| + | ==Skill Rune Effects== | ||
| + | Refer to the [[Zombie Charger rune effects]] article for a thorough description of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, and strategy tips. | ||
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| + | <skill subcat="Physical realm spell" class="WitchDoctor">Zombie Charger</skill> | ||
| + | <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Zombie Bears">Zombie Charger</skill> | ||
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| + | ==Background== | ||
The bear effect was created by [[Julian Love]] and revealed at Blizzcon 2010, where it became something of a meme or running joke, where the Diablo III devs referred to it in interviews and panels with unbearable frequency. [http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/10/25/1711255/Julian-Love-Lead-Technical-Artist-for-Diablo-3] | The bear effect was created by [[Julian Love]] and revealed at Blizzcon 2010, where it became something of a meme or running joke, where the Diablo III devs referred to it in interviews and panels with unbearable frequency. [http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/10/25/1711255/Julian-Love-Lead-Technical-Artist-for-Diablo-3] | ||
| − | + | <blue><font color="#FFFFFF">Slashdot: I was playing a Witch Doctor, and I used the spell that summons a zombie for you, and I got a rune that turned it into a swarm of bears. We got a real kick out of that.</font> | |
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| + | Julian Love: Yeah! Zombie Bears! It’s kind of funny, that’s one of the skills that came up – the way we work is that we sit down and throw a lot of crazy ideas out, and sometimes it’s a little scary, throwing an idea that you think “I’m not sure how the group will react. This is kind of wacky.” And I remember sitting in the group and they were saying, “What are we going to do? We need something else.” And I said, “I’m not even sure why this works, but I’m just going to say it: Zombie Bears!” And everybody went, “Yes!” And that was it. Look at the way to it feels to play that skill in the game – it just sounds fun, right?</blue> | ||
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| + | ==Media== | ||
| + | Two screenshots of the zombie bears. It's hard to get a good shot of them as they move quickly and have a skinless, bloody mess of an exterior. The bear-ness of them is much more visible in a video than a still image. | ||
| − | [[category: | + | <gallery> |
| − | [[category:Witch Doctor]] | + | File:Zombie-bears1.jpg|Bears in [[Whimsyshire]]. |
| + | File:Zombie-bears2.jpg|Bears in [[Whimsyshire]]. | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | Bears at work against [[Cydaea]] in Hell in this short video. | ||
| + | <youtube>zOWYve1bBnA</youtube> | ||
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| + | ==Development== | ||
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| + | Prior to the skill revision in February 2012, this rune effect was enabled by the [[Crimson Rune]], granting the following effect with a level 7 runestone: | ||
| + | {{Witch Doctor_Skillrune_Zombie Bears}} | ||
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| + | [[category:Witch Doctor skills]] | ||
| + | [[category:Witch Doctor rune effects]] | ||
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[[category:BlizzCon 2010]] | [[category:BlizzCon 2010]] | ||
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| + | {{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD|decay}} | ||
Latest revision as of 04:05, 7 June 2012
Zombie Bears is a rune effect in Zombie Charger, a Physical Realm Witch Doctor skill.
This rune effect summons a pack of zombie bears that charge forward for a short distance, stampeding over and through any enemies and dealing 235% poison damage to anything in the area. This is one of the Witch Doctor's more damaging attacks, and though it is short range, it hits across a quite wide space.
Skill Rune Effects[edit | edit source]
Refer to the Zombie Charger rune effects article for a thorough description of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, and strategy tips.
| Name | Level | Description |
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<skill subcat="Physical realm spell" class="WitchDoctor">Zombie Charger</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Zombie Bears">Zombie Charger</skill>
Background[edit | edit source]
The bear effect was created by Julian Love and revealed at Blizzcon 2010, where it became something of a meme or running joke, where the Diablo III devs referred to it in interviews and panels with unbearable frequency. [1]
Media[edit | edit source]
Two screenshots of the zombie bears. It's hard to get a good shot of them as they move quickly and have a skinless, bloody mess of an exterior. The bear-ness of them is much more visible in a video than a still image.
Bears in Whimsyshire.
Bears in Whimsyshire.
Bears at work against Cydaea in Hell in this short video.
Development[edit | edit source]
Prior to the skill revision in February 2012, this rune effect was enabled by the Crimson Rune, granting the following effect with a level 7 runestone:
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Zombie Bears |
[e] Summons a stampede of three Zombie Bears, each dealing 112% weapon damage to enemies in the area. |
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Wall of Zombies |
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