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Acid Cloud is a Physical Realm Witch Doctor skill unlocked at level 22. This skill is a DfA attack, spilling poison damage on any enemies in the targeted location. It leaves behind a toxic puddle that deals DoT and AoE as well.

Background

Acid Cloud in action

The Witch Doctor creates a rain of acid over a small radius, dealing poison damage, plus poison damage to anything in the vicinity of the resulting toxic puddle.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Acid Cloud rune effects page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

Icon	Skill	Description

Acid Cloud
Physical Realm
(Level 22)

[e]

Cost: 528 Mana

Acid falls down dealing an initial 125% weapon damage as Poison, followed by 25% weapon damage per second to enemies who remain in the area.

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Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.

Skill Design

This skill opens a hole in the air, pouring poison out on whomever is under it at the time. Pools of poison stay on the floor for about ten seconds after, damaging enemies. The green goo from the poison looks a lot like the remains of the Witch Doctor's Plague of Toads.

If you ever hated the acid dogs from Diablo I, now you can wreak that acidic pain on others!

This spell was originally one of the Wizard's. It was switched to the Witch Doctor during early development.

Acid Cloud showing every runed version.

Acid Cloud Video

A video of Acid Cloud in use can be seen below, courtesy of the DiabloInc You Tube channel.

Acid on skellies!

Synergies

No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.

Development

Acid Cloud was first seen at BlizzCon 2008 as a Tier III Wizard skill in the Conjuring Skill Tree. By BlizzCon 2009, Acid Cloud had been moved to the Witch Doctor's Voodoo Skill Tree, to the delight of many who thought using this skill was out of character for the Wizard. This move was alluded to by Bashiok shortly before the BlizzCon event^[1]. Flux shared his thoughts on this skill:[1]

It’s an interesting description, and a pity we couldn’t see this one in action, to see just how the thrown bottle, explosion, and acid cloud was handled. So how long is the delay between the initial explosion and then start of the acid rain? Would a fast monster take only the 1-5 damage, and move out of the area before the more painful DoT Aoe began?

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Acid Cloud became a level 22 skill.

Previous Versions

Acid Cloud when it was a Wizard skill.

Media

Acid Cloud can be seen in action on video here:

Runestone effects on Acid Cloud

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

Zoom of the Acid Cloud.
Wizard Acid Cloud on Skeletons.
Acid pools on the floor.
Acid Cloud with all rune effects.

References

↑ Acid Cloud for the Wizard *Frown* -- BlizzBlues 14th July 2009

BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report
BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats
Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
Witch Doctor Active Skills -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011

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[1] Acid Cloud for the Wizard *Frown* -- BlizzBlues 14th July 2009

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-'''Acid Cloud''' is a [[Witch Doctor skill]] enabled at [[clvl|level]] 22. This skill is a [[DfA]] attack, spilling poison damage on any enemies in the targeted location. It leaves behind a toxic puddle that deals [[DoT]] and [[AoE]] as well.
+'''Acid Cloud''' is a Physical Realm [[Witch Doctor skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 22. This skill is a [[DfA]] attack, spilling poison damage on any enemies in the targeted location. It leaves behind a toxic puddle that deals [[DoT]] and [[AoE]] as well.
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 ==Background==
-{{Skillbox D3
+[[File:Wiz-acid-cloud1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Acid Cloud in action]]
-|portrait= Wiz-acid-cloud1.jpg
-|portrait-width= 150px
-|name= Acid Cloud
-|user= Witch Doctor
-|clvl= 22
-|description= Acid rains down dealing initial poison damage followed by poison damage per second to nearby enemies who remain in the area.
-|type= [[DfA]]/[[DoT]]/[[AoE]]
-|resource= Costs [[Mana]]
-|alabaster= The witch doctor belches forth a directional pool of acid.
-|crimson= Causes immediate damage instead of a damage over time effect.
-|golden= Afflicts enemies with a disease effect that deals damage over time.
-|indigo= Increases area-of-effect radius.
-|obsidian= Spawns slimes that attack nearby enemies.
-}}
 The Witch Doctor creates a rain of acid over a small radius, dealing poison damage, plus poison damage to anything in the vicinity of the resulting toxic puddle.
 ==Skill Effects==
 The following is a very quick list. See the [[Acid Cloud rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
-{{Active skill header}}
+{{Active skills header}}
-</noinclude>
+</noinclude>{{Witch Doctor Skill Acid Cloud}}
-{{Skill effects|Acid Cloud|IconAcidCloud.png|([[clvl|Level]] 22)|
+| [[image:IconCrimson.jpg|40px|link=Crimson]]
-Acid falls down dealing an initial {{c_lime|57 - 78}} Poison damage followed by {{c_lime|14}} Poison damage per second to enemies who remain in the area.<br>Cost: {{c_lime|528}} Mana.}}
+| [[Corpse Bomb]]
-| width="40px" | [[image:IconCrimson.jpg|40px|link=Crimson]]
-| width="140px" | [[Corpse Bomb]]
 | A corpse emerges from the ground and explodes for {{c_lime|148 - 203}} Poison damage to enemies in the area.
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 <noinclude>
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-<p style="text-align:center">Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.</p>
+{{center|Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.}}
 ==Skill Design==
-[[Image:Wiz-acid-cloud2.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Acid on [[Skeleton|skellies]]!]]
 This [[skill]] opens a hole in the air, pouring poison out on whomever is under it at the time. Pools of poison stay on the floor for about ten seconds after, damaging enemies. The green goo from the poison looks a lot like the remains of the Witch Doctor's [[Plague of Toads]].
 If you ever hated the acid dogs from [[Diablo I]], now you can wreak that acidic pain on others!
 This spell was originally one of the Wizard's. It was switched to the Witch Doctor during early development.
+[[Image:Acidcloud_runed.jpg|center|thumb|550px|Acid Cloud showing every runed version.]]
-==Synergies==
-* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.
-==Skill Rune Effects==
+==Acid Cloud Video==
-[[Image:Acidcloud_runed.jpg|right|thumb|550px|Acid Cloud showing every runed version.]]
+A video of Acid Cloud in use can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].
-*[[Alabaster Rune]] - The witch doctor belches forth a directional pool of acid.
-*[[Crimson Rune]] - Causes immediate damage instead of a damage over time effect.
-*[[Golden Rune]] - Afflicts enemies with a disease effect that deals damage over time.
-*[[Indigo Rune]] - Increases area-of-effect radius.
-*[[Obsidian Rune]] - Spawns slimes that attack nearby enemies.
+<youtube>rWJhV31TY8U</youtube>
+[[Image:Wiz-acid-cloud2.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Acid on [[Skeleton|skellies]]!]]
-The video below demonstrates these runes' effects.
-<youtube>rWJhV31TY8U</youtube>
+==Synergies==
-<br>
+* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.
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 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/active/ Witch Doctor Active Skills] -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011
 {{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD}}
+[[category:Witch Doctor skills]]
+[[category:Active skills]]
+</noinclude>

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