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The Barber

The Barber

Legendary Ceremonial Knife

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

410.2 Damage Per Second

117–469 Damage

1.40 Attacks per Second

Primary Attributes

  • +626–750 Intelligence
  • +(981–1,199)–(1,175–1,490) Cold Damage

Secondary Attributes

  • Instead of dealing direct damage, your Spirit Barrage now accumulates on the target. When you stop casting, it explodes dealing 400–500% of the accumulated damage to all enemies within 15 yards. (Witch Doctor Only)

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +825–1,000 Intelligence
  • +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940) Cold Damage

Primal

  • +1,000 Intelligence
  • +1,560–1,940 Cold Damage

Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.

All possible random properties (19 primary, 13 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 2 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • +6–10% Damage
  • Reduces cooldown of all skills by 6–10%.
  • Reduces all resource costs by 8–10%.
  • Increases Attack Speed by 5–7%
  • Increases Mana Regeneration by 12–14 per Second (Witch Doctor)
  • Chance to Deal 16–24% Area Damage on Hit.
  • +626–750 Intelligence ancient +825–1,000
  • +626–750 Vitality ancient +825–1,000
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Fire Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Cold Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Holy Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Lightning Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Poison Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +(853–1,043)–(1,022–1,296) Arcane Damage ancient +(1,318–1,560)–(1,609–1,940)
  • +15,474–18,429 Life per Hit ancient +20,271–23,950
  • Increases damage against elites by 5–8%
  • 34–39% chance to inflict Bleed for 300–400% weapon damage over 5 seconds.
  • Sockets (1–1)

Secondary

  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • +120–150 Maximum Mana (Witch Doctor)
  • Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
  • +6,428–8,914 Life after Each Kill ancient +9,805–11,590
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Fear on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Stun on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Blind on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Freeze on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Chill on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Slow on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Immobilize on Hit
  • 1–2.6% Chance to Knockback on Hit
  • Ignores Durability Loss

Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot

A precision instrument for a master of the blade.

Bundled damage in one blow

The Barber completely reworks the Witch Doctor spell Spirit Barrage: instead of hitting instantly, the damage accumulates on the target. Once you stop casting, the target explodes and drags all nearby enemies along with it. This way you trade continuous pressure for a massive, bundled burst.

The ceremonial knife is the heart of modern Spirit Barrage builds and demands a deliberate feel. My tip: charge up the damage by holding the spell on a target, then interrupt it at the right moment, ideally amid a dense group, so the explosion catches as many foes as possible at once. Since the windup takes practice, it pays to tune the timing of the charge and the explosion to your rotation before tackling higher difficulties.

How the explosion is calculated

The explosion deals between 400 and 500% of the accumulated damage; that multiplier is the rolled value, so a high roll enlarges every single detonation. It hits all enemies within 15 yards of the target, including foes you never shot at. That is why it pays to pick a target in the middle of the pack rather than a straggler at the edge. The power only works for the Witch Doctor.

Spirit Barrage and its cost

Unruned, Spirit Barrage fires 4 spirit bolts for a combined 600% weapon damage as Cold and costs 100 Mana. Because the power has you channel the spell for longer stretches, your Mana budget matters: The Spirit Is Willing returns 12 Mana per hit, while Phlebotomize instead heals you for 6437 Life per hit.

Knife or cube

The knife itself carries a fixed 626–750 Intelligence and cold damage. You can place its power in the weapon slot of Kanai's Cube, which is handy because Voo's Juicer, another ceremonial knife, frequently appears alongside it. Other common companions are Gazing Demise, Ring of Emptiness, Lakumba's Ornament, Frostburn and Squirt's Necklace.

The flavor text sums The Barber up briefly as a precision instrument for a master of the blade.

by eRnstl