Wizard skills

The skill tree, circa 2009. Skills no longer appear in anything like this format. Image by Muldric.

This page lists all the Wizard skills. Follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports and screenshots.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
  • Active skills - Skills where effects are activated by the player.
    • Signature spells - Wizard spells that are free to cast. Previously they were called Academic spells.
    • Armor spells - Provide defensive buffs to the Wizard.
  • Passive skills - Skills where effects are activated automatically, by the computer or by special events.
• Arcane Power - The Wizard's energy resource.
• Wizard skill archive - Removed Wizard skills.
• Wizard traits - Passive skills in Diablo III were called traits for a while before reverting back.

Active Skills

Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, skill rune information, blue quotes, and much more.

Primary

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Secondary

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Defensive

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[[{{{name}}}]] Defensive

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Force

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Conjuration

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[[{{{name}}}]] Conjuration Armor spell

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[[{{{name}}}]] Conjuration Armor spell

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[[{{{name}}}]] Conjuration

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[[{{{name}}}]] Conjuration Summon

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[[{{{name}}}]] Conjuration Armor spell

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Mastery

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Passive Skills

Passive skills replaced Traits during late game development in 2011. A few Traits were simply changed to passive skills, but most are all new. See the Wizard traits page for a full list of those passives.

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[[{{{name}}}]] See: Armor spell

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Development

• See the Wizard skill archive for a full listing of skill changes over time.

July 2011 Press Event

The following skills were removed or renamed prior to the July 2011 Press Event:

• Charged Bolt - Renamed to Shock Pulse
• Energy Shield - Renamed to Energy Armor

References

• Full Wizard Skill Trees
• Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
• HardRock's Wizard Passive Skills -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011

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