Soul Harvest was nerfed from 20 yards to 18 yards?
I think it’s been 18 yards for quite some time. I don’t think it was ever 20 yards. In early RoS it was actually 16 yards, e.g. from 2.0.1 patch notes:
Soul Harvest
No longer costs Mana
Skill has been reworked
Feed on the life force of up to 5 enemies within 16 yards. Gain 2% Intelligence for each affected enemy. This effect lasts 30 seconds.
I couldn’t find anything in the patch notes for when it was bumped to 18 yards, but it was at some point around or before 2.2.0 (see videos below). I suspect it was likely increased to 18 yards in 2.2.0, the radius increase is not in the patch notes but it was buffed from 2% int to 3% int per stack, so it’s possible they also slightly buffed the range at that time.
I went and looked for some old videos where people mouse over the skill to see what the radius was:
In 2.2.0 it was 18 yards: Diablo 3 RoS patch 2.2.0: Raiment of the Jade Harvester (new set bonus) - YouTube (he mouses over it very quickly, but if you pause the video you’ll see it was 18 yards)
in 2.4.2 it was 18 yards: Witch Doctor Jade Harvester T13 Speed Build Patch 2.4.2 Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls - YouTube (he mouses over it very quickly, but if you pause the video you’ll see it was 18 yards)
In 2.6.1 you can see here it was 18 yards: Diablo 3 WD Jade Harvester Solo GR Build 2.6.1 - YouTube
It was also 18 yards in 2.6.4: Diablo 3 S16 Jade Harvester Witch Doctor Build! 2.6.4 - YouTube
Was it ever 20 yards? Doesn’t seem like it. Seems like it was originally 16 yards, but has been 18 yards for years.
EDIT: Looks like it was 16 yards in 2.1.0: Diablo III RoS - Patch 2.1.0 - JADE Witch Doctor (1080p) HD! - YouTube
So I’m guessing it was increased to 18 yards in 2.2.0, and has been 18 yards ever since.
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thanks for finding that… i was mortified when I learned it was 18 now instead of “20” like it “use to be”… i was like, they nerfed my fav!11!11… - it needs some kind of decreasing proc percentage out to about 60 yards for light mob clear…