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'''Arcane Torrent''' (previously named [[Meteor Storm]]) is a Secondary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 12. It fires small pinkish/purple filaments at a targeted location, bombarding any enemies in the vicinity. It can be cast to any specific spot in range, and will not hit enemies between the Wizard and the location; only those in the firing zone are affected.

==Background==

The Wizard calls down a shower of [[arcane]] energy, bombarding her enemies wherever she chooses.

==Skill Rune Effects==

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==Skill Design==

In earlier versions of the skill, it functioned like a spectral meteor shower, with the projectiles descending from high overhead. This was changed during development, and when players were first able to use the skill in the [[Beta patch 13]], the animation formed a slight swirl above the Wizard, before flying off at an arching trajectory (much like a thrown object, such as the Witch Doctor's [[Firebomb]] skill) to the targeted location.

Arcane Torrent is less viable for melee fighting monsters, as it does not slow their advance and isn't an ideal choice for point blank combat. The fact that the projectiles hit where the Wizard targets makes it easy to move with or "lead" monsters along, bathing them in the very high damage attack for as long as they can survive it.

A video of Arcane Torrent can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].

While Arcane Torrent was in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, it was too high-level for players to select it. Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Arcane Torrent became a level 23 skill.

===Beta===

With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Secondary skill and dropped down to level 12, giving players their first opportunity to try it out. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], its damage was reduced slightly, except one rune effect - [[Death Blossom]] - which had its damage almost doubled.

===Previous Versions===