Grasp of the Dead
Level Required: 2
Skill Type: Secondary
Skill Type: Secondary
Cost: 150 Mana
Cooldown: 8 seconds
Ghoulish hands reach out from the ground, slowing enemy movement by 60% and dealing 760% weapon damage as Physical over 8 seconds.
Element: Physical
Runes for Grasp of the Dead
| Skill Runes | Level | Element |
|---|---|---|
| Unbreakable Grasp Removes the Mana cost and increases the amount enemies are Slowed to 80%. Damage type is changed to Cold. | 7 | Cold |
| Groping Eels Increase the damage done to 1360% weapon damage as Physical. | 15 | Physical |
| Death Is Life Enemies who die while in the area of Grasp of the Dead have a 10% chance to drop a health globe or summon a Zombie Dog. Damage type is changed to Poison. | 25 | Poison |
| Desperate Grasp Reduce the cooldown of Grasp of the Dead to 4 seconds. Damage type is changed to Poison. | 28 | Poison |
| Rain of Corpses Corpses also fall from the sky, dealing 420% weapon damage as Physical over 8 seconds to nearby enemies. | 53 | Physical |
Note: Information on this page is based on a level 70 Witch Doctor.
Grasp of the Dead Rune Popularity
- This chart shows the popularity of the runes for the Grasp of the Dead Witch Doctor active skill. Select the blue bars for softcore data, the red bars for hardcore data, or view all the rune statistics in the table display.
- These are the Grasp of the Dead runes as chosen by level 70 Witch Doctors who are currently playing the Diablo III: Reaper of Souls on PC or Mac in patch 2.3. It can also guide Witch Doctors looking to pick the best Grasp of the Dead runes in Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition on consoles - the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
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Grasp of the Dead Rune Popularity Chart
Popularity percentages for Grasp of the Dead runes, as used by level 70 hardcore and softcore Witch Doctors. Hightlight the bars on the chart to see the percentages for each Grasp of the Dead rune.
Grasp of the Dead Rune Popularity Table
Popularity percentages for the Grasp of the Dead runes used by level 70 softcore and hardcore Witch Doctors.
| Rune | Softcore % | Hardcore % |
|---|---|---|
| Desperate Grasp | 65.4 | 42.9 |
| Rain of Corpses | 16 | 33.7 |
| Death Is Life | 9.9 | 8.7 |
| Groping Eels | 4.7 | 7.8 |
| Unbreakable Grasp | 4 | 6.8 |
| No Rune | 0 | 0 |
Charts Last Updated: November 3, 2018
