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 ==Skill Design==
 Electrocute functions much like a beam weapon, locking onto the target and zapping until dead.
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 ==Synergies==

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 [[File:IconElectrocute.png|left]]
 [[File:Wiz-electrocute1.jpg|thumb|350px|Electrocute in action.]]
-'''Electrocute''' is a Primary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 15, which electrocutes an enemy over time.
+'''Electrocute''' is a Primary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 15, which electrocutes an enemy over time. This is a [[Signature spell]]. Signature spells are free to cast.
 ==Background==
 The [[Wizard]] opens up a hole between the physical and ethereal realms, and calls forth lightning arcs that grip an enemy and fries it until dead, or the Wizard releases her grip on the ethereal realm.
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 ==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Electrocute rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
+Refer to the [[Electrocute rune effects]] article for thorough descriptions of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, and strategy tips.
 {{skill description header}}
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 ==Skill Design==
-Electrocute was not enabled to start with, but once a [[Wizard]] hit level 13 and earned a skill point, it could be used. It's great fun to use, and very useful too. Electrocute is basically a beam weapon, one that the Wizard fires as long as she keeps the mouse clicked. You can not move while using Electrocute, but you're unlikely to want to, since it locks on and keeps zapping the target until it's dead, or you're out of mana. The second happens before the first more often than you'd like, and it's basically unusable on [[boss]]es, or even moderately tough targets like [[Dune Dervish]]es and [[Dark Demon]]s, since mana would run out long before their [[health]]. Other Wizard spells deal far more damage per mana, but few are as much fun to use as this one.
+Electrocute functions much like a beam weapon, locking onto the target and zapping until dead.
 Electrocute was simply awesome for small stuff, especially on evasive enemies like the fluttering [[Sand Wasp]]s, or those last one or two [[Fallen Imp]]s who always scattered away from the battle when their [[Fallen Overseer| Overseers]] and [[Fallen Shaman|Shamans]] went down. Just aim at the [[monster]], or anywhere near it, and the beam locks on, draining that monster steadily. Smaller monsters usually died in less than a second, and I found this one far quicker than the higher damage [[Arcane Orb]] to clean up groups of weak enemies. Some screenshots show this one chaining to multiple targets, but higher levels in this spell only listed more damage.
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 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 Electrocute became a level 6 skill.
 ===Beta===
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 With the [[Beta Patch 8]] of December 2011, all [[signature spell]]s became free to cast, and Electrocute was bumped up to level 13. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Primary skill and dropped to level 11. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], it moved to level 15, making it unplayable in the beta.
 ===Previous Versions===
 See the [[Wizard skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Electrocute and other Wizard skills.
 ===In Other Games===
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 * [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
 [[category:Active skills]]
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 [[category:Wizard active skills]]
 [[category:Signature spells]]

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 {{skill description header}}
-<skill class="Wizard">Electrocute</skill>
+<skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Electrocute</skill>
 <skill class="Wizard" rune="Chain Lightning">Electrocute</skill>
 <skill class="Wizard" rune="Forked Lightning">Electrocute</skill>
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 ==Synergies==
 The following [[Wizard passives]] provide a benefit to Electrocute, runed or not:
-{{Passive skills header}}
+{{skill description header}}
-{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}
+<skill class="Wizard">Glass Cannon</skill>
-{{Wizard Passive Prodigy}}
+<skill class="Wizard">Prodigy</skill>
-{{Wizard Passive Paralysis}}
+<skill class="Wizard">Paralysis</skill>
-{{Wizard Passive Arcane Dynamo}}
+<skill class="Wizard">Arcane Dynamo</skill>
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 {{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|primary}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
-[[category:Active skills]]
+[[category:Wizard active skills]]
 [[category:Signature spells]]

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 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Electrocute rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
 <skill class="Wizard">Electrocute</skill>
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-{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard}}
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|primary}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
 [[category:Active skills]]
 [[category:Signature spells]]

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 [[File:IconElectrocute.png|left]]
-[[File:Wiz-electrocute1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Electrocute in action.]]
+[[File:Wiz-electrocute1.jpg|thumb|350px|Electrocute in action.]]
 '''Electrocute''' is a Primary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 15, which electrocutes an enemy over time.
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-==Skillrune Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Electrocute rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
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 ==Synergies==
-Electrocute benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]: None added yet.
+The following [[Wizard passives]] provide a benefit to Electrocute, runed or not:
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 <blockquote>''It’s not very high damage, so you’ll need to cook for a while on tougher targets, and at low levels this one isn’t very useful against bosses or champions; it’s just to AP expensive for big enemies; you’ll be out of resource before they’re out of hit points.</blockquote>
 ===Beta===
-Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, and Electrocute became a level 6 skill. [[Flux]] found it very useful:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-one]
+{{Beta skill notes}}
 <blockquote>''Electrocute is great fun to use, and would be so even if it wasn’t so powerful. The skill works a bit like Chain Lighting, with a single electrical bolt fired out that hits a target and then jumps to other nearby enemies. Electrocute moves much more quickly than Chain Lightning ever did though, and while the damage is quite variable in the beta, it’s generally high enough to wipe out any normal monster with a single flicker.</blockquote>
-With the [[Beta Patch 8]] of December 2011, all [[signature skills]] became free to cast at any level, and Electrocute was bumped up to level 13. When the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Electrocute was classified as a Primary skill and dropped to level 11. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], it moved to level 15, making it unplayable in the beta.
+With the [[Beta Patch 8]] of December 2011, all [[signature spell]]s became free to cast, and Electrocute was bumped up to level 13. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Primary skill and dropped to level 11. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], it moved to level 15, making it unplayable in the beta.
 ===Previous Versions===
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 ==References==
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-wizard BlizzCon 2010 Wizard Hands-on Report]
-* [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=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/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-one Wizard Beta Skills Mega-report: Part One] -- IncGamers 4th Oct 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-one Wizard Beta Skills Mega-report: Part One] — IncGamers 4th Oct 2011
-* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
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 [[category:Wizard skills]]
 [[category:Active skills]]

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	<blockquote>''It’s not very high damage, so you’ll need to cook for a while on tougher targets, and at low levels this one isn’t very useful against bosses or champions; it’s just to AP expensive for big enemies; you’ll be out of resource before they’re out of hit points.</blockquote>		<blockquote>''It’s not very high damage, so you’ll need to cook for a while on tougher targets, and at low levels this one isn’t very useful against bosses or champions; it’s just to AP expensive for big enemies; you’ll be out of resource before they’re out of hit points.</blockquote>

−	Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Electrocute became a level 6 skill. It was moved up to level 13 during the [[beta]], and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Electrocute was classified as a ~~Secondary~~ skill and dropped to level 11.	+	Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Electrocute became a level 6 skill. It was moved up to level 13 during the [[beta]], and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Electrocute was classified as a Primary skill and dropped to level 11.

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	<blockquote>''It’s not very high damage, so you’ll need to cook for a while on tougher targets, and at low levels this one isn’t very useful against bosses or champions; it’s just to AP expensive for big enemies; you’ll be out of resource before they’re out of hit points.</blockquote>		<blockquote>''It’s not very high damage, so you’ll need to cook for a while on tougher targets, and at low levels this one isn’t very useful against bosses or champions; it’s just to AP expensive for big enemies; you’ll be out of resource before they’re out of hit points.</blockquote>

−	Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Electrocute became a level 6 skill~~, but~~ was ~~later~~ moved to level 13 during the [[beta]]~~. The~~ skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]], ~~and~~ Electrocute was classified as a ~~Primary~~ skill and dropped to level 11.	+	Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Electrocute became a level 6 skill. It was moved to level 13 during the [[beta]], and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]], Electrocute was classified as a Secondary skill and dropped to level 11.

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 [[File:IconElectrocute.png|left]]
-'''Electrocute''' is a Signature [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 13, which electrocutes an enemy over time.
+'''Electrocute''' is a Primary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 11, which electrocutes an enemy over time.
 This is a [[Signature spell]]. Signature spells are free to cast.
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 <br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
-[[File:Wiz-electrocute1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Electrocute in action]]
+[[File:Wiz-electrocute1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Electrocute in action.]]
 The [[Wizard]] opens up a hole between the physical and ethereal realms, and calls forth lightning arcs that grip an enemy and fries it until dead, or the Wizard releases her grip on the ethereal realm.
-==Skill Effects==
+==Skillrune Effects==
-The following is a very quick list. See the [[Electrocute rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
+The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Electrocute rune effects]] page for a more thorough 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">Electrocute</skill>
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 Note that [[lightning]] damage [[critical hit]]s will [[stun]] targets. This one stuns (very briefly) at least every two seconds, so there must be a lot of hit checks going on, to trigger the critical hit so frequently.  That stunning is, of course, highly useful when you're locked onto an enemy trying to charge into [[melee]] range.
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 <blockquote>''It’s not very high damage, so you’ll need to cook for a while on tougher targets, and at low levels this one isn’t very useful against bosses or champions; it’s just to AP expensive for big enemies; you’ll be out of resource before they’re out of hit points.</blockquote>
-Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Electrocute became a level 6 skill.<br>
+Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Electrocute became a level 6 skill, but was later moved to level 13 during the [[beta]]. The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]], and Electrocute was classified as a Primary skill and dropped to level 11.