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Explosive Blast

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==Background==

[[File:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|~~Ice Armor~~ Explosive Blast in action.]]

The [[Wizard]] conjures volatile gasses into the physical realm, which ignite with oxygen and create a powerful blast in a very limited space.

==~~Skill~~ Skillrune Effects==The following is a very quick ~~list~~summary. See the [[Explosive Blast rune effects]] page for a more thorough ~~summary~~ description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

~~{{Active skills header}}~~{{<skill class="Wizard ~~Skill~~ ">Explosive Blast}}~~{{Wizard Skillrune Chain Reaction}}{{Wizard Skillrune Short Fuse}}{{Wizard Skillrune Unleashed}}{{Wizard Skillrune Obliterate}}{{Wizard Skillrune Time Bomb}}{{center|Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.}}~~</skill>

==Skill Design==

This [[skill]] is basically a short-range nova centered around the Wizard, on a short time delay. Since the Wizard can move after activating it, she can select it, run into the midst of a pack of monsters, then laugh when they go boom. The spell's delay (about 1.5 seconds) makes it unsuitable for emergency use, and its short range (at least at level 1) makes it difficult to use without getting pounded on.

~~The spell's delay (about 1.5 seconds) makes~~ ===Appearance===Explosive Blast has a very impressive visual; it ~~unsuitable for emergency use, and its short range (at least at level 1) makes it difficult to use without getting pounded on. Skill runes will undoubtedly make it more viable,~~ looks like a fiery gas explosion that expands outwards several yards and ~~less~~ leaves a ~~novelty skill~~small crater in the ground.

==Synergies==

Explosive Blast benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]:~~{{Passive skills header}}{{Wizard Passive Critical Mass}}{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}{{Wizard Passive Evocation}}{{Wizard Passive Arcane Dynamo}}~~None added yet.

<blockquote>''It’s basically a short-range nova, on a time delay. You click it, and after 1.5 seconds (at level one) it blew up, dealing fairly substantial physical damage. The time delay made it unsuitable for emergency situations, but if you got used to the timing it was fun to click midway through a battle, knowing it would blast a moment later and finish off the enemy.</blockquote>

===Beta===Skill tiers were removed ~~for~~ shortly before the [[~~July 2011 Press Event~~beta]]started in September 2011, and Explosive Blast became a level 14 skill.~~<br>Later in~~ It was moved to level 15 during the [[beta]], ~~Explosive Blast~~ and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Electrocute was ~~moved up~~ classified as a ~~level~~ Mastery skill and bumped to a level ~~15 skill~~19.

===Previous Versions===

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==References==

* [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/forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] -- IncGamers 5th Sep 2011

* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III ~~12th Sep 2011~~Site

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