Diablo 3: The Wizard's Talent Trees Unveiled

Continuing our ongoing coverage of BlizzCon, we have compiled a complete list of the Wizard class talent trees found in the playable demo of Diablo 3.

As with World of Warcraft, each talent category has multiple tiers, requiring a certain amount of skill points to be spent in the previous tier before the next one is unlocked. For example, 5 skill points must be used in the first tier to access the second.

Along with the below skills, Diablo 3 features a new Skill Rune system, allowing more modification of the talents. For example, adding a Multistrike Rune to the Witch Doctor's Skull of Flame skill splits the lone fireball into multiple splashing attacks.

Be aware that the list below is a work-in-progress, and that some of the details will change before Blizzard's long-awaited PC RPG eventually arrives.

Storm Talents

Level 1
• Charged Bolt
  • Rank 0/1
  • Launch a volley of 3 electric bolts that deal 1-8 lightning damage each. Critical hits from lightning damage stun targets for 2 seconds.

  • Mana Cost: 8

• Thunderstruck

  • Rank 0/15

  • Increases the critical hit chance of all lightning spells by 10%. Critical hits from lightning damage stun targets for 2 seconds.

• Passive Skills
  • Empowered Magic

    • Rank 0/15

    • Increases the effect of Willpower on your spell damage by 30%.

• Lightning Speed
  • Rank 0/15
  • Increases the casting speed by 3%.

Level 2 (5 Storm Skill Points Required)
• Storm Armor

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 15

  • Surround yourself in electrical energy. Electric bolts are automatically fired at all attackers for 1 to 8 damage.

• Frost Nova

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 25

  • Cooldown: 12 seconds

  • An explosion of ice pelts nearby enemies for 1-3 cold damage. Has an additional 25% chance of a critical hit. Critical hits from cold damage freeze targets.

• Passive Skills

  • Deep Freeze
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the critical hit chance of all cold spells by 5%. Critical hits from cold damage freeze targets.

  • Power Armor
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the damage dealt by your Storm Armor charged bolts by 10%.

  • Static Charge
    • Rank 0/15
    • Converts 5% of all damage taken into mana.

Level 3 (10 Storm Skill Points Required)
• Electrocute

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 8

  • Lightning arcs from the Wizard's fingertips towards enemies, electrocuting them for 4-5 damage. Electrocute affects up to 2 targets. Critical hits from lightning damages stun targets for 2 seconds.

• Ray of Frost

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 16 per second.

  • Project a beam of cold energy that deals 6 cold damage per second. Critical hits from cold damage freeze targets.

• Passive Skills

  • Lethal Energy
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the chance to score critical hits with melee and spell attacks by 5%.

  • Improved Charged Bolt
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the number of bolts released by your Charged Bolt spell by 1.

  • Static Charge
    • Rank 0/15
    • Converts 5% of all damage taken into mana.

Level 4 (15 Storm Skill Points Required)
• Blizzard

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 70

  • Call down shards of ice to pelt an area dealing 6-10 cold damage per second for 3 seconds. Critical hits from cold damage freeze targets.

• Passive Skills

  • Storm Power
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases damage of all lightning and ice spells. --Not Yet Implemented--

  • Epic Storms
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the size of Blizzard and number of twisters you can have for your energy twister. --Not Yet Implemented--

  • Shattering Ice
    • Rank 0/15
    • Frozen targets take 2 additional damage from all attacks while frozen. --Not Yet Implemented--

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Arcane Talents

Level 1
• Magic Missile

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 8

  • Fire 1 missile(s) of energy at your enemies causing 7-13 arcane damage to them. Critical hits from arcane damage silence targets for 4 seconds.

• Passive Skills

  • Arcane Power
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases all arcane damage by 30%.

  • Efficient Magics
    • Rank 0/15
    • Lowers the mana cost of all spells by 3%.

  • Penetrating Spells
    • Rank 0/15
    • Reduces the resistance of your targets to your spells by 8%.

Level 2 (5 Arcane Skill Points Required)
• Disintegrate

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 12 per second

  • Emanate a beam of pure energy dealing 10 arcane damage per second. Damage is modified to 80% each time the beam passes through a target. Critical hits from arcane damage silence targets for 4 seconds.

• Wave of Force

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 25

  • Project a wave of force outwards, repelling enemies and projectiles and dealing 1-8 damage.

• Passive Skills

  • Arcane Armor
    • Rank 0/15
    • While your Storm Armor, Stone Skin or Temporal Armor spells are active, your armor is increased by 20%.

  • Arcane Weakness
    • Rank 0/15
    • Enemies damage by your arcane spells are affected with Arcane Weakness, increasing damage taken by 10% for 5 seconds.

  • Arcane Speed
    • Rank 0/15
    • Reduces the cooldown of all Arcane spells by 9%.

Level 3 (10 Arcane Skill Points Required)
• Arcane Orb

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 18

  • An orb of pure energy explodes on contact dealing 12-16 arcane damage to all enemies in the blast area. Critical hits from arcane damage silences targets for 4 seconds.

• Slow Time

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 20

  • Warp space and time, slowing nearby monsters and projectiles.

  • Enemy attack cooldown increase: 1 second(s)

• Passive Skills

  • Arcane Distortion
    • Rank 0/15
    • Enemies damaged by your arcane spells are slowed by 35% for 3 seconds.

  • Mana Recovery
    • Rank 0/15
    • Enemies have a 7% chance ot drop a mana globe that will return 25% of maximum mana when picked up.

  • Improved Magic Missile
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the number of missiles launched by your Magic MIssile spell by 1 and increases their damage by 8%.

Level 4 (15 Arcane Skill Points Required)

• Temporal Armor

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: Unknown

  • Surrounds the wizard in a protective shell that stops all damage from an attack every 6 seconds. The shell dissipates after absorbing 12 attacks. --Not Yet Implemented--

• Teleport

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 23

  • Teleport to the selected location up to 40 feet away.

• Passive Skills

  • Greater Mana
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the maximum mana by 12%.

  • Mana Burst
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the damage of any spell cast from full mana by 25%. --Not Yet Implemented--

  • Runic Might
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the effect of all runes. --Not Yet Implemented--

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Conjure Talents

Level 1
• Spectral Blade

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 7

  • Summons a spectral blade that strikes each enemy in front of the Wizard 3 times causing 1-5 physical damage with each hit.

• Passive Skills

  • Spell Speed
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the speed of your Magic Missile projectiles by 8%

  • Damage Resistant
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases armor by 5% and all resistances by 4%.

  • Weapon Mastery
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increase physical damage done by all weapons by 15%.

Level 2 (5 Conjure Skill Points Required)
• Stone Skin

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 12

  • Shield yourself with rock and stone, absorbing 30 damage. Lasts 8 seconds.
  • Cooldown: 15 seconds.

• Mirror Image

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 18

  • Create an illusionary duplicate of yourself that lasts for 8 seconds.

• Passive Skills

  • Conjured Armor
    • Rank 0/15
    • Magical armor surrounds the wizard, increasing block chance by 2%.

  • Conjured Health
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases total health by 8% and the health of your conjured images by 12%.

Level 3 (10 Conjure Skill Points Required)
• Meteor Storm

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 12 per second

  • Meteorites pelt the targeted region dealing 10 to 20 damage per second.

• Acid Cloud

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 15

  • Drop a deluge of acid on the targeted area. Deals an initial 1-4 poison damage followed by 4-8 poison damage per second to enemies who remain in the area.

• Passive Skills

  • Conjured Power
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increased damage done by spells by 1% for every 10 points of vitality.

  • Conjuring Duration
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the duration of your Stone Skin and Acid cloud spells by 1 second and the duration of your mirror image images by 2 seconds.

  • Improved Spectral Blade
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases the damage of Spectral Blade by 14%.

Level 4 (15 Conjure Skill Points Required)
• Hydra

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: Unknown

  • Creates a multi-headed beast that attacks your enemies with bolts of fire.

• Magic Weapon

  • Rank 0/1

  • Mana Cost: 10

  • Imbue your weapon with magical energy granting it increased damage.

• Passive Skills

  • Magical Impact
    • Rank 0/15
    • Increases damage of all spells by 15% of your weapon damage.

  • Slowing Strikes
    • Rank 0/15
    • Enemies damaged by your melee attacks, Spectral Blade or Magic Weapon have their movement speed reduced by 30% and their attack speed reduced by 20% for 4 seconds.

  • Armor Piercing
    • Rank 0/15
    • Conjured and physical damage decreases the armor of armored enemies.