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Explosive Blast

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'''Explosive Blast''' is an ~~Offensive~~ Mastery [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 1519, blasting a small area for high damage.

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==Background==

[[File:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|thumb|200px~~|right~~|Explosive Blast in action.]]

The [[Wizard]] conjures volatile gasses into the physical realm, which ignite with oxygen and create a powerful blast in a very limited space.

==~~Skillrune~~ Skill Rune Effects==

The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Explosive Blast rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

==Skill Design==

This [[skill]] is basically a short-range nova centered around the Wizard, on a short time delay. Since the Wizard can move after activating it, she can select it, run into the midst of a pack of monsters, then laugh when they go boom. The spell's delay (about 1.5 seconds) makes it unsuitable for emergency use, and its short range makes it difficult to use without getting pounded on.

~~===Appearance===~~

~~Explosive Blast has a very impressive visual; it looks like a fiery gas explosion that expands outwards several yards and leaves a small crater in the ground.~~

==Synergies==

~~Explosive Blast benefits from the~~ The following [[Wizard passives]]provide a benefit to Explosive Blast, runed or not: ~~None added yet.~~{{Passive skills header}}{{Wizard Passive Evocation}}{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}{{Wizard Passive Critical Mass}}{{Wizard Passive Arcane Dynamo}}

<blockquote>''It’s basically a short-range nova, on a time delay. You click it, and after 1.5 seconds (at level one) it blew up, dealing fairly substantial physical damage. The time delay made it unsuitable for emergency situations, but if you got used to the timing it was fun to click midway through a battle, knowing it would blast a moment later and finish off the enemy.</blockquote>

Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Explosive Blast became a level 14 skill.

===Beta===

~~Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, and~~ {{Beta skill notes}} Explosive Blast ~~became a level 14 skill. It~~ was moved to level 15 during the [[beta~~]], and when~~ . With the ~~skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta~~ Patch 13~~]] in February 2012~~changes, ~~Electrocute~~ it was classified as a Mastery skill and bumped to level 19. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], the damage done by this skill and its rune effects was reduced quite a bit.

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-wizard BlizzCon 2010 Wizard Hands-on Report]

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] -- — IncGamers 5th Sep 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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