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[[File:IconExplosiveBlast.png|left]]'''Explosive Blast''' is a an Mastery [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|levelLevel]] 1619, blasting a small area for high damage. This skill works differently than almost all other Wizard abilities. It's a Nova-type attack that radiates out from the Wizard, and it's triggered like a time bomb, with a delay between the trigger and the detonation. A Wizard will need to learn to use it strategically, by lighting the fuse and then moving into close proximity for the explosion. Of course it's dangerous to be close to monsters, which makes this something of a specialty ability -- great fun for some players, but ignored and dreaded by most.

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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. Skill runes will undoubtably make it more viable, and less a novelty skill.   ==Skill Rank Table==* '''Rank 1:''' After building up for 1.5 seconds, an arcane explosion deals 10-16 damage to all nearby monsters. 

* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.   ==Skill Rune Effects==The following [[runeWizard passives]] effects for provide a benefit to Explosive Blast are known, runed or not:* Unknown rune: Turns the single blast into three consecutive blasts.{{skill description header}}<refskill class="Wizard">[http:Evocation</skill><skill class="Wizard">Glass Cannon</diablo.incgamers.comskill><skill class="Wizard">Critical Mass</blog/comments/blizzcon-2010-hands-on-stuff.co.nz/ BlizzCon 2010 Hands-on: GamePlanet NZ] -- Incgamers 5th Nov 2010skill><skill class="Wizard">Arcane Dynamo</refskill>* Unknown rune: The blast hits at the point of activation, making it work more like a trap. The explosion also seems to set off other nearby Blasts. (Seen in video [[Video: Blizzcon 2010 Rune Effects|here]].) 

Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Explosive Blast became a level 16 14 skill. ===Beta==={{Beta skillnotes}} Explosive Blast was moved to level 15 during the beta. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Mastery skill and bumped to level 19. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], the damage done by this skill and its rune effects was reduced quite a bit.  

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=79626067960229#post7962606 post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011* [http://diablo.incgamers.com July /forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] — IncGamers 5th Sep 2011 Press Event Coverage - The * [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard (Translated by Zediono)Active Skills]— Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site 

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