Meteor

Meteor is a Tier 6 skill unlocked for the Wizard at level 20.

This skill is among the Wizard's most damaging, calling down a huge flaming stone that deals massive damage, as well as leaving a burning circle that deals AoE damage to anything in the vicinity.

• See The Meteor for details about the flaming meteor that falls on the Tristram Cathedral, opening the story of Diablo III.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Meteor Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Summons a massive meteor from the sky that causes X-X fire damage to all enemies in the affected area. Also leaves a pool of fire that does X fire damage every second for X seconds.
Skill Details:
Type:	Death from above
Quantity:	1 meteor
Effect:	Direct & AoE
School:	Fire
Arcane Power cost:	High
Cast time:	short delay
Duration:	several seconds
Cooldown:	minimal
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

Meteor returns from Diablo II, with its function largely preserved. Once again it's a falling rock from the sky that deals huge fire damage. The skill is mighty, but the delay between the casting and the rock's arrival requires skill and anticipation on the part of the wizard to hit accurately with it.

Skill Rank Table

Meteor descends in the Arena.

The full stats are not known. This skill advertised around 200-250 damage at level 5, in the PvP Arena demo at Blizzcon 2010.

Trait Bonuses

Meteor may benefits from the following traits:

• Beast Hunter: Damage bonus against beasts.
• Demonsbane: Damage bonus against Demons.
• Just...Stay...Dead!: Damage bonus against undead.

Meteor always benefits from the following traits:

• Glass Cannon: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
• Intimidation: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
• Quickening: Increases spell casting speed.
• Power Surge: Increase critical strike damage.
• Penetrating Spells: Reduces the resistances of your target to your spells by 20%.

Runestone Effects

Wizards in the PvP Arena in the Blizzcon 2010 demo gained more damage to their Meteor from the Crimson rune. Precise runestone figures are not known.

Development

This skill was not in the game during 2008 and 2009, though smaller projectile, wider-area, "death from above" skills like Blizzard and Arcane Torrent were. Presumably the team decided that a larger, single hit, smaller-area death from above skill would be a nice addition to the play balance.

Media

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

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Meteor screenshots

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  Meteors descending over the Battle Arena.

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  Blue circle shows where a blue team's Wizard's meteor is about to strike in the Battle Arena.

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  The burn zone left by Meteor impact, once the AoE flames have burned out.

References

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