What are the cool downs for swapping skill/runes?

Question

D3 lacks the skill tree of D2, a character seems to be able to unlock all skills available to their class.

Is the cool down for swapping the skills/runes consistent across all classes and how long is this cool down?

zarkon · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-18 17:23:39Z

According to the combat skills section of Blizzard's online game guide, the cooldowns for swapping skills are:

Normal: 5 seconds

Nightmare: 10 seconds

Hell: 15 seconds

Inferno: 2 minutes

These cooldowns only apply if you switch skills outside of town. You may freely switch skills in town with no cooldown.

Just to add, switching skills resets your Nephalem Valor buff to 0. diablowiki.net/Nephalem_Valor

ThiefMaster · Answer 2 · 2012-05-17 14:10:17Z

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There is a 5 second CD on Normal difficulty unless you are in a town (no CD at all).

On higher difficulties the cooldown will be even longer.

edited May 17 '12 at 14:10

answered May 15 '12 at 8:07

ThiefMaster
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