Energy Twister

Energy Twister is a Tier 4 skill unlocked for the Wizard at level 10, 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

Energy Twister in the Forgotten Tombs.

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

Skill Design

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

• Rank 1: 10 damage per second.

Only Rank 1 is currently known.

Synergies

Energy Twister benefits directly from the following traits:

• Glass Cannon: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
• Intimidation: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
• Quickening: Increases spell casting speed.
• Beast Hunter: Damage bonus against beasts.
• Demonsbane: Damage bonus against Demons.
• Just...Stay...Dead!: Damage bonus against undead.
• Temporal Flux: Enemies that have been hit by your Arcane spells are slowed down by 25% for 3 seconds.
• Power Surge: Increase critical strike damage.
• Penetrating Spells: Reduces the resistances of your target to your spells by 20%.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

The Energy Twister was first shown at BlizzCon 2008, then named Tornado. 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.

Previous Versions:

• Tornado

Media

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

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Energy Twister-specific gallery contents

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  An Energy Twister

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  Wizard fighting skeletons with twisters.

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  Male Wizard - March 2010

References

• Full Wizard Skill Trees
• BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report