Mass Confusion

Mass Confusion is a Tier Six Witch Doctor skill. It confuses enemies, causing them to fight for the Witch Doctor for a limited time.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Mass Confusion Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Incite paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for X seconds.
Skill Details:
Type:	Debuff
Quantity:	Duration
Effect:	Circular AoE
School:	Magical
Mana cost:	12 mana
Cast time:	Unknown
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor gets into the mind of his enemies, making it hard to differentiate between friend and foe. Confused monsters will fight on the side of the heroes, for a limited time.

Skill Design

A very good skill against tough mobs, making them fight with each other whilst you take care of them from afar. However, it is unknown if there will be specific mobs who are immune to this skill, but we do know bosses won't be affected. Furthermore, it can be possible to convert a powerful creature to take care of the smaller yet still dangerous minions, ones that you cannot take care of yourself.

Skill Rank Table

Stats as listed in Blizzcon 2009 demo build. May differ in the final game.

Rank: 1/5
- Induce paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for 6 seconds.
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 2/5
- Induce paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for 7 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 3/5
- Induce paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for 8 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 4/5
- Induce paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for 9 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana
Rank: 5/5
- Induce paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for 10 seconds. (A)
- Mana Cost: 12 mana

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(legend (A) = Assumed)

Synergies

No Witch Doctor traits seem to directly affect Mass Confusion.

Runestone Effects

No runestone effects are known for Mass Confusion.

Development

Mass Confusion has been seen in the skill listing at Blizzcon 2008, 2009, and 2010. The description has remained largely unchanged all that time.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

References

Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats

The Barbarian - Barbarian skills - Barbarian traits - Fury - Barbarian skill archive [e]
Tier One/Clvl 2	Tier Two/Clvl 3	Tier Three/Clvl 6	Tier Four/Clvl 10	Tier Five/Clvl 14	Tier Six/Clvl 20	Tier Seven/Clvl 26
• Bash • Rampage • Cleave	• Ground Stomp • Ignore Pain • War Cry • Weapon Throw	• Frenzy • Revenge • Hammer of the Ancients	• Leap Attack • Sprint • Threatening Shout	• Ancient Spear • Battle Rage • Rend • Seismic Slam	• Furious Charge • Taunt • Whirlwind	• Call of the Ancients • Earthquake • Wrath of the Berserker

The Monk - Monk skills - Auras - Combos - Monk traits - Spirit - Monk skill archive [e]
Tier One/Clvl 2	Tier Two/Clvl 3	Tier Three/Clvl 6	Tier Four/Clvl 10	Tier Five/Clvl 14	Tier Six/Clvl 20	Tier Seven/Clvl 26
• Hands of Lightning • Lashing Tail Kick • Long Reach	• Circle of Wrath • Lethal Decoy • Serenity	• Blinding Flash • Crippling Wave • Holy Aura	• Dashing Strike • Dominate Aura • Way of the Hundred Fists	• Exploding Palm • Inner Sanctuary	• Breath of Heaven • Retribution Aura • Sweeping Wind	• Resist Aura • Seven-Sided Strike • Wave of Light