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Diablo III (2012)

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Been having some random deaths on my Witch Doctor where I was pretty sure Spirit Vessel didn't proc.

After some testing, it seems to be an issue with an interaction between Blood Ritual and Spirit Vessel in combination with the cheat deaths from the Scoundrel or Enchantress (but not the Templar). Importantly, the cheat death from the Templar restores HP, but the cheat deaths from the Scoundrel and Enchantress do not.

If the cheat death from the Scoundrel or Enchantress triggers and leaves you at very low HP while you are casting a skill that costs mana with the Blood Ritual passive enabled (which causes 20% of the mana cost to be paid with health), then it's possible for the Blood Ritual passive to bring you to zero HP. If this happens, it seems that Spirit Vessel is bypassed and you die instantly.

You can see I don't get it to happen every time, but I can make it happen pretty reliably by spamming a skill that costs mana with the Blood Ritual passive equipped while taking a lot of damage. I believe that the HP loss from Blood Ritual is bypassing Spirit Vessel and can kill you without triggering Spirit Vessel.


0:00 Blood Ritual equipped

0:14 Spirit Vessel didn't trigger
0:24 Spirit Vessel triggers
0:37 Spirit Vessel triggers
0:50 Spirit Vessel didn't trigger
0:59 Spirit Vessel triggers
1:13 Spirit Vessel didn't trigger
1:22 Spirit Vessel triggers
1:36 Spirit Vessel triggers
1:49 Spirit Vessel didn't trigger

1:54 Removing Blood Ritual

2:02 Spirit Vessel triggers
2:15 Spirit Vessel triggers
2:27 Spirit Vessel triggers
2:39 Spirit Vessel triggers
2:52 Spirit Vessel triggers


3:02 Blood Ritual equipped again

3:13 Spirit Vessel triggers
3:25 Spirit Vessel triggers
3:36 Spirit Vessel triggers
3:48 Spirit Vessel doesn't trigger
3:56 Spirit Vessel doesn't trigger
4:03 Spirit Vessel triggers
4:14 Spirit Vessel triggers
4:26 Spirit Vessel doesn't trigger

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