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Arcane Weakness is a Tier 2 skill from the Wizard's Arcane skill tree, adding a debuff to enemies hit with Arcane spells.

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Arcane Weakness

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Arcane Weakness Passive, 15 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Enemies damaged by your arcane spells are affected with arcane weakness, increasing damage taken by 10% for 5 sec.
Skill Details:
Type:	Indirect damage boost to party
Quantity:	None
Effect:	Target
School:	Arcane
Resource cost:	None
Cast time:	None
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	All Arcane spells.
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

Studies for a Wizard, in how to weaken enemies affected by Arcane spells.

Skill Design

This would presumably stack with other passives that increase the damage and hit chance of critical hits.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 10% damage increase for 5 sec.

Synergies

All Arcane spells.

Skill Rune Effects

None known.

Development

Arcane Weakness was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard was unveiled. It had some minor changes, including a move to Tier 5, and doubling the percentage of damage at the demo shown at BlizzCon 2009. You can see the latest version of the spell here.

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