Diablo 3 Wizard Basic Attacks – The Signature Skills

In Diablo 3, the Wizard’s most powerful skills require Arcane Power.you can go through this just by casting a few spells – it is nothing like mana from Diablo 2 which lasts forever.

As a result, while your Arcane Power is regenerating, you have to use free attacks. These Wizard basic attacks, also called “Signature” skills, deal less than damage than regular attacks but also have no cost.

There are four possible basic attacks you can choose from (though you can pick as many as you want):

• Magic Missile: This skill shoots out a single bolt of energy which deals damage to a single target. This can be modified to deal more damage or even restore bonus Arcane Power. This skill is your strongest single-target skill you have that costs no Arcane Power.

• Shock Pulse: This shoots out 3 charged bolts that move randomly across the ground at a medium speed. It does a lot of damage if all 3 charges hit, but that rarely happens. It is hard to use the base version of this skill with regular success.

• Spectral Blade: This is a melee ranged attack that as a base skill has the highest damage potential. However, the runes for this skill are kind of bad and the melee range is really limiting. You could use it to mess around with a melee Wizard build, but it is not really viable at high difficulty levels.

• Electrocute: This is a Chain Lightning skill which deals a small amount of damage but practically instantly jumps to nearby targets. With runes it can hit 6 targets, making it your best AoE signature skill. This skill got nerfed since early beta but it is still pretty good. However, I think a lot of players tend to use Arcane Power for AoE attacks and Magic Missile against the enemies that remain alive.

Diablo 3 Wizard Signature Skills Guide

While there are 4 basic attacks you can choose from as a Wizard in Diablo 3, most players will either grab Magic Missile or Electrocute as they are definitely the most effective skills for the majority of builds. Odd builds may make use of the other two skills – though you may want to avoid these in Inferno mode.

Be sure not to load up on too many basic attacks. I recommend taking either Arcane Missile or Electrocute, but since you can only pick 6 skills, you really do not have room to pick up both of these basic attacks in a single build.