Gargantuan
Gargantuan is a Tier Six Witch Doctor skill. It summons a large zombie to fight for the Witch Doctor. This skill has never been demonstrated, so nothing is known about what sort of zombie it summons.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
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| Gargantuan Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Witch Doctor |
| Summon a large level X zombie follower to fight for you. | |
| Type: | Summon |
| Quantity: | Cast |
| Effect: | Target |
| School: | Magical |
| Mana cost: | 13 mana |
| Cast time: | None |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | None |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Witch Doctor summons forth a huge lumbering gargantuan to do his bidding.
Skill Design
It is unknown how the Gargantuan looks like, or what exactly his role is. We do know he is a big undead monster and either hits very well or is a good tanker. It wouldn't be surprising if this were a pet version of the Unburied or one of the other grotesque demons.
Skill Rank Table
The stats as listed in the Blizzcon 2009 demo. Expect changes in the final game.
- Rank: 1/5
- Summons a large zombie follower to fight for you.
- Mana Cost: 13 mana
- Rank: 2/5
- Summons a large zombie follower to fight for you. (A)
- Mana Cost: 13 mana
- Rank: 3/5
- Summons a large zombie follower to fight for you. (A)
- Mana Cost: 13 mana
- Rank: 4/5
- Summons a large zombie follower to fight for you. (A)
- Mana Cost: 13 mana
- Rank: 5/5
- Summons a large zombie follower to fight for you. (A)
- Mana Cost: 13 mana
(legend (A) = Assumed)
Synergies
Numerous Witch Doctor traits boost the class' spell casting across the board, and against specific types of enemies. A few directly boost Gargantuan.
- Spirit Link -- 10% of damage taken is instead redirected to your summons.
- Zombie Master -- Increases damage done by Zombie skills.
- Ferocity -- Increases damage done by your summons.
- Care of the Master -- Increases the health of your summons.
Runestone Effects
Nothing is known about the benefits of runestones in this skill.
Development
Gargantuan has only been seen in the hover descriptions at Blizzcon 2009 and 2010. It's never been seen in use, and the descriptions don't seem to have changed much over time.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery. Sadly, no images of Gargantuan have been seen:
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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