Acid Cloud

Acid Cloud is a Tier 3 skill from the Wizard's Conjuring skill tree, summoning a cloud of poison to damage enemies.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Acid Cloud Passive_skill Active Passive, 1 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Drop a cloud of acid on the targeted area. Deals an initial poison damage followed by a set of poison damage per sec to enemies who remain in the area.
Skill Details:
Type:	Direct Damage & DoT
Quantity:	1-4 damage 4-8 damage per second
Effect:	AoE
School:	Acid
Mana cost:	15
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	~10 sec
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Wizard conjures poisonous gas out of thin air to damage anyone in the area.

Skill Design

This skill opens a whole 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.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 1-4 initial damage, 4-8 per second for 10 seconds for 15 mana.

Only Rank 1 is currently known.

Synergies

None known.

Skill Rune Effects

None known.

Development

Spell was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard was unveiled, in the gameplay material released to the public. It's still assumed to be available as of 6 August 2009.