At level 28 you gain the rune Black Ice which turns this skill from being a damage dealer to only your target but an area damage dealer upon the first kill by leaving a patch of black ice that deals 1625% weapon damage over 3 seconds to anyone who passes through it.įull Skill Details Here: Ray of Frost 7. In addition to these features, you also are chilling enemies which in turn keeps them away from you so you can cast the skill longer. Ray of Frost (Good for Channel heavy playstyle)Īnother skill that rewards crowd control and distance from enemies, Ray of Frost works similarly to Disintegrate with the increasing damage the longer you cast. This skill is ideally used after Black-Hole and Slow-Time on a crowd of enemies.įull Skill Details Here: Disintegrate 8. Higher-end Wizard builds that can take a few hits can opt for the Entropy rune which fractures the beam of energy into a cone that deals a maximum of 1115% weapon damage. Disintegrate focuses a ray of energy toward the target initially dealing 390% weapon damage and increasing every second to a maximum of 890% weapon damage. The Wizard skillset rewards you for being able to sit in one place and channel resources.

Disintegrate (Good for tankier builds midway through level progression) This skill damages anything within 15 yards of your target.įull Skill Details Here: Arcane Orb 9. As with most Wizard attacks, you generally will be using crowd control effects to slow, group, and attack as many enemies as possible from a large distance. 50 levels later this is increased to 950% with the use of the Frozen Orb rune. This skill is learned at level 5 and does decent damage off the bat with 435% weapon damage. *All Percentages based on a Level 70 Character* 10. Today I will be detailing the Top 10 High Damage Skills for the Wizard so hopefully, you can wipe out the enemies before they have a chance to attack you.

However, also like Tom Brady, when opponents get too close they get in trouble real fast. Wizards are truly the glass cannon class of Diablo 3 and much like Tom Brady, (NFL Quarterback) if they can stay protected, they can deal tons of damage.

Diablo 3 wizard primary skills