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

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

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

Synergies

None known.

Skill Rune Effects

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:

References

Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats

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+'''Locust Swarm''' is a tier III [[skill]] in the [[Voodoo Skill Tree]], which summons swarm of locusts which devour anything they meet.
-''Locust Swarm'' is an active attack spell in the [[Witch Doctor]]'s [[Plague Skill Tree]]. This projectile emits a spray of green insects which swarm over anything in close range, like flying piranha. The locusts deal poison damage, and have the ability to jump from one infested monster to other nearby targets. (They do this with a green swooshing graphic, [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1520&size=big&cat=&si=locust&what=allfields&mcats=all as seen here].
-Each Locust Swarm seems to last for a set amount of time, but this duration is extended as they swarm to additional targets. It's possible for one swarm to spread to numerous targets, if they are in close proximity.
-The information below is based on the playable demo build at [[BlizzCon 2008]].  It is subject to all kinds of reviews, changes, and balancing before release.
+==Background==
+{{Skillbox
+|game= Diablo III
+<!-- |portrait= -->
+<!-- |portrait-width= -->
+|active= Active
+|name= Locust Swarm
+|ranks= 5
+|user= Witch Doctor
+|tree= Voodoo
+|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
+|type= DoT
+|quantity= Enemies
+|effect= All Enemies
+|school= Magical
+|resource= Mana
+|cost= 15 mana
+|cast-time= Unknown
+|cooldown= Unknown
+|synergies= Unknown
+}}
+The Witch Doctor sends a locust swarm to literally devour the flesh of his enemies.
-=Prerequisites=
-There are no prerequisites to this skill.
-=Spell Base Effects/Costs=
-The costs and effects of this spell are currently unknown
-=Synergies=
+==Skill Design==
-No skills are known to modify this spell via [[synergies]].
+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 Rune Effects=
-The [[Rune]] effects for this skill are not known at this time.
-=Other Notes, and Speculation=
-Only 11 WD skills were revealed at Blizzcon 2008, (more than 55 each were shown for the [[Wizard]] and [[Barbarian]]) so our knowledge of this character's abilities is much less extensive. Furthermore, all 11 skills were active skills, so we know nothing of the WD's passives and masteries.
+==Skill Rank Table==
+(legend (A) = Assumed)
-Locusts that pass over the Witch Doctor's minions, [[Summon Mongrel|Mongrels]] for instance, will turn the minions green while granting poison damage to all attacks, for as long as the minion persists. (Or until a different skill hits the minion, granting it a different sort of bonus damage.)
+*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
+[[Image:Wd-locust-swarm1.jpg|thumb|right|ACHEW! uh, i don't feel so good.]]
-=Gallery=
-<gallery>
-Image:Locustswarm.jpg|Attacking a [[Grotesque]] & [[Berserker]].
+==Synergies==
-Image:Wd-locust-swarm1.jpg|Attacking [[Dark Cultist]].
+* None known.
-</gallery>
+==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
+* 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 [[Summon Zombie Dog|Zombie Dogs]] in any way.
+<!--<gallery>Image:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|Skill use 1</gallery>
+==Trivia==-->
+==Media==
+You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
+* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
+* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/showgallery.php?si=Locust+Swarm&x=0&y=0&limit= Locust Swarm-specific gallery contents]
+==Related Articles==
+*[[Voodoo Skill Tree]]
+==References==
+* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
+{{Skill_navbox_voodoo}}
+{{Skill_navbox}}
 [[category:Witch Doctor]]
 [[category:skills]]