Explosive Blast
Skill is a Tier 2 skill unlocked for the Wizard at level 3, blasting a small area for high damage.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
|---|---|
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| Explosive Blast Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Wizard |
| A blast of energy explodes at the target causing 10-16 damage in a small radius. | |
| Type: | Direct Damage |
| Quantity: | 10 damage |
| Effect: | Circular AoE |
| School: | Arcane |
| Mana cost: | 12 |
| Cast time: | Instant |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | 1.5 sec |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | Magic Weapon |
The Wizard conjures volatile gasses to the physical realm, igniting with oxygen and creating a powerful blast in a very limited space.
Skill Design
In the BlizzCon 2009 demo, Flux never got to use this skill, [1], but from what he observed it worked something like a short range hand grenade; hitting for considerable damage, but only striking enemies in the immediate area.
Skill Rank Table
- Rank 1: 10-16 damage.
Only Rank 1 is currently known.
Synergies
Explosive Blast 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.
- 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
Skill was first seen at BlizzCon 2009 in the gameplay demo available to visitors. It's assumed it's still in the game today.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
References
