They rely on Intelligence as their primary core stat, and use Arcane Power as a resource. Important Wizard attributes include Intelligence, all resistances, reduced cooldowns, bonus elemental damage for skills, critical hit / critical damage, Arcane Power on critical hit, Area Damage.Ĭlever use of some of the Wizard's skills can put significant damage on enemies at a range that other classes can't even begin to target.
Wizards have three class-specific item types: Wands, Sources and Wizard Hats. With the proper skill combinations the Wizard also has quite extensive Crowd Control abilities while simultaneously still being a heavy damage class. It is similar to the Sorceress class of Diablo II, as well as the Sorcerer from Diablo I. They increase skill variety without having to select from entirely novel skills.The Wizard is a long-range caster and is a glass cannon-type class. I think of runes as just part of the skill system rather than a system of their own. You cannot change runes while a skill is on cooldown. Changing the rune will cause existing sentries to disappear. For example, the Demon Hunter's Sentry skill runs for a long time (long enough to cast it multiple times). In the case of Twin Chakrams, the damage is changed from Physical to Fire.Ĭhanging runes disengages existing casts. It also demonstrates that runes can change the type of damage. For example, the Demon Hunter's Chakram skill has a Twin Chakrams rune which increases the number of attacks while decreasing the damage per attack. Runes may decrease some aspects to increase others. Puncturing Arrow is strictly better than Hungering Arrow with no rune at all. For example, the Demon Hunter's Hungering Arrow skill has a Puncturing Arrow rune which purely increases the Pierce of the arrow. In other cases, the rune adds to the original effect. The no rune version does have a distinctive active effect when first cast that may be better for a particular situation than a runed version. Note however that the passive results of a long running Companion cast are always better with a rune than with no rune. For example, the Demon Hunter's Companion skill provides a different companion with each rune. In some cases, the rune entirely replaces the original skill. The rune system allows active skills to change in behavior.
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