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** Effect: Turns the swarm blue and channels a tremendous amount of mana back to the Witch Doctor.
* Unknown [[Indigo rune]]: Rank 2 Multi-target Rune
** Description: Locust Swarm now jumps to two targets upon creature death.
** Effect: Splits the swarm, sending two out to enemies after each death. With high level Locust Swarm damage this could essentially clear an entire screen of monsters with a single cast.
==Development==
'''Locust Swarm''' premiered with [[Diablo III]] in the [[WWI 2008]] gameplay video as a Tier II skill in the [[Plague Skill Tree]] (later renamed the [[Zombie Skill Tree]]). The first version for of this skill could be cast on [[Mongrel]]s, enhancing them with poison damage.
By [[BlizzCon 2009]], Locust Swarm had been moved to Tier III in the [[Voodoo Skill Tree]] and could no longer be cast on [[Mongrel]]s (renamed to [[Zombie Dog]]s). [[Flux]] discussed its utility:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/]
