Death Wish

For the notable passive skill, see Wish for Death.

Name	Death Wish
Skill Id	DeathWish
Icon
Cast Time	0.20 sec
Level Req.	70
Critical Strike Chance	6%
Cost	7 mana
Attack Speed	100% of base
Attack Damage	100% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage	100%
As you channel this spell, it spreads its effect to more of your minions. When you stop channelling, each affected minion explodes, and this skill deals spell damage around them. The explosion of the minion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage, and cannot be reflected.
Deals 444 to 666 Fire Damage Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 19% of the Minion's maximum Life Affected Minions have 40% increased Attack Speed Affected Minions have 40% increased Cast Speed Deals 10% more Damage with Hits and Ailments per affected Minion Can affect 13 Minions Affected Minions have 40% increased Movement Speed

Death Wish is a skill granted by Maw of MischiefMaw of Mischief
Bone HelmetArmour: (197-227)
Energy Shield: (40-46)Requires Level 73, 76 Str, 76 IntMinions deal (15-20)% increased DamageGrants Level 20 Death Wish Skill
+(45-65) to maximum Life
(30-20)% reduced Mana Cost of Minion Skills
Minions are AggressiveThe line that divides hope and fear,
life and death, crowd and mob,
is as thin as a whisper., a unique Bone HelmetBone HelmetArmour: (197-227)
Energy Shield: (40-46)Requires Level 73, 76 Str, 76 IntMinions deal (15-20)% increased Damage, that applies a spreading buff to your minions while channelled that improves their abilities and makes them eventually explode.

Skill functions and interactions

• Minions are chosen at random. Line of sight is not required.
• Once 13 minions are affected, the spell will continue channelling but no more minions will be added.
• Ending the channel, or casting any non-instant spell, will cause all affected minions to explode.
• The skill cannot affect "immortal" minions or minions already affected by the skill.
  "Immortal" minions include:
  • Spectral Spirits (Essence of InsanityEssence of InsanityStack Size: 9
    Essence Tier: 8Upgrades a normal item to rare or reforges a rare item, guaranteeing one property
    Weapon: Triggers Level 20 Spectral Spirits when Equipped
    +3 to maximum number of Spectral Spirits
    Gloves: Socketed Gems have 16% more Attack and Cast Speed
    Boots: 70% increased Mana Regeneration Rate while Shocked
    Body Armour: You gain Onslaught for 6 seconds when Hit
    Helmet: Socketed Gems gain 50% of Physical Damage as extra Lightning Damage
    Shield: 25% chance to gain a Power Charge when you Block
    Quiver: Projectiles Pierce 2 additional Targets
    Amulet: 10% chance to Recover 10% of Mana when you use a Skill
    Ring: You and your Minions take 40% reduced Reflected Damage
    Belt: 10% increased Movement Speed during any Flask EffectRight click this item then left click a normal or rare item to apply it.).
  • Agony Crawlers (Herald of AgonyHerald of AgonySpell, Herald, Minion, Chaos, Physical
    Level: (1-20)
    Reservation: 25% Mana
    Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
    Can Store 1 Use(s)
    Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Grants a buff giving more poison damage and a chance to inflict poison. When you poison an enemy while you have this buff, you gain Virulence, and summon an Agony Crawler minion that uses projectile and area attacks. You will lose Virulence over time, at a rate which increases the more Virulence you have. The minion will die when you have no Virulence.Maximum 1 Summoned Agony Crawler
    Buff grants 20% chance to Poison on Hit
    Grants Virulence when you Poison an Enemy
    Buff grants 10% more Damage with Poison
    40 Maximum Virulence
    Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
    Agony Crawler has (2-4)% increased Attack Speed per Virulence you have
    Agony Crawler deals (5-9)% increased Physical Damage per Virulence you have
    Agony Crawler has (1-45) to (3-84) Added Physical Damage per Virulence you have
    
    Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
    +(0.25-5) to Maximum VirulencePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.).
  • Bestial Minions (Yriel's Fostering) are valid targets.
• Cannot target minions summoned by minions.
• The Fire damage hit scales with spell damage and can be reflected; the explosion based off of minion life does not scale with spell damage and cannot be reflected

Version history

Version	Changes
3.17.0	Death Wish now has 444 to 666 Fire Damage (previously 316 to 474). Explosion now deals base Fire Damage equal to 19% of the Minion's maximum Life (previously 13%).
3.12.0	Introduced to the game.