Difference between revisions of "Soul Harvest"

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Soul Harvest is a Tier Four Witch Doctor skill. This skill has changed a great deal during development, and is now a buff that boosts the Witch Doctor's spell damage when there are numerous enemies in the vicinity.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Soul Harvest Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Gain X% increased spell damage per enemy within X feet for X seconds.
Skill Details:
Type:	buff
Quantity:	Channeling
Effect:	radius
School:	Magical
Mana cost:	Unknown
Cast time:	Unknown
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor gains strength from the close proximity of his enemies.

Skill Design

This skill was initially a nova-type of attack, one that dealt damage and fed mana back to the Witch Doctor for everything it killed. That changed entirely during development, and the skill now buffs the Witch Doctor's spell damage.

Skill Rank Table

Blizzcon 2010 description: Gain X% increased spell damage per enemy within X feet for X seconds.

Synergies

None of the Witch Doctor traits directly improve Soul Harvest.

Runestone Effects

No runestone effects for Soul Harvest are known.

Development

Soul Harvest was first seen in the WWI 2008 build. The skill was just the same at BlizzCon 2009, but had changed entirely by Blizzcon 2010, changing from an attack nova type skill to a buffing sort of war cry. See the [Doctor Skills Archive article] for original info and screenshots about Soul Harvest.

Media

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

References

Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats

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-'''Soul Harvest''' is a Tier II [[skill]] [[Witch Doctor]] skill in the [[Spirit Skill Tree]], which drains [[mana]] and consumes [[health]] of all enemies in the area.
+'''Soul Harvest''' is a Tier Four [[Witch Doctor skill]].  This skill has changed a great deal during development, and is now a buff that boosts the Witch Doctor's spell damage when there are numerous enemies in the vicinity.
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 {{Skillbox
 |game= Diablo III
-|portrait= Wd-soul-harvest3.jpg
+<!-- |portrait= -->
 <!-- |portrait-width= -->
 |active= Active
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 |user= Witch Doctor
 |tree= Spirit
-|description= The [[Witch Doctor]] draws out the life force of nearby enemies causing X-Y black magic damage and restoring Z [[mana]] per energy drained.
+|description= Gain X% increased spell damage per enemy within X feet for X seconds.
-|type= DoT
+|type= buff
 |quantity= Channeling
-|effect= Circular [[AoE]]
+|effect= radius
 |school= Magical
 |resource= [[Mana]]
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 |synergies= Unknown
 }}
-The [[Witch Doctor]] harvests the souls of his enemies, even before they are dead.
+The [[Witch Doctor]] gains strength from the close proximity of his enemies.
 ==Skill Design==
-A nice [[AoE]] skill that can theoretically take out mobs of enemies whilst restoring a nice amount of [[mana]], and allowing a barrage of other skills as a follow up. If you have trouble taking out mobs of enemies, this skill may aid you quite well. Nothing is final, so the damage/duration will probably get balanced.
+This skill was initially a nova-type of attack, one that dealt damage and fed mana back to the Witch Doctor for everything it killed. That changed entirely during development, and the skill now buffs the Witch Doctor's spell damage.
 ==Skill Rank Table==
-(legend (A) = Assumed)
+'''Blizzcon 2010 description:''' Gain X% increased spell damage per enemy within X feet for X seconds.
-*Rank: 1/5
-**The Witch Doctor Draws out the life force of nearby enemies causing 1-2 black magic damage and restoring 3 mana per energy drained.
-**Mana Cost: Unknown
-*Rank: 2/5
-**The Witch Doctor Draws out the life force of nearby enemies causing 3-4 black magic damage and restoring 6 mana per energy drained. (A)
-**Mana Cost: Unknown
-*Rank: 3/5
-**The Witch Doctor Draws out the life force of nearby enemies causing 5-6 black magic damage and restoring 9 mana per energy drained. (A)
-**Mana Cost: Unknown
-*Rank: 4/5
-**The Witch Doctor Draws out the life force of nearby enemies causing 7-8 black magic damage and restoring 12 mana per energy drained. (A)
-**Mana Cost: Unknown
-*Rank: 5/5
-**The Witch Doctor Draws out the life force of nearby enemies causing 9-10 black magic damage and restoring 15 mana per energy drained. (A)
-**Mana Cost: Unknown
-[[Image:Wd-soul-harvest1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|All your life are belong to us.]]
 ==Synergies==
-* None known.
+None of the [[Witch Doctor traits]] directly improve Soul Harvest.
-==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
-* None known.
+==Runestone Effects==
+No [[runestone]] effects for Soul Harvest are known.
 ==Development==
-''Soul Harvest'' was first seen in the [[WWI 2008]] build. The skill has stayed exactly the same, judging from the latest demo at [[BlizzCon 2009]].
+''Soul Harvest'' was first seen in the [[WWI 2008]] build. The skill was just the same at [[BlizzCon 2009]], but had changed entirely by Blizzcon 2010, changing from an attack nova type skill to a buffing sort of war cry. See the [[http://www.diablowiki.net/Witch_Doctor_skill_archive#Blizzcon_2010_Changed_Skills|Witch Doctor Skills Archive article]] for original info and screenshots about Soul Harvest.
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 * [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
 * [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=all&si=Soul+Harvest Soul Harvest-specific gallery contents]
-<gallery>
-Image:Wd-soul-harvest3.jpg|Harvesting souls...
-Image:Wd-soul-harvest1.jpg|...and [[undead]]s seem to have plenty!
-</gallery>
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-{{Skill_navbox_spirit}}
+{{Skill_navbox_Witch Doctor}}
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