'''Summon Zombie Dog''' is a [[Witch Doctor]] Tier 1 [[Witch Doctor skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|skilllevel]]2. It summons several zombie dogs, better known as "mongrels" which [[tank]] for the Witch Doctor.<br>

* [[Crimson rune]] -- : Level 2 rune effect: Zombie dogs share 20% of the damage the Witch Doctor takes.* Unidentified rune -- : Increases the mongrel's damage output.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor]* Unidentified rune -- : Gives the mongrels more hit points.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor]* Unidentified rune -- : Gives the mongrels substantial fire damage.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/]* Unidentified rune -- : Gives mongrels a chance to drop a health orb when they die. It's not known if [[Sacrifice]]d dogs would also qualify for this. If so, given that there are traits that enable mana gain from health orbs, it could be largely self-sustaining.

'''Summon Zombie Dog'' was seen in every ' debuted with [[Diablo III game demo to date]] in the [[WWI 2008]] gameplay video, and where the skill was iterated, renamed and moved, judging from in the latest demo[[Voodoo Skill Tree]] at Tier I. The Summon Zombie Dog was called [[Summon Mongrel]] (as [[Mongrel]] was the original name of the Zombie dog), was in the Voodoo skill tree and mongrels could be enchanted with [[Locust Swarm]] or [[Skull of Flame]]. For [[BlizzCon 2009]], the skill was moved to the [[Zombie Skill Tree]]. By then, skill enchantments had been removed, replaced by skill rune enhancements. For a brief period of time, this skill apparently cost [[health]] instead of mana.

<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> ===Previous Versions===See the [[Witch Doctor skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Summon Zombie Dog (or [[Summon Mongrel]]) and other Witch Doctor skills.

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 III screenshot and picture gallery:* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/gallery/ Diablo 3 III screenshots and pictures]* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/gallery/showgallerysearch.php?keywords=Summon+Zombie+Dog&cat=all&si=Mongrel '''Summon Zombie Dog-''' specific gallery contents]

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]