The Skull of Impending Doom is an off-hand item that looks like a horned skull on a stick. You can use this item in some very useful ways.
The Skull of Imminent Doom is a reward for the Forbidden Knowledge quest (this is a serial quest), you can get it from level 30. when used (it has a 5 minute cooldown) it will increase your running speed by 60% for 10 seconds, it will deal damage equal to 60% of your maximum health and drain 60% of your maximum mana over 10 seconds (You gain speed, but at a cost). When you use the Skull of Impending Doom, you’ll make a chicken noise, so you can see how Blizzard plans you’ll use it, running away from a fight. This can be a very good thing if you don’t have a chance to win the fight. One more advantage to this, when you use it to run away, is that it can kill you (you’ll die anyway if you don’t) but since you die from an item and not damage from a fight, your team won’t. be damage, so it saves the repair fee (no durability damage). Of course, you can use it in many more cool ways:
- If you use it, it will deal damage every second, making you “immune” to traps, polymorph, seduction, sap, etc.
- You can use it as a suicide item, if you need to die faster. Why do you need to die? Go to the graveyard and pay the fee, which is equivalent to quickly getting to the nearby inn or town in most cases. I need to finish the game, enter a new area – endless reason in this case.
- Run as fast as a mount, without a mount (less powerful now, when you get your mount at level 30 instead of 40). It can be used to catch any mounted or fleeing opponent.
- Use it while carrying the flag or to catch the one holding it.
When using it in this situation, you should keep in mind that you can use it indoors and that you can attack or cast instant spells while running.
And don’t forget you can use it to take that boat or lift, how many times have you run into it only to miss it for a second?
You can also disable the “buff” it gives you, this will cancel the good and bad effects.