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[[File:Wiz-disintegrate1.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Disintegrate in action.]]'''Disintegrate''' is an Offensive a Secondary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 8, doing damage to opponents in an [[AoE]] line.
The skill works like a laser beam, firing a straight line of Arcane damage that moves instantly from the Wizard's hand to the edge of the screen. This makes the spell reach the enemies faster than any other spell in the game, and its ability to pass through as many targets as are in the way gives it impressive piercing ability.
The drawbacks are fairly low damage, especially to targets behind the front row, and the fact that the Wizard is stuck in place while casting it.
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==Background==
A [[Wizard]] can call forth a torrent of Arcane energies to make matter simply vanish.
==Skill Skillrune Effects==The following is a very quick listsummary. See the [[Disintegrate rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
==Skill Design==
You see it falling far short of the edge in the screenshot to the right, but that is somewhat misleading, since the steep stairway in that image forced the "camera" to remain up higher, giving a longer view than you normally see in the game.
==Disintegrate Video==
A video of Disintegrate can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].
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<blockquote>''Very useful blasting, instant speed to the edge of the level, but it requires a clear line or sight, and it holds the Wizard in place while using it. Smart Wizards I saw used it a lot, but in bursts. Any time they had a clear shot they’d cook someone from a distance, ideally over one of the openings in the ground. The damage per second wasn’t huge, but it added up and was very easy to hit with.</blockquote>
Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Disintegrate became a level 12 skill.<br>Later in It was moved up to level 8 during the [[beta]], and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Disintegrate became was classified as a Secondary skill and bumped all the way up to level 8 skill20.
That Disintegrate deals extra (double?) damage when it's locked has not yet been listed in the skill's in-game description, but it is an original feature of the skill, discussed by the developers since their earliest comments on the skill.<ref>[http://news.bigdownload.com/2008/10/10/diablo-3-class-panel-notes/ Blizzcon 2008 Panel Notes] -- Big Download, October 10, 2008</ref>
