Skill Animations Videos
The Skill Animations Videos are a set of five videos featuring each class demonstrating a number of skills, and were released (or leaked) in August 2011. The characters are in a featureless black environment without companions or monsters. In every video, the male version of each class is demonstrated first, then the female.
Barbarian Video
The Barbarian Skill Animations video can be seen below, courtesy of the Diablo3Inc channel on YouTube.com.
The skills demonstrated by the male Barbarian:
- Hammer of the Ancients - With an unknown rune.
- Ancient Spear - Runed for multishot.
- Wrath of the Berserker - Seen for the first time.
- Earthquake - With an unknown rune.
- Cleave - Possibly unruned.
And the female Barbarian:
- Ground Stomp - With an unknown rune.
- Weapon Throw - With an unknown rune.
- Seismic Slam - Likely runed.
- Possibly Rend. Or maybe Frenzy.
- Whirlwind - With an Indigo Rune.
Witch Doctor Video
The Witch Doctor Skill Animations video can be seen below, courtesy of the Diablo3Inc channel on YouTube.com.
The skills demonstrated by the male Witch Doctor:
- 0:03 – 0:09 — Grasp of the Dead with an unknown rune that creates a cemetery of grasping zombie hands.
- 0:05 – 0:10 — Locust Swarm with individual flight patterns visible. Looks like the unruned version seen before.
- 0:11 – 0:20 — Zombie Charger runed for Zombie Bears! The bears function as spectral objects, as they run through enemies and deal damage like a poison spray; they don’t actually grizzly maul. (Unfortunately.)
- 0:21 – 0:25 — Plague of Toads with an unknown rune.
- 0:26 – 0:32 — Wall of Zombies (most likely) runed to create a Zombie Nova. The zombies rot to skeletons as they move outwards. See also Zombie Tower.
And the female Witch Doctor:
- 0:36 – 0:38 — Summon Zombie Dogs, possibly runed to summum three Mongrels at once. Or maybe it's just a visual shortcut for the video.
- 0:38 – 0:40 — Sacrifice, either runed to explode all Mongrels at once, or perhaps (like the previous skill) it's just a visual shortcut for the video.
- 0:41 – 0:48 — Firebats, possibly unruned.
- 0:43 – 0:50 — Haunt with new and improved graphics. It might be a runestone effect that turns them into hovering helpers, ready to attack enemies on sight. Also, what are they... skeletal baby porpoises?
- 0:55 – 0:59 — Firebomb with an Indigo rune to make it bounce and deal multiple hits.
- 1:01 – 1:07 — Mass Confusion (possibly unruned) for the big finish.
Wizard Video
The Wizard Skill Animations video can be seen below, courtesy of the Diablo3Inc channel on YouTube.com.
The skills demonstrated by the male Wizard:
- Hydra - Unruned.
- Most likely Electrocute.
- Arcane Orb - Possibly unruned.
- Archon - Seen for the first time.
- Possibly Explosive Blast runed.
- Disintegrate - Most likely runed.
And the female Wizard:
- Magic Missile - With an Indigo rune.
- Possibly Shock Pulse.
- Energy Twister - With an unknown rune.
- Most likely Arcane Torrent runed.
Monk Video
The Monk Skill Animations video can be seen below, courtesy of the Diablo3Inc channel on YouTube.com.
The skills demonstrated by the male Monk:
- Fists of Thunder - With an unknown rune.
- Crippling Wave - With an unknown rune.
- Dashing Strike - Most likely runed.
- Seven Sided Strike - Possibly unruned.
- Blinding Flash - With as unknown rune.
And the female Monk:
- Most likely Deadly Reach - Seen for the first time.
- Way of the Hundred Fists - With an unknown rune.
- Wave of Light - Possibly runed.
- Exploding Palm - Possibly unruned.
- Tempest Rush - Seen for the first time.
Demon Hunter Video
The Demon Hunter Skill Animations video can be seen below, courtesy of the Diablo3Inc channel on YouTube.com.
The skills demonstrated by the male Demon Hunter:
- Fan of Knives - With an unknown rune.
- Multishot - With an unknown rune.
- Elemental Arrow - Most likely runed.
- Most likely Strafe - Seen for the first time.
- Shadow Power - Seen for the first time.
- Rapid Fire - With an unknown rune.
And the female Demon Hunter:
- Bola Shot - With an unknown rune.
- Most likely Impale - Seen for the first time.
- Chakram - Runed for lightning damage.
- Possibly Rain of Arrows - Seen for the first time.
- Vault - Runed for leaving a fire trail.
