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Penetrating Spells (skill)

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Penetrating Spells is a Tier 1 skill from the Wizard's Arcane skill tree, lowering opponent resistances.


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Penetrating Spells (skill)

Passive, 1 ranks

Used by: Wizard
Skill Description:
Reduces the resistance of your targets to your spells by a percentage. Targets with negative resistance take additional damage from spells.
Skill Details:
Type: Indirect damage boost
Quantity: None
Effect: Self
School: Arcane
Resource cost: None
Cast time: None
Duration: None
Cooldown: None
Synergies: All spells affected by resistances.
Requires: N/A
Prereq of: N/A

Studies for a Wizard, in how to find weaknesses in opponents.


Skill Design

Another of the highly-useful passive skills possessed by the Wizard. Sort of a full time Lower Resistance aura, that seems to work with all types of magic.


Skill Rank Table

  • Rank 1: Reduces resistance by 8%.

Synergies

  • All spells affected by resistances.


Skill Rune Effects

  • None known.


Development

Penetrating Spells was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard was unveiled. It's still assumed to be available as of 6 July 2009.