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[[File:IconSpectralBlade.png|left]]
[[Image:Wiz-spectral-blade3.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Spectral Blade in action.]]
'''Spectral Blade''' is a Primary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 911, dealing powerful damage in [[melee]] range.
This is a [[Signature spell]]. Signature spells are free to cast.
==Synergies==Spectral Blade benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]: {{Passive skills header}}{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}{{Wizard Passive Prodigy}}{{Wizard Passive Arcane Dynamo}} ==Weapon Damage Testing===During the [[Diablo 3 Beta]], Spectral Blade was the only Wizard skill to incorporate the weapon damage into the spell damage. Flux did extensive testing of the skill with various weapons and posted the results in his Wizard Gameplay Report[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-onetwo]. Screenshots showing the damage output with the various weapons used can be seen below.
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File:Spectral-blade-wand-cold.jpg|Brutal Steel Wand of Winter. (Cold damage.)
</gallery>
==Synergies==
Spectral Blade benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]: None added yet.
<blockquote>''I used it a few times in the demo this year; it did potentially more damage than MM, even with fewer skill points, but the melee range thing isn’t what you want to be doing with a Wizard. Better you kill them from a distance with MM than use a slightly more damaging skill at melee range, when they can hit you back. Being hit is for grunting meat shields like Barbarians and Monks; sophisticated classes like Wizards don’t like to get their uniforms smudged by filthy monster paws.</blockquote>
===Beta===Skill tiers were removed for shortly before the [[July 2011 Press Eventbeta]]started in September 2011, and Spectral Blade became a level 5 skill. It was moved up to level 6 during the [[beta]], and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Spectral Blade was classified as a Primary skill and moved to level 9.For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], it was moved up to level 11.
===Previous Versions===
* [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://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-two Wizard Beta Skills Mega-report: Part Two] -- IncGamers 5th Oct 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III 12th Sep 2011Site
