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[[File:IconCorpseSpiders.png|left]]
[[File:Carrion_Spiders.png|thumb|200px|right|Spiders on the prowl.]]
'''Corpse Spiders''' is a Primary [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 3. The [[Witch Doctor]] tosses a small jar from which spiders swarm out, pouncing on nearby enemies. The spiders do not deal very high damage individually, but several jars can be thrown in rapid succession, and a swarm of spiders all biting at once deals considerable damage to any target.
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==Background==
The Witch Doctor throws a jar that breaks and releases spiders that attack nearby [[monster]]s. The skill is best [[spammed]], with a payload of spiders delivered unto one or a group of targets.
==Skill Rune Effects==
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==Skill Design==
This [[skill]] was initially called ''Spider Totem''. In the earliest version it summoned three large spiders from the earth wherever the Witch Doctor targeted the spell. They swarmed over nearby enemies, dealing poison damage.
A later iteration of the skill changed the name and function. Once it became "Corpse Spiders," the Witch Doctor summoned forth a zombie to emerge halfway from the ground. The zombie then vomited up the spiders, or sometimes they burst right out of the zombie's chest, Alien-style.
This effect was awesome, but the knee-high zombie head and torso was hard to see on a crowded field of battle, and the casting mechanism was changed to the thrown jar. Fans have suggested that the name should have changed to Jar of Spiders, but the developers preferred to keep the zombie reference, even though there's no longer anything corpse-like about the skill.
