Active skills are in opposition to [[passive skill]]s. Active skills must be cast or used directly with the mouse button or one of the hotkeys. These are skills you use while fighting monsters, often in place of the basic attack function.
Many active Since Blizzcon 2010, only Active skills are boosted by passive shown in the skill menu. Passive skillsare all now designed as [[traits]]. Some active skills have There are no outright skill [[synergy|synergisticsynergies]] propertiesin Diablo III, but many skills improve the function of other skills, and receive or grant bonuses to other most traits have direct boosting effects on skills.
Only active skills are considered [[signature skill]]s for [[class]]es.
Only Prior to Blizzcon 2010, when passive skills were still displayed in the main [[skill tree]]s, only active skills have had sockets for [[Skill Runesrunestones]].
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