Difference between revisions of "Arcane Torrent"

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Arcane Torrent is a Wizard skill unlocked at level 27, hurling multiple small meteors on enemies for as long as the Wizard chooses.

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]

Arcane Torrent
Used by:	Wizard
Enabled at:	Clvl 27
Skill Description
Meteorites pelt the targeted region dealing X to Y damage per second.
Type:	AoE DoT
Resource Use:	Costs Arcane Power/time
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

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

Skill Design

Arcane Torrent strikes.

Arcane Torrent can be cast for as long as the Wizard wishes, with an Arcane Power cost per second, rather than per use.

Arcane Torrent now calls down multiple meteors over a wider area, much like the Blizzard spell. The key difference there might be the damage type. While cold slows and cold critical hits freeze, Arcane critical hits silence enemy casters, stopping monsters from using various spell attacks.

Presumably Arcane Torrent would be a good spell to drop on a pack of monster mages, for that critical hit bonus purpose.

Exactly where the meteors come from is of course unclear, as most places in the Diablo games have some sort of roof...

Arcane Torrent was previously named Meteor Storm.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 10-20 damage per second for 12 Arcane Power per second.

Synergies

No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.

Skill Rune Effects

No rune effects for Arcane Torrent are known.

Development

Arcane Torrent was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard debuted, at that point named Meteor Storm and located in the Storm Skill Tree. It was part of the Wizard presentation video, and besides having its new name and being in the Arcane Skill Tree, was completely unchanged in the BlizzCon 2009 demo.

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, and Arcane Torrent became a level 27 skill.

Previous Versions

Meteor Storm was the original name of this skill. The name was likely changed when the Meteor skill was added.

Media

Arcane Torrent can be seen in action on video here:

Cinematic: Wizard

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

Closeup.
Initial impact.
Fire and stone.
"Pelting" is the word!

References

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-'''Arcane Torrent''' is a [[Wizard]] Tier 6 [[Wizard skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 20, hurling multiple small meteors on enemies for as long as the Wizard chooses.
+'''Arcane Torrent''' is a [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 27, hurling multiple small meteors on enemies for as long as the Wizard chooses.
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 |name= Arcane Torrent
 |user= Wizard
-|tier= 6
+|clvl= 27
-|clvl= 20
 |description= Meteorites pelt the targeted region dealing X to Y damage per second.
 |type= [[AoE]] [[DoT]]
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 Exactly where the meteors come from is of course unclear, as most places in the [[Diablo game]]s have some sort of roof...
-Arcane Torrent was previously named [[Meteor Storm]].<div style="clear:left;"></div>
+Arcane Torrent was previously named [[Meteor Storm]].
+{{clear-left}}
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-==Trait Synergies==
+==Synergies==
-Arcane Torrent benefits directly from the following [[Wizard traits]]:
+* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.
-* [[Glass Cannon]]: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
-* [[Intimidation]]: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
-* [[Quickening]]: Increases spell casting speed.
-* [[Beast Hunter]]: Damage bonus against beasts.
-* [[Demonsbane]]: Damage bonus against Demons.
-* [[Just...Stay...Dead!]]: Damage bonus against undead.
-* [[Temporal Flux]]: Enemies that have been hit by your Arcane spells are slowed down by 25% for 3 seconds.
-* [[Power Surge]]: Increase critical strike damage.
-* [[Penetrating Spells]]: Reduces the resistances of your target to your spells by 20%.
-'''Note:''' The current [[trait]] list is very out-of-date and will no doubt be overhauled before game release.
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 '''Arcane Torrent''' was first shown at [[BlizzCon 2008]] when the [[Wizard]] debuted, at that point named [[Meteor Storm]] and located in the [[Storm Skill Tree]]. It was part of the Wizard presentation video, and besides having its new name and being in the [[Arcane Skill Tree]], was completely unchanged in the [[BlizzCon 2009]] demo.
-While Arcane Torrent was in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, it was too high-level for players to select it.
+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, and Arcane Torrent became a level 27 skill.
 ===Previous Versions===
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 ==References==
-* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/wizard-gameplay-report/P2/ BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-gameplay-report/P2/ BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report]
-* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7962606#post7962606 JudgeHype.com July 2011 Press Event Coverage - The Wizard (Translated by Zediono)]
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