Sacrifice

Sacrifice

Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: None
Synergies: Points in these skills increase the damage done with Sacrifice.

• Redemption: +15% Damage Per Level
• Fanaticism: +5% Damage Per Level

Details: Sacrifice boosts the Paladin's damage and attack rating substantially, at a cost in blood. Each hit landed with this skill inflicts 8% of its damage on the Paladin.

• To offset the damage to self, life leech equipment can come in very handy.
• It's possible to kill yourself with Sacrifice, leading to the amusing "Paladin was slain by Paladin." death message in game.
  • The game will recognize this as PvP, which will nullify experience loss in hell and nightmare difficulties.
• Damage overruns: the key difficulty in using this skill is that you only leech back life based on the monster's hit points, but you lose health based on the damage done.
  • Example: if you have 10% life leech and do 500 damage to a monster with 100 hit points, you'll leech back 10 hit points, but lose 8% of 500 = 40.
  • Physical resistances have the same effect: 100 damage to a monster with 50% physical resistance means you only leech life on that 50%, but lose Sacrifice on the full 100.

Damage to Self:	8%

Skill Level Progression [e]

Slvl	AR +X%	Damage +X%	Slvl	AR +X%	Damage +X%	Slvl	AR +X%	Damage +X%	Slvl	AR +X%	Damage +X%
1	20	180%	6	55	255%	11	90	330%	16	125	405%
2	27	195%	7	62	270%	12	97	345%	17	132	420%
3	34	210%	8	69	285%	13	104	360%	18	139	435%
4	41	225%	9	76	300%	14	111	375%	19	146	450%
5	48	240%	10	83	315%	15	118	390%	20	153	465%

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