Energy Twister

Energy Twister is a Wizard Tier 4 skill unlocked 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
Arcane Power 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.

Synergies

Energy Twister benefits directly from the following Wizard 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%.

Note: The current trait list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Energy Twister was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard debuted, then named Tornado and placed at IV on the Storm Skill Tree. For BlizzCon 2009, this skill was moved to Tier III and renamed Energy Twister. Why the name was changed is unknown, but the functionality remained roughly the same.

Energy Twister was available in the BlizzCon 2010 demo, but wasn't one of the Wizard's starting skills.

Previous Versions

See the Wizard skill archive for more details on previous versions of Energy Twister (or Tornado) and other Wizard skills.

Energy Twister in Other Games

Energy Twister is akin to the Druid's skill Twister from Diablo II.

Media

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

• Diablo III 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

• BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees