Gargantuan

Gargantuan is a Voodoo Witch Doctor skill unlocked at level 19. It summons a large zombie to fight for the Witch Doctor. This skill has not been tested by players, but the summoned creature has been seen in data mined screenshots, and it is a huge and terrifying creature.

Background

Gargantuan in action.

The Witch Doctor summons forth a huge lumbering gargantuan to do his bidding.

SPOILER WARNING

The following screenshots of the Gargantuan are not embedded since many fans feel that high level skill visuals are spoilers. Click through to see them.

• Gargantuan side view.
• Gargantuan front view.
• The Gargantuan towers over a hero.
• Gargantuan with a Witch Doctor.

Skill Rune Effects

The following is a very quick summary. See the Gargantuan rune effects page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

<skill class="WitchDoctor">Gargantuan</skill>

Skill Design

The Gargantuan is one of the Witch Doctor's pets, and serves as a tank. Jay Wilson described it in an interview:[1]

One of the newest pets that we've added to the Witch Doctor, which is the Gargantuan, which is a big giant, kind of, tough zombie creature that is designed more to absorb damage and kind of distract enemies.

It certainly looks more than capable of dealing as well as absorbing damage.

Synergies

The following Witch Doctor passives provide a benefit to Gargantuan:

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Development

Gargantuan was listed amongst the Witch Doctor's skills at BlizzCon 2009 and BlizzCon 2010, but was never seen in use.

Beta

Skill tiers were removed shortly before the beta started in September 2011, and Gargantuan became a level 18 skill. The skill system was once again overhauled for the Beta Patch 13 in February 2012, and Gargantuan was classified as a Voodoo skill and moved to level 19.

Gargantuan has, throughout development, been too high-level to play, so there are no gameplay reports describing it.

Media

Gargantuan can be seen in action on video here:

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You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

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• Gargantuan specific gallery contents

References

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Character Previews From Jay Wilson — IncGamers 9th Aug 2011
• Witch Doctor Active Skills — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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