The Wizard's skills are divided into three skill trees, each of which has about 18 known spells. These were first seen at Blizzcon 2008, and while they are very much subject to change during the game's continued development, viewing them in this state is still informative. The three trees are:
==Diablo 3 Skill Trees==
Unlike the skill trees in Diablo II, the trees in Diablo III are not focused on just one aspect of a character. All known D3 skill trees have a wide variety of skills, with more passive than active skills, and all allow for a variety of play styles.
All active skills in the BlizzCon build were capped at 1 skill point (or rank, as skill levels are called in D3), while most passives went up to 15 points. This will not be the case in the final game; active skills will allow more than 1 point, and passives may have different maximum ranks, to allow better game balancing. Know that skills will be modified, that some will be removed, that others will be added, and that the numbers are almost certain to change.
[[Skill Runes]] could only be socketed in active skills, in the Blizzcon build. This may or may not remain true in the final game.
==Tier I==
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| '''[[User:Azymn/Magic Missile|Magic Missile]]'''
| ''[[Arcane Skill Tree#Arcane Power|Arcane Power]]''
| ''[[Arcane Skill Tree#Penetrating Spells|Penetrating Spells]]''
|}
==Tier II=={| | [[Arcane Skill Tree#Disintegrate|Disintegrate]]| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Wave of Force|Wave of Force]]| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Arcane Armor|Arcane Armor]]| ''[[Arcane Skill Tree#Arcane Weakness|Arcane Weakness]]''| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Arcane Speed|Arcane Speed]]|}==Tier III=={| | [[Arcane Skill Tree#Arcane Orb|Arcane Orb]]| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Slow Time|Slow Time]]| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Arcane Distortion|Arcane Distortion]]| ''[[Arcane Skill Tree#Mana Recovery|Mana Recovery]]''| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Improved Magic Missile|Improved Magic Missile]]|}==Tier IV=={| | [[Arcane Skill Tree#Temporal Armor|Temporal Armor]]| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Teleport|Teleport]]| ''[[Arcane Skill Tree#Greater Mana|Greater Mana]]''| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Mana Burst|Mana Burst]]| [[Arcane Skill Tree#Runic Might|Runic Might]]|}
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