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Blizzard is a Tier 5 skill from the Wizard's Storm skill tree, calling down shards of ice on opponents..

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]

Blizzard Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Call down shards of ice to pelt an area dealing X-Y cold damage per second for 3 seconds.
Skill Details:
Type:	DoT
Quantity:	6-10
Effect:	Circular AoE
School:	Cold
Mana cost:	70
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	3 sec
Cooldown:	1.5 sec
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

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 (most of them owned by the Barbarian) this one has been seen in videos, but never used by anyone other than Blizzard.

Skill Rank Table

Rank 1: 6-10 damage per second for 3 seconds.

Only Rank 1 is currently known.

Synergies

None known.

Skill Rune Effects

None known.

Development

Blizzard is a spell with a lot of heritage. The first version of this spell is seen in the classic 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 is unlikely to change any time soon.

The skill is safely assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

References