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'''Grasp of the Dead''' is a [[Witch Doctor]] Tier 3 [[Witch Doctor skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|character level]] 6. This skill is a curse; it inflicts victims with much slower foot speed and deals damage as well. It's highly useful in the [[Arena]] PvP.
|ranks= 5
|user= Witch Doctor
|tree= ZombieTier 3
|description= Hands reach out, slowing enemies by X% and dealing X-X damage per second for X seconds.
|type= Direct Damage
The visual is creepy, putting what looks like brown worms that are constantly wriggling in and out of the victim.
==Development==
'''Grasp of the Dead''' was first listed in the [[BlizzCon 2009]] gameplay demo at Tier III in the [[Zombie Skill Tree]], but it had not yet been implemented.
This skill was present on the pre-made Witch Doctor in the [[Blizzcon 2010]] [[Arena]], and was shown to be quite effective. [[Flux]] wrote about it in his length PvP hands-on report:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/]
<blockquote>''A very powerful curse, this one greatly slowed the enemy, as well as afflicting them with a sort of worming, brown, burning graphic. It’s actively unpleasant to see this on your character; you actually feel like they’re being eaten alive. And you can’t even run from it properly, in your slow motion cursed state. Hard to hit a moving target with this one since the radius of effect was very small, but hugely useful if you managed it.</blockquote>
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==References==
* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/ BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report]
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