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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

<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]

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. 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?

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:

Zombie Bears

[e]

Summons a stampede of three Zombie Bears, each dealing 112% weapon damage to enemies in the area.

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-Zombie Bears are one of the skill effects enabled by socketing a [[runestone]] into the [[Witch Doctor skill]], [[Zombie Charger]].
+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==
+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.
+{{skill description header}}
+<skill subcat="Physical realm spell" class="WitchDoctor">Zombie Charger</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Zombie Bears">Zombie Charger</skill>
+==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]
-::'''''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.''
+<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>
-::'''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?
+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>
+==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:glossary]]
+<gallery>
-[[category:Witch Doctor]]
+File:Zombie-bears1.jpg|Bears in [[Whimsyshire]].
+File:Zombie-bears2.jpg|Bears in [[Whimsyshire]].
+</gallery>
+Bears at work against [[Cydaea]] in Hell in this short video.
+<youtube>zOWYve1bBnA</youtube>
+==Development==
+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}}
+[[category:Witch Doctor skills]]
+[[category:Witch Doctor rune effects]]
+[[category:runes]]
+[[category:reference]]
 [[category:BlizzCon 2010]]
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD|decay}}

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