This skill was the default left click attack at the Blizzcon build, and it worked quite nicely. It was a melee+ spell, hitting anything up close with all 3 slashes, but extending the slashes far enough that targets out of melee range would be hit by one or perhaps two of the attacks. Each slash could also strike multiple targets, making this one potentially quite damaging against multiple, close-range enemies.
===Spell Speed===
* Passive Skill
* '''Description:''' Increases the speed of your magic missile projectiles.
*''' Max Rank:''' 15
** '''Rank 1:''' Increases speed by 8%.
** '''Rank 2:''' Increases speed by 16%.
** '''Rank 3:''' Increases speed by 24%.
===Damage Resistance===
* Passive Skill
* '''Description:''' Increases armor and resistances.
*'''Max Rank:''' 15
** '''Rank 1:''' Increases armor by xx% and all resistances by x%.
** '''Rank 2:''' Increases armor by 10% and all resistances by 8%.
** '''Rank 3:''' Increase armor by 15% and all resistances by 12%.
This seems like a tremendously powerful passive, if the increase per skill point remains constant.
===Weapon Mastery===
* Passive Skill
* '''Description:''' Increases physical damage done by all weapons by 15.
*'''Rank:''' 0/15
This skill is something of a mystery, since there's little else to indicate that the Wizard would be using weapons for damage. It is known that the Wizard's equipment will have some bearing on his spell damage, so perhaps some skills derive their damage from the weapon damage, and this skill would boost that damage?
Either that or it's a harbinger of more melee/weapon type skills, or just something the D3 team was playing around with in their character development.
This would've been useful in Diablo 2, what with all the "unique" builds, including the melee sorceress. The question is if that kind of diversity will exist in Diablo 3, or else this skill seems useless.
==Tier II Skills==
These skills are available as soon as a Wizard reaches level 5.
===Stone Skin===
[[Image:Stoneskin.jpg|thumb|250px|New Crystalined Stone Skin.]]* Active Skill
* '''Description:''' Shield yourself with rock and stone absorbing 30 damage.
*'''Rank:''' 0/1
*'''Duration:''' 8 seconds
*'''Mana cost:''' 12
*'''Cooldown:''' 15 seconds
One of the many shielding skills, all of different types, the Wizard has at her possession.
===Mirror Image===
This skill is seen in the Blizzcon cinematic, in which the Wizard creates 5 duplicates, all of which have a small white circle over their heads. They are not just decoys either; they join the combat, which makes this seem like a very interesting spell.
===Conjured ArmorStability Control===* Passive Skill*'''Rank:''' 1/5** '''Description:''' Magical armor surrounds the wizard increasing block chance by 2Health globes restore 10%mana when picked up.*'''Rank:''' 02/15 ===Conjured Health===5* Passive Skill* '''Description:''' Increases total health by 8% and the health of your conjured images by 12Health globes restore 20%mana when picked up.* '''Rank:''' 03/15 ===Duplicate Conjuring===5* Passive Skill* '''Description:''' Increases the images from your mirror image skill and Hydras from your Hydra skill by 1Health globes restore 30% mana when picked up.''*'''RankPrerequisite of:''' 0/15 A number of the passives in D3 boost two or three other skills, but not every skill in the skill tree. It's an interesting way to add more variety and specialization to the game.Intensify
Note that the D3 Team has said they’re going to leave mana as a resource for the Witch Doctor, but will be implementing something else for the Wizard and Monk. Presumably the Monk’s will be something along the lines of the Barbarian’s Fury, but speculation is running rampant about what the Wizard’s might be. (Presumably whatever they switch to from mana will also benefit from health globes, re: skills like this one.)
==Tier III Skills==
A Wizard must be at least Clvl 10, and have spent at least 10 skill points in the Conjuring skill tree before he/she is able to put points into any of the skills at this tier.
===Explosive Blast===
*Active Skill
*'''Rank:''' 1/5
**'''Description:''' A blast of energy explodes at the target causing 10-16 damage in a small radius.
**'''Mana Cost:''' 5
===Meteor Storm===[[Image:Wiz-meteor1.jpg|thumb|Laser-Works something like Meteors descend.]]* Active Skill* '''Description:''' Meteorites pelt a short range hand grenade; hitting for considerable damage, but only striking enemies in the targeted region dealing 10 to 20 damage per secondimmediate area.*'''Rank:''' 0/1*'''Mana cost:''' 12 mana per second
The Meteor skill from D2 has been upgraded and modified===Stone Skin===[[Image:Stoneskin. Now it calls down multiple meteors over a wider area, much like the Blizzard skilljpg|thumb|250px|New Crystalined Stone Skin. Furthermore, Meteor Storm can be cast for as long as the Wizard wishes, ]]*Active Skill**'''Rank:''' 1/5**'''Requires:''' 1 point(s) in**'''Description:''' Shield yourself with a mana cost per secondrock and stone, rather than per useabsorbing 75 damage. Lasts 8 seconds.**'''Mana Cost:''' 12**'''Cooldown:''' 19 seconds*'''Prerequisite of:''' Magic Weapon
===Acid Cloud===* Active Skill* '''Description:''' Drop a cloud One of acid on the targeted area. Deals an initial 1-4 poison damage followed by 4-8 poison damage per sec to enemies who remain in the area.*'''Rank:''' 0/1*'''Mana cost:''' 15 ===Conjured Power===* Passive Skill* '''Description:''' Increases damage done by spells by 1% for every 10 points many shielding skills, all of vitality.''*'''Rank:''' 0/15 ===Conjuring Duration===* Passive Skill* '''Description:''' Increases different types, the duration of your Stone Skin and Acid Cloud spells by 1 sec and duration of your mirror image images by 2 sec.''*'''Rank:''' 0/15: ===Improved Spectral Blade===* Passive Skill* '''Description:''' Increases the damage of Spectral Blade by 14%Wizard has at her possession.*'''Rank:''' 0/15
==Tier IV Skills==
===Hydra===
* Active Skill*'''Rank:''' 0/5** '''Description:''' Creates a multi-headed beast hydra that attacks your enemies with bolts of fire.Hydra deals 6-10 damage per attack.**'''Mana Cost:''' 12 ===Intensify===*Passive Skill*'''Rank:''' 0/5**'''Requires:''' 1point(s) in Stability Control**'''Description:''' When you pick up a health globe, your critical hit chance increases by 2%.**'''Duration:''' 7 seconds
An interesting little bonus, one that would be kicking in all the time during the game. This one should actually be more useful in multiplayer games, since health globes would drop more often and be picked up more often. Watch some of the gameplay footage released this year, and see if you ever count 7 seconds between health globe drops?
==Tier V skills=Magic Weapon===* Active Skill* '''Description:''' Imbue your weapon with magical energy granting it increased damage.*'''Rank:''' 0/1*'''Mana cost:''' 10Like weapon mastery, this enhances your melee attacks. Judging by the rest of the conjuring tree (mainly magical impact and slowing strikes) the conjuring wizard will be a more melee oriented wizard, which adds a nice twist to the usual magic stereotype that wizards possess.
===Magical Impact===
* Passive Skill* '''DescriptionRank:''' 0/5**'''Requires:''' Increases damage of all spells by 15% of your weapon damage1 point(s) in Intensify.**'''RankDescription:''' 0/15Increases critical hit damage by 10%.
An interesting reversal on this oneCritical hits are a major component of damage dealt in Diablo 3. They’re not just for physical damage anymore, boosting spell damage by weapon and critical hits of all types deal extra damage, as well as creating bonus magical effects. This would create That said, some very odd weapon choices for wizardstypes seem like better bonuses than others, with huge damage weapons potentially so certain builds of Wizards would probably benefit more useful from this spell than the various spell-caster type wands and orbs mage classes generally specialize during the end gameother builds.
===Magic Weapon===
*Active Skill
*'''Rank:''' 0/5
*'''Requires:''' 1 point(s) in Stone Skin.
'''Description:''' Imbue your weapon with magical energy granting it increased damage.
'''Damage:''' 25-35
'''Duration:''' 120 seconds
'''Mana Cost:''' 10
===Slowing Strikes===* Passive Skill* '''Description:''' Enemies damaged by your One of the odder Wizard skills, seemingly designed for a melee attacks, Spectral Blade fighting Wizard. We don’t know enough about weapon damage in general to have any idea if this is a big bonus or Magic Weapon have their movement speed reduced not. Nor do we know if this damage is boosted by 30% attributes and +magical damage item modifiers. If so it’s possible that some Wizard builds could deal very good weapon damage. On the other hand, there are enough limits on which classes can use which weapons that Wizards might be limited in their attack speed reduced by 20% for 4 secmelee damage no matter what they tried.*'''Rank:''' 0/15
===Armor Piercing===
* Passive Skill
* '''Description:''' Conjured and physical damage decreases the armor of armored enemies.
*'''Rank:''' 0/15
