The new
Skill Rune system of
Diablo 3 will be vastly different than the
Diablo 2 runes, as they will no longer be socketed into items, but instead infused into
skills directly. They also have a bigger impact on gameplay, as it not only have a visual effect, but major enhancements to the selected skills as well.
During
BlizzCon 2008, it was possibly to try out these
skill runes in action, but only with the newly announced
Wizard class. Players could add an
Energy Rune,
Lethality Rune,
Multistrike Rune,
Power Rune or a
Striking Rune to a Wizard spell to create new effects such as hitting more targets or causing damage in a greater area.
The
Wizard was not a huge surprise for most Blizzard fans when she was revealed at BlizzCon 2008, but the fact that so many of the
Wizard skills were available for us to study and collect in DiabloWiki was quite a surprise. The poor
Witch Doctor only had a
handful of skills!
From the different skill trees, we saw spectacular spell effects such as a Meteor Storm, Slow Time or "Electrocute" (more commonly known as "Chain Lightning").
So take a look at the very impressive skill trees of the Wizard:
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