Changes

Soul Harvest

1,259 bytes added, 04:35, 26 March 2012

beta patch 15 update

[[File:IconSoulHarvest.png|left]]

'''Soul Harvest''' is a ~~Spirit Realm~~ Terror [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 149. 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.

<br><br>__TOC__

==Background==

[[File:Soul_Harvest.gif|thumb|200px|right|Soul Harvest in action.]]

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

==~~Skillrune~~ Skill Rune Effects==The following is a very quick ~~list~~summary. See the [[Soul Harvest rune effects]] page for a more thorough ~~summary~~ description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

<skill class="WitchDoctor">Soul Harvest</skill>

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.

==~~Soul Harvest~~ =Video===

A video of Soul Harvest, with the original, long-changed visual and effect, can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].

==Synergies==

* No The following [[~~synergies~~Witch Doctor passives]] ~~with any~~ provide a benefit to Soul Harvest:{{Passive skills header}}{{Witch Doctor Passive Spirit Vessel}}{{Witch Doctor Passive Rush of ~~the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.~~Essence}}

The old version of this skill created a nova-like ring of blue smoke around the Witch Doctor. All targets within the ring were damaged, and if the damage was enough to kill them, their souls (white/blue ghosts) swirled into the air, then down into the Witch Doctor, where they added to his mana. The skill was just the same at [[BlizzCon 2009]].

Soul Harvest was changed entirely for [[Blizzcon 2010]], becoming a Tier 3 buffing sort of war cry. Unfortunately, there are no gameplay reports detailing any usage of this skillfrom that event. ===Beta===Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, and Soul Harvest became a level 14 skill. Soul Harvest was one of the skills available in the [[BlizzCon 2011]] PvP [[Arena]], and Adivirgi enjoyed using it:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-arena-demo-witch-doctor-report]

~~Skill tiers were removed~~ <blockquote>''This is a crazy awesome spell that lets you damage multiple enemies and receive a pretty decent damage buff at the same time. Its downside is that it also has a very short range so you basically need to be right in the middle of a pack to get the maximum effect for this spell.</blockquote> Unfortunately, putting yourself "right in the middle of a pack" is a very dangerous thing to do in the Arena. This skill is much more useful in the regular game, where running into a pack of enemies generally won't kill you instantly. The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[~~July 2011 Press Event~~Beta Patch 13]]in February 2012, and Soul Harvest ~~became~~ was classified as a Defensive skill and moved up to level 14 22. For [[Beta Patch 15]], it was re-classified as a Terror skill, moved back down to level 9, and had its mana cost increased.

===Previous Versions===

See the [[Witch Doctor skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Soul Harvest and other Witch Doctor skills.

-->

==Media==

Soul Harvest can be seen in action on video here:

* No videos yet.

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

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]

Image:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|Skill use 1

</gallery>

~~-->~~

~~<!--~~

~~==Related Articles==~~

~~''Articles that are related, but not emphasised enough in any other section, or articles that just need further attention.''~~

-->

==References==

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/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-pvm-report-witch-doctor BlizzCon 2010 Witch Doctor Hands-on Report]

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-arena- demo-witch-doctor-report BlizzCon 2011 PvP Demo: The Witch Doctor] — IncGamers ~~1st Aug~~ 27th Oct 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/active/ Witch Doctor Active Skills] -- — Blizzard's Official Diablo III ~~13th Sep 2011~~Site

MrFrye

7,208

edits