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Mirror Image can be seen in action on video here:
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z9TDLniHcg Diablo 3 Wizard Trailer - BlizzCon 2008] -- Diablo3Inc's Channel (original animation, at 2:04)
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* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-footage-shows-many-new-rune-effects/ Gorgeous New Skill Rune Effects] -- Incgamers 31st Mar 2011 (rune'd, at 0:33)
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You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
 
You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
 
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]
 
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/ Diablo III screenshots and pictures]

Revision as of 20:05, 7 April 2011

Mirror Image is a Wizard Tier 2 skill unlocked at level 3, creating an illusionary duplicate of the character.


Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]
Wiz-mirror-image3.jpg
Mirror Image
Used by: Wizard
Enabled at: Clvl 3
Skill Description
Create an illusionary duplicate of your character.
Type: Decoy
Resource Use: Costs Arcane Power
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune: Unknown
Crimson rune: Unknown
Golden rune: Unknown
Indigo rune: Unknown
Obsidian rune: Unknown

In order to avoid close combat as much as possible, the Wizard can create duplicates of herself, who will also aggressively attack opponents.


Skill Design

This skill creates a duplicate of the Wizard that uses Wizard spells to ferociously attack monsters the instant it appears. The Image's spells don't do any damage, so it's more like an animated Decoy than a Shadow Master. But it works like a tank, with monsters attacking the Image if it is closer to them than the Wizard, and as anyone who has played artillery characters knows, a tanking minion (or another player) is beyond value.


Mirror Image animation sequence in the BlizzCon 2008 Demo.


Skill Rank Table

(A) = Assumed


Synergies


Skill Rune Effects

  • No rune effects for Mirror Image are known.

A runed version of Mirror Image has been seen in video[1], but it's unclear what the effect is.


Development

Mirror Image was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard was unveiled, where it was at Tier II on the Conjuring Skill Tree. It then spawned five illusion images and there were also two other skills to synergize with Mirror Image: Duplicate Conjuring for more images and Conjured Health for more health.

The BlizzCon 2009 version increased illusion health; it seemed likely the number of images probably could be increased through the use of skill runes. Flux found it useful in the right circumstances:[1]

I didn’t use this one very often during play, since the Wizard was powerful enough to slaughter most attackers without needing the assistance, but the few times I did Mirror Image, against big mobs, it worked marvelously. The mirror doesn’t last for very long, usually dying to the monster onslaught, but it didn’t have to. The Wizard has a number of nice AoE spells, even at low levels, and all the MI had to do was provide a focal point for the Fallen or Dark Cultists to swarm around to turn them into fish in a barrel for Arcane Orbs.

Mirror Image was still listed at BlizzCon 2010, but it wasn't one of the Wizard's starting skills.

Previous Versions

See the Wizard skill archive for more details on previous versions of Mirror Image and other Wizard skills.
Or see Mirror Image (BlizzCon 2008) for the original version of this skill.


Media

Mirror Image can be seen in action on video here:

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



References

  1. Gorgeous New Skill Rune Effects -- Incgamers 31st Mar 2011