Difference between revisions of "Acid Cloud"

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Acid Cloud is a Witch Doctor Tier 5 skill unlocked at level 14. 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

Diablo III Active Skill [e]

Acid Cloud
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Enabled at:	Clvl 14
Skill 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 Use:	Costs Mana
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

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 Design

Acid on 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.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 1-5 initial poison damage, 5-10 damage per second.
Rank 2: 2-6 initial poison damage, 10-15 damage per second. (A)
Rank 3: 3-7 initial poison damage, 15-20 damage per second. (A)
Rank 4: 4-8 initial poison damage, 20-25 damage per second. (A)
Rank 5: 5-9 initial poison damage, 25-30 damage per second. (A)

(A) = Assumed

Trait Synergies

No synergies with any of the traits are yet known.

Skill Rune Effects

No rune effects for Acid Cloud are 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?

Previous Versions

Acid Cloud when it was a Wizard skill

Media

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.

References

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

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

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-|ranks= 5
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-|tree= Tier 5
+|tier= 5
+|clvl= 14
 |description= Acid rains down dealing initial poison damage followed by poison damage per second to nearby enemies who remain in the area.
-|type= Direct Damage & DoT
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-|quantity= Duration
+|resource= Costs [[Mana]]
-|effect= AoE
+|alabaster= Unknown
-|school= [[Poison]]
+|crimson= Unknown
-|resource= [[Mana]]
+|golden= Unknown
-|cost= 15 mana
+|indigo= Unknown
-|cast-time= Unknown
+|obsidian= Unknown
-|duration= Unknown
-|cooldown= Unknown
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 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.
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-==[[Synergies]]==
+==Trait Synergies==
-* None known.
+* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[trait]]s are yet known.
-==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
-* None known.
+* No [[rune]] effects for Acid Cloud are known.
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 ==References==
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-* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/wizard-gameplay-report/P2/ BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-gameplay-report/P2/ BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report]
-* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
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