Grim Scythe (skill)

Grim Scythe

Class: Necromancer (Diablo III)
Required Level: 3
Skill Category: Primary
Active
Generate: 12 Essence per enemy hit

Slash with a summoned Scythe in front of the Necromancer dealing 150% damage as Physical.

Damage Type: Physical

Grim Scythe is a Primary Necromancer skill in Diablo III.

In-game

Grim Scythe summons a huge spectral scythe in a wide arc, dealing damage in front of the Necromancer and restoring Essence for each damaged enemy.

Runes

Execution: Non-Elite enemies below 20% health have a 5% chance to be decapitated and instantly killed on a damaging hit.
Dual Scythes: Slashes with two summoned Scythes instead of one, each dealing 150% damage as Physical and pushing affected enemies together, pulling them directly to the front of the Necromancer (counts as Knockback). Radius is slightly reduced.
Cursed Scythe: Damage type changes to Poison, and enemies hit by the scythe have a 15% chance to be inflicted with a random Curse of the Necromancer's arsenal; these curses do benefit from runes and enhancements, if any. The actual skills are not cast; instead, an enemy simply suffers the respective effect. The curses will apply even if they are not a part of the current skill set, and each enemy can suffer more than one at a time.
Frost Scythe: Damage type changes to Cold, and each enemy hit increases the Necromancer's attack speed by 1% for 5 seconds, stacking up to 15 times.
Blood Scythe: Also heals the Necromancer for 1% of maximum Life per enemy hit.

Non-rune enhancements

Depth DIggers (Legendary Pants): damage increases by 80-100%.
Trag'oul's Corroded Fang (Legendary Scythe): The Cursed Scythe rune has a 100% chance to apply a curse, and increases damage done against cursed enemies by 175-200%.
Leger's Disdain (Legendary Phylactery): Grim Scythe deals an additional 7-10% damage for each point of Essence it restores.
Trag'Oul's Avatar Set (Set Bonus for 4 items): while at full Life, healing from Blood Scythe is added to maximum Life for 45 seconds, up to 100% additional Life.
Trag'Oul's Avatar Set (Set Bonus for 6 items): Blood Scythe healing is increased by 100%.
Simplicity's Strength (Legendary Gem): increases damage by 25% (+0.5% per rank) and heals the character for 4% of maximum Life per hit (rank 25 bonus).
Boyarsky's Chip (Legendary Gem): Taunts the first enemy hit for 2 seconds (rank 25 bonus).