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Energy Twister is a Wizard Tier 4 skill unlocked at level 10, summoning a twister made out of energy that hurts everything nearby.

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]

Energy Twister
Used by:	Wizard
Enabled at:	Clvl 10
Skill Description
Summon an Energy Twister that deals damage per second to everything in its path.
Type:	AoE DoT
Resource Use:	Costs Arcane Power
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

Energy Twister in the Forgotten Tombs.

Combining magical force and air, the Wizard brings a continuous, but time limited, twister out of the aether to destroy enemies.

Skill Design

This skill sends out a twister from the Wizard, moving slowly away from the caster in roughly a straight line and doing moderate damage to everything it hits. It appears impressive, but it's high resource cost makes it only suitable for occasional use.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 10 damage per second.

Trait Synergies

Energy Twister benefits directly from the following Wizard traits:

Glass Cannon: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
Intimidation: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
Quickening: Increases spell casting speed.
Beast Hunter: Damage bonus against beasts.
Demonsbane: Damage bonus against Demons.
Just...Stay...Dead!: Damage bonus against undead.
Temporal Flux: Enemies that have been hit by your Arcane spells are slowed down by 25% for 3 seconds.
Power Surge: Increase critical strike damage.
Penetrating Spells: Reduces the resistances of your target to your spells by 20%.

Note: The current trait list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.

Skill Rune Effects

No rune effects for Energy Twister are known.

A runed version of Energy Twister has been seen in video^[1], but it's unclear what the effect is.

Development

Energy Twister was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard debuted, then named Tornado and placed at Tier IV on the Storm Skill Tree. For BlizzCon 2009, this skill was moved to Tier III and renamed Energy Twister. Why the name was changed is unknown, but the functionality remained roughly the same. Flux tried it out in the PvM demo:[1]

This one was impressive, but very unpredictable. The graphic is great; you can see that in the Blizzcon 2009 gameplay movie, and it does more in more or less a straight line, but without some sort of tank I didn’t find it very easy to hit enemies with. Arcane Orb was nearly as damaging, far easier to aim, and cheaper on the mana. This Wizard just has so many cool active spells to try out it’s impossible to get a handle on everything in a short play time.

Energy Twister was available in the BlizzCon 2010 demo, but wasn't one of the Wizard's starting skills.

Previous Versions

See the Wizard skill archive for more details on previous versions of Energy Twister (or Tornado) and other Wizard skills.

In Other Games

Energy Twister is akin to the Druid's skill Twister from Diablo II.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

An Energy Twister
Wizard fighting skeletons with twisters.
Male Wizard - March 2010

References

↑ Gorgeous New Skill Rune Effects -- Incgamers 31st Mar 2011

BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees

[1] Gorgeous New Skill Rune Effects -- Incgamers 31st Mar 2011

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-|active= Active
 |name= Energy Twister
-|ranks= 5
 |user= Wizard
-|tree= Tier 4
+|tier= 4
-|description= Summon an Energy Twister that deals X damage per second to everything in its path.
+|clvl= 10
-|type= [[Aoe]] [[DoT]]
+|description= Summon an Energy Twister that deals damage per second to everything in its path.
-|quantity= 10 damage/second
+|type= [[AoE]] [[DoT]]
-|effect= Circular [[AoE]]
+|resource= Costs [[Arcane Power]]
-|school= Unknown
+|alabaster= Unknown
-|resource= [[Arcane Power]]
+|crimson= Unknown
-|cost= 18
+|golden= Unknown
-|cast-time= Instant
+|indigo= Unknown
-|duration= Unknown
+|obsidian= Unknown
-|cooldown= 1.5 sec
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-<!-- |req= Link it -->
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 [[Image:Tornado2.jpg|thumb|left|Energy Twister in the [[Forgotten Tombs]].]]
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 ==Skill Design==
-This one was impressive, but very unpredictable. The graphic is great; you can see that in the gameplay movie from [[BlizzCon 2009]], and it does more in more or less a straight line, but without some sort of tank it wasn't very easy to hit enemies with. [[Arcane Orb]] was nearly as damaging, far easier to aim, and cheaper on the [[mana]]. This [[Wizard]] just has so many cool active spells to try out it's impossible to get a handle on everything in a short play time.
+This skill sends out a twister from the Wizard, moving slowly away from the caster in roughly a straight line and doing moderate damage to everything it hits. It appears impressive, but it's high resource cost makes it only suitable for occasional use.
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-==[[Synergies]]==
+==Trait Synergies==
 Energy Twister benefits directly from the following [[Wizard traits]]:
 * [[Glass Cannon]]: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
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-==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
-* None known.
+* No [[rune]] effects for Energy Twister are known.
+A runed version of Energy Twister has been seen in video<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-footage-shows-many-new-rune-effects/ Gorgeous New Skill Rune Effects] -- Incgamers 31st Mar 2011</ref>, but it's unclear what the effect is.
 ==Development==
-'''Energy Twister''' was first shown at [[BlizzCon 2008]] when the Wizard debuted, then named [[Tornado]] and placed at IV on the [[Storm Skill Tree]]. For [[BlizzCon 2009]], this skill was moved to Tier III and renamed Energy Twister. Why the name was changed is unknown, but the functionality remained roughly the same.
+'''Energy Twister''' was first shown at [[BlizzCon 2008]] when the Wizard debuted, then named [[Tornado]] and placed at Tier IV on the [[Storm Skill Tree]]. For [[BlizzCon 2009]], this skill was moved to Tier III and renamed Energy Twister. Why the name was changed is unknown, but the functionality remained roughly the same. [[Flux]] tried it out in the PvM demo:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/]
+<blockquote>''This one was impressive, but very unpredictable. The graphic is great; you can see that in the Blizzcon 2009 gameplay movie, and it does more in more or less a straight line, but without some sort of tank I didn’t find it very easy to hit enemies with. Arcane Orb was nearly as damaging, far easier to aim, and cheaper on the mana. This Wizard just has so many cool active spells to try out it’s impossible to get a handle on everything in a short play time.</blockquote>
 Energy Twister was available in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, but wasn't one of the Wizard's starting skills.
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 See the [[Wizard skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Energy Twister (or [[Tornado]]) and other Wizard skills.
-===Energy Twister in Other Games===
+===In Other Games===
 Energy Twister is akin to the {{iw|Druid Druid}}'s skill {{iw|Twister Twister}} from [[Diablo II]].
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 ==References==
+<span style="font-size: 10px;"><references/></span>
 * [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
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