Can we start a specific skill discussion thread?

[Frag]

...Spirit Barrage...

Just wanted to thank you for this write-up. I unlocked the Phantasm rune on my little Witch Doctor last night and gave it a shot because of your post, and it's pretty danged fun! I happened to be in the jail area of Act 1 and it worked wonders being able to plop a few inside the locked jail cells full of enemies. I runed Grasp for the 80% snare which really helps things. I'm hoping I can find a way to make it viable in Act 2 (and later difficulties) with the faster-moving enemies.

Just unlocked it myself, have been using it to great effect as well, and thought I might as well share my theorycrafting so far as I was kinda shocked at the numbers I was seeing with it.

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Phantasm Theorycrafting for my WD with 1.75as
Seconds          Result
0.0              First Cast
0.5              45% Tick
0.57143          Second Cast
1.0              90% Tick
1.14286          Third Cast
1.5              135% Tick
1.71429          Fourth Cast
2.0              180% Tick
2.28572          Fifth Cast
2.5              225% Tick
2.85715          Sixth Cast
3.0              270% Tick
3.42858          Seventh Cast
3.5              315% Tick
4.0              315% Tick
4.00001          Eighth Cast
4.5              360% Tick
4.57144          Ninth Cast
5.0              405% Tick*

*(It appears, though from a small sample size, that the cast from 0s does a final tick that lines up with the rolling stack, meaning from this point forward you can keep rolling between 360% and 405% every half second)

Needless to say, 810% dps, plus anything from your pets, previous dots, followers or friends leads to very lethal damage output and is perfectly sustainable using Rain Dance, Vision Quest or the like.