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Poison Dart in action.

Poison Dart is a Primary Witch Doctor skill unlocked at level 1. It's a ranged attack in which the Witch Doctor blows a poisoned dart at the enemy, dealing initial poison damage and additional damage over time.

The dart moves very quickly and has full screen range, making this a very accurate attack with longer reach than almost any other Witch Doctor skill.

Background[edit | edit source]

The Witch Doctor uses a blowpipe to fire a poison dart. Rune effects can fire multiple darts, or add special functions to the dart. With its low mana cost and great utility, this is one of the more popular Witch Doctor skills.

Skill Rune Effects[edit | edit source]

Refer to the Poison Dart rune effects page for thorough descriptions of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, and strategy tips.

Name	Level	Description

<skill subcat="Physical realm spell" class="WitchDoctor">Poison Dart</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Splinters">Poison Dart</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Numbing Dart">Poison Dart</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Spined Dart">Poison Dart</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Flaming Dart">Poison Dart</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Snake to the Face">Poison Dart</skill>

Skill Design[edit | edit source]

This low-level direct damage skill first appeared in 2010. The casting animation is fairly slow, but the projectile itself is very fast and accurate. The dart always hits the first enemy it encounters though, making this skill difficult to hit anything beyond the first row of enemies.

Synergies[edit | edit source]

The following Witch Doctor passives provide a benefit to Poison Dart, runed or not:

Name	Level	Description

<skill class="WitchDoctor">Bad Medicine</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor">Pierce the Veil</skill> <skill class="WitchDoctor">Fetish Sycophants</skill>

Development[edit | edit source]

Poison Dart was revealed as a Witch Doctor skill in early August, 2010. A fan in the official forums proposed a dart gun weapon for the Witch Doctor, and got more than he bargained for in the reply:^[1]

Bashiok: Wow, pretty good guess. We have a new witch doctor skill called Poison Dart. Pretty much this.

It was first seen in Blizzcon 2010 and skill runes were also shown at this moment. It was one of the Witch Doctor's starting skills, and Flux obligingly wrote about it:[1]

The main attack skill that the WD started with, this one was also disappointing while un-runed. It’s pretty much what you’d think; a tiny green projectile that deals impact damage and some DoT to the target. The dart moves quickly through the air so it’s got good accuracy, but the casting (blowing) animation is very slow. Lift the pipe, squat down into the shooting stance, fire, stand back up again, repeat. This results in a poor DPS, even though the actual dart isn’t terrible.

Beta[edit | edit source]

Skill tiers were removed shortly before the beta started in September 2011, and Poison Dart became a level 1 skill. Flux tried it out again, and reported on it:[2]

Poison Dart is the Witch Doctor’s starting attack skill, and the unruned form is about as straight forward as a skill can be. Literally! The Witch Doctor whips out a blow pipe and spits one dart in a straight line, which deals poison damage on impact with some additional poison drain over time. Though the firing animation is kind of slow, the dart flies quickly, and I had no trouble hitting even moving targets. (There are very few monsters in the beta that do anything other than advance upon you in a straight line at a predictable speed.)

The skill system was once again overhauled for the Beta Patch 13 in February 2012, and Poison Dart was classified as a Primary skill (but remained at level 1). After being nerfed some for Beta Patch 14, it was nerfed just a little bit more for Beta Patch 15.

Media[edit | edit source]

Poison Dart can be seen in action on video here:

Video: Blizzcon 2010 Rune Effects

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

Close-up of Witch Doctor blowing a dart

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Bashiok forum post — Incgamers 4th Aug 2010

BlizzCon 2010 Witch Doctor Hands-on Report
Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
Witch Doctor Beta Skills Mega-report: Part One — IncGamers 30th Sep 2011
Witch Doctor Active Skills — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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[1] Bashiok forum post — Incgamers 4th Aug 2010

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-'''Poison Dart''' is a tier III [[skill]] for the [[Witch Doctor]], which throws a poisoned dart on an enemy, dealing initial poison damage and damage over-time.
+[[File:IconPoisonDart.png|left]]
+[[File:Poison-dart1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Poison Dart in action.]]
+'''Poison Dart''' is a Primary [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 1. It's a ranged attack in which the [[Witch Doctor]] blows a poisoned dart at the enemy, dealing initial poison damage and additional damage over time.
+The dart moves very quickly and has full screen range, making this a very accurate attack with longer reach than almost any other Witch Doctor skill.
+<br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
-{{Skillbox
+The Witch Doctor uses a blowpipe to fire a poison dart. Rune effects can fire multiple darts, or add special functions to the dart. With its low mana cost and great utility, this is one of the more popular Witch Doctor skills.
-|game= Diablo III
-<!-- |portrait= -->
-<!-- |portrait-width= -->
-|active= Active
-|name= Poison Dart
-|ranks= 5
-|user= Witch Doctor
-|tree= Voodoo
-|description= Fires a deadly poison dart that deals X-X poison damage and an additional X-X poison damage over X seconds.
-|type= Direct Damage
-|quantity= Duration
-|effect= Direct
-|school= Magical
-|resource= [[Mana]]
-|cost= N/A
-|cast-time= Unknown
-|cooldown= Unknown
-|synergies= Unknown
-}}
-The Witch Doctor uses a blowpipe to fire a poison dart.
+==Skill Rune Effects==
+Refer to the [[Poison Dart rune effects]] page for thorough descriptions of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, and strategy tips.
+{{skill description header}}
+<skill subcat="Physical realm spell" class="WitchDoctor">Poison Dart</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Splinters">Poison Dart</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Numbing Dart">Poison Dart</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Spined Dart">Poison Dart</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Flaming Dart">Poison Dart</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor" rune="Snake to the Face">Poison Dart</skill>
 ==Skill Design==
+This low-level direct damage [[skill]] first appeared in 2010. The casting animation is fairly slow, but the projectile itself is very fast and accurate. The dart always hits the first enemy it encounters though, making this skill difficult to hit anything beyond the first row of enemies.
-==Skill Rank Table==
-(A) = Assumed
-*Rank: 1/1
-**Fires a deadly poison dart that deals X-X poison damage and an additional X-X poison damage over X seconds.
-**Mana Cost: N/A mana
 ==Synergies==
-* None known.
+The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Poison Dart, runed or not:
+{{skill description header}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Bad Medicine</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Pierce the Veil</skill>
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Fetish Sycophants</skill>
-==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
+==Development==
+'''Poison Dart''' was revealed as a Witch Doctor skill in early August, 2010. A fan in the official forums proposed a dart gun weapon for the Witch Doctor, and got more than he bargained for in the reply:<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/a-new-witch-doctor-skill-revealed/ Bashiok forum post] — Incgamers 4th Aug 2010</ref>
-The [[rune]]s for Poison Dart were discussed at [[BlizzCon 2010]]. [[Wyatt Cheng]] narrated a short video of them in action<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-gameplay-panel-transcript/P2/ Diablo 3 Gameplay Panel Transcript] - Incgamers 23/10/10</ref>:
+<blue><b>Bashiok:</b> Wow, pretty good guess. We have a new witch doctor skill called Poison Dart. Pretty much this.</blue>
-<blockquote>The Witch Doctor's new skill called Poison Dart and that kind of fit with the Power Rune before but then we changed the skill so we had another version that would make it a rapid-fire skill and then it worked really well with Multistrike but then we had this wacky idea of the Witch Doctor being able to shoot a live snake that would attach itself to monster's faces and stun them. Where does that fit? It doesn't fit anywhere so we just changed the names of the runes then we can come up with as many kinds of wacky ideas as we want.</blockquote>
+It was first seen in [[Blizzcon 2010]] and skill runes were also shown at this moment. It was one of the Witch Doctor's starting skills, and [[Flux]] obligingly wrote about it:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor]
-With that said, the rune effects for poison dart are as follows:<br><br>
+<blockquote>''The main attack skill that the WD started with, this one was also disappointing while un-runed. It’s pretty much what you’d think; a tiny green projectile that deals impact damage and some DoT to the target. The dart moves quickly through the air so it’s got good accuracy, but the casting (blowing) animation is very slow. Lift the pipe, squat down into the shooting stance, fire, stand back up again, repeat. This results in a poor DPS, even though the actual dart isn’t terrible.</blockquote>
-* Crimson: Send a fire dart on target
+===Beta===
-* Obsidian: Slow enemies.
+Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, and Poison Dart became a level 1 skill. [[Flux]] tried it out again, and reported on it:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-beta-skills-mega-report]
-* Alabaster: Throw a living snake on target to stun it.
-* Indigo: Fire darts very rapidly
-** Rank 1/7
-***Shoots 2 Poison Darts
-** Rank 2/7
-***Shoots 4 Poison Darts
-* Golden: Mana recovery.
+<blockquote>''Poison Dart is the Witch Doctor’s starting attack skill, and the unruned form is about as straight forward as a skill can be. Literally! The Witch Doctor whips out a blow pipe and spits one dart in a straight line, which deals poison damage on impact with some additional poison drain over time. Though the firing animation is kind of slow, the dart flies quickly, and I had no trouble hitting even moving targets. (There are very few monsters in the beta that do anything other than advance upon you in a straight line at a predictable speed.)</blockquote>
-==Development==
+The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, and Poison Dart was classified as a Primary skill (but remained at level 1). After being [[nerf]]ed some for [[Beta Patch 14]], it was nerfed just a little bit more for [[Beta Patch 15]].
-Poison Dart was revealed as a Witch Doctor skill in early August, 2010. It came from a forum post by D3 CM [[Bashiok]], on August 4, 2010. A fan proposed a dart gun weapon for the Witch Doctor, and got more than he bargained for in the reply. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/a-new-witch-doctor-skill-revealed/]
-::'''A blowgun that you can buy different kinds of darts and also have different blowgun skills like a rapid shot and critical shot.'''
-::'''Bashiok:''' Wow, pretty good guess. We have a new witch doctor skill called '''Poison Dart'''. Pretty much this.
+<!--
+==Trivia==
+-->
-Poison Dart was added to the game after the three-skill tree arrangement was removed, so it was never officially assigned to a skill tree, but it would clearly have been in the [[Voodoo Skill Tree]] if it had been, along with all the other spell-like Witch Doctor direct attacks.
+==Media==
-It was first seen in [[Blizzcon 2010]] and skill runes were also shown at this moment.
+Poison Dart can be seen in action on video here:
+* [[Video: Blizzcon 2010 Rune Effects]]
+You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=Poison+Dart&cat=all '''Poison Dart''' specific gallery contents]
-<!--
+<gallery>
-==Related Articles==
+Image:Poison-dart1.jpg|Close-up of Witch Doctor blowing a dart
-''Articles that are related, but not emphasised enough in any other section, or articles that just need further attention.''
+</gallery>
--->
 ==References==
-<references/>
+<span style="font-size: 10px;"><references/></span>
-* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor BlizzCon 2010 Witch Doctor Hands-on Report]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-beta-skills-mega-report Witch Doctor Beta Skills Mega-report: Part One] — IncGamers 30th Sep 2011
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/active/ Witch Doctor Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
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