Grappling Hooks
Grappling Hooks is a rune effect in Ancient Spear, a Fury-generating Barbarian skill.
This rune effect hurls three spears, each of which is capable of pulling back any target it strikes. During development, when this skill effect was granted by the Indigo rune, the number of spears increased with each level of the rune, scaling up to a maximum possible of 8. Since runestones were removed from the game the spears are capped at 3.
You can get an idea of the fan-shape of stabbing death that level 7 Grappling Hooks would have been by watching The Butcher use his version of this attack, which covers an inescapably-wide pie wedge of the screen before him.
- No Escape: This Barbarian passive skill boosts the damage by 10% and resets the cooldown with a Critical Hit of all Ancient Spear rune effects.
Skill Rune Effects[edit | edit source]
Refer to the Ancient Spear rune effects article for a thorough description of the rune effects in this skill, including screenshots and videos.
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<skill class="Barbarian">Ancient Spear</skill> <skill class="Barbarian" rune="Grappling Hooks">Ancient Spear</skill>
Media[edit | edit source]
Screenshots and videos will be added post-release.
Development[edit | edit source]
Prior to the February 2012 skill and rune system overhaul, this effect was created by the Indigo Rune which created the following effect:
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Grappling Hooks |
[e] Throw 8 spears. Each spear will pull back the enemy that it hits. |
| Classes of the Diablo games |
Skills - Active skills - Skill runes - Passives - Resource - Movement ability [e] Barbarian Demon Hunter Monk Necromancer Witch Doctor Wizard Followers Other Classes Fan-made |
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| The Barbarian | Fury - Barbarian Active Skills (Archive) | Barbarian Passive Skills (Archive) [e] | |||
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Primary Might |
Secondary Tactics |
Defensive Rage |
Pound of Flesh (10) |
Superstition (30) |
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| Barbarian skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Might Tactics Rage |
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Ancient Spear |
Revenge |
Furious Charge |
Overpower |
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