Arcane Weakness (BlizzCon 2008)

Arcane Weakness is a Tier 2 skill from the Wizard's Arcane skill tree, adding a debuff to enemies hit with Arcane spells.

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Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Arcane Weakness Passive, 15 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Enemies damaged by your arcane spells are affected with arcane weakness, increasing damage taken by 10% for 5 sec.
Skill Details:
Type:	Indirect damage boost to party
Quantity:	None
Effect:	Target
School:	Arcane
Resource cost:	None
Cast time:	None
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	All Arcane spells.
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

Studies for a Wizard, in how to weaken enemies affected by Arcane spells.

Skill Design

This would presumably stack with other passives that increase the damage and hit chance of critical hits.

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1: 10% damage increase for 5 sec.

Synergies

• All Arcane spells.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Arcane Weakness was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard was unveiled. It had some minor changes, including a move to Tier 5, and doubling the percentage of damage at the demo shown at BlizzCon 2009. You can see the latest version of the spell here.

References

• Full Wizard Skill Trees
• Wizard Gameplay Report