Ritual of Doom

Ritual of Doom
	Ritual of Doom; Level 31 warlock ability; 40 yd range; 1 Soul Shard; 1 hour cooldown; Channeled; Begins a ritual that sacrifices a random participant to summon a doomguard. Requires the caster and 4 additional party members to complete the ritual.;
Properties
Class	Warlock
School	Shadow
Cooldown	1 hour
Other information
Level learned	31

For the Ritual of Doom spell in the Dreadscar Rift, see Demonic Offering.

Ritual of Doom is a Warlock spell that when cast, sacrifices a participating party member's life for the benefit of summoning a Doomguard. It requires the caster and four other party members to participate in the summoning.

This summons a hostile Doomguard that soon becomes automatically subjugated as an additional guardian pet for the Warlock. The Doomguard lasts up to 15 minutes, but has a small chance to break free from the subjugation at any time and attack your group.

History

Originally, the demon had to be enslaved or otherwise it would attack the party. It is related to the Doomguard that spawned from the proc of [Curse of Doom], which needed to be enslaved and would break free from enslavement after a certain amount of time had elapsed. Ritual of Doom was later updated to require only a significant portion of the caster's health to summon. Then, the spell was removed from the game entirely and replaced with [Summon Doomguard], which simply summoned the Doomguard for 5 minutes, after which it would despawn.

Patch changes

Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Re-added at level 31 (was 60). No longer requires [Demonic Figurine]. Icon updated (was ).
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Removed. The doomguard minion is now summoned through the spell [Summon Doomguard].
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): A Doomguard summoned with this spell will now scale properly from its master's stats.
Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Now works correctly even when the Warlock already has a pet (dismissed the existing pet.)
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Should now display the cooldown.
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Can now be learned from [60G] Suppression.
Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): The death caused at the completion of the ritual no longer causes durability loss.
Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Added.