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The Wizard's Arcane Power resource works like a very fast-filling mana globe, that can not be increased in amount. Her amount of AP is set, and skills and items only serve to make the globe refill more quickly. This should allow the Wizard to cast low level spells without pause, while higher level spells will drain the globe more quickly, and thus have to be used more sparingly. | The Wizard's Arcane Power resource works like a very fast-filling mana globe, that can not be increased in amount. Her amount of AP is set, and skills and items only serve to make the globe refill more quickly. This should allow the Wizard to cast low level spells without pause, while higher level spells will drain the globe more quickly, and thus have to be used more sparingly. | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 14 August 2011
Arcane Power is the resource used by for the Wizard for casting her spells. It was revealed as the replacement for Instability by Jay Wilson at GamesCom, in August, 2010. [1]
As of Blizzcon (November 2010) the developers were still not entirely set on Arcane Power, and were still considering a change back to mana.
See the Instability page for much more information about that resource, and information about why Diablo III Wizards do not use mana.
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Arcane Power Basics
The Wizard's Arcane Power resource works like a very fast-filling mana globe, that can not be increased in amount. Her amount of AP is set, and skills and items only serve to make the globe refill more quickly. This should allow the Wizard to cast low level spells without pause, while higher level spells will drain the globe more quickly, and thus have to be used more sparingly.
The main difference between Arcane Power and Mana is that the pool for Arcane Power does not increase. It's always just 100, and the relevant Wizard skills and Wizard traits make for faster regeneration or lower cost per skill, rather than increasing the total pool. This may be its undoing, as the developers aren't entirely happy with how the resource functions, and as of October 2010 they were still considering dumping it and returning the Wizard to mana. [2]
Arcane Power Skills and Traits
Several Wizard skills and Wizard traits are devoted to boosting Arcane Power. Keep in mind that this resource remains under construction, and as of Blizzcon 2010 word is that the Wizard may yet switch back to mana. [3]
- Restored by:
- Regeneration over time (may be boosted by skills/traits).
- Spent by:
- Casting spells.
- Arcane Power Related Skills:
- Energy Shield -- A % of damage is taken from Arcane Power instead of health.
- Arcane Power Related Traits:
- Arcane Channeling -- Increases the rate of AP regeneration.
- Energy Reserves -- Health globes refill 10% of the AP pool.
- Drain Power -- Regenerate health and Arcane power equal to 10% of melee damage you deal.
- Expanded Mind -- Increases Arcane Power pool. (Under construction.)
The Wizard's Design
The basic play style of the Wizard in Diablo III is meant to be as a glass cannon. The character is able to attack constantly, but is not strong or durable, and must avoid taking much damage from enemies. Instability attempted, unsuccessfully, to create this by making her "more blasty and more vulnerable." Jay Wilson established that when talking about their goals for wizard design goals in October 2009. [4]
Arcane Power sounds like it enables this by giving a resource pool that's never really empty, but that will run down if big, powerful skills are used rapidly. Thus wizards in Diablo III should always be able to cast some of their lower level spells, but will have to be more selective with using the bigger, more AP-expensive spells.
Arcane Power Revealed
Arcane Power is newly-revealed and there are yet very few details about it. All that's known about this resource is what Jay Wilson said about it in August, 2010. [5]
Influences
Arcane Power sounds very much alike to the Rogue's Energy resource from World of Warcraft. In that game the Rogue character has preset amount of a resource that recovers very quickly, allowing for constant attacks.
Arcane Power Skill
The name "Arcane Power" was assigned to a passive skill in the early development of the Wizard. It was present in the Blizzcon 2008 demo, but had been removed in 2009 and has never returned.
The description, taken from the Wizard skill archive article:
This mastery boosts the arcane spell damages by a much higher % than similar masteries for other types of damage, and it's unclear why. Possibilities include: arcane spells generally do less damage, their critical hit bonus might be less useful, or the spell just might be overpowered in this early, still-under-testing build.
- Passive Skill
- Description: Increases all arcane damage.
- Max Rank: 15
- Rank 1: Increases arcane damage by 12%.
- Rank 2: Increases arcane damage by 24%.
- Rank 3: Increases arcane damage by 36%.
Classes of the Diablo games |
Skills - Active skills - Skill runes - Passives - Resource - Movement ability [e] Barbarian Demon Hunter Monk Necromancer Witch Doctor Wizard Followers Other Classes Fan-made |
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The Barbarian | Fury - Barbarian Active Skills (Archive) | Barbarian Passive Skills (Archive) [e] | |||
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Primary Might |
Secondary Tactics |
Defensive Rage |
Pound of Flesh (10) |
Superstition (30) |
(X) = the level at which the skill becomes unlocked. |
Barbarian skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Might Tactics Rage |
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Bash |
Cleave |
Frenzy |
[e] |
Hammer of the Ancients |
Rend |
Seismic Slam |
Whirlwind |
[e] |
Ground Stomp |
Leap |
Sprint |
Ignore Pain |
[e] |
Ancient Spear |
Revenge |
Furious Charge |
Overpower |
[e] |
Weapon Throw |
Threatening Shout |
Battle Rage |
War Cry |
[e] |
Earthquake |
Call of the Ancients |
Wrath of the Berserker |
[e] |
Demon Hunter skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Hunting Devices Archery |
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Hungering Arrow |
Entangling Shot |
Bola Shot |
Grenades |
[e] |
Impale |
Rapid Fire |
Chakram |
Elemental Arrow |
[e] |
Caltrops |
Smoke Screen |
Shadow Power |
[e] |
Vault |
Preparation |
Companion |
Marked for Death |
[e] |
Evasive Fire |
Fan of Knives |
Spike Trap |
Sentry |
[e] |
Strafe |
Multishot |
Cluster Arrow |
Rain of Vengeance |
[e] |
Monk skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Techniques Focus Mantras |
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Fists of Thunder |
Deadly Reach |
Crippling Wave |
Way of the Hundred Fists |
[e] |
Lashing Tail Kick |
Tempest Rush |
Wave of Light |
[e] |
Blinding Flash |
Breath of Heaven |
Serenity |
Inner Sanctuary |
[e] |
Dashing Strike |
Exploding Palm |
Sweeping Wind |
[e] |
Cyclone Strike |
Seven-Sided Strike |
Mystic Ally |
[e] |
Mantra of Evasion |
Mantra of Retribution |
Mantra of Healing |
Mantra of Conviction |
[e] |
Necromancer skill categories: Primary Secondary Corpses Blood and Bone Reanimation Curses |
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Witch Doctor skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Terror Decay Voodoo |
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Poison Dart - Rune effects |
Corpse Spiders |
Plague of Toads |
Firebomb |
[e] |
Grasp of the Dead |
Firebats |
Haunt |
Locust Swarm |
[e] |
Summon Zombie Dogs |
Horrify |
Spirit Walk |
Hex |
[e] |
Soul Harvest |
Sacrifice |
Mass Confusion |
[e] |
Zombie Charger |
Spirit Barrage |
Acid Cloud |
Wall of Zombies |
[e] |
Gargantuan |
Big Bad Voodoo |
Fetish Army |
[e] |
Wizard skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Force Conjuration Mastery |
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Magic Missile |
Shock Pulse |
Spectral Blade |
Electrocute |
[e] |
Ray of Frost |
Arcane Orb |
Arcane Torrent |
Disintegrate |
[e] |
Frost Nova |
Diamond Skin |
Slow Time |
Teleport |
[e] |
Wave of Force |
Energy Twister |
Hydra |
Meteor |
Blizzard |
[e] |
Ice Armor |
Storm Armor |
Magic Weapon |
Familiar |
Energy Armor |
[e] |
Explosive Blast |
Mirror Image |
Archon |
[e] |
Followers | Kormac the Templar | Lyndon the Scoundrel | Eirena the Enchantress [e] | |||
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Level 10: |
Level 5: Level 10: |
Level 15: |
Level 15: Level 20: |
Level 25: Level 30: |
Diablo III Other Classes | Diablo II Classes | Diablo I Classes [e] | ||||
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Archetypes: |
Archetype sub-types: |
Other classes: |
Diablo II: |
Fan-made Classes | Fan-made Skills [e] | ||||
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• Alchemist |
• Flagellant |
• Ranger |
Dragon Warrior Skills |
Aurian Mage Skill | |
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