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[[File:IconZombieCharger.png|left]][[File:Zombie-charger-zoom1.jpg|leftthumb|350px|Zombies charge in a [[zoom]]ed in [[Beta]] view.]]'''Zombie Charger''' is a Decay [[Witch Doctor skill]] enabled unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 514. It summons a zombie that charges forward, disintegrating rapidly into a poison cloud; it . Though the spell has a short range, the zombie deals considerable poison damage, but and has a piercing effect as it passed through and damages any number of enemies over the range is quite shortcourse of its travel.

The zombie is humanoid, but it disintegrates so quickly into a green acid smoke 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.  

* No The following [[synergiesWitch Doctor passives]] with any of provide a benefit to Zombie Charger, runed or not:{{skill description header}}<skill class="WitchDoctor">Bad Medicine</skill><skill class="WitchDoctor">Pierce the [[passive Veil</skill><skill class="WitchDoctor">Fetish Sycophants</skill]]s are yet known.>

==Skill Rune Effects==Only one [[runestone]] effect is known for Zombie Charger, the instantly-legendary "Zombie Bears." It<blockquote>''s not known which rune creates this bonus. The effect was created by [[Julian Love]] and revealed at Blizzcon 2010It’s hard to use, where since it became something of a running jokehas so little range; it’s hardly more than melee distance, and was brought up in interviews and panels with unbearable frequency. [http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/10/25/1711255/Julian-Love-Lead-Technical-Artist-for-Diablo-3] ::'''''Slashdot:''' I was playing a Witch Doctor, and I used doesn’t work at the spell that summons usual range a zombie for youplayer assumes, and I got a rune that turned it into a swarm of bearsfew paces behind the front line where the Mongrels are tanking. We got a You have to learn to stand closer, almost at melee range to get any real kick out of thateffect from the skill.  ::'''Julian Love:''' Yeah! Zombie Bears! It’s kind of funnynot like a poison bolt, that’s one of where as long as it gets to the skills that came up – enemy the way we work full damage is that we sit down and throw done. The zombie doesn’t actually hit anything; it’s not a lot of crazy ideas outprojectile. It’s just passes through them, trailing poison. So enemies it passes over and sometimes it’s through take a little scary, throwing an idea that you think “I’m not sure how the group will react. This is kind lot of wackydamage.” 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 Enemies it just going barely gets to say it: Zombie Bears!” And everybody went, “Yes!” And only receive a little splash of damage that was ithardly registers. Look at the way to it feels to play that skill in the game – it just sounds fun, right? </blockquote>

==Development=Beta==='''Zombie Charger''' first appeared at Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[BlizzCon 2009beta]] at Tier II started in the [[September 2011, and Zombie Skill Tree]], but wasn't implemented yetCharger became a level 5 skill. At [[BlizzCon 2010Flux]]tried it out again, and found it was one of the Witch Doctor's starting skills, but was nearly useless unruned. [[Flux]] explainedessentially unchanged:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/handswitch-ondoctor-frombeta-blizzconskills-mega-pvm-report-witch-doctor]

<blockquote>''It’s hard to use, since it has so little range; it’s hardly more than melee distanceZombie Charger is mildly useful in the beta, but only when aimed carefully and doesn’t work at the usual range in certain situations. The skill creates a player assumes, zombie that walks forward in a few paces behind the front straight 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 disintegrating into a poison boltcloud of green, where as long poisonous smoke as it gets to the enemy the full damage is donemoves. The zombie doesn’t actually hit anything; it’s not a projectile. It’s just passes damage isn’t huge, but it can pass through themmultiple enemies if they’re very tightly bunched, trailing poison. So enemies it passes over and through take a lot of will deal the full damage. Enemies it just barely gets to only receive a little splash all of damage that hardly registersthem.</blockquote>

Skill tiers were removed The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[July 2011 Press EventBeta Patch 13]]in February 2012, and Zombie Charger became was classified as a Decay skill and moved to level 5 skill14, out of the reach of beta players. Despite being [[nerf]]ed in [[Beta Patch 14]], it does the same damage in [[Beta Patch 15]] as it did in Patch 13, albeit at a higher mana cost.

Image:Diablo_III_LogoZombie-charger-zoom1.jpg|Skill use 1Zoomed-in view from the beta.

* [http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/10/25/1711255/Julian-Love-Lead-Technical-Artist-for-Diablo-3 Julian Love @ Blizzcon 2010 Interview] — Slashdot 25th Oct 2010* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/witch-doctor-beta-skills-mega-report Witch Doctor Beta Skills Mega- report: Part One] — IncGamers 1st Aug 30th Sep 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/witch-doctor/active/ Witch Doctor Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site <br><br><br> {{Skill navbox Diablo III|WD|decay}}