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'''Wave of Force''' is a Force [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 9, creating a force wave from the Wizard, repelling enemies and projectiles.
<br><br><br>__TOC__==Background==This is a very useful offensive and defensive skill for the Wizard, and is also one of the class' most damaging attacks since it can hit so many enemies at once. The lengthy cooldown means it can never be a mainstay of the attack, but it's a great supplement, and also works as a [[Wizardpanic button]] uses pure Arcane force option with the knockback effect. One special aspect to the skill is that it can push objectsback all incoming projectiles. This not only acts as a defensive help to the Wizard, but actually turns the projectiles and into damage against the enemies alike away that fired them. This technique is hard to manage in most situations, but when combined with [[Slow Time]], which can all but stop the incoming projectiles, it's a lot of fun to WoF them all back to where they came from her.  The force is primary pushing targets rather than hurting themWizard even has an [[achievement]], [[A Forceful Rebuke]] that's awarded for reflecting 8 or more projectiles. This can be achieved very easily with the [[Desert Wasp]] green [[BBs]], even without the aid of Slow Time.
==Skill Rune Effects==
The following is a very quick summary. See Refer to the [[Wave of Force rune effects]] page article for a more thorough description descriptions of all five rune effectsin this skill, or any of the individual rune pages for numbersincluding screenshots, screenshotsvideos, blue quotesstrategy tips, and much moreother related information.  
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==Skill Design==
This defensive spell casts a nova-like blast of light that deals just minor strong damage, but that shoves and also pushes back enemies and enemy projectiles. Wave of Force is used twice in the Wizard Trailer released at [[BlizzCon 2008]]. The first is used in a room of [[skeleton]]s -- it does little It dealt fairly low damage to the skeletonsduring early development, but blasts all the destructibles in the room to glorious pieces. In the second example, the Wizard uses it while [[Slow Time|slowing down that figure was increased over time]], waiting for a group of skeletons' projectiles to come close, and then reflecting them back toward them. It's hard to know how many scenarios in a fast-paced game like this where you could really benefit from using Slow Time and then Wave of Force to repel projectiles -- Out as of the 8 projectiles in the above screenshotbeta then into final release, only one or two actually came back to strike their targets. It will be interesting to see what practical uses there are for this spell as more gameplay videos unfoldskill hits quite hard.
[[File:Wave-of-force3.jpg|thumb|center|750px|Female Wizard slams skeletons in front of King Leoric in this shot from the beta.]]
With the Patch 13 changes, Wave of Force was classified as an Arcane skill and moved to level 9. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], Wave of Force was nerfed slightly, and the "Arcane" category was renamed "Force".
 
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