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Desert Dervish

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The '''Desert Dervish''' is a ~~spinning tornado~~ large, powerful monster found in the desert areas of Act 2. Dervishes launch into a ~~beast with a strong knock-back~~ spinning Whirlwind attack, during which they deal heavy damage, as well as reflecting most types of projectiles.

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|movement= Slow

|modifier= None

|spells= Knockback, Reflect Projectiles

|found= Near [[The Canyon Rim Mines]]

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~~An annoying monster that spins~~One of the more powerful monsters found on the surface of the Act 2 desert, the Dervish moves slowly and absently, ~~throwing his many small~~seldom coming directly at the player. It waits to be attacked, and ~~one large blade~~ when a player closes to within range it launches into a whirlwind attack, spinning around, ~~hurting anyone nearby,~~ dealing heavy damage and ~~also~~ knocking ~~them~~ back ~~slightly~~any enemies in melee range. The ~~easiest way to deal with them~~ Dervish is also capable of reflecting many types of projectiles while it spins, making it difficult for artillery characters to ~~just go ranged with spells or missiles~~damage.

~~This opponent is a lot more annoying when playing a [[Barbarian]] or other [[melee]] classes than a [[Wizard]].~~==Strategy==

~~When they die~~The key to killing a Dervish is to stand back until it comes out of the spin, ~~they do so spectacularly~~when it is vulnerable. A wise player will then quickly close in and hit it fast and hard, since it will begin spinning ~~around in~~ again after a couple of seconds. All types of spells will hurt the ~~air~~Dervish when it is not spinning, ~~hitting the ground~~but when it is many projectiles are reflected away. These projectiles are still damaging; they can hurt other monsters, ~~spurting dust in~~ but they will not touch the ~~process~~Dervish while it is spinning.

Some spells can hurt the Dervish, though it's not always clear which. The Wizard's [[Magic Missile]] and [[Arcane Orb]]s are reflected away, but [[Electrocute]] hits the Dervish just like it would any other monster.

Dervishes have very large [[footprint]]s, and can be hit by multiple spells at once. Witch Doctors have great success against the Dervish with [[Plague of Toads]] since the Dervish is so large that 2 or 3 toads from each cast will strike it. [[Charged Bolt]] is also effect, for the same reason. Neither of these spells is reflected away, either, perhaps because they are ground-based, rather than floating?

==Death Animation==Dervishes have a spectacular death animation, as they fly up and around like a broken helicopter, before crashing down into the ground with a dust-hurling crash. ==Spells and Abilities===

* Knockback

The Desert Dervish has a knockback ability when spinning. When not spinning, there is no chance of knockback.

[[Image:Desert_Dervish_2.jpg|350px]]

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===Known X Types===

Use on a "family" monster article.

* Can be used in "Goatman" or the like

==Background==

~~It will be very interesting to hear from Blizzard what~~ Nothing is yet known about the background ~~story is for~~ of this ~~particular~~ monster.

==Development==

The Desert Dervish was first seen in August 2009 in the [[GamesCom 2009 demo]] build. It's interesting Blizzard added a "dervish" type monster, since they originally talked about a [[Dervish|Dervish class]]. The name ~~obviously got a little downgrade, into~~ might have lent itself to this ~~annoying~~ monster, though the term "dervish" to describe any spinning action is in fairly common usage.

In a piece of concept art, the Desert Dervish is referred to as a "Dune Dervish".[http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3345&size=big&cat=564] Either we'll see both a "Desert" and "Dune" Dervish, or they just changed the name as to not be confused with the [[Dune Thresher]].

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