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.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Wall of Zombies Active, 1 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Zombies erupt from the earth and attack nearby enemies for X damage per second.
Skill Details:
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

Zombie wall killing Skeletons.

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?

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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

Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats

The Barbarian - Barbarian skills - Barbarian traits - Fury - Barbarian skill archive [e]
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
• Bash • Rampage • Cleave	• Ground Stomp • Ignore Pain • War Cry • Weapon Throw	• Frenzy • Revenge • Hammer of the Ancients	• Leap Attack • Sprint • Threatening Shout	• Ancient Spear • Battle Rage • Rend • Seismic Slam	• Furious Charge • Taunt • Whirlwind	• Call of the Ancients • Earthquake • Wrath of the Berserker

The Monk - Monk skills - Auras - Combos - Monk traits - Spirit - Monk skill archive [e]
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
• Hands of Lightning • Lashing Tail Kick • Long Reach	• Circle of Wrath • Lethal Decoy • Serenity	• Blinding Flash • Crippling Wave • Holy Aura	• Dashing Strike • Dominate Aura • Way of the Hundred Fists	• Exploding Palm • Inner Sanctuary	• Breath of Heaven • Retribution Aura • Sweeping Wind	• Resist Aura • Seven-Sided Strike • Wave of Light