Hex

Hex is a Support Witch Doctor skill unlocked at level 6. It summons a Fetish shaman to assist the Witch Doctor by hexing enemies into chickens for a limited duration.

Contents

Background

Hex in action

The Witch Doctor summons a Fetish spellcaster to cast hexes upon his enemies.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Hex 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

Hex Command Summon (Level 6)

[e] Cost: 176 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds Summon a Fetish Shaman for 8 seconds that will hex enemies into chickens. Hexed enemies are unable to perform offensive actions and take 20% additional damage.

Painful Transformation

[e] Hexed targets bleed for 60% of your weapon damage per second.

Angry Chicken

[e] You turn into an Angry Chicken for up to 5 seconds that can explode for 300% weapon damage to all enemies within 12 yards.

Unstable Form

[e] Hexed targets explode when killed dealing 240% weapon damage as Poison to all enemies within 8 yards.

Hedge Magic

[e] The Fetish Shaman will periodically heal friendly targets for 5322 Life.

Jinx

[e] Increases the damage taken by hexed targets to 90%.

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

Skill Design

Descriptions of this skill viewable at Blizzcon 2009 and Blizzcon 2010 gave only vague information about its function, but an August 2011 gameplay video ([1]) shows it in use. A Witch Doctor is seen to use the skill several times in rapid succession, summoning a Fetish Shaman with each use. Each Shaman remains stationary and bathes the ground in a broad area around itself with pulsing, green light. As soon as one such Shaman is summoned, a wraith within its field is seen to spontaneously transform into a clucking, white chicken and wander aimlessly for several seconds, before spontaneously reverting to its original form. Several skeletons within the same Shaman's AoE remain unaffected.

Synergies

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

Development

Hex was first seen at BlizzCon 2009 listed as a skill in the gameplay demo, but it was not yet implemented. At the time, it was a Tier II skill on the Voodoo Skill Tree. It was still listed at BlizzCon 2010, but there are no gameplay reports detailing any use of the skill.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Hex became a level 6 skill.

Media

Hex can be seen in action on video here:

• Gameplay: July 2011

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Hex 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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