Arcane Torrent

Arcane Torrent is a Tier 6 skill unlocked for the Wizard at level 20, hurling multiple small meteors on enemies for as long as the Wizard chooses.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Arcane Torrent Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Meteorites pelt the targeted region dealing X to Y damage per second.
Skill Details:
Type:	AoE DoT
Quantity:	10-20 damage per sec
Effect:	AoE
School:	Physical/Fire (?)
Mana cost:	12/sec
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	Concentration
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Wizard calls down a shower of arcane energy, bombarding her enemies wherever she chooses.

Skill Design

Arcane Torrent strikes.

Arcane Torrent can be cast for as long as the Wizard wishes, with a mana cost per second, rather than per use.

Arcane Torrent now calls down multiple meteors over a wider area, much like the Blizzard spell. The key difference there might be the damage type. While cold slows and cold critical hits freeze, Arcane critical hits silence enemy casters, stopping monsters from using various spell attacks.

Presumably Arcane Torrent would be a good spell to drop on a pack of monster mages, for that critical hit bonus purpose.

Exactly where the meteors come from is of course unclear, as most places in the Diablo games have some sort of roof...

Arcane Torrent was previously named Meteor Storm.

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1: 10-20 damage per second for 12 mana per second.

Only Rank 1 is currently known.

Synergies

Arcane Torrent benefits directly from the following traits:

• Glass Cannon: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
• Intimidation: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
• Quickening: Increases spell casting speed.
• Beast Hunter: Damage bonus against beasts.
• Demonsbane: Damage bonus against Demons.
• Just...Stay...Dead!: Damage bonus against undead.
• Temporal Flux: Enemies that have been hit by your Arcane spells are slowed down by 25% for 3 seconds.
• Power Surge: Increase critical strike damage.
• Penetrating Spells: Reduces the resistances of your target to your spells by 20%.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Spell was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard was unveiled, then named Meteor Storm and placed in the Conjuring Skill Tree. It was part of the Wizard presentation video, and besides changing name and skill tree location, has been completely unchanged in the BlizzCon 2009 demo. The name change is likely coinciding with the return of the Meteor skill.

Previous Versions: Meteor Storm

Media

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

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Arcane Torrent-specific gallery contents

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  Closeup.

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  Initial impact.

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  Fire and stone.

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  "Pelting" is the word!

References

• Full Wizard Skill Trees
• Wizard Cinematic Trailer
• Wizard Gameplay Report