Magic Weapon - Revision history

Flux at 21:09, 12 June 2012

2012-06-12T21:09:50Z

Flux at 20:58, 12 June 2012

2012-06-12T20:58:04Z

MrFrye: new skill templates

2012-05-20T15:45:47Z

new skill templates

Maurish: Updated skill rune table

2012-05-13T11:37:07Z

Updated skill rune table

MrFrye: beta patch 17 update

2012-04-23T19:00:16Z

beta patch 17 update

MrFrye at 19:22, 11 March 2012

2012-03-11T19:22:07Z

MrFrye: beta patch 14 update

2012-03-11T19:17:49Z

beta patch 14 update

Flux at 12:50, 4 October 2011

2011-10-04T12:50:44Z

Brokenstorm: removed noincludes

2011-09-19T23:02:08Z

removed noincludes

Brokenstorm at 21:04, 19 September 2011

2011-09-19T21:04:17Z

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 [[File:IconMagicWeapon.png|left]]
 [[File:Magic-weapon2.jpg|thumb|210px|The bubbling purple effect.]]
-'''Magic Weapon''' is a Conjuration [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 20, making her weapon [[magic]]al and increasing damage. This damage translates into most spell damage, but not all, and the effect is not clearly or obviously displayed in the game.
+'''Magic Weapon''' is a Conjuration [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 20, making her weapon [[magic]]al and increasing damage. This damage does not translate into spell damage, and the effect and function of this skill and its runes is not clearly or obviously displayed in the game.
-It seems from early observations that this skill was meant as a supplement to the [[Battle Mage]] build idea, but as that sort of variant is not viable in the final game, this skill seems out of place. Fans hope it can be reworked in some way in a patch.
+It seems from early observations that this skill was meant as a supplement to the [[Battle Mage]] build idea, but as that sort of variant is not viable in the final game, this skill seems like a leftover that's out of place. Fans hope it can be reworked in some way in a patch.
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 [[File:IconMagicWeapon.png|left]]
-[[File:Magic-weapon2.jpg|thumb|250px|The bubbling purple effect.]]
+[[File:Magic-weapon2.jpg|thumb|210px|The bubbling purple effect.]]
-'''Magic Weapon''' is a Conjuration [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 20, making her weapon [[magic]]al and increasing damage.
+'''Magic Weapon''' is a Conjuration [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 20, making her weapon [[magic]]al and increasing damage. This damage translates into most spell damage, but not all, and the effect is not clearly or obviously displayed in the game.
-<br><br><br>__TOC__
+It seems from early observations that this skill was meant as a supplement to the [[Battle Mage]] build idea, but as that sort of variant is not viable in the final game, this skill seems out of place. Fans hope it can be reworked in some way in a patch.
 ==Background==
 When the need for physical combat arrives, the [[Wizard]] is well prepared, fusing her weapon with [[magic]]al energies, cutting deeper into her foes even when using such a mundane thing as a physical weapon.
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 ==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Magic Weapon rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
+Refer to the [[Magic Weapon rune effects]] article for thorough descriptions of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, strategy tips, and other related information.
 {{skill description header}}

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 ==Synergies==
 The following [[Wizard passives]] provide a benefit to Magic Weapon, runed or not:
-{{Passive skills header}}
+{{skill description header}}
-{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}
+<skill class="Wizard">Glass Cannon</skill>
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 {{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|conjuration}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
-[[category:Active skills]]
+[[category:Wizard active skills]]

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 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Magic Weapon rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
 <skill class="Wizard">Magic Weapon</skill>
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-{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|Conjuration}}
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|conjuration}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
 [[category:Active skills]]

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-==Skillrune Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Magic Weapon rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
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 ==Skill Design==
 This [[skill]] is clearly designed to enable a [[Wizard]] to play in the Battle-mage style, going melee combat for better or worse. The Wizard isn't really designed for that approach, but by pairing the melee damage with excellent equipment/weapon, and some intelligent defensive spell use, it may be a viable build.
 ==Synergies==
-Magic Weapon benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]: None added yet.
+The following [[Wizard passives]] provide a benefit to Magic Weapon, runed or not:
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 <blockquote>''One of the odder Wizard skills, seemingly designed for a melee fighting Wizard.  We don’t know enough about weapon damage in general to have any idea if this is a big bonus or not. Nor do we know if this damage is boosted by attributes and +magical damage item modifiers. If so it’s possible that some Wizard builds could deal very good weapon damage. On the other hand, there are enough limits on which classes can use which weapons that Wizards might be limited in their melee damage no matter what they tried.</blockquote>
 ===Beta===
-Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, and Magic Weapon became a level 7 skill. After trying it out, [[Flux]] again discussed its viability:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-two]
+{{Beta skill notes}}
 <blockquote>''The damage added is fairly minor, certainly compared to just about any spell attack, and this is purely of use for battle mages. (As has been observed on the known Diablo III legendary items, the amount of +%weapon damage found on gear is much lower than it was in Diablo II, and figures like +25-35% are the best to be found on even the Inferno-quality legendary items. Thus on that scale, +20% is a fairly big bonus, akin to something like +200% in Diablo II terms.)</blockquote>
-When the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, Magic Weapon was classified as a Conjuration skill and bumped all the way up to level 20, taking it out of play in the beta.
+With the Patch 13 changes, Magic Weapon was classified as a Conjuration skill and bumped all the way up to level 20, taking it out of play in the beta.
 ===Previous Versions===
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 <gallery>
-Image:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|Skill use 1
+Image:Magic-weapon2.jpg|The bubbling purple effect.
 </gallery>
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-<!--
 ==References==
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
-* [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=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] -- IncGamers 5th Sep 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] — IncGamers 5th Sep 2011
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-two Wizard Beta Skills Mega-report: Part Two] -- IncGamers 5th October 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-two Wizard Beta Skills Mega-report: Part Two] — IncGamers 5th October 2011
-* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
-{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard}}
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|Conjuration}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
 [[category:Active skills]]

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 {{Active skills header}}
-</noinclude>{{Wizard Skill Magic Weapon}}
+{{Wizard Skill Magic Weapon}}
-{{Blank header}}
+{{Wizard Skillrune Blood Magic}}
-| width="55px" | [[image:IconCrimson.jpg|40px|center|link=Crimson]]
+{{Wizard Skillrune Ignite}}
-| width="140px" | [[Ignite]]
+{{Wizard Skillrune Conduit}}
-| Melee attacks burn enemies with fire for {{c_lime|70%}} of weapon damage for {{c_lime|3}} seconds.
+{{Wizard Skillrune Electrify}}
-|-
+{{Wizard Skillrune Force Weapon}}
 {{center|Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.}}