What are the cool downs for swapping skill/runes?

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.


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

  • Normal: 5s
  • Nightmare: 10s

On higher difficulties the cooldown will be even longer.