Spirit Barrage

Spirit Barrage is a Spirit Realm Witch Doctor skill unlocked at level 21. It's an attack skill, one that calls down projectiles from above, striking all enemies, with Arcane damage, in the target zone.

Contents

Background

Spirit Barrage in action

The Witch Doctor sends forth spirits to barrage the enemy to death.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Spirit Barrage rune effects page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

Icon	Skill	Description

Spirit Barrage Spirit Realm (Level 21)

[e] Cost: 141 Mana Bombard a target with a spirit bolt that deals 125% weapon damage as Physical.

| | Phlebotomize | Spirits return 40% of damage dealt as Life. |- | width="40px" | | Well of Souls | Every cast launches an additional 3 spirit bolts at nearby enemies other than the targeted enemy that deal 39 - 71 physical damage each. |- | width="40px" | | Phantasm | Summons a Spectre for 5 seconds that deals 51 - 52 physical damage per second to all enemies within 10 yards. |- | width="40px" | | The Spirit is Willing | Spirits return 40% of damage dealt as Mana. |- | width="40px" | | Manitou | Summons a Spectre for 20 seconds that hovers over you conjuring spirit bolts at nearby enemies for 53 - 92 physical damage. |-

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Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.

Skill Design

This sounds like it could be a powerful AoE skill, but nothing is yet known about the sort of radius or damage it inflicts. The Witch Doctor is not blessed with as many big damage skills as the Wizard, and has few skills that can strike multiple targets at once for heavy damage. If this one can, it could be a mainstay of many high level Witch Doctor builds.

Synergies

• No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.

Development

Spirit Barrage was first seen in the BlizzCon 2009 demo as a Tier IV skill on the Spirit Skill Tree, but was not yet implemented. It was also listed in the BlizzCon 2010 demo, though it's yet to be seen in action.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Spirit Barrage became a level 21 skill.

Media

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Spirit Barrage specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Witch Doctor Active Skills -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011

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