Parasite
Parasite is a tier V skill in the Zombie Skill Tree, which sends a parasite into a targeted enemy, dealing periodic damage and summoning a Zombie Dog if the target dies from the damage.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
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| Parasite Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Witch Doctor |
| Launch a parasite at an enemy dealing X damage per second. If the target dies while under the effects of the Parasite a Zombie Dog emerges from the slain body | |
| Type: | DoT |
| Quantity: | Damage/sec |
| Effect: | Target |
| School: | Magical |
| Mana cost: | Unknown |
| Cast time: | Unknown |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | Unknown |
| Synergies: | Unknown |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Witch Doctor sends forth a parasite to inhabit the body of his enemies, causing excruciating pain over long durations and becoming a minion of the witch doctor once the target is drained of life.
Skill Design
It is unknown for how long this DoT lasts, but it may be the only way for a witch doctor to kill enemies by himself who specialize in this tree. This skill had the words "Not Yet Implemented" written, so the low damages seen below will probably increase. This skill also saves the Witch Doctor some health, since summoning Zombie Dogs costs health.
Skill Rank Table
(legend (A) = Assumed)
- Rank: 1/5
- Launch a parasite at an enemy dealing 3 damage per second. If the target dies while under the effects of the Parasite a Zombie Dog emerges from the slain body.
- Mana Cost: Unknown
- Rank: 2/5
- Launch a parasite at an enemy dealing 6 damage per second. If the target dies while under the effects of the Parasite a Zombie Dog emerges from the slain body. (A)
- Mana Cost: Unknown
- Rank: 3/5
- Launch a parasite at an enemy dealing 9 damage per second. If the target dies while under the effects of the Parasite a Zombie Dog emerges from the slain body. (A)
- Mana Cost: Unknown
- Rank: 4/5
- Launch a parasite at an enemy dealing 12 damage per second. If the target dies while under the effects of the Parasite a Zombie Dog emerges from the slain body. (A)
- Mana Cost: Unknown
- Rank: 5/5
- Launch a parasite at an enemy dealing 15 damage per second. If the target dies while under the effects of the Parasite a Zombie Dog emerges from the slain body. (A)
- Mana Cost: Unknown
Synergies
- None known.
Skill Rune Effects
- None known.
Development
Parasite was first seen in the BlizzCon 2009 demo, and is a new skill. It is unknown if this skill was iterated, at least publicly.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery. Sadly, no images of Parasite have been seen:
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References
| Zombie Skills [e] | |||||
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| Tier I |
Tier II |
Tier III |
Tier IV |
Tier V |
Tier VI • Ferocity
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