Ritual Sacrifice

Ritual SacrificeBuff, Duration
Level: (1-20)Sacrifice the Corpse of a Rare Monster to grant you its Modifiers for a duration.Stolen Modifier duration is (15–19.75) secondsSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
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Granted by the Ritualist ascendancy notable As the Whispers Demand.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemAscendancyRitualSacrifice

Ritual Sacrifice is a skill granted by the Ritualist ascendancy notable As the Whispers Demand. It allows you to sacrifice a Rare monster's corpse to gain its monster modifiers for a duration. Alternatively, it can be used on yourself by sacrificing a portion of your life, gaining one random monster modifier for a duration.

Skill functions and interactions

• The cast animation for sacrificing a corpse lasts ? seconds.
• You can only have one monster modifier gained from sacrificing life at one time. Monster modifiers taken from slain monsters do not have a limit.

Gem level progression

Level		Stored Uses	Cooldown	Duration
1	0	—	—	15
2	3	—	—	15.25
3	6	—	—	15.5
4	10	—	—	15.75
5	14	—	—	16
6	18	—	—	16.25
7	22	—	—	16.5
8	26	—	—	16.75
9	31	—	—	17
10	36	—	—	17.25
11	41	—	—	17.5
12	46	—	—	17.75
13	52	—	—	18
14	58	—	—	18.25
15	64	—	—	18.5
16	66	—	—	18.75
17	72	—	—	19
18	78	—	—	19.25
19	84	—	—	19.5
20	90	1	8.00 sec	19.75

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Prolonged Duration IProlonged Duration ISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 30% more Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	LifetapLifetapSupport Category: Lifetap Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any Skill, turning its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support Skills which reserve Spirit.Skill Mana Costs Converted to Life CostsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Second Wind ISecond Wind ISupport Category: Second Wind Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 50% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown UsesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Cooldown Recovery ICooldown Recovery ISupport Category: Cooldown Recovery Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 25% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Corpse ConservationCorpse ConservationSupport Category: Corpse Conservation Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports skills that consume Corpses, giving them a chance to take effect without destroying the Corpse.Corpses consumed by Supported Skills have 25% chance to not be destroyedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Cooldown Recovery IICooldown Recovery IISupport Category: Cooldown Recovery Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 30% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Second Wind IISecond Wind IISupport Category: Second Wind Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 40% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown UsesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Second Wind IIISecond Wind IIISupport Category: Second Wind Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown and causing them to recover your Life when a cooldown is consumed. Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 40% less Cooldown Recovery Rate When a Supported Skill consumes a cooldown use, recover 2% of maximum Life per second of cooldown Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown UsesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	The As the Whispers Ask Notable Passive Skill has been removed, and the As the Whispers Demand Notable now also grants the Ritual Sacrifice Skill.
0.2.0g	Fixed a bug where Ritual Sacrifice would not grant you modifiers from Sacrificed Rare Monsters if you used it while affected by Temporal Chains.
0.2.0	Introduced to the game.