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The skill tree, circa 2009. Skills no longer appear in anything like this format. Image by Muldric.

This page lists all known Wizard skills, as of August 2011. Follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports and screenshots.

Useful skill links:

Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
- Active skills - Skills where effects are activated by the player.
- Passive skills - Skills where effects are activated automatically, by the computer or by special events.
- Signature skills - Skills that define characters. They steadily decrease in Arcane Power cost as the Wizard levels. Previously they were called Academic spells.
- Armor spells - Provide defensive buffs to the Wizard.
Arcane Power - The Wizard's energy resource.
Runestones - The huge skill customization and improvement system.
Wizard skill archive - Removed Wizard skills.
Wizard traits - Passive skills in Diablo III were called traits for a while before reverting back.

Active Skills

Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, runestone information, blue quotes, and much more.

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Offensive

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Utility

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Conjuration
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Conjuration

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Conjuration
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Defensive

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Conjuration
Armor spell

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Conjuration
Summon

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Mastery

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Passive Skills

Passive skills replaced Traits during late game development in 2011. A few Traits were simply changed to passive skills, but most are all new. See the Wizard traits page for a full list of those passives.

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Virtuoso

(Level 17)

Increases the damage of your basic wand attack by 100%. Successful attacks with a wand generate 15 Arcane Power and heal you for 1% of your maximum Life.

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Development

See the Wizard skill archive for a full listing of skill changes over time.

July 2011 Press Event

The following skills were removed or renamed prior to the July 2011 Press Event:

Charged Bolt - Renamed to Shock Pulse
Energy Shield - Renamed to Energy Armor

References

Full Wizard Skill Trees
Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
HardRock's Wizard Passive Skills -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011

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 ** [[Active skill]]s - Skills where effects are activated by the player.
 ** [[Passive skill]]s - Skills where effects are activated automatically, by the computer or by special events.
-** [[Signature skill]]s - Skills that define characters.
+** [[Signature skill]]s - Skills that define characters. They steadily decrease in [[Arcane Power]] cost as the Wizard levels. Previously they were called [[Academic spell]]s.
-** [[Academic spell]]s - Low-level skills that steadily decrease in [[Arcane Power]] cost as the Wizard levels.
 ** [[Armor spell]]s - Provide defensive [[buffs]] to the Wizard.
 * [[Arcane Power]] - The Wizard's energy [[resource]].

Fan-made Classes			Fan-made Skills [e]
• Alchemist • Arcane Warrior • Artisan • Aurian Mage • Bard • Channeller • Dragon Warrior	• Flagellant • Giant (U) • Hollow Man • Nomad • Onaga Manji • Phase Knight	• Ranger • Slayer (U) • Techpriest (U) • Telepath • Untainted (U) • Zealot	Dragon Warrior Skills • Bow and Throwing Skill Tree • Dragon Disciplines Skill Tree • Martial Arts Skill Tree	Untainted Skills • Divine Skill Tree	Aurian Mage Skill • Holy Power Skill Tree • Shadow Spells Skill Tree • Nature Forces Skill Tree
(U) = Unfinished				Untainted Skills • Divine Skill Tree

Difference between revisions of "Wizard skills"

Revision as of 10:56, 20 December 2011

Contents

Active Skills

Signature

Offensive

Utility

Passive Skills

Development

July 2011 Press Event

References