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Blizzard is a Wizard skill unlocked at level 29, calling down shards of ice on opponents.

Background

Diablo III Active Skill [e]

Blizzard
Used by:	Wizard
Enabled at:	Clvl 29
Skill Description
Call down shards of ice to pelt an area dealing X-Y cold damage per second for 3 seconds.
Type:	AoE DoT
Resource Use:	Costs Arcane Power
Skill Rune Effects
Alabaster rune:	Unknown
Crimson rune:	Unknown
Golden rune:	Unknown
Indigo rune:	Unknown
Obsidian rune:	Unknown

Calling upon the elements, drawing huge amounts of cold energy to the physical plane, a torrent of icy shards pelt an area directed by the Wizard.

Skill Design

Like a lot of other neat high level skills (most of them owned by the Barbarian) this one has been seen in videos, but never used by anyone other than at Blizzard.

Visually, a large cloud forms above the Wizard's enemies, from which large chunks of ice crash down to earth.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 6-10 damage per second for 3 seconds.

Synergies

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

Skill Rune Effects

Low-quality first look at Blizzard.

No rune effects for Blizzard are known.

Development

A Diablo II Blizzard spell.

Blizzard was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard debuted, at that point a Tier IV skill in the Storm Skill Tree. It was a Tier V skill in the BlizzCon 2009 demo, which made it too high-level for players to select it.

Blizzard was again present in the BlizzCon 2010 demo, but still too high-level to play. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Bizzard became a level 29 skill.

Previous Versions

See the Wizard skill archive for more details on previous versions of Blizzard and other Wizard skills.

In Other Games

Blizzard is a spell with a lot of heritage. The first version of this spell is seen in the classic WarCraft I from 1994 as a human Wizard spell (irony), and has been present in any Blizzard game (bar Diablo I) since. WarCraft II has it as a human mage spell, StarCraft doesn't have it, but has a very similar psionic storm, Diablo II has it as a Sorceress spell, WarCraft III has it as an Archmage hero ability and World of WarCraft has it as a Mage spell.

The principle is the same, with frozen shards dealing AoE damage, and is a staple spell in Blizzard Entertainment games that is unlikely to change any time soon.

Media

Blizzard can be seen in action on video here:

Video: Blizzcon 2010 Arena

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

References

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 : ''Where you looking for '''[[Blizzard Entertainment]]''', '''[[Blizzard North]]''' or the '''[[:Category:Blizzard|Blizzard category?]]'''''<br><br>
-'''Blizzard''' is a [[Wizard]] Tier 6 [[Wizard skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 20, calling down shards of ice on opponents.
+'''Blizzard''' is a [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 29, calling down shards of ice on opponents.
 It's a [[signature skill]] of the Wizard.
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 |name= Blizzard
 |user= Wizard
-|tier= 6
+|clvl= 29
-|clvl= 20
 |description= Call down shards of ice to pelt an area dealing X-Y cold damage per second for 3 seconds.
 |type= [[AoE]] [[DoT]]
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-==Trait Synergies==
+==Synergies==
-Blizzard benefits directly from the following [[Wizard traits]]:
+* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.
-* [[Black Ice]]: Frozen targets take 25% more damage from all sources.
-* [[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.
-* [[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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 '''Blizzard''' was first shown at [[BlizzCon 2008]] when the Wizard debuted, at that point a Tier IV skill in the [[Storm Skill Tree]]. It was a Tier V skill in the [[BlizzCon 2009]] demo, which made it too high-level for players to select it.
-Blizzard was again present in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, but still too high-level to play.
+Blizzard was again present in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, but still too high-level to play. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Bizzard became a level 29 skill.
 ===Previous Versions===
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 ==References==
 * [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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