Many skills and passive abilities in Diablo 3 include descriptions that measure distances in yards. However, the game offers no easy way to know how far one yard is, which would naturally lead you to assume that it should be intuitive enough to not require further explanation: a yard is a yard, right? Three feet, or roughly one meter.
Well, unless you've made some effort to figure out the length of one yard on your own, you'll be surprised to find out how short the distance is. Going by our real-world comparison, it turns out that your Diablo 3 character is a nine-foot-tall monster. As a rule of thumb, keep in mind that the radius of a waypoint is 10 yards. For more specific guidelines on how distances are important to each class, let's take a look at some popular skills.
