Arcane Torrent

Arcane Torrent is an Offensive Wizard skill unlocked at Level 23, hurling multiple small meteors on enemies for as long as the Wizard chooses. Or until she runs out of Arcane Power.

Background

Arcane Torrent in action

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

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Arcane Torrent rune effects page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

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Death Blossom

[e] Unleash the torrent beyond your control. You can no longer direct where the projectiles go but their damage is increased to 312% weapon damage per second as Arcane.

Disruption

[e] Targets hit by Arcane Torrent become Disrupted for 6 seconds, causing them to take 30% additional damage from any attacks that deal Arcane damage.

Power Stone

[e] Every missile hit has a 5% chance to leave behind a Power Stone that grants Arcane Power when picked up.

Cascade

[e] Enemies killed by Arcane Torrent have a 80% chance to fire a new missile at a nearby enemy dealing 135% weapon damage as Arcane.

Arcane Mines

[e] Instead of firing projectiles, lay Arcane mines that arm after 1 second. These mines explode when an enemy approaches, dealing 182% weapon damage as Arcane. Enemies caught in the explosion have their movement and attack speeds reduced by 30% for 3 seconds.

Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 4 runestones.

Skill Design

Arcane Torrent strikes.

Arcane Torrent can be cast for as long as the Wizard wishes, with an Arcane Power 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.

Synergies

Arcane Torrent benefits from the following Wizard passives:

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Development

Arcane Torrent was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard debuted, at that point named Meteor Storm and located in the Storm Skill Tree. It was part of the Wizard presentation video, and besides having its new name and being in the Arcane Skill Tree, was completely unchanged in the BlizzCon 2009 demo.

While Arcane Torrent was in the BlizzCon 2010 demo, it was too high-level for players to select it. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Arcane Torrent became a level 23 skill.

Previous Versions

Meteor Storm was the original name of this skill. The name was likely changed when the Meteor skill was added.

Media

Arcane Torrent can also be seen in action on video here:

• Cinematic: Wizard
• Video: August 2011 Wizard Skill Animations

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

• Diablo III 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

• BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report
• BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects -- IncGamers 5th Sep 2011
• Wizard Active Skills -- Diablo III 12th Sep 2011

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