Sacrifice is a Tier Three Witch Doctor skill. One of the Witch Doctor's biggest damage skills, Sacrifice causes a Zombie Dog to explode, dealing substantial damage to nearby enemies.
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Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
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| Sacrifice Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Witch Doctor |
| A nearby zombie dog explodes, dealing X% of the zombie dog’s health as damage to monsters nearby | |
| Type: | Direct Damage |
| Quantity: | % of health |
| Effect: | Circular AoE |
| School: | Magical |
| Mana cost: | 5 mana |
| Cast time: | Unknown |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | Unknown |
| Synergies: | Unknown |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Witch Doctor dispatches his zombie dogs if they are of no more use to him.
Skill Design
The specifics of how the damage is determined are not yet known. Does the "20%" figure refer to the dog's maximum health. Or its health at the time of death?
If the later, then it would be advisable to summon a new dog, and then immediately sacrifice it, rather than using this skill on older Mongrels that are nearly dead.
The explosion in which the dogs are sacrificed is magnificent, and can easily take out multiple enemies if timed and positioned correctly.
[[File:Mongrel-sacrifice-arena1.jpg|thumb|400px|Sacrifice in the Arena.
Skill Rank Table
(legend (A) = Assumed)
- Rank: 1/5
- A nearby zombie dog explodes, dealing 20% of the zombie dog’s health to nearby monsters.
- Mana Cost: 5 mana
- Rank: 2/5
- A nearby zombie dog explodes, dealing 40% of the zombie dog’s health to nearby monsters. (A)
- Mana Cost: 5 mana
- Rank: 3/5
- A nearby zombie dog explodes, dealing 60% of the zombie dog’s health to nearby monsters. (A)
- Mana Cost: 5 mana
- Rank: 4/5
- A nearby zombie dog explodes, dealing 80% of the zombie dog’s health to nearby monsters. (A)
- Mana Cost: 5 mana
- Rank: 5/5
- A nearby zombie dog explodes, dealing 100% of the zombie dog’s health to nearby monsters. (A)
- Mana Cost: 5 mana
Synergies
Though the Witch Doctor traits cover bonuses across the board to numerous spell casting exercises, none grant any specific bonuses to Sacrifice.
One trait do effect Mongrel deaths, though it's not known how these correlate with Sacrificed Mongrels vs. Mongrels killed by monsters.
- Unrelenting Assault -- 10% chance that a Zombie Dog will be brought back to life when it dies.
Runestone Effects
No runestone bonuses to Sacrifice are known.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
References
| The Witch Doctor - Witch Doctor skills - Witch Doctor traits - Mana - Witch Doctor skill archive [e] | ||||||
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| 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 |
| • Summon Zombie Dog |
• Zombie Charger • Corpse Spiders |
• Poison Dart • Grasp of the Dead |
• Firebats |
• Acid Cloud • Firebomb |
• Gargantuan |
• Fetish Army |