Summon Zombie Dogs - Revision history

Flux at 23:06, 6 June 2012

2012-06-06T23:06:32Z

MrFrye: new skill rune table

2012-05-20T01:58:18Z

new skill rune table

MrFrye: beta patch 15 update

2012-03-25T22:08:49Z

beta patch 15 update

Flux at 09:33, 16 March 2012

2012-03-16T09:33:55Z

Maurish at 17:13, 16 February 2012

2012-02-16T17:13:48Z

Maurish: Added synergies

2012-02-16T17:11:05Z

Added synergies

Risingred: /* Media */ added pic

2011-12-02T18:43:17Z

‎Media: added pic

Maurish at 10:48, 23 September 2011

2011-09-23T10:48:54Z

Brokenstorm at 23:18, 19 September 2011

2011-09-19T23:18:26Z

Brokenstorm at 23:17, 19 September 2011

2011-09-19T23:17:24Z

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:IconSummonZombieDog.png|left]]
 [[File:wd-mongrel1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Good dogs.]]
-'''Summon Zombie Dogs''' is a Defensive [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 4. It summons several zombie dogs, commonly known as "mongrels" which [[tank]] for the Witch Doctor.
+'''Summon Zombie Dogs''' is a Defensive [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 4. It summons several zombie dogs, commonly known as "mongrels" which [[tank]] for the Witch Doctor. The dogs fight and damage enemies, but their damage is quite low, making their main function that of tanks or distractions. The best way to deal damage with them is via the [[Sacrifice]] skill, which detonates all of the dogs, dealing potentially enormous damage, when stacked with other skills and passives.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/zombie-dogs-sacrifice-possibly-best-burst-aoe-damage-in-the-game]
 <br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
 Zombie Dogs have good foot speed and are fearless, if not very damaging with their hand to hand combat. Sacrifice deals far more damage than the mongrels ever will.
 ==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Summon Zombie Dogs rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
+Refer to the [[Summon Zombie Dogs rune effects]] page for thorough descriptions of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, and strategy tips.
 {{skill description header}}
@@ Line 26: / Line 29: @@
 Summon Zombie Dogs is the first summoning [[skill]] most Witch Doctors will ever use, and forms the backbone of early Witch Doctor strategy. The dogs are not very strong individually, either in giving or taking damage, but they are effective meat shields, allowing the Witch Doctor to use his attack spells from the back row.
-At higher levels Mongrels can deal decent damage, and in a swarm they may be useful against individual enemies, especially when their damage is boosted by a [[runestone]].
+Players assumed the dogs would be viable tanks or even weapons throughout the game, but shortly after Diablo III's launch it was discovered that Mongrels and [[Gargantuan]]s were underpowered and had far too few hit points to survive more than a few seconds on higher difficulty levels. As a result all early Witch Doctors in Hell and Inferno were forced to play petless builds. Blizzard vowed to adjust this unfortunate reality in a patch.
@@ Line 37: / Line 40: @@
 <skill class="WitchDoctor">Zombie Handler</skill>
 <skill class="WitchDoctor">Fierce Loyalty</skill>

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Summon Zombie Dogs rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
-<skill class="WitchDoctor">Summon Zombie Dogs</skill>
+{{skill description header}}
@@ Line 24: / Line 30: @@
 ==Synergies==
-The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Summon Zombie Dogs:
+The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Summon Zombie Dogs, runed or not:
-{{Passive skills header}}
+{{skill description header}}
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Circle of Life}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Circle of Life</skill>
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Jungle Fortitude}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Jungle Fortitude</skill>
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Pierce the Veil}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Pierce the Veil</skill>
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Zombie Handler}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Zombie Handler</skill>
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Fierce Loyalty}}
+<skill class="WitchDoctor">Fierce Loyalty</skill>
@@ Line 94: / Line 100: @@
-{{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD}}
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD|defensive}}
 [[category:Witch Doctor skills]]
-[[category:Active skills]]
+[[category:Witch Doctor active skills]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:IconSummonZombieDog.png|left]]
-'''Summon Zombie Dogs''' is a Command [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 2. It summons several zombie dogs, better known as "mongrels" which [[tank]] for the Witch Doctor.
+[[File:wd-mongrel1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Good dogs.]]
+'''Summon Zombie Dogs''' is a Defensive [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 4. It summons several zombie dogs, commonly known as "mongrels" which [[tank]] for the Witch Doctor.
 Mongrels can also be detonated by the [[Sacrifice]] skill, dealing substantial damage to anything in the vicinity. This is their most effective way of directly damaging monsters.
@@ Line 8: / Line 7: @@
 <br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
-[[File:wd-mongrel1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Nasty Mongrels.]]
+Zombie Dogs have good foot speed and are fearless, if not very damaging with their hand to hand combat. Sacrifice deals far more damage than the mongrels ever will.
-==Skill Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following is a very quick list. See the [[Summon Zombie Dogs rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
+The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Summon Zombie Dogs rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
 <skill class="WitchDoctor">Summon Zombie Dogs</skill>
@@ Line 19: / Line 17: @@
 ==Skill Design==
-[[File:Wd-mongrel3.jpg|right|thumb|Two mongrels.]]
+[[File:Summon-Zombie-Dog-allruned.jpg|300px|thumb|All versions of the Dog, including un-[[rune]]d.]]
-Summon Zombie Dogs is the first summoning [[skill]] most Witch Doctors will ever use, and forms the backbone of early Witch Doctor strategy. The dogs are not very strong individually, either in giving or taking damage, but they are effective meat shields for the Witch Doctor to use his attack spells from the back row.
+Summon Zombie Dogs is the first summoning [[skill]] most Witch Doctors will ever use, and forms the backbone of early Witch Doctor strategy. The dogs are not very strong individually, either in giving or taking damage, but they are effective meat shields, allowing the Witch Doctor to use his attack spells from the back row.
 At higher levels Mongrels can deal decent damage, and in a swarm they may be useful against individual enemies, especially when their damage is boosted by a [[runestone]].
 ==Synergies==
-The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Summon Zombie Dogs, runed or not:
+The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Summon Zombie Dogs:
 {{Passive skills header}}
 {{Witch Doctor Passive Jungle Fortitude}}
-{{Witch Doctor Passive Circle of Life}}
+{{Witch Doctor Passive Pierce the Veil}}
 {{Witch Doctor Passive Zombie Handler}}
 {{Witch Doctor Passive Fierce Loyalty}}
@@ Line 40: / Line 34: @@
 ==Development==
 '''Summon Zombie Dogs''' debuted with [[Diablo III]] in the [[WWI 2008]] gameplay video, where the skill was in the [[Voodoo Skill Tree]] at Tier I. Summon Zombie Dog was called [[Summon Mongrel]] (as [[Mongrel]] was the original name of the Zombie dog), and mongrels could be enchanted with [[Locust Swarm]] or [[Skull of Flame]], among other spells.
@@ Line 48: / Line 43: @@
 <blockquote>''I saw them finish off the last zombie on screen a number of times, and I don’t recall ever having to summon new ones simply because the old ones had gotten stuck or lost around some corner of the dungeon. That speaks to their pathfinding as well, since the dungeons in this year’s Blizzcon PvM demo were made largely from narrow corridors and were quite windy and full of sharp corners and obstacles.</blockquote>
-Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Summon Zombie Dogs became a level 1 skill.
+===Beta===
 ===Previous Versions===
 See the [[Witch Doctor skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Summon Zombie Dogs (or [[Summon Mongrel]]) and other Witch Doctor skills.
 ===In Other Games===
 Summon Zombie Dogs is the spiritual successor to [[Diablo II]]'s {{iw|Necromancer Necromancer}} skill {{iw|Raise_Skeleton Raise Skeleton}}, which is also a low-level tanking minion summoning skill.
@@ Line 74: / Line 74: @@
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=Summon+Zombie+Dog&cat=all '''Summon Zombie Dogs''' specific gallery contents]
 <gallery>
-File:Summon-Zombie-Dog-allruned.jpg|All versions of the dog, including un[[rune]]d.
+File:wd-mongrel1.jpg|Close-up of two Dogs.
 </gallery>
 ==References==
@@ Line 86: / Line 89: @@
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor BlizzCon 2010 Witch Doctor Hands-on Report]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/ BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report]
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
-* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/active/ Witch Doctor Active Skills] -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-beta-skills-mega-report Witch Doctor Beta Skills Mega-report: Part One] — IncGamers 30th Sep 2011

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:33, 16 March 2012
Line 15:		Line 15:
	The following is a very quick list. See the [[Summon Zombie Dogs rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.		The following is a very quick list. See the [[Summon Zombie Dogs rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

−	~~{{Active skills header}}~~	+	<skill class="WitchDoctor">Summon Zombie Dogs</skill>
−	~~{{Witch Doctor Skill~~ Summon Zombie Dogs}}
−	~~{{Witch Doctor Skillrune Leeching Beasts}}~~
−	~~{{Witch Doctor Skillrune Burning Dogs}}~~
−	~~{{Witch Doctor Skillrune Final Gift}}~~
−	~~{{Witch Doctor Skillrune Life Link}}~~
−	~~{{Witch Doctor Skillrune Rabid Dogs}}~~
−	~~{{center\|Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.}}~~

@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 ==Synergies==
 The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Summon Zombie Dogs, runed or not:
 {{Witch Doctor Passive Jungle Fortitude}}
 {{Witch Doctor Passive Circle of Life}}

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:IconSummonZombieDog.png|left]]
-'''Summon Zombie Dogs''' is a Support [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 2. It summons several zombie dogs, better known as "mongrels" which [[tank]] for the Witch Doctor.
+'''Summon Zombie Dogs''' is a Command [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 2. It summons several zombie dogs, better known as "mongrels" which [[tank]] for the Witch Doctor.
 This is the basic minion skill of the Witch Doctor.
@@ Line 33: / Line 33: @@
 ===Enhancing the Dogs===
 Earlier in Diablo III's development, the Witch Doctor's fire and Locust spells could jump to the Mongrels, granting them fire or locust damage on top of their own (weak) attacks. This feature was removed in 2009, and later replaced by various runestone effects.
 ==Synergies==
-* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.
+The following [[Witch Doctor passives]] provide a benefit to Summon Zombie Dogs, runed or not: