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Arcane Torrent is less viable for melee fighting monsters, as it does not slow their advance and isn't an ideal choice for point blank combat. The fact that the projectiles hit where the Wizard targets makes it easy to move with or "lead" monsters along, bathing them in the very high damage attack for as long as they can survive it.
==Arcane Torrent =Video===
A video of Arcane Torrent can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].
==Synergies==
Arcane Torrent benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]:{{Passive skills header}}{{Wizard Passive Temporal Flux}}{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}None added yet.
'''Arcane Torrent''' was first shown at [[BlizzCon 2008]] when the [[Wizard]] debuted, at that point named [[Meteor Storm]] and located in the [[Storm Skill Tree]]. It was part of the Wizard presentation video, and besides having its new name and being in the [[Arcane Skill Tree]], was completely unchanged in the [[BlizzCon 2009]] demo.
While Arcane Torrent was in the [[BlizzCon 2010]] demo, it was too high-level for players to select it. Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Arcane Torrent became a level 23 skill.
<blockquote>''The skill description doesn’t really tell you how effective this skill is. It just tells you how much damage it does, and it reads nice, but its not all rainbows and unicorns. The Torrent throws Arcane bolts up in the air and then they fly towards the targeted enemy. In short, its not fast, but if your target isn’t running you will hit them.</blockquote>
When the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Arcane Torrent was classified as a Secondary skill and dropped down to level 12, giving players their first opportunity to try it out. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], its damage was reduced slightly, except one rune effect - [[Death Blossom]] - which had its damage almost doubled.
===Previous Versions===
[[Meteor Storm]] was the original name of this skill. The name was likely changed when the [[Meteor]] skill was added. The skill looked like a meteor shower of polychromatic filaments, and rained down considerable projectiles on a single location. The current version is much changed in form and function.
See the [[Wizard skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Arcane Orb (or [[Meteor Storm]]) and other Wizard skills.
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] -- IncGamers 5th Sep 2011
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-2011-pvp-demo-the-wizard Blizzcon 2011 PvP Demo: The Wizard] -- IncGamers 28th Oct 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III 12th Sep 2011Site