The classic protective skill (renamed from [[Energy Shield]]) returns, now trading Arcane Power for damage reduction.

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

{| width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;"! width="3%" | Icon! Name! width="8%" | Req Level! Description|-{Passive skill header}}|[[File{{:Blur.jpg|40px]] || [[Blur]] || 10 || Reduces melee damage taken by X%.|-}}|[[File{{:DrainPower.jpg|40px]] || [[Drain Power]] || 10 || All basic attacks (?) provide X [[Arcane Power]]. |-}}|[[File{{:Quickening.jpg|40px]] || [[Quickening]] || 10 || Increase casting speed by X%. |-}}|[[File{{:FlightBeforeFight.jpg|40px]] || [[Flight Before Fight]] || 13 || Increases run speed by X% when the Wizard is blocked in melee.|-}}|[[File{{:GlassCannon.jpg|40px]] || [[Glass Cannon]] || 13 || Increases damage dealt by X%, but reduces armor by Y%.}}|-|[[File{{:Aggression.jpg|40px]] || [[Aggression]] || 15 || Increases [[attack]] by X%.|-}}|[[File{{:SuperiorSkill.jpg|40px]] || [[Superior Skill]] || 15 || Increases [[precision]] by X%.|-}}|[[File{{:ExpertDefenseW.jpg|40px]] || [[Expert Defense]] || 17 || Increases [[defense]] by X%. |-}}|[[File{{:AstralPresence.jpg|40px]] || [[Astral Presence]] || 20 || Increases maximum [[Arcane Power]] by X%.|-}}|[[File{{:BlackIce.jpg|40px]] || [[Black Ice]] || 20 || Damage dealt to frozen targets is increased by X%.}}|-|[[File{{:TemporalFlow.jpg|40px]] || [[Temporal Flux]] || 21 || When an enemy takes damage from an Arcane skill, its speed is reduced by X% for 4 seconds.|-}}|[[File{{:PiercingAttacks.jpg|40px]] || [[Piercing Attacks]] || 25 || Reduces the magical resistances of enemies by X%.}}|-|[[File{{:TemporalShift.jpg|40px]] || [[Temporal Shift]] || 26 || Reduces cooldowns of skills by X%.}}|-|[[File{{:UnstableEnergy.jpg|40px]] || [[Unstable Energy]] || 28 || When under X% HP, the next skill knocks back all targets it hits. Can happen once every 90 seconds.|-}}|[[File{{:KnowledgePower.jpg|40px]] || [[Knowledge is Power]] || 30 || Unknown.}}

{{Slave_navbox_Diablo_IIISkill_navbox_Diablo_III|Wizard}}

[[Category:WizardActive skills]][[Category:Passive skills]]