Sacrifice

Paladin skill · Protection line · tier 4

Beta 0.7.2

Sets his shield and takes whatever comes on his own body.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 10 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Sacrifice scales with Absorption. Its value at each rank is 7 + 4 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	11	15	19	23	27	31	35	39	43	47

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × 5 × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Protection skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value × 5; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Rank 5 in Intervene or Aura of Protection Tier 2 or tier 3 of the Protection line.
2
Hero level 22 at the earliest There is no level requirement, but a hero gets one skill point every 2 levels.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Sacrifice opens Sacred Rampart.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Protection skills makes Sacrifice 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Sacrifice has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Protection line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Shield of Faith	1	Shield	12 s	Absorption
Intervene	2	Shield	12 s	Absorption
Aura of Protection	3	Aura	None	Defense
Sacrifice	4	Guard	10 s	Absorption
Sacred Rampart	5	Ultimate	16 s	Health