Spirit Vessel (skill)

• See the Spirit Vessel passive skill page for info on the current state of this Witch Doctor passive skill. The below information is archived from earlier versions of the skill, during development.

This skill was removed from the game prior to Blizzcon 2010. This article is preserved for archive purposes. See the Witch Doctor skills article for current skill information for this class.

There were two earlier versions of Witch Doctor skills that used this name.

1. The first was the Spirit Vessel skill, a tier I skill in the Spirit Skill Tree, which causes every Health Globe that you pick up to restore mana as well. The remainder of this page describes that ability.
2. The second was the Spirit Vessel trait, which was an early version of the passive skill seen in the final game. That trait granted additional mana when the Witch Doctor gained life from a health globe.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Spirit Vessel Passive, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Gain 10 mana whenever you harvest a health globe
Skill Details:
Type:	Summon
Quantity:	Constant
Effect:	Health Globes
School:	Magical
Mana cost:	None
Cast time:	None
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor consumes the spirit of his slain enemies along with their life force.

Skill Design

A good passive skill that will restore mana when picking up health globes, there aren't many other ways to restore mana (as far as we know), so spending 5 points into this skill is advised to keep casting spells.

Skill Rank Table

(legend (A) = Assumed)

• Rank: 1/5
  • Gain 10 mana whenever you harvest a health globe.
  • Mana Cost: None
• Rank: 2/5
  • Gain 20 mana whenever you harvest a health globe. (A)
  • Mana Cost: None
• Rank: 3/5
  • Gain 30 mana whenever you harvest a health globe. (A)
  • Mana Cost: None
• Rank: 4/5
  • Gain 40 mana whenever you harvest a health globe. (A)
  • Mana Cost: None
• Rank: 5/5
  • Gain 50 mana whenever you harvest a health globe. (A)
  • Mana Cost: None

Synergies

• None known.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Spirit Vessel was first seen in the BlizzCon 2009 demo, and is a new skill. It is unknown if this skill was iterated, at least publicly.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery. Sadly, no images of Spirit Vessel have been seen:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures

Related Articles

• Spirit Skill Tree

References

• Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats