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[[File:Wd-mongrel-blast.jpg|thumb|400px|Sacrifice in action.]]
'''Sacrifice''' is a Terror [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 13. One of the Witch Doctor's biggest damage skills, Sacrifice causes the Witch Doctor's [[Zombie Dog]]s to explode, dealing substantial damage to nearby enemies.As the actual Mongrels deal very weak damage with their attacks, and tend to die quite quickly on higher difficulty levels, their best utility is often to die in a blast of glory. When combined with some of his passive skills, this spell can deal the highest damage[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/zombie-dogs-sacrifice-possibly-best-burst-aoe-damage-in-the-game] of any Witch Doctor attack, though it must be used cleverly to yield such rewards. The various passive skills and rune effects that enable new Zombies dogs to spawn automatically are important to investigate when considering this skill, since the actual [[Summon Zombie Dogs]] skill has such a lengthy (60 second) [[cooldown]].
==Background==
The Witch Doctor dispatches his zombie dogs if they are of no more use to him.
<blockquote>''The biggest damage skill he had, and one I made extensive use of. It was especially good late game, when hunting down the last Wizard. I’d chase with the dogs ahead of me, hurling Firebombs at, or just to cut off, the Wizard. As soon as one of the dogs got in range, even if it was just close enough to take one swipe at the running target… bang.</blockquote>
===Beta===
Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, and Sacrifice became a level 16 skill. The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, and Sacrifice was classified as a Terror skill and moved to level 21. For [[Beta Patch 14]], it was moved down to level 13, within reach of the beta players. Unfortunately, there have been no beta gameplay reports detailing the use of this skill.
===Previous Versions===
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/active/ Witch Doctor Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/zombie-dogs-sacrifice-possibly-best-burst-aoe-damage-in-the-game Sacrifice strategy tutorial].
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