Sacrifice (voidwalker ability)

Sacrifice
Sacrifice Warlock voidwalker pet ability 25% of base health 1 min cooldown Instant Sacrifices a portion of the Voidwalker's health, giving its master a shield that will absorb X damage for 30 sec. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Pet	Voidwalker
Properties
School	Shadow
Cooldown	1 min
Related buff
Magic Sacrifice Absorbs X damage. Duration: 30 seconds

Warlocks use every tool at their disposal, including friends.

Sacrifice is an ability of the Voidwalker, a warlock minion. It consumes a portion of the Voidwalker's health, granting the warlock an absorption shield that is similar to a priest's [Power Word: Shield] ability. The ability consumes 25% of the voidwalker's base health, so as long as the voidwalker isn't near death, there is very little chance that the use of this ability will kill the demon. The duration of the Sacrifice shield is 30 seconds.

Sacrifice is learned from  [Grimoire of Sacrifice (Rank 1)]. Additional books are available for future ranks.

Tactics

It's very useful when using [Hellfire], making a getaway or to extend your life in PvP combat. Using Sacrifice in Battlegrounds is especially useful because when you die and resurrect, you get your Voidwalker back without having to re-summon it. Even if you are not Demonology specced, this ensures that'll you be able to sacrifice him at least once without having to re-summon.

Having [Fel Synergy] will allow you to heal the voidwalker back for the health he loses very quickly and makes the use of the shield a non-issue as long as the pet is in reasonably good health.

It is possible to summon another demon while under this shield. In an emergency you can Sacrifice your Voidwalker, resummon it (it will now be at full health), and [Soul Link] with it again.

Trivia

This spell was known as "Sacrificial" Shield during the Beta tests.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
  
• Patch 3.1.2 (2009-05-19): No longer kills the Voidwalker, but instead only sacrifices a portion of its health.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now automatically learned at level 16 instead of requiring  [Grimoire of Sacrifice (Rank 1)].
  
• Patch 0.12 (2004-10-11): Now grants the Warlock damage absorption, rather than full immunity. Duration has been increased.
  
• Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): Sacrificial Shield renamed Sacrifice.
  

External links

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