Energy Twister

Energy Twister is a Tier 3 skill from the Wizard's Storm skill tree, summoning a twister made out of energy that hurts everything nearby.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Energy Twister Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Summon an Energy Twister that deals X damage per second to everything in its path.
Skill Details:
Type:	Aoe DoT
Quantity:	10 damage/second
Effect:	Circular AoE
School:	Unknown
Mana cost:	18
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	Unknown
Cooldown:	1.5 sec
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

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

Skill Design

Energy Twister in the Forgotten Tombs. 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.

Skill Rank Table

Put a table of the skill rank and damage/mana/fury per rank. * Rank 1: 10 damage per second. Only Rank 1 is currently known.

Synergies

* None known.

Skill Rune Effects

* None known.

Development

The Energy Twister was first shown at BlizzCon 2008, then named Tornardo. Why it changed name is unknown, but the functionality is roughly the same. The skill is assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.