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'''Disintegrate''' is a Tier 2 [[skill]] from the [[Wizard]]'s [[Arcane skill tree]], doing damage to opponents in a an [[AoE]] line.

|quantity= 12 10 damage/sec

This spell drains mana and deals damage steadily, at 12 points per second. The disintegrate laser will hit an unlimited number of [[monster]]s at once, dealing 80% of the damage on the target behind the previous one. Basically, it would deal 100% to the first one, 80% to the second, then 64%, 51%, 41%, 33%, etc, so it's quite still at least partially useful even after 5/6 five or six enemies.  

In the Blizzcon demo build (October at [[BlizzCon 2008)]], this spell wasn't very useful against large enemies, but was devastating against smaller enemies, especially ranged [[range]]d attackers such as [[Skeletal ArchersArcher]]s. The disintegrate Disintegrate ray hits anything on the screen more or less instantaneously, so nothing is out of reach and there's no delay between clicking the mouse and hitting the enemy with the spell. This one will surely be nerfed [[nerf]]ed somewhat before the final game, since it was just so useful in the BlizzCon '08 build.

::''Disintegrate was the the most fun, or at least most talked about, [[Wizard ]] skill from [[BlizzCon 2008|Blizzcon]]. Virtually everyone put a point into Disintegrate, either because they liked the name, or because they’d seen someone else using that red laser of death, and wanted to try it themselves. (I feel fell into the later camp.) Disintegrate has been featured in a variety of screenshots; the straight red laser line it emits is hard to mistake. When using this skill, the [[Wizard|Sorceress ]] emits a laser-like beam of red energy that passes through multiple targets, dealing progressively less damage to each. What makes it so distinctive is that it stays active as long as you depress the mouse button (and have enough [[mana]]), and that it can be aimed like a beam weapon and swept from side to side. It’s It's indisputably fun to stand there and basically hose down every enemy in sight, without moving a step.''

::''What makes the spell so effective is not the damage, which is fairly low. (It deals 10 damage per second.) It’s It's the speed, since unlike every other Wizard skill (and every Sorceress skill) this one moves at the speed of light. The instant you click the mouse, Disintegrate is hitting things at the edge of the screen. The damage is lessened by each monster it passes through, but in practice (at least in the early going) this just means it can kill everything you shoot at in 5 seconds. The ones in front die in 2 seconds, and as soon as they’re they're down the damage increases to the ones behind them.''

::''Disintegrate is most effective against weaker enemies in bunches, and especially against ranged [[range]]d attackers at the far edge of the screen. I constantly found [[Skeletal Archer|skeletal archers ]] at the edge of the screen, and used Disintegrate to obliterate them before they could do more than get off a single shot at me. Killing them with say, [[Magic Missile]], would have taken much longer. I would have had to cast half a dozen missiles, they would have had to fly all the way across the screen, monsters in the way would have absorbed some of them, and all that while the archers would have been firing at me. Thus Disintegrate isn’t isn't hugely damaging, but it saves you a great deal of time and damage by instantly wiping out low hit point enemies from a distance.''

::''On the other hand, Disintegrate was not very effective against larger targets. Bosses [[Boss]]es or big monsters [[monster]]s were hurt by it, but not nearly as badly as other spells hurt them. It’s It's said that Disintegrate increases in damage the longer it’s it's trained on the same enemy. I was never able to test that out (it killed all the small stuff and ranged attackers too quickly), and it’s it's not listed in the spell’s spell's hover description, but even if it’s it's true, it’s it's hard to use this spell for that purpose when you’re you're playing alone. Big monsters don’t don't stand back and let you fry them; they rush up to attack you, and up close [[Spectral Blade ]] or Magic Missile did far more damage than Disintegrate. I don’t don't think Disintegrate would be a great choice against a powerful ranged enemy either, such as a boss pack of archers, since while it would be useful to kill them, you have to stand still while you’re you're using it, and their arrows would pin cushion you in the meantime.''

::''That’s That's one of the most interesting things about using Disintegrate; that it’s it's more effective if you’re you're not moving. But Wizards seldom have that luxury, at least not when they’re they're playing alone. A solo wizard Wizard is a hit and run machine, throwing magical [[magic]]al projectiles, rushing back or to the sides to dodge returned fire, darting in to land a few Spectral Blade strikes, etc. Disintegrate looks like it’ll it'll be very useful against weak, ranged attackers, or else will be best used in a multiplayer game, when some other character is up front tanking, giving the Wizard the freedom to pour this one on non-stop.''