A neat little ability

Community General Discussion
1

A cool ability I think one of the darker fantasy specs could use would be something similar to putting a soul back into a body for a short period of time.

Soul Tether: 10 minute CD, castable in combat.

Resurrect an ally for 2 (adjustable)minutes, during which they receive a buff (for mechanical purposes) which decreases their damage and healing done by 10%. The amount of damage and healing done is further decreased over the duration of the buff, up to 50% when the buff expires. They are instantly slain upon expiration (this second death wouldnt count in M+ times, I would think.

It would add another panic button certain classes could have as a battle rez without lowering the value of the classes which do have one. The reason the ability would be a buff instead of a debuff is so they can remove it when they want, instantly slaying them on the spot to be ressed, if they finished killing a certain pack or boss.

2

DK used to have a spell like this – it’s what Raise Ally did before it became a proper BRez. You were rezzed as a ghoul and had control of the ghoul, but it was like a vehicle. You could use only its abilities, and died after a set amount of time.

1 Like
3

I remember watching a video about that. They had their own little action bar, but it was removed because of the absurd amount of power it has in arenas and how it could be uses to cheese mechanics.

4

Yeah, you can see what it looked like here:

2 Likes
5

The old Ghoul rez was amazing and fun. Would love it back but sadly it was from an era of the game being somewhat RPG rather than Esport so no dice.