Difference between revisions of "AoE"

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Witch Doctor's Skull of Flame.

Area of Effect is a general term for effects, skills, spells or abilities that will affect an area, and the inhabitants of that area, rather than a single target. Also known as Splash Damage or Line Damage. Many attacks in Diablo III will have the potential to affect more than one target. Some skills will need to be upgraded with points in a mastery skill (The Wizard's Tornado originally produces one tornado, but adding skill points to Epic Storms increases the amount of tornados allowed at once) or used in conjunction with Skill Runes (The Witch Doctor's Skull of Flame used with a multi-strike rune allows the skull to skip along the ground and explode multiple times) to affect muliple targets.

The area that is affected can vary greatly, from a few monsters up close from a Barbarian attacking with Cleave, or a dozen monsters being crushed under a destructible wall.

The effect of an AoE varies from a damaging attack to a buff/debuff cast on allies/enemies.

Female Barbarian using Cleave.
Male Barbarian using Battle Cry.
Female Witch Doctor using Soul Harvest.

AoE Shapes

The actual area of an AoE skill can be of any shape or size. Some examples are: circular AoE eminating from the player (Wizard's Frost Nova), a specific area the player chooses (Wizard's Meteor Storm), Line Damage (Wizard's Disintegrate), or jumping from one target to another (Wizard's Electrocute).

Female Wizard using Frost Nova.
Female Wizard using Meteor Storm.
Female Wizard using Disintegrate.
Female Wizard using Electrocute.

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-'''Area of Effect''' is a general term for effects, skills, spells or abilities that will affect an area, and the inhabitants of that area, rather than a single target. Also known as '''Splash Damage''' or '''Line Damage'''. Most attacks in [[Diablo III]] will affect more than one target, or at least multiple targets with the use of [[Rune|Skill Runes]].
+[[Image:Skullofflame multistrike.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Witch Doctor's Skull of Flame.]]
+'''Area of Effect''' is a general term for effects, skills, spells or abilities that will affect an area, and the inhabitants of that area, rather than a single target. Also known as '''Splash Damage''' or '''Line Damage'''. Many attacks in [[Diablo III]] will have the potential to affect more than one target. Some skills will need to be upgraded with points in a mastery skill (The [[Wizard]]'s [[Storm Skill Tree#Tornado|Tornado]] originally produces one tornado, but adding skill points to [[Storm Skill Tree#Epic Storms|Epic Storms]] increases the amount of tornados allowed at once) or used in conjunction with [[Rune|Skill Runes]] (The [[Witch Doctor]]'s [[Spirit Skill Tree#Skull of Flame|Skull of Flame]] used with a multi-strike rune allows the skull to ''skip'' along the ground and explode multiple times) to affect muliple targets.
-The area that is affected can vary greatly, from a few [[monster]]s close to a [[Barbarian]]'s skill: [[Cleave]], or a dozen monsters being crushed under a [[destructible]] wall.
+The area that is affected can vary greatly, from a few [[monster]]s up close from a [[Barbarian]] attacking with [[Juggernaut Skill Tree#Cleave|Cleave]], or a dozen monsters being crushed under a [[destructible]] wall.
-The effects can also vary, as an AoE damage does not necessarily need to cause damage. It can be an AoE [[buff]] or [[debuff]] cast on friends or foes.
+The effect of an AoE varies from a damaging attack to a [[buff]]/[[debuff]] cast on allies/enemies.
+<gallery>
+Image:Barb cleave3.jpg|Female Barbarian using Cleave.
+Image:Barb-warcry1.jpg|Male Barbarian using Battle Cry.
+Image:WD SoulHarvest.jpg|Female Witch Doctor using Soul Harvest.
+</gallery>
 ==AoE Shapes==
-AoE effects can be of any shape or size, depending on the source. Many effects have circular AoE, but this is not a given rule. Some are also "Line Damage", and do damage in a square/elliptic shape with a width. It can be a crescent shape, and even square in some cases.
+The actual area of an AoE skill can be of any shape or size. Some examples are: circular AoE eminating from the player ([[Wizard]]'s [[Storm Skill Tree#Frost Nova|Frost Nova]]), a specific area the player chooses ([[Wizard]]'s [[Conjuring Skill Tree#Meteor Storm|Meteor Storm]]), Line Damage ([[Wizard]]'s [[Arcane Skill Tree#Disintegrate|Disintegrate]]), or jumping from one target to another ([[Wizard]]'s [[Storm Skill Tree#Electrocute|Electrocute]]).
+<gallery>
+Image:Wiz-FrostNova.jpg|Female Wizard using Frost Nova.
+Image:Wiz-meteor1.jpg|Female Wizard using Meteor Storm.
+Image:Wiz-Disintegrate.jpg|Female Wizard using Disintegrate.
+Image:Wiz-electrocute1.jpg|Female Wizard using Electrocute.
+</gallery>
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