Explosive Blast

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Explosive Blast is an Offensive Wizard skill unlocked at Level 15, blasting a small area for high damage.




Background

Explosive Blast in action.

The Wizard conjures volatile gasses into the physical realm, which ignite with oxygen and create a powerful blast in a very limited space.


Skillrune Effects

The following is a very quick summary. See the Explosive Blast 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">Explosive Blast</skill>


Skill Design

This skill is basically a short-range nova centered around the Wizard, on a short time delay. Since the Wizard can move after activating it, she can select it, run into the midst of a pack of monsters, then laugh when they go boom. The spell's delay (about 1.5 seconds) makes it unsuitable for emergency use, and its short range (at least at level 1) makes it difficult to use without getting pounded on.

Appearance

Explosive Blast has a very impressive visual; it looks like a fiery gas explosion that expands outwards several yards and leaves a small crater in the ground.


Synergies

Explosive Blast benefits from the following Wizard passives: None added yet.


Development

Explosive Blast was first seen at BlizzCon 2009 in the gameplay demo, where it was on the Conjuring Skill Tree at Tier III. Originally, the Wizard targeted a specific location, and after a short delay, the blast went off.

By BlizzCon 2010, the mechanics had changed; the blast was focused on the Wizard. It was also moved to Tier 2 after skill trees were removed. It was one of the Wizard's starting skills in the gameplay demo, and Flux found it entertaining:[1]

It’s basically a short-range nova, on a time delay. You click it, and after 1.5 seconds (at level one) it blew up, dealing fairly substantial physical damage. The time delay made it unsuitable for emergency situations, but if you got used to the timing it was fun to click midway through a battle, knowing it would blast a moment later and finish off the enemy.

Beta

Skill tiers were removed shortly before the beta started in September 2011, and Explosive Blast became a level 14 skill. It was moved to level 15 during the beta, and when the skill system was once again overhauled for the Beta Patch 13 in February 2012, Electrocute was classified as a Mastery skill and bumped to level 19.

Previous Versions

See the Wizard skill archive for more details on previous versions of Explosive Blast and other Wizard skills.


Media

Explosive Blast can be seen in action on video here:

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:


References