Firebomb

Skull of Flame is a tier I skill in the Voodoo Skill Tree, which causes the witch doctor to throw a skull lit on fire, which explodes upon contact.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Skull of Flame Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Lob a skull filled with fire dealing X-Y fire damage to all enemies caught in the explosion. Critical hits from fire damage will cause targets to burn for an additional 25% over 4 seconds
Skill Details:
Type:	Direct Damage
Quantity:	Cast
Effect:	Circular AoE
School:	Fire
Mana cost:	7 mana
Cast time:	Unknown
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor lobs a burning skull filled with combustibles at his enemies, which explodes violently when it breaks upon them.

Skill Design

The first active damaging skill in the Voodoo Skill Tree, which, has even more active damaging skills. Quite useful, spending 5 skill points into it won't be a waste, it has good damage and a nice range and a very small cooldown. It can be enhanced with Skill Runes, essentially changing the skill in some way or another.

Skill Rank Table

(legend (A) = Assumed)

Rank: 1/5
- Lob a skull filled with fire dealing 4-5 fire damage to all enemies caught in the explosion.
- Mana Cost: 7 mana
Rank: 2/5
- Lob a skull filled with fire dealing 6-9 fire damage to all enemies caught in the explosion. (A)
- Mana Cost: 7 mana
Rank: 3/5
- Lob a skull filled with fire dealing 8-13 fire damage to all enemies caught in the explosion. (A)
- Mana Cost: 7 mana
Rank: 4/5
- Lob a skull filled with fire dealing 10-17 fire damage to all enemies caught in the explosion. (A)
- Mana Cost: 7 mana
Rank: 5/5
- Lob a skull filled with fire dealing 12-20 fire damage to all enemies caught in the explosion. (A)
- Mana Cost: 7 mana

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Synergies

None known.

Skill Rune Effects

Hydra Rune: Instead of exploding upon initial contact with solid objects, it will bounce a few times, exploding a little each time it hits the ground.
Force Rune: When it explodes, it sends burning shards flying around the area, landing and causing fire damage to enemies who stand on them.

Development

Skull of Flame was first introduces in the WWI 2008 gameplay demo, and besides jumping from the Spirit Skill Tree to the Voodoo Skill Tree, has not changed very much.