Gargantuan Class: Witch Doctor Required Level: 19 Skill Category: Voodoo Active Cooldown: 60 seconds Summon a Gargantuan zombie to fight for you. The Gargantuan attacks for 450% damage as Physical. Damage Type: Physical Other Stats: Summon; Only one Gargantuan may be active at a time |
Gargantuan is a Voodoo Witch Doctor skill, loosely based on the Golem skill type.
In-game[]
Summons a single colossal zombie that fights at the Witch Doctor's side until it dies. It attacks for 450% of the Witch Doctor's damage, and has roughly 150% of the Witch Doctor's Life, sharing most of the master's stats. Any destructible objects in its wake are destroyed.
Only one such zombie can be summoned at a time. The zombie is summoned at the cursor's location, anywhere within 80 yards.
Runes[]
- Humongoid: All damage is now dealt as Cold, and base attack damage increases to 585%. In addition, it can cleave, as per the Barbarian's skill of the same name (180 degree arc). In addition, any enemy that is hit by the Gargantuan is Chilled (moving 60% slower) for 1 second.
- Restless Giant: when the Gargantuan encounters an elite enemy or is near 5 enemies, it enrages for 15 seconds, gaining +20% movement speed, +35% attack speed and +200% damage. This effect cannot occur more than once every 45 seconds.
- Wrathful Protector: The Gargantuan now deals 575% damage as Fire, with each hit knocking enemies into the air for 0.5 seconds. However, the Gargantuan returns whence it came after 15 seconds.
- Big Stinker: The Gargantuan now deals Poison damage, and it is surrounded by a cloud of Poison that deals 135% damage per second to enemies within 5 yards.
- Bruiser: Damage type changes to Fire, and every 10 seconds, the Gargantuan can slam enemies, dealing 200% damage as Fire within 5 yards and stunning affected enemies for 3 seconds.
Non-rune enhancements[]
- Mask of Jeram (Legendary Voodoo Mask): increases damage of Gargantuan by 150-200%.
- Spite (Legendary Mojo): all skill runes except Humongoid gain the Chill effect and cleave for all attacks.
- Tasker and Theo (Legendary Gloves): Gargantuan attacks 40-50% faster.
- Short Man's Finger (Legendary Ring): instead of one Gargantuan, summons three, smaller in size, but each having +350% additional Life and dealing +500-650% additional damage compared to the original.
- Enforcer (Legendary Gem): increases damage by 15% (+0.3% per rank) and reduces damage taken by 90% (rank 25 bonus).
- Zunimassa's Haunt Set (Set Bonus for 4 pieces): for every Fetish (regardless of type) the Witch Doctor has, they and their pets take 3% reduced damage.
- Zunimassa's Haunt Set (Set Bonus for 6 pieces): Gargantuan deals 15000% more damage to enemies damaged by any Mana spender skills for 8 seconds, the effect does not stack.
- Helltooth Harness Set (Set Bonus for 2 items): Gargantuan will apply Necrosis to attacked foes, slowing enemies by 60% and inflicting 3000% damage per tick for 10 seconds. Elemental Damage type is chosen from the highest skill bonus of the character.
- Helltooth Harness Set (Set Bonus for 6 items): after casting Wall of Death, Gargantuan deals +17500% increased damage for 15 seconds.
Passives[]
- Jungle Fortitude: Gargantuan (and the Witch Doctor) takes 15% less damage.
- Zombie Handler: increases the Witch Doctor's and Gargantuan's Life by 20%.
- Fierce Loyalty: increases movement speed by 30% (15% in combat) if any pets are alive.
- Tribal Rites: reduces cooldown by 25%.
- Midnight Feast: increases Gargantuan's damage by 50%.
Trivia[]
- Gargantuan is a distorted form of "Gargantua," the name of a giant from the 16th century The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel novel series. His name eventually became a common word for anything of colossal proportions.
- The creature can be summoned by Nazeebo in Heroes of the Storm.
Primary Skills
Poison Dart • Corpse Spiders • Plague of Toads • Firebomb
Secondary Skills
Grasp of the Dead • Firebats • Haunt • Locust Swarm
Defensive Skills
Summon Zombie Dogs • Horrify • Spirit Walk • Hex
Terror
Soul Harvest • Sacrifice • Mass Confusion
Decay
Zombie Charger • Spirit Barrage • Acid Cloud • Wall of Death • Piranhas
Voodoo
Gargantuan • Big Bad Voodoo • Fetish Army
Passive Skills
Jungle Fortitude • Circle of Life • Spiritual Attunement • Gruesome Feast • Blood Ritual • Bad Medicine
Zombie Handler • Pierce the Veil • Spirit Vessel • Fetish Sycophants • Rush of Essence • Vision Quest
Fierce Loyalty • Grave Injustice • Tribal Rites • Confidence Ritual • Creeping Death • Swampland Attunement • Midnight Feast