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The skill tree, circa 2009. Skills no longer appear in anything like this format. Image by Muldric.

This page lists all known Wizard skills, as of August 2011. Follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports and screenshots.

Useful skill links:

Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
- Active skills - Skills where effects are activated by the player.
  - Signature skills - Skills that define characters.
  - Signature spells - Wizard spells that are free to cast. Previously they were called Academic spells.
  - Armor spells - Provide defensive buffs to the Wizard.
- Passive skills - Skills where effects are activated automatically, by the computer or by special events.
Arcane Power - The Wizard's energy resource.
Runestones - The huge skill customization and improvement system.
Wizard skill archive - Removed Wizard skills.
Wizard traits - Passive skills in Diablo III were called traits for a while before reverting back.

Active Skills

Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, runestone information, blue quotes, and much more.

Signature

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Signature spell

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Signature spell

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Primary
Signature spell

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Offensive

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Secondary

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Force

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Mastery

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Force

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Force

25

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Utility

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Defensive

4

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Conjuration
Armor spell

14

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Conjuration

20

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Defensive

8

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Conjuration
Armor spell

17

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Mastery

25

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Defensive

16

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Defensive
Movement ability

22

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Conjuration
Armor spell

28

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Conjuration
Summon

22

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Mastery

30

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Passive Skills

Passive skills replaced Traits during late game development in 2011. A few Traits were simply changed to passive skills, but most are all new. See the Wizard traits page for a full list of those passives.

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Armor spell

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60

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Development

See the Wizard skill archive for a full listing of skill changes over time.

July 2011 Press Event

The following skills were removed or renamed prior to the July 2011 Press Event:

Charged Bolt - Renamed to Shock Pulse
Energy Shield - Renamed to Energy Armor

References

Full Wizard Skill Trees
Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
HardRock's Wizard Passive Skills -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011

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 ==Development==

Fan-made Classes			Fan-made Skills [e]
• Alchemist • Arcane Warrior • Artisan • Aurian Mage • Bard • Channeller • Dragon Warrior	• Flagellant • Giant (U) • Hollow Man • Nomad • Onaga Manji • Phase Knight	• Ranger • Slayer (U) • Techpriest (U) • Telepath • Untainted (U) • Zealot	Dragon Warrior Skills • Bow and Throwing Skill Tree • Dragon Disciplines Skill Tree • Martial Arts Skill Tree	Untainted Skills • Divine Skill Tree	Aurian Mage Skill • Holy Power Skill Tree • Shadow Spells Skill Tree • Nature Forces Skill Tree
(U) = Unfinished				Untainted Skills • Divine Skill Tree

Difference between revisions of "Wizard skills"

Revision as of 02:30, 8 April 2012

Contents

Active Skills

Signature

Offensive

Utility

Passive Skills

Development

July 2011 Press Event

References