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Arcane Orb

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This one very quickly became Flux's skill of choice for ranged attacks.[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/] It dealt substantial damage with a big [[AoE]] splash, and had a reasonable [[mana]] cost. He is dubious about the listed 1-2 AoE damage, since a few of these into a group of enemies left no survivors.

The drawback to Arcane Orb is that it moves very slowly; more slowly than any other [[Wizard]] skill and this makes it very hard to hit moving targets, or back row enemies. It was not very useful against [[Dune Dervish]]es, since those monsters move side to side a lot, and when they're not walking they're spinning around in their Whirlwind mode, in which they reflect most projectiles off at odd angles. They certainly reflected every Arcane Orb fired at them, though that could be fun since my shots weren't neutralized, just redirected, and the bounces would often head right into some [[Fallen]] or other targets.

==Synergies==

Arcane Orb benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]: ~~{{Passive skills header}}{{Wizard Passive Temporal Flux}}{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}{{Wizard Passive Arcane Dynamo}}~~None added yet.

<blockquote>''There was one scenario area in the desert (shown in the gameplay movie) where about five Dune Dervishes burst out of the ground at once. I didn’t think to try it at the time, but in retrospect I wish I could have herded the Dervishes into a cluster, and then tried throwing in some Arcane Orbs. Just to see if my Orbs would have been bounced around like pachinko balls.</blockquote>

Arcane Orb was available in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, but wasn't one of the Wizard's starting skills. ===Beta===Skill tiers were removed ~~for~~ shortly before the [[~~July 2011 Press Event~~beta]]started in September 2011, and Arcane Orb became a level 8 skill. [[Flux]] described how to use it effectively:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-two]

~~It was dropped~~ <blockquote>''They do hit with a big boom, and if you get one to ~~level 3 during~~ the ~~[[beta]]~~edge of a big pack, it will deal substantial damage. The tricky part about using them (aside from the huge AP cost) is that they are large and ~~when~~ move very slowly. This makes it easy to miss. Say you have a big clump of monsters, with several individuals scattered in front. You want the ~~skill system was once again overhauled for~~ Arcane Orb to hit the big pack, not the ~~[[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012~~solo enemy, ~~Arcane Orb was classified as a Secondary~~ but it’s hard not to. In that situation you’d be better off using some other skill ~~and moved~~ , even Magic Missile, to ~~level 2~~kill the individual before launching your Arcane Orbs into the bigger cluster of targets.</blockquote>

With the [[Beta Patch 8]] of December 2011, Arcane Orb was dropped to level 3. When the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Arcane Orb was classified as a Secondary skill and moved to level 2. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], it was bumped up to level 5, and its damage was nerfed quite a bit.

===Previous Versions===

See the [[Wizard skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Arcane Orb and other Wizard skills.<br>

Or see [[Arcane Orb (BlizzCon 2008)]] for the original version of this skill.

===In Other Games===

* [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 2011~~Site

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