Wall of Zombies
Wall of Zombies is a Tier Vive Witch Doctor skill. One of the more creative skills in Diablo III, WoZ causes a tightly-spaced line of zombies to erupt from the ground, blocking the progress of monsters and tearing apart any monsters that come into their reach. It's a signature skill of the Witch Doctor.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
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| Wall of Zombies Active, 1 ranks | |
| Used by: | Witch Doctor |
| Zombies erupt from the earth and attack nearby enemies for X damage per second. | |
| Type: | Direct Damage |
| Quantity: | Duration |
| Effect: | Line |
| School: | Magical |
| Mana cost: | 13 mana |
| Cast time: | Unknown |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | Unknown |
| Synergies: | Unknown |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Witch Doctor calls upon the undead to prevent the enemy from reaching him.
Skill Design
This skill looks like a lot of fun to everyone who sees it. It's not been tested in any of the Blizzcon demos, so little is known about the short or long term damage capacity.
Skill Rank Table
The stats as of Blizzcon 2009, when the skill listed only one level possible. It's assumed that it can go up to 5/10/15 skills in the final game, like all the other skills.
- Rank: 1/1
- Zombies emerge from the ground and attack nearby monsters for 7 damage per second.
- Mana Cost: 13 mana
Synergies
Various Witch Doctor traits provide bonuses across the board to his magical abilities. The only traits that seem like to specifically boost Wall of Zombies are these:
- Zombie Master -- Increases damage done by Zombie skills.
Runestone Effects
No runestone effects on Zombie Wall are yet known. It's certainly interesting to speculate what they might do, though. Elemental damage? How about an ambulatory wall?
Development
Wall of Zombies was first introduced in the WWI 2008 gameplay demo. It's not been seen in action since, other than in short gameplay clips.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
Wall of Zombies killing goatmen.
Wall of Zombies killing Skeletons.
Witch Doctor casting Wall of Zombies.
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
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