Slowing Strikes

Slowing Strikes is a Tier 4 skill from the Wizard's Conjuring Skill Tree, debuffing enemies in melee combat.

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BackgroundEdit

Diablo III Skill [e]
Slowing Strikes Passive, 15 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Enemies damaged by your melee attacks, Spectral Blade or Magic Weapon have their movement speed reduced by 30% and their attack speed reduced by 20% for 4 sec.
Skill Details:
Type:	Debuff enemy in melee
Quantity:	30% / 20%
Effect:	Self
School:	Arcane
Resource cost:	None
Cast time:	None
Duration:	4
Cooldown:	None
Synergies:	Spectral Blade Magic Weapon
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

Studies for a Wizard, in how to use her latent magical skills in melee combat to bring her foes down.

Skill DesignEdit

Interesting skill design, together with Magic Weapon, hinting at a melee-orientated Wizard.

Skill Rank TableEdit

• Rank 1: Target movement speed lowered by 30%. Attack speed lowered by 20%. 4 sec duration.

Only Rank 1 is currently known.

SynergiesEdit

• Spectral Blade
• Magic Weapon

Skill Rune EffectsEdit

• None known.

DevelopmentEdit

Slowing Strikes was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard was unveiled as a Tier 4 skill in the Conjuring Skill Tree. It was one of many new skills hinting at a melee-Wizard, with skills like Magic Weapon. It was removed sometime prior to BlizzCon 2009.

ReferencesEdit

• Full Wizard Skill Trees
• BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report