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Wizard > Arcane > Tier I > Magic Missile

Overview

Magic missiles impact.

Magic Missile is an active attack spell in the Wizard's Arcane Skill Tree. The 'Magic Missile' spell fires missile(s) of energy at your enemies causing arcane damage to them. Critical hits from arcane damage silence targets for a short time.

The information below is based on the playable demo build at BlizzCon 2008. It is likely that there will be more than one rank of this spell in the final version, and is subject to all kinds of reviews, changes, and balancing before then.

Prequisites

There are no prerequisites for this skill.

Base Effects/Costs

Skill Level	1
Mana Cost	8
Arcane Damage	7-13
Silence Duration	4 sec
Number of Missile(s)	1

Synergies

Arcane Damage	Increases arcane damage dealt
Efficient Magics	Reduces mana cost
Penetrating Spells	Reduces enemy arcane resistances
Arcane Weakness	Extends duration of arcane damage
Arcane Speed	Reduces cooldown
Arcane Distortion	Slows affected opponents
Improved Magic Missile	Increases the number of missiles and damage dealt
Mana Burst	Increases the damage dealt if mana is full when casting
Spell Speed	Increases projectile speed
Conjured Power	Increases damage based on caster's vitality.
Magical Impact	Increases damage based on equipped weapon damage.
Lightning Speed	Increases casting speed
Lethal Energy	Increases chances of critical hit

Skill Rune effects

The Rune effects for this skill are not known at this time.

Notes

In early levels, Magic Missile might be the Wizard's bread and butter. In later levels, it might prove invaluable as a cheap and direct means of silencing a monster for 4 seconds -- plenty of time to dispatch of them before they can cast a nasty spell on you, or raise the fallen to fight again. The difficulty will be in hitting the shaman behind the minions, since Magic Missile will strike another monster if it's between the Wizard and the targeted boss.

Magic Missile's effectiveness is increased by a variety of spells, the most noteworthy of which is Improved Magic Missile, which increases both the damage and number of missiles released on a cast. The range and spread of higher levels of Magic Missile is reminiscent of the DII Necromancer's Teeth. When an enemy dies at the hands of an Arcane spell, a purple glow is left on the corpses.

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 ''Magic Missile'' is an active attack spell in the [[Wizard]]'s [[Arcane Skill Tree]].  The 'Magic Missile' spell fires missile(s) of energy at your enemies causing arcane damage to them. Critical hits from arcane damage silence targets for a short time.
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 The information below is based on the playable demo build at [[BlizzCon 2008]].  It is likely that there will be more than one rank of this spell in the final version, and is subject to all kinds of reviews, changes, and balancing before then.
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-There are no prerequisites to this skill.
-==Spell Base Effects/Costs==
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 | align="right" |'''[[Arcane Damage]]'''
-| align="left" |Increases arcane damage by a percentage
+| align="left" |Increases arcane damage dealt
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 | align="right" |'''[[Efficient Magics]]'''
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 | align="right" |'''[[Penetrating Spells]]'''
-| align="left" |Reduces enemy resistance to this spell
+| align="left" |Reduces enemy arcane resistances
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 | align="right" |'''[[Arcane Weakness]]'''
-| align="left" |Causes victims of you spell to take additional damage from arcane spells for a time
+| align="left" |Extends duration of arcane damage
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Arcane Speed]]'''
-| align="left" |Reduces cool down of this skill
+| align="left" |Reduces cooldown
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Arcane Distortion]]'''
-| align="left" |Causes victems of you spell to be slowed for a time
+| align="left" |Slows affected opponents
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 | align="right" |'''[[Improved Magic Missile]]'''
-| align="left" |Increases the number of missiles per cast, and the damage per missile
+| align="left" |Increases the number of missiles and damage dealt
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Mana Burst]]'''
-| align="left" |Increases the damage, if mana is full before the cast.
+| align="left" |Increases the damage dealt if mana is full when casting
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Spell Speed]]'''
-| align="left" |Increases the speed of all magic projectiles.|-
+| align="left" |Increases projectile speed
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Conjured Power]]'''
-| align="left" |Increases damamge of this spell based on caster's vitality.
+| align="left" |Increases damage based on caster's vitality.
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Magical Impact]]'''
-| align="left" |Increases damamge of this spell based on % of equipped weapon damage.
+| align="left" |Increases damage based on equipped weapon damage.
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Lightning Speed]]'''
-| align="left" |Might increase casting speed of this spell??.
+| align="left" |Increases casting speed
 |-
 | align="right" |'''[[Lethal Energy]]'''
-| align="left" |Increases chances of critical hit with this spell.
+| align="left" |Increases chances of critical hit
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-==[[Skill Rune]] Effects==
+=[[Skill Rune]] effects=
 The Rune effects for this skill are not known at this time.
-==Notes==
+=Notes=
 In early levels, Magic Missile might be the Wizard's bread and butter. In later levels, it might prove invaluable as a cheap and direct means of silencing a monster for 4 seconds -- plenty of time to dispatch of them before they can cast a nasty spell on you, or raise the fallen to fight again. The difficulty will be in hitting the shaman behind the minions, since Magic Missile will strike another monster if it's between the Wizard and the targeted boss.
 Magic Missile's effectiveness is increased by a variety of spells, the most noteworthy of which is Improved Magic Missile, which increases both the damage and number of missiles released on a cast. The range and spread of higher levels of Magic Missile is reminiscent of the DII Necromancer's Teeth. When an enemy dies at the hands of an Arcane spell, a purple glow is left on the corpses.

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