Devour

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Devour Class: Necromancer (Diablo III) Skill Category: Corpses Active Generate: 10 Essence per corpse Consumes all corpses within 60 yards to restore 10 Essence per corpse. Damage Type: Physical Other Stats: Requires a corpse

Devour is a Necromancer Corpse skill in Diablo III. It very loosely resembles the Carrion Vine and Solar Creeper.

In-game

When cast, consumes all nearby monster corpses (radius is wide enough to affect the entire screen) to replenish the Necromancer's Essence.

The skill costs no Essence to cast, and has no cooldown, so with sufficient corpses, it can be used again and again.

Runes

Devouring Aura

• Ruthless: Also consumes all of the Necromancer's minions for additional 10 Essence per minion killed.
• Voracious: Reduces all Essence costs by 2% for each corpse consumed for 5 seconds. This effect stacks.
• Devouring Aura: The skill can no longer be cast at an area, and instead, when activated, becomes a passive aura that consumes all corpses within 15 yards of the Necromancer yards, restoring 11 Essence per corpse. The range of this effect is increased by 50% of effective gold pickup radius. The skill will show a faintly pulsing aura displaying the radius.
• Satiated: Increases maximum Life by 2% for 2 seconds for each corpse devoured. Current Life increases proportionally; the absolute value of current Life does not decrease when maximum Life is returned to normal value.

• Cannibalize: Each corpse consumed also restores 3% of maximum Life.

Non-rune enhancements

• The Johnstone: each corpse consumed in Land of the Dead increases the Necromancer's damage by 10% for 8-10 seconds after it ends.

Passives

• Fueled by Death: grants 3% increased movement speed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 10 times, for each Devoured corpse.
• Life from Death: each Devoured corpse has a 20% chance to create a Health Globe.

Development

The logic behind the Necromancer's Devour skill was that though it can feel wasteful, the decision to consume all the corpses is intentional, so Devour isn't used mindlessly.

References

Necromancer Skills

Primary Skills
Bone Spikes • Grim Scythe • Siphon Blood
Secondary Skills
Bone Spear • Skeletal Mage • Death Nova
Blood and Bone
Bone Armor • Bone Spirit • Blood Rush • Simulacrum
Reanimation
Command Skeletons • Command Golem • Army of the Dead • Land of the Dead
Curses
Decrepify • Leech • Frailty
Corpses
Corpse Explosion • Corpse Lance • Devour • Revive
Passives
Fueled by Death • Life from Death • Stand Alone • Bone Prison • Commander of the Risen Dead • Swift Harvesting • Extended Servitude • Rigor Mortis • Overwhelming Essence • Dark Reaping • Spreading Malediction • Eternal Torment • Final Service • Grisly Tribute • Draw Life • Serration • Aberrant Animator • Blood for Blood • Blood is Power • Rathma's Shield