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The skill is safely assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ Full Wizard Skill Trees]
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'''Blizzard''' is a [[Wizard]] Tier 6 [[Wizard skills|skill]] unlocked for the at [[Wizardclvl|level]] at level 20, calling down shards of ice on opponents. It's a [[signature skill]] of the Wizard.
|ranks= 5
|user= Wizard
|tree= StormTier 6
|description= Call down shards of ice to pelt an area dealing X-Y cold damage per second for 3 seconds.
|type= [[DoT]]
|effect= Circular [[AoE]]
|school= [[Cold]]
|resource= [[ManaArcane Power]]
|cost= 70
|cast-time= Instant
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Calling upon the elements, drawing huge amounts of cold energy to the physical plane, a torrent of icy shards pelt an area directed by the [[Wizard]].
==Skill Design==
Like a lot of other neat high level skills [[skill]]s (most of them owned by the [[Barbarian]]) this one has been seen in videos, but never used by anyone other than at Blizzard. Visually, a large cloud forms above the Wizard's enemies, from which large chunks of ice crash down to earth.
==Skill Rank Table==
* '''Rank 1:''' 6-10 damage per second for 3 seconds.
==[[Synergies]]== Blizzard benefits directly from the following [[traitstrait]]s:
* [[Black Ice]]: Frozen targets take 25% more damage from all sources.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
* [[Power Surge]]: Increase critical strike damage.
* [[Penetrating Spells]]: Reduces the resistances of your target to your spells by 20%.
==[[Rune|Skill Rune]] Effects==
* None known.
==Development==
[[Image:Blizzard (Diablo II).jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[Diablo II]] {{iw|Blizzard Blizzard}} spell.]]
'''Blizzard''' was first shown at [[BlizzCon 2008]] when the Wizard debuted, at that point a Tier IV skill in the [[Storm Skill Tree]]. It was a Tier V skill in the [[BlizzCon 2009]] demo, which made it too high-level for players to select it. Blizzard was again present in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, but still too high-level to play. ===Previous Versions===Blizzard is a spell with a lot of heritage. The first version of this spell is seen in the classic [[WarCraft: Orcs and Humans|WarCraft I]] from 1994 as a human Wizard spell (irony), and has been present in any Blizzard game (bar [[Diablo I]] ) since. [[WarCraft II]] has it as a human mage spell, [[StarCraft]] doesn't have it, but has a very similar psionic storm, [[Diablo II]] has it as a [[Sorceress]] spell, [[WarCraft III]] has it as an Archmage hero ability and [[World of WarCraft]] has it as a Mage spell.
The principle is the same, with frozen shards dealing [[AoE]] damage, and is a staple spell in [[Blizzard Entertainment]] games taht that is unlikely to change any time soon.
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==Media==
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/gallery/ Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures]* [http://wwwdiablo.diiiincgamers.netcom/gallery/showgallerysearch.php?keywords=Blizzard&cat=all&six=10&y=8 '''Blizzard Blizzard-''' specific gallery contents]
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==References==
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/wizard-gameplay-report/P2/ BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report]
* [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
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