Locust Swarm

Locust Swarm is a tier III skill in the Voodoo Skill Tree, which summons swarm of locusts which devour anything they meet.

Contents

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Locust Swarm Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Witch Doctor
Skill Description:
Assault nearby foes with a plague of locusts that deal X damage per second over Y seconds. The locusts will jump to additional nearby targets
Skill Details:
Type:	DoT
Quantity:	Enemies
Effect:	All Enemies
School:	Magical
Mana cost:	15 mana
Cast time:	Unknown
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	Unknown
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Witch Doctor sends a locust swarm to literally devour the flesh of his enemies.

Skill Design

A really nice skill against packs of monsters, working like a disease that affects one monster and then the rest of the group. It can spread quite fast, so casting this spell just once is enough, and by the time it is done, you would have used a few other skills. Enemies who are killed by Locust Swarm leave behind a skeleton, a most pleasant visual effect.

Skill Rank Table

(legend (A) = Assumed)

• Rank: 1/5
  • Assault nearby foes with a plague of locusts that deals 4.0 damage per second over 2.0 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: 15 mana
• Rank: 2/5
  • Assault nearby foes with a plague of locusts that deals 4.5 damage per second over 2.5 seconds. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 15 mana
• Rank: 3/5
  • Assault nearby foes with a plague of locusts that deals 5.0 damage per second over 3.0 seconds. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 15 mana
• Rank: 4/5
  • Assault nearby foes with a plague of locusts that deals 5.5 damage per second over 3.5 seconds. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 15 mana
• Rank: 5/5
  • Assault nearby foes with a plague of locusts that deals 6.0 damage per second over 4.0 seconds. (A)
  • Mana Cost: 15 mana

ACHOOO! uh, i don't feel so good.

Synergies

• None known.

Skill Rune Effects

Rank 2 Mana Regen Rune (don't remember the color, indigo maybe) Your Locust Swarm regenerates 50% of the damage it deals as mana to you (This effectively made the WD have near infinite mana) (Turns the swarm blue)

Rank 2 Multi-target Rune (don't remember the color either) Your Locust Swarm now jumps to two targets upon creature death (more or less useless with the amount of AoE in the spell itself)

• None known.

Development

Locust Swarm was seen in every Diablo 3 game demo to date, and was moved and iterated, judging from the latest demo. The old Locust Swarm was in the Plague Skill Tree (which itself, was renamed to Zombie Skill Tree), and now doesn't affect Zombie Dogs in any way.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Locust Swarm-specific gallery contents

Related Articles

• Voodoo Skill Tree

References

• Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats