'''Plague of Toads''' is a [[Witch Doctor]] Tier 1 [[Witch Doctor skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|character level]] 2, which summons a pack of poisonous toads who hop into enemies and explode, dealing poison damage. 

The [[rune]]s effects for Plague of Toads were discussed revealed at [[BlizzCon 2010]]. by [[Wyatt Cheng]] narrated a short video of them in actionthe gameplay panel<ref>[http://diablowww.incgamersdiablowiki.comnet/blog/comments/diablo-3-gameplay-panel-transcript/P2/ Diablo 3 Gameplay_Panel_Blizzcon_2010#Specific_Skill_Rune_Examples BlizzCon 2010 Gameplay Panel Transcript] - Incgamers 23/10/10</ref>: ::Next up let's look at Plague of Toads on the Witch Doctor . The Crimson Rune makes all of your frogs on fire and then something a little more gameplay oriented, you've got mana reduction (Golden rune) so you can have a lot more frogs and then Alabaster rune will blind monsters which gives you some crowd control ability and then we change the skill completely and make a toad blizzard (Indigo rune) then finally we wanted to have a giant toad (Obsidian rune) but what's he going to do? He's going to eat monsters and he digests them but he doesn't digest the loot.

**In comments[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-on-crafted-sets-and-toad-licking/] to that same news post, '''Exile''' a fan who tried this skill with the Obsidian rune at Blizzcon 2010, reported that the toad would eat bosses, deal some damage, then spit them back out. This forced the other players in the party to stand and wait while the toad chewed up the boss, before hacking it back out so the battle could go on. This is likely a temporary state of affairs, and the "lick to death" option sounds more viable for a final game solution.

'''Plague of Toads''' was first seen in every Diablo 3 game demo to date, and was moved and visually changed, judging from the latest [[BlizzCon 2008]] gameplay demo. The old Plague of Toads version was in the [[Plague Skill Tree ]] (which itself, was renamed to [[Zombie Skill Tree]]), and the toads were a green/greygray-ish color. [[Flux]] had the opportunity to try the skill:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-gameplay-report/] <blockquote>''Plague of Toads were great fun to use too, though less damaging than [[Firebats]]. At level 1 (the only level possible for active spells in the Blizzcon demo) the WD tossed out three toads, which then hopped forward like scaly, slimy, living Charged Bolts. They weren’t entirely mindless—they homed in on enemies, and exploded with a splat of green acid (poison) when they hit a target. If there was no target in range, the toads would hop 3 or 4 times, covering maybe half the visible screen, before bursting in air. They left behind splats of acid on the ground that would damage enemies who stood in it.</blockquote> For [[BlizzCon 2009]], Plague of Toads was at Tier III in the [[Voodoo Skill Tree]]. Their color was enhanced to a sort of yellowish orange, but their intelligence seemed to have downgraded. [[Flux]] explains:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/] <blockquote>''While the looks were upgraded, their function had been lessened a bit. The toads are stupider, more like the amphibian Charged Bolts they sort of resemble. They no longer home in on targets, and very seldom do you hit a normal target with more than one toad from the same cast. That might be less true at higher levels (or with the multi-strike rune socketed), as you gain more toads.</blockquote> Plague of Toads was available in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] gameplay demo as a Tier 1 skill in the new tree-less system, but it wasn't one of the Witch Doctor's starting skills. ===Previous Versions===See the [[Witch Doctor skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Plague of Toads and other Witch Doctor skills.

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 III screenshot and picture gallery:* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/gallery/ Diablo 3 III screenshots and pictures]* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/gallery/showgallerysearch.php?sikeywords=Plague+of+Toads &cat=all '''Plague of Toads-''' specific gallery contents] 

* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/blog/comments/witch-doctor-gameplay-report/ BlizzCon 2008 Witch Doctor Gameplay Report]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-on-crafted-sets-and-toad-licking/ @Diablo on Crafted Sets and Toad Licking] -- Incgamers 12th Dec 2010