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'''Zombie Charger''' is a [[Witch Doctor]] Tier Two 2 [[Witch Doctor skills|skill]]unlocked at [[clvl|character level]] 3. It summons a zombie that charges forward, disintegrating rapidly into a poison cloud; it deals considerable poison damage, but the range is quite short.
==Background==
|ranks= 5
|user= Witch Doctor
|tree= ZombieTier 2
|description= A reckless, suicidal zombie deals poison damage to all enemies in its way.
|type= Summon
|quantity= Cast
|effect= Target
|school= [[Magical]]|resource= [[Mana]]|cost= 12 mana
|cast-time= Unknown
|cooldown= Unknown
|synergies= Unknown
}}
The base version of this [[skill]] essentially functions as a poison cloud that spreads disease to everything in a short path in front of the Witch Doctor.
==Skill Design==
The zombie is humanoid, but it disintegrates so quickly into a green acid that it's hard to get a good look at it.
==Skill Rank Table==
* '''Rank 1:''' Summons a zombie from the ground that charges forward and deals X damage to all enemies it touches.
==[[Synergies]]==
Numerous [[Witch Doctor traits]] increase his spell damage across the board, as well as against specific types of enemies. The only traits that specifically boost Zombie Charger are:
==Runestone [[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
Only one [[runestone]] effect is known for Zombie Charger, the instantly-legendary "Zombie Bears." It's not known which rune creates this bonus.
::'''Julian Love:''' Yeah! Zombie Bears! It’s kind of funny, that’s one of the skills that came up – the way we work is that we sit down and throw a lot of crazy ideas out, and sometimes it’s a little scary, throwing an idea that you think “I’m not sure how the group will react. This is kind of wacky.” And I remember sitting in the group and they were saying, “What are we going to do? We need something else.” And I said, “I’m not even sure why this works, but I’m just going to say it: Zombie Bears!” And everybody went, “Yes!” And that was it. Look at the way to it feels to play that skill in the game – it just sounds fun, right?
==Development==
Zombie Charger first appeared at [[BlizzCon 2009]], but wasn't implemented yet. At [[BlizzCon 2010]], it was one of the Witch Doctor's starting skills, but was nearly useless unruned. [[Flux]] explains:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor]
<blockquote>It’s hard to use, since it has so little range; it’s hardly more than melee distance, and doesn’t work at the usual range a player assumes, a few paces behind the front line where the Mongrels are tanking. You have to learn to stand closer, almost at melee range to get any real effect from the skill. It’s not like a poison bolt, where as long as it gets to the enemy the full damage is done. The zombie doesn’t actually hit anything; it’s not a projectile. It’s just passes through them, trailing poison. So enemies it passes over and through take a lot of damage. Enemies it just barely gets to only receive a little splash of damage that hardly registers.</blockquote>
No clear images of Zombie Charger (or the zombie bears) have been seen; the skill is just a blur of green smoke in every screenshot that's been taken from the gameplay movie.
* [http://www.diii.net/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]
==References==
* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/blog/comments/full-witch-doctor-skills/ Full Witch Doctor Skill Trees and Stats]
* [http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/10/25/1711255/Julian-Love-Lead-Technical-Artist-for-Diablo-3 Julian Love @ Blizzcon 2010 Interview]
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor BlizzCon 2010 Witch Doctor Hands-on Report]
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