Meteor

Meteor is also a Tier 6 skill unlocked for the Wizard at level 20.

This skill is among the Wizard's most damaging, calling down a huge flaming stone that deals massive damage, as well as leaving a burning circle that deals AoE damage to anything in the vicinity.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
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Meteor Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Summons a massive meteor from the sky that causes X-X fire damage to all enemies in the affected area. Also leaves a pool of fire that does X fire damage every second for X seconds.
Skill Details:
Type:	Death from above
Quantity:	1 meteor
Effect:	Direct & AoE
School:	Fire
Arcane Power cost:	High
Cast time:	short delay
Duration:	several seconds
Cooldown:	minimal
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

Meteor returns from Diablo II, with its function largely preserved. Once again it's a falling rock from the sky that deals huge fire damage. The skill is mighty, but the delay between the casting and the rock's arrival requires skill and anticipation on the part of the wizard to hit accurately with it.

Skill Rank Table

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Meteor strikes at a Barbarian's heels in the Arena.

Nothing is known of the statistics of damage for this skill.

Trait Bonuses

None yet known.

Runestone Effects

Wizards in the PvP Arena in the Blizzcon 2010 demo gained more damage to their Meteor from the Crimson rune. Precise figures are not known.

Development

This skill was not in the game during 2008 and 2009, though smaller projectile, wider-area, "death from above" skills like Blizzard and Arcane Torrent were. Presumably the team decided that a larger, single hit, smaller-area death from above skill would be a nice addition to the play balance.

Media

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

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Meteor screenshots

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  The burn zone left by a fallen Meteor.

• Meteor-arena4.jpg

  Diamond skin in use in the Battle Arena.

References

None yet.