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This page lists all known '''[[Wizard]] skills''', as of August 2011. Follow the links to the individual skill pages for full discussion of every skill, including first hand reports and screenshots.
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[[Image:Skill-tree-blizzcon09-wiz-muldric.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The skill tree, circa 2009. Skills no longer appear in anything like this format. Image by [http://forums.diii.net/showthread.php?t=739038 Muldric].]]
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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:'''
 
'''Useful skill links:'''
  
 
* [[Skill]]s - General skill design and mechanics.
 
* [[Skill]]s - General skill design and mechanics.
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** [[Active skill]]s - Skills where effects are activated by the player.
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** [[Skill rune]]s - The huge skill customization and improvement system.
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** [[Passive skill]]s - Skills where effects are activated automatically, by the computer or by special events.  
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* [[Wizard]] - a [[ranged]] class who's a [[glass cannon]].
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** [[Signature skill]]s - Skills that define characters.
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** [[Arcane Power]] - The Wizard's energy [[resource]].
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** [[Academic spell]]s - Low-level skills that steadily decrease in [[Arcane Power]] cost as the Wizard levels.
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** [[Wizard skills]] - A list of all the Wizard's active skills.
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** [[Armor spell]]s - Provide defensive [[buffs]] to the Wizard.
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*** [[Signature spell]]s - Wizard spells that are free to cast. Previously they were called Academic spells.
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* [[Arcane Power]] - The Wizard's energy [[resource]].
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*** [[Armor spell]]s - Provide defensive [[buffs]] to the Wizard.
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* [[Runestones]] - The huge skill customization and improvement system.
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** [[Wizard passives]] - A list of all the Wizard's passive skills.
 
* [[Wizard skill archive]] - Removed Wizard skills.
 
* [[Wizard skill archive]] - Removed Wizard skills.
 
* [[Wizard traits]] - Passive skills in Diablo III were called [[traits]] for a while before reverting back.
 
* [[Wizard traits]] - Passive skills in Diablo III were called [[traits]] for a while before reverting back.
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==Active Skills==
 
==Active Skills==
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[[Image:Skill-tree-blizzcon09-wiz-muldric.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The skill tree, circa 2009. Skills no longer appear in anything like this format. Image by [http://forums.diii.net/showthread.php?t=739038 Muldric].]]
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Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, skill rune information, blue quotes, and much more.
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Click to the individual skill pages for more details about these skills including numbers, screenshots, [[runestone]] information, blue quotes, and much more.
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===Primary===
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{{Skill description header}}
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<skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Magic Missile</skill>
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<skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Shock Pulse</skill>
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<skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Spectral Blade</skill>
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<skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Electrocute</skill>
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===Secondary===
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{{Skill description header}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Ray of Frost</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Arcane Orb</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Arcane Torrent</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Disintegrate</skill>
  
  
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==={{c_gold|Signature}}===
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===Defensive===
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{{Skill description header}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Frost Nova</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Diamond Skin</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Slow Time</skill>
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<skill subcat="Movement ability" class="Wizard">Teleport</skill>
  
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{{Active skills header}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Magic Missile}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Shock Pulse}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Spectral Blade}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Electrocute}}
 
  
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===Force===
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{{Skill description header}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Wave of Force</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Energy Twister</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Hydra</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Meteor</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Blizzard</skill>
  
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==={{c_gold|Offensive}}===
 
  
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{{Active skills header}}
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===Conjuration===
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{{Wizard Skill Wave of Force}}
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{{Skill description header}}
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{{Wizard Skill Arcane Orb}}
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<skill subcat="Armor spell" class="Wizard">Ice Armor</skill>
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{{Wizard Skill Energy Twister}}
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<skill subcat="Armor spell" class="Wizard">Storm Armor</skill>
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{{Wizard Skill Disintegrate}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Magic Weapon</skill>
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{{Wizard Skill Explosive Blast}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Familiar</skill>
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{{Wizard Skill Hydra}}
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<skill subcat="Armor spell" class="Wizard">Energy Armor</skill>
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{{Wizard Skill Ray of Frost}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Arcane Torrent}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Meteor}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Blizzard}}
 
  
  
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==={{c_gold|Utility}}===
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===Mastery===
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{{Skill description header}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Explosive Blast</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Mirror Image</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Archon</skill>
  
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{{Active skills header}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Frost Nova}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Ice Armor}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Magic Weapon}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Diamond Skin}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Storm Armor}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Mirror Image}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Slow Time}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Teleport}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Energy Armor}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Familiar}}
 
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{{Wizard Skill Archon}}
 
  
 
==Passive Skills==
 
==Passive Skills==
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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.
 
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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{{Passive skill header}}
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{{Skill description header}}
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{{Wizard Passive Power Hungry}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Blur</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Temporal Flux}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Power Hungry</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Evocation</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Prodigy}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Glass Cannon</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Virtuoso}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Prodigy</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Astral Presence}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Astral Presence</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Illusionist}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Illusionist</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Galvanizing Ward}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Cold Blooded</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Blur}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Conflagration</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Evocation}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Paralysis</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Arcane Dynamo}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Galvanizing Ward</skill>
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{{Wizard Passive Unstable Anomaly}}
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<skill class="Wizard">Temporal Flux</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Critical Mass</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Arcane Dynamo</skill>
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<skill class="Wizard">Unstable Anomaly</skill>
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==Skill Distribution==
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A useful player-made chart showing when the Wizard gains access to skills, passives, and rune effects.
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[[File:Char-prog-wiz.png|center|frame|Wizard skill progression. Stats as of May 5, 2012.]]
  
  
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* [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=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
 
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8008951#post8008951 HardRock's Wizard Passive Skills] -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
 
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8008951#post8008951 HardRock's Wizard Passive Skills] -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
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[[Category:Wizard]]
 
[[Category:Wizard]]
 
[[Category:Wizard skills]]
 
[[Category:Wizard skills]]
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[[Category:Active skills]]
 
 
[[Category:Skills]]
 
[[Category:Skills]]
 
[[Category:Featured articles]]
 
[[Category:Featured articles]]

Latest revision as of 15:28, 2 December 2012

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:


Active Skills[edit | edit source]

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

Primary[edit | edit source]

Name Level Description

<skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Magic Missile</skill> <skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Shock Pulse</skill> <skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Spectral Blade</skill> <skill subcat="Signature spell" class="Wizard">Electrocute</skill>


Secondary[edit | edit source]

Name Level Description

<skill class="Wizard">Ray of Frost</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Arcane Orb</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Arcane Torrent</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Disintegrate</skill>


Defensive[edit | edit source]

Name Level Description

<skill class="Wizard">Frost Nova</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Diamond Skin</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Slow Time</skill> <skill subcat="Movement ability" class="Wizard">Teleport</skill>


Force[edit | edit source]

Name Level Description

<skill class="Wizard">Wave of Force</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Energy Twister</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Hydra</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Meteor</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Blizzard</skill>


Conjuration[edit | edit source]

Name Level Description

<skill subcat="Armor spell" class="Wizard">Ice Armor</skill> <skill subcat="Armor spell" class="Wizard">Storm Armor</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Magic Weapon</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Familiar</skill> <skill subcat="Armor spell" class="Wizard">Energy Armor</skill>


Mastery[edit | edit source]

Name Level Description

<skill class="Wizard">Explosive Blast</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Mirror Image</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Archon</skill>


Passive Skills[edit | edit source]

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.

Name Level Description

<skill class="Wizard">Blur</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Power Hungry</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Evocation</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Glass Cannon</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Prodigy</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Astral Presence</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Illusionist</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Cold Blooded</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Conflagration</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Paralysis</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Galvanizing Ward</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Temporal Flux</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Critical Mass</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Arcane Dynamo</skill> <skill class="Wizard">Unstable Anomaly</skill>


Skill Distribution[edit | edit source]

A useful player-made chart showing when the Wizard gains access to skills, passives, and rune effects.

Wizard skill progression. Stats as of May 5, 2012.


Development[edit | edit source]


July 2011 Press Event[edit | edit source]

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


References[edit | edit source]


Classes of the
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The Wizard Arcane Power - Wizard Active Skills (Archive) Wizard Passive Skills (Archive) [e]

Primary attribute:
• Intelligence


Skill specialties:
• Signature spells
• Armor spells

Primary
• Magic Missile (1)
• Shock Pulse (3)
• Spectral Blade (11)
• Electrocute (15)

Force
• Wave of Force (9)
• Energy Twister (13)
• Hydra (21)
• Meteor (25)
• Blizzard (27)

Secondary
• Ray of Frost (2)
• Arcane Orb (5)
• Arcane Torrent (12)
• Disintegrate (21)

Conjuration
• Ice Armor (14)
• Storm Armor (17)
• Magic Weapon (20)
• Familiar (22)
• Energy Armor (28)

Defensive
• Frost Nova (4)
• Diamond Skin (8)
• Slow Time (16)
• Teleport (22)

Mastery
• Explosive Blast (19)
• Mirror Image (25)
• Archon (30)

Blur (10)
Power Hungry (10)
Evocation (13)
Glass Cannon (16)
Prodigy (20)
Astral Presence (24)
Illusionist (27)
Cold Blooded (30)

Conflagration (34)
Paralysis (37)
Galvanizing Ward (40)
Temporal Flux (45)
Critical Mass (50)
Arcane Dynamo (55)
Unstable Anomaly (60)

(X) = the level at which the skill becomes unlocked.
Wizard skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Force Conjuration Mastery
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