Blood Ritual

Blood Ritual (known as Ritual of Blood prior to September 2011) is a Witch Doctor passive skill unlocked at Level 20, which allows the Witch Doctor to draw some of his Mana costs from health, but also regenerates health.

Description

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"To give of one's self... Is there any greater gift?" — Final words spoken at the Ritual of Blood

Synergies

No synergies with any active skills or other Witch Doctor passives are known.

Development

Passive skills have had a long and storied history. When Diablo III debuted at the WWI 2008, skill trees included passive skills, much like in Diablo II. In 2010, it was announced that passive skills had been renamed traits and separated out from active skills. At the July 2011 Press Event, Blizzard announced that passive skills were once again in the game, replacing the traits system. When traits were changed back to passive skills in early 2011, Blood Ritual (as Ritual of Blood) was moved directly from a level 15 trait to a level 18 passive.

Beta

When the beta started in September 2011, Ritual of Blood was renamed Blood Ritual and moved to level 17. When passives were reorganized for Beta Patch 14, Blood Ritual was moved up to level 20.

Previous Versions

• Ritual of Blood (skill) - The original passive skill.
• Ritual of Blood (trait) - As a trait, Ritual of Blood took 50% of mana costs from health.

See the traits page for more details on previous versions of this and many other passive skills.

References

• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• HardRock's Witch Doctor Passive Skills -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
• Witch Doctor Passive Skills -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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